diff --git a/src/helpers/global.helper.ts b/src/helpers/global.helper.ts
index bfb27f8e..6f2acb78 100644
--- a/src/helpers/global.helper.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/global.helper.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,31 @@ export const parseIdFromUrl = (url: string): number => {
   return +id || null;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Extracts a numeric ID from a number, string, slug, or full URL.
+ * Designed for Developer Experience (DX) to allow flexible inputs.
+ */
+export const extractId = (idOrUrl: number | string): number | null => {
+  if (typeof idOrUrl === 'number') {
+    return isNaN(idOrUrl) ? null : idOrUrl;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof idOrUrl === 'string') {
+    // Pure number string
+    if (/^\d+$/.test(idOrUrl)) {
+      return Number(idOrUrl);
+    }
+    // Direct slug with ID prefix (e.g. "228329-avatar")
+    if (/^\d+-/.test(idOrUrl)) {
+      return +idOrUrl.split('-')[0] || null;
+    }
+    // Fallback to URL parsing
+    return parseIdFromUrl(idOrUrl);
+  }
+
+  return null;
+};
+
 export const parseLastIdFromUrl = (url: string): number => {
   if (url) {
     const idSlug = url?.split('/')[3];
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b672d235..7651867b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ export class Csfd {
     return this.userReviewsService.userReviews(user, config, opts);
   }
 
-  public async movie(movie: number, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDMovie> {
+  public async movie(movie: number | string, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDMovie> {
     const opts = options ?? this.defaultOptions;
-    return this.movieService.movie(+movie, opts);
+    return this.movieService.movie(movie, opts);
   }
 
-  public async creator(creator: number, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDCreator> {
+  public async creator(creator: number | string, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDCreator> {
     const opts = options ?? this.defaultOptions;
-    return this.creatorService.creator(+creator, opts);
+    return this.creatorService.creator(creator, opts);
   }
 
   public async search(text: string, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDSearch> {
diff --git a/src/services/creator.service.ts b/src/services/creator.service.ts
index b33be6ea..2f878a85 100644
--- a/src/services/creator.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/creator.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { HTMLElement, parse } from 'node-html-parser';
 import { CSFDCreator } from '../dto/creator';
 import { fetchPage } from '../fetchers';
+import { extractId } from '../helpers/global.helper';
 import {
   getCreatorBio,
   getCreatorBirthdayInfo,
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ import { CSFDOptions } from '../types';
 import { creatorUrl } from '../vars';
 
 export class CreatorScraper {
-  public async creator(creatorId: number, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDCreator> {
-    const id = Number(creatorId);
-    if (isNaN(id)) {
+  public async creator(creatorId: number | string, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDCreator> {
+    const id = extractId(creatorId);
+    if (id === null || isNaN(id)) {
       throw new Error('node-csfd-api: creatorId must be a valid number');
     }
     const url = creatorUrl(id, { language: options?.language });
diff --git a/src/services/movie.service.ts b/src/services/movie.service.ts
index bb145106..40aba452 100644
--- a/src/services/movie.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/movie.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { HTMLElement, parse } from 'node-html-parser';
 import { CSFDFilmTypes } from '../dto/global';
 import { CSFDMovie, MovieJsonLd } from '../dto/movie';
 import { fetchPage } from '../fetchers';
+import { extractId } from '../helpers/global.helper';
 import {
   detectSeasonOrEpisodeListType,
   getEpisodeCode,
@@ -32,9 +33,9 @@ import { CSFDOptions } from '../types';
 import { LIB_PREFIX, movieUrl } from '../vars';
 
 export class MovieScraper {
-  public async movie(movieId: number, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDMovie> {
-    const id = Number(movieId);
-    if (isNaN(id)) {
+  public async movie(movieId: number | string, options?: CSFDOptions): Promise<CSFDMovie> {
+    const id = extractId(movieId);
+    if (id === null || isNaN(id)) {
       throw new Error('node-csfd-api: movieId must be a valid number');
     }
     const url = movieUrl(id, { language: options?.language });
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export class MovieScraper {
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(LIB_PREFIX + ' Error parsing JSON-LD', e);
     }
-    return this.buildMovie(+movieId, movieHtml, movieNode as HTMLElement, asideNode as HTMLElement, pageClasses, jsonLd, options);
+    return this.buildMovie(id, movieHtml, movieNode as HTMLElement, asideNode as HTMLElement, pageClasses, jsonLd, options);
   }
 
   private buildMovie(
diff --git a/tests/helpers.test.ts b/tests/helpers.test.ts
index 12a5d959..a479925a 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
-import { addProtocol, parseColor, parseIdFromUrl } from '../src/helpers/global.helper';
+import { addProtocol, extractId, parseColor, parseIdFromUrl } from '../src/helpers/global.helper';
 
 describe('Add protocol', () => {
   test('Handle without protocol', () => {
@@ -49,6 +49,24 @@ describe('Parse Id', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('extractId', () => {
+  test('Handle numeric ID', () => {
+    expect(extractId(228329)).toBe(228329);
+  });
+  test('Handle numeric string', () => {
+    expect(extractId('228329')).toBe(228329);
+  });
+  test('Handle slug', () => {
+    expect(extractId('228329-avatar')).toBe(228329);
+  });
+  test('Handle full URL', () => {
+    expect(extractId('https://www.csfd.cz/film/228329-avatar/')).toBe(228329);
+  });
+  test('Handle invalid strings', () => {
+    expect(extractId('invalid-string')).toBe(null);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('Parse color', () => {
   test('Red', () => {
     const url = parseColor('red');
diff --git a/tests/movie.service.test.ts b/tests/movie.service.test.ts
index 9d9c5248..318c38c1 100644
--- a/tests/movie.service.test.ts
+++ b/tests/movie.service.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ describe('Movie Service coverage', () => {
     await expect(movieScraper.movie(Number.NaN)).rejects.toThrow('movieId must be a valid number');
   });
 
+  test('Fetch using slug format', async () => {
+    const movieScraper = new MovieScraper();
+    const fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(fetchers, 'fetchPage').mockResolvedValue(movieMock);
+
+    // Test slug capability
+    const movie = await movieScraper.movie('535121-projekt-adam');
+    expect(movie.id).toBe(535121);
+
+    fetchSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   test('JSON-LD parse fails gracefully', async () => {
     const movieScraper = new MovieScraper();