The TMDB API supports two types of authentication. API keys and a Bearer token authentication.

You can only choose one out of the two.

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How to Use API Key

To use an API key to authenticate your request, you need to get your API keys. Follow these steps to get your API keys.

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Step 1

Navigate to your dashboard.

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Scroll through the ‘Settings’ section at the left side of the page and click ‘API’.

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Scroll down and get your API keys in the ‘API Keys’ section.

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Step 4

After you have gotten your⁣⁣API Key, set yourAuthorization-header as API Key.

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Enter yourAPI Key In the value section.

Your API key contains sensitive information; therefore, you must keep it secured

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How To Use Bearer Token

To use the bearer token to authenticate your request, you need to get your access token.

Follow these steps to get an access token:

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Step 1

Scroll to your account dashboard.

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Scroll through the ‘Settings’ section at the left side of the page and click ‘API’.

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Scroll down and get your Access token in the ‘API Read Access Token’ section.

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After you have gotten your⁣⁣ Access-token, set yourAuthorization-header as Bearer Token.

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Step 5

Enter your Access Tokenin the value section.

Your Access token contains sensitive information; therefore, you must keep it secured.

Things you need to know:

  • You can’t access the API registration page with a mobile device. You can only access the page using a desktop computer and browser.
  • Before you can be issued an API key, you need to accept our terms of use. You can read that here.