openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FrameThrower Discovery API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: Cinematography reference search over 5,489 films.
  description: Search a film stills library indexed frame by frame on lighting, lens character, shot size, camera angle, colour palette and mood — in plain language, by reference image, or by colour.
  contact:
    name: FrameThrower
    url: https://framethrower.ai/developers
    email: contact@framethrower.ai
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://framethrower.ai/legal/tos
  termsOfService: https://framethrower.ai/legal/tos
servers:
- url: https://framethrower.ai/api/v1
  description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Discovery
  description: Autocomplete and helpers
paths:
  /suggest:
    get:
      tags:
      - Discovery
      operationId: suggest
      summary: Autocomplete
      description: 'Fuzzy-match film titles and director/DP names.


        **Free — 0 credits.** It is an in-memory prefix match and costs nothing to serve, so charging per keystroke would be hostile.'
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Suggestions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        docs:
          type: string
        api_reference:
          type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, malformed, revoked or unknown token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal access token, prefix `ft_`. Create one at https://framethrower.ai/settings?tab=api — free accounts included, no plan required.
externalDocs:
  url: https://framethrower.ai/developers
  description: Developer documentation