Create guest session

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "expires_at": "2024-12-15 14:11:03 UTC",
  "guest_session_id": "3803074424af57054b31a12f9890c412",
  "success": true
}

GET

/

3

/

authentication

/

guest_session

/

new

Create guest session

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/guest_session/new")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "expires_at": "2024-12-15 14:11:03 UTC",
  "guest_session_id": "3803074424af57054b31a12f9890c412",
  "success": true
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Response

200 - application/json

create guest session

expires_at

string

This is the time when the guest session id will expire.

Example:

"2024-12-15 14:11:03 UTC"

guest_session_id

string

It represents a unique identifier for a session that is created for a guest user.

Example:

"3803074424af57054b31a12f9890c412"

success

boolean

This shows whether the output was a success or failure.

Example:

true