PlayIMDB Stream Stremio Addon

This repository contains a Stremio addon that resolves IMDb-based movie and series IDs into playable streams using a third-party upstream API.

What It Does

• Exposes a Stremio manifest over HTTP.
• Accepts IMDb-backed Stremio IDs such as tt1345836 or tt0944947:1:1.
• Calls a third-party API at https://streamdata.vaplayer.ru/api.php.
• Returns direct stream URLs with custom proxyHeaders so Stremio can send the required Referer and Origin.
• Attempts to fetch subtitles from https://api.subdl.com/auto.

Runtime Flow

1. server.js starts the addon HTTP server with stremio-addon-sdk.
2. addon.js defines the manifest and handlers.
3. defineStreamHandler parses the Stremio ID, maps it to movie or tv, then calls the upstream stream API.
4. The handler returns streams[] entries directly to Stremio.
5. defineSubtitlesHandler separately queries SubDL for subtitle URLs.

Important Notes

• This addon does not scrape IMDb pages. It uses IMDb IDs as lookup keys only.
• Playback depends almost entirely on external services outside this repository.
• Subtitle fetching is currently unreliable. A live check on 2026-05-05 returned HTTP 422 from the current SubDL endpoint shape.
• The runtime is intentionally kept to the active path only: addon.js and server.js.

Run Locally

npm install
npm start

Default manifest URL:

http://localhost:7000/manifest.json

Docker

docker build -t playimdb-addon .
docker run -p 7000:7000 playimdb-addon

Known Risks

• Hard dependency on third-party domains and custom request headers.
• No authentication, rate limiting, retries, or caching beyond SDK-level HTTP cache.
• No tests.
• Legal and platform risk if upstream sources change policy or availability.