Skip to main content
POST
/
3
/
authentication
/
token
/
validate_with_login
Create Session (with login)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "password": "test123",
  "request_token": "9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b",
  "username": "johnny_appleseed"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login"

payload = {
"password": "test123",
"request_token": "9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b",
"username": "johnny_appleseed"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
password: 'test123',
request_token: '9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b',
username: 'johnny_appleseed'
})
};

fetch('https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login', 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/token/validate_with_login",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'password' => 'test123',
'request_token' => '9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b',
'username' => 'johnny_appleseed'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

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

func main() {

url := "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"password\": \"test123\",\n \"request_token\": \"9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b\",\n \"username\": \"johnny_appleseed\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"password\": \"test123\",\n \"request_token\": \"9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b\",\n \"username\": \"johnny_appleseed\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/validate_with_login")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"password\": \"test123\",\n \"request_token\": \"9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b\",\n \"username\": \"johnny_appleseed\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "expires_at": "2024-12-14 17:06:53 UTC",
  "request_token": "9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b",
  "success": true
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

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

Body

application/json
password
string

The password used to create the account.

Example:

"test123"

request_token
string

A temporary credential used in the authentication process.

Example:

"9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b"

username
string

The username used to create the account

Example:

"johnny_appleseed"

Response

200 - application/json

create session (with login)

expires_at
string

This is when the request token will expire.

Example:

"2024-12-14 17:06:53 UTC"

request_token
string

A temporary credential used in the authentication process.

Example:

"9cd2a6e7bb16e67e55bc695c87d9d63e0727057b"

success
boolean

This is the success or failure of our request.

Example:

true