TMDB API v3

REST discovered

Details

URL: https://api.themoviedb.org/3
Docs: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference

Authentication

TMDB API access credential (API key or API Read Access Token) bearer discovered Get token ↗

?api_key=<credential>

Sign in to your TMDB account, open API settings, and complete the API registration/terms flow described in Getting Started. TMDB then provides either a v3 api_key for query-parameter auth or an API Read Access Token for Authorization: Bearer ... auth, as described in Application authentication.

TMDB API access credential (API key or API Read Access Token) ?api_key=<credential> + TMDB user session ID ?session_id=<credential> discovered

TMDB user session ID compound Get key ↗

Create a TMDB user session by following How do I generate a session id?. TMDB's User authentication guide says user-authenticated calls are controlled with a session_id query parameter after you create a session via the authentication endpoints.

TMDB API access credential (API key or API Read Access Token) ?api_key=<credential> + TMDB guest session ID ?guest_session_id=<credential> discovered

TMDB guest session ID compound Get key ↗

Call Create Guest Session to mint a guest session, as described in the Guest Sessions guide. TMDB notes guest sessions have limited permissions and should be kept private.