Quickstart

This page will show you how to make an API Request

For this quickstart, you’ll use the Details endpoint in the Account Folder to retrieve the public details of an account on TMDB.

GET https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}

Get your account_id

The endpoint to fetch the account_id is:

GET https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account

• Add the query parameter your_bearer_token to authenticate your request.

GET https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account?bearer_token=YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN

Example response

{
  "id": 12345678, //Your account_id
  "name": "YourUsername",
  "include_adult": false,
  "username": "YourUsername",
  "avatar": {
    "gravatar": {
      "hash": "abc123def456ghi789"
    },
    "tmdb": {
      "avatar_path": "/path/to/avatar.jpg"
    }
  },
  "iso_639_1": "en",
  "iso_3166_1": "US"
}

Your account_id is an integer value.

Get the Account details endpoint.

GET https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}

Replace the {account_id} with your TMDb account_id

To authenticate your request, include your bearer_token as a query parameter or in the request header.

bearer_token as query parameter

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}
?bearer_token=YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}
?bearer_token=YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN

GET https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN

Make the Request

Below are examples of how to make the request using different tools:

Using cURL

curl "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}?api_key=YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN"

curl "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}?api_key=YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN"

1. Open Postman and create a new request.

2. Set the request type to GET.

3. Enter the URL:

   https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
   

4. Click Send.

import requests

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
account_id = "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID"
url = f"https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account/{account_id}?api_key={your_bearer_token}"

response = requests.get(url)
data = response.json()

print(data)

Example response

If the request is successful, you’ll receive a JSON response containing details about the account. Here’s an example response:

{
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "YourUsername",
  "include_adult": false,
  "username": "YourUsername",
  "avatar": {
    "gravatar": {
      "hash": "abc123def456ghi789"
    },
    "tmdb": {
      "avatar_path": "/path/to/avatar.jpg"
    }
  },
  "iso_639_1": "en",
  "iso_3166_1": "US"
}