---
updatedAt: 2025-10-01T20:31:10.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://developer.themoviedb.org/v4/llms.txt
---

# Item Status

Check if an item is on a list.

You must be the owner of the list and therefore have a valid user access token in order to check an item status.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "tmdb-api",
    "version": "4"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.themoviedb.org"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "Authorization",
        "x-bearer-format": "bearer",
        "x-default": ""
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/4/list/{list_id}/item_status": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Item Status",
        "description": "Check if an item is on a list.",
        "operationId": "list-item-status",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "list_id",
            "in": "path",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "media_id",
            "in": "query",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "media_type",
            "in": "query",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "",
                "movie",
                "tv"
              ]
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{\n  \"media_type\": \"movie\",\n  \"success\": true,\n  \"status_message\": \"Success.\",\n  \"id\": 1,\n  \"media_id\": 99861,\n  \"status_code\": 1\n}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "media_type": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "movie"
                    },
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "example": true,
                      "default": true
                    },
                    "status_message": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "Success."
                    },
                    "id": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "example": 1,
                      "default": 0
                    },
                    "media_id": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "example": 99861,
                      "default": 0
                    },
                    "status_code": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "example": 1,
                      "default": 0
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```