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The Movie Database Authentication API

The Authentication API from The Movie Database — 7 operation(s) for authentication.

The Movie Database Authentication API is one of 21 APIs that The Movie Database publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.themoviedb.org.

7 operations 7 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://api.themoviedb.org/3
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

The Movie Database Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sec0). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 7
GET
/3/authentication
Validate Key
authentication-validate-key → 200401
GET
/3/authentication/guest_session/new
Create Guest Session
authentication-create-guest-session → 200
GET
/3/authentication/token/new
Create Request Token
authentication-create-request-token → 200
POST
/3/authentication/session/new
Create Session
authentication-create-session body → 200
POST
/3/authentication/session/convert/4
Create Session (from v4 token)
authentication-create-session-from-v4-token body → 200
POST
/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login
Create Session (with login)
authentication-create-session-from-login body → 200
DELETE
/3/authentication/session
Delete Session
authentication-delete-session body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

the-movie-database-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs The Movie Database publishes across the network.

The Movie Database Account API
The Movie Database Certification API
The Movie Database Collection API
The Movie Database Company API
The Movie Database Configuration API
The Movie Database Credit API
The Movie Database Discover API
The Movie Database Find API
The Movie Database Genre API
The Movie Database Guest Session API
The Movie Database Keyword API
The Movie Database List API