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Steps for User Authentication with TMDB API
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Step 1

Get your Bearer token:
Visit the Authentication page to know how to get your bearer token
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Step 2

Create a Request Token:
  • Call the https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/new endpoint to generate a request token.
Your Request token expires after 60 minutes (1 hour) if not used.
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Step 3

Ask User to Approve the Token:
  • Redirect the user to TMDB’s authentication page to approve the request token:
https://www.themoviedb.org/authenticate/{REQUEST_TOKEN}
Replace the {REQUEST_TOKEN} with your request_token
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Step 4

Create a Session ID:
  • Once the user approves the request token, call the https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/session/new endpoint with the approved token to create a session ID.
In our quickstart page we will be making an API request using our bearer token to one of the endpoint