diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/search_new.ts b/src/backend/metadata/search_new.ts
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+import { SimpleCache } from "@/utils/cache";
+
+import { Trakt, mediaTypeToTTV } from "./trakttv";
+import { MWMediaMeta, MWQuery } from "./types";
+
+const cache = new SimpleCache<MWQuery, MWMediaMeta[]>();
+cache.setCompare((a, b) => {
+  return a.type === b.type && a.searchQuery.trim() === b.searchQuery.trim();
+});
+cache.initialize();
+
+export async function searchForMedia(query: MWQuery): Promise<MWMediaMeta[]> {
+  if (cache.has(query)) return cache.get(query) as MWMediaMeta[];
+  const { searchQuery, type } = query;
+
+  const contentType = mediaTypeToTTV(type);
+
+  const results = await Trakt.search(searchQuery, contentType);
+  cache.set(query, results, 3600);
+  return results;
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/tmdb.ts b/src/backend/metadata/tmdb.ts
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+import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
+
+import {
+  DetailedMeta,
+  MWMediaType,
+  TMDBMediaStatic,
+  TMDBMovieData,
+  TMDBShowData,
+} from "./types";
+import { mwFetch } from "../helpers/fetch";
+
+export abstract class Tmdb {
+  private static baseURL = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3";
+
+  private static headers = {
+    accept: "application/json",
+    Authorization: `Bearer ${conf().TMDB_API_KEY}`,
+  };
+
+  private static async get<T>(url: string): Promise<T> {
+    const res = await mwFetch<any>(url, {
+      headers: Tmdb.headers,
+      baseURL: Tmdb.baseURL,
+    });
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  public static getMediaDetails: TMDBMediaStatic["getMediaDetails"] = async (
+    id: string,
+    type: MWMediaType
+  ) => {
+    let data;
+
+    switch (type) {
+      case "movie":
+        data = await Tmdb.get<TMDBMovieData>(`/movie/${id}`);
+        break;
+      case "series":
+        data = await Tmdb.get<TMDBShowData>(`/tv/${id}`);
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new Error("Invalid media type");
+    }
+
+    return data;
+  };
+
+  public static getMediaPoster(posterPath: string | null): string | undefined {
+    if (posterPath) return `https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/${posterPath}`;
+  }
+
+  /* public static async getMetaFromId(
+    type: MWMediaType,
+    id: string,
+    seasonId?: string
+  ): Promise<DetailedMeta | null> {
+    console.log("getMetaFromId", type, id, seasonId);
+
+    const details = await Tmdb.getMediaDetails(id, type);
+
+    if (!details) return null;
+
+    let imdbId;
+    if (type === MWMediaType.MOVIE) {
+      imdbId = (details as TMDBMovieData).imdb_id ?? undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (!meta.length) return null;
+
+    console.log(meta);
+
+    return {
+      meta,
+      imdbId,
+      tmdbId: id,
+    };
+  } */
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/trakttv.ts b/src/backend/metadata/trakttv.ts
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+import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
+
+import { Tmdb } from "./tmdb";
+import {
+  DetailedMeta,
+  MWMediaMeta,
+  MWMediaType,
+  MWSeasonMeta,
+  TMDBShowData,
+  TTVContentTypes,
+  TTVMediaResult,
+  TTVSearchResult,
+  TTVSeasonMetaResult,
+} from "./types";
+import { mwFetch } from "../helpers/fetch";
+
+export function mediaTypeToTTV(type: MWMediaType): TTVContentTypes {
+  if (type === MWMediaType.MOVIE) return "movie";
+  if (type === MWMediaType.SERIES) return "show";
+  throw new Error("unsupported type");
+}
+
+export function TTVMediaToMediaType(type: string): MWMediaType {
+  if (type === "movie") return MWMediaType.MOVIE;
+  if (type === "show") return MWMediaType.SERIES;
+  throw new Error("unsupported type");
+}
+
+export function formatTTVMeta(
+  media: TTVMediaResult,
+  season?: TTVSeasonMetaResult
+): MWMediaMeta {
+  const type = TTVMediaToMediaType(media.object_type);
+  let seasons: undefined | MWSeasonMeta[];
+  if (type === MWMediaType.SERIES) {
+    seasons = media.seasons
+      ?.sort((a, b) => a.season_number - b.season_number)
+      .map(
+        (v): MWSeasonMeta => ({
+          title: v.title,
+          id: v.id.toString(),
+          number: v.season_number,
+        })
+      );
+  }
+
+  return {
+    title: media.title,
+    id: media.id.toString(),
+    year: media.original_release_year?.toString(),
+    poster: media.poster,
+    type,
+    seasons: seasons as any,
+    seasonData: season
+      ? ({
+          id: season.id.toString(),
+          number: season.season_number,
+          title: season.title,
+          episodes: season.episodes
+            .sort((a, b) => a.episode_number - b.episode_number)
+            .map((v) => ({
+              id: v.id.toString(),
+              number: v.episode_number,
+              title: v.title,
+            })),
+        } as any)
+      : (undefined as any),
+  };
+}
+
+export function TTVMediaToId(media: MWMediaMeta): string {
+  return ["TTV", mediaTypeToTTV(media.type), media.id].join("-");
+}
+
+export function decodeTTVId(
+  paramId: string
+): { id: string; type: MWMediaType } | null {
+  const [prefix, type, id] = paramId.split("-", 3);
+  if (prefix !== "TTV") return null;
+  let mediaType;
+  try {
+    mediaType = TTVMediaToMediaType(type);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    type: mediaType,
+    id,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function formatTTVSearchResult(
+  result: TTVSearchResult
+): Promise<TTVMediaResult> {
+  const type = TTVMediaToMediaType(result.type);
+  const media = result[result.type];
+
+  if (!media) throw new Error("invalid result");
+
+  const details = await Tmdb.getMediaDetails(
+    media.ids.tmdb.toString(),
+    TTVMediaToMediaType(result.type)
+  );
+  console.log(details);
+
+  const seasons =
+    type === MWMediaType.SERIES
+      ? (details as TMDBShowData).seasons?.map((v) => ({
+          id: v.id,
+          title: v.name,
+          season_number: v.season_number,
+        }))
+      : undefined;
+
+  return {
+    title: media.title,
+    poster: Tmdb.getMediaPoster(details.poster_path),
+    id: media.ids.trakt,
+    original_release_year: media.year,
+    ttv_entity_id: media.ids.slug,
+    object_type: mediaTypeToTTV(type),
+    seasons,
+  };
+}
+
+export abstract class Trakt {
+  private static baseURL = "https://api.trakt.tv";
+
+  private static headers = {
+    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    "trakt-api-version": "2",
+    "trakt-api-key": conf().TRAKT_CLIENT_ID,
+  };
+
+  private static async get<T>(url: string): Promise<T> {
+    const res = await mwFetch<any>(url, {
+      headers: Trakt.headers,
+      baseURL: Trakt.baseURL,
+    });
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  public static async search(
+    query: string,
+    type: "movie" | "show"
+  ): Promise<MWMediaMeta[]> {
+    const data = await Trakt.get<TTVSearchResult[]>(
+      `/search/${type}?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`
+    );
+
+    const formatted = await Promise.all(
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-return-await
+      data.map(async (v) => await formatTTVSearchResult(v))
+    );
+    return formatted.map((v) => formatTTVMeta(v));
+  }
+
+  public static async getMetaFromId(
+    type: MWMediaType,
+    id: string,
+    seasonId?: string
+  ): Promise<DetailedMeta | null> {
+    console.log("getMetaFromId", type, id, seasonId);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/types_new.ts b/src/backend/metadata/types_new.ts
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+export enum MWMediaType {
+  MOVIE = "movie",
+  SERIES = "series",
+  ANIME = "anime",
+}
+
+export type MWSeasonMeta = {
+  id: string;
+  number: number;
+  title: string;
+};
+
+export type MWSeasonWithEpisodeMeta = {
+  id: string;
+  number: number;
+  title: string;
+  episodes: {
+    id: string;
+    number: number;
+    title: string;
+  }[];
+};
+
+type MWMediaMetaBase = {
+  title: string;
+  id: string;
+  year?: string;
+  poster?: string;
+};
+
+type MWMediaMetaSpecific =
+  | {
+      type: MWMediaType.MOVIE | MWMediaType.ANIME;
+      seasons: undefined;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: MWMediaType.SERIES;
+      seasons: MWSeasonMeta[];
+      seasonData: MWSeasonWithEpisodeMeta;
+    };
+
+export type MWMediaMeta = MWMediaMetaBase & MWMediaMetaSpecific;
+
+export interface MWQuery {
+  searchQuery: string;
+  type: MWMediaType;
+}
+
+export type TTVContentTypes = "movie" | "show";
+
+export type TTVSeasonShort = {
+  title: string;
+  id: number;
+  season_number: number;
+};
+
+export type TTVEpisodeShort = {
+  title: string;
+  id: number;
+  episode_number: number;
+};
+
+export type TTVMediaResult = {
+  title: string;
+  poster?: string;
+  id: number;
+  original_release_year?: number;
+  ttv_entity_id: string;
+  object_type: TTVContentTypes;
+  seasons?: TTVSeasonShort[];
+};
+
+export type TTVSeasonMetaResult = {
+  title: string;
+  id: string;
+  season_number: number;
+  episodes: TTVEpisodeShort[];
+};
+
+export interface TTVSearchResult {
+  type: "movie" | "show";
+  score: number;
+  movie?: {
+    title: string;
+    year: number;
+    ids: {
+      trakt: number;
+      slug: string;
+      imdb: string;
+      tmdb: number;
+    };
+  };
+  show?: {
+    title: string;
+    year: number;
+    ids: {
+      trakt: number;
+      slug: string;
+      tvdb: number;
+      imdb: string;
+      tmdb: number;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+export interface DetailedMeta {
+  meta: MWMediaMeta;
+  imdbId?: string;
+  tmdbId?: string;
+}
+
+export interface TMDBShowData {
+  adult: boolean;
+  backdrop_path: string | null;
+  created_by: {
+    id: number;
+    credit_id: string;
+    name: string;
+    gender: number;
+    profile_path: string | null;
+  }[];
+  episode_run_time: number[];
+  first_air_date: string;
+  genres: {
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+  }[];
+  homepage: string;
+  id: number;
+  in_production: boolean;
+  languages: string[];
+  last_air_date: string;
+  last_episode_to_air: {
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+    overview: string;
+    vote_average: number;
+    vote_count: number;
+    air_date: string;
+    episode_number: number;
+    production_code: string;
+    runtime: number | null;
+    season_number: number;
+    show_id: number;
+    still_path: string | null;
+  } | null;
+  name: string;
+  next_episode_to_air: {
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+    overview: string;
+    vote_average: number;
+    vote_count: number;
+    air_date: string;
+    episode_number: number;
+    production_code: string;
+    runtime: number | null;
+    season_number: number;
+    show_id: number;
+    still_path: string | null;
+  } | null;
+  networks: {
+    id: number;
+    logo_path: string;
+    name: string;
+    origin_country: string;
+  }[];
+  number_of_episodes: number;
+  number_of_seasons: number;
+  origin_country: string[];
+  original_language: string;
+  original_name: string;
+  overview: string;
+  popularity: number;
+  poster_path: string | null;
+  production_companies: {
+    id: number;
+    logo_path: string | null;
+    name: string;
+    origin_country: string;
+  }[];
+  production_countries: {
+    iso_3166_1: string;
+    name: string;
+  }[];
+  seasons: {
+    air_date: string;
+    episode_count: number;
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+    overview: string;
+    poster_path: string | null;
+    season_number: number;
+  }[];
+  spoken_languages: {
+    english_name: string;
+    iso_639_1: string;
+    name: string;
+  }[];
+  status: string;
+  tagline: string;
+  type: string;
+  vote_average: number;
+  vote_count: number;
+}
+
+export interface TMDBMovieData {
+  adult: boolean;
+  backdrop_path: string | null;
+  belongs_to_collection: {
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+    poster_path: string | null;
+    backdrop_path: string | null;
+  } | null;
+  budget: number;
+  genres: {
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+  }[];
+  homepage: string | null;
+  id: number;
+  imdb_id: string | null;
+  original_language: string;
+  original_title: string;
+  overview: string | null;
+  popularity: number;
+  poster_path: string | null;
+  production_companies: {
+    id: number;
+    logo_path: string | null;
+    name: string;
+    origin_country: string;
+  }[];
+  production_countries: {
+    iso_3166_1: string;
+    name: string;
+  }[];
+  release_date: string;
+  revenue: number;
+  runtime: number | null;
+  spoken_languages: {
+    english_name: string;
+    iso_639_1: string;
+    name: string;
+  }[];
+  status: string;
+  tagline: string | null;
+  title: string;
+  video: boolean;
+  vote_average: number;
+  vote_count: number;
+}
+
+export type TMDBMediaDetailsPromise = Promise<TMDBShowData | TMDBMovieData>;
+
+export interface TMDBMediaStatic {
+  getMediaDetails(
+    id: string,
+    type: MWMediaType.SERIES
+  ): TMDBMediaDetailsPromise;
+  getMediaDetails(id: string, type: MWMediaType.MOVIE): TMDBMediaDetailsPromise;
+  getMediaDetails(id: string, type: MWMediaType): TMDBMediaDetailsPromise;
+}