Create request token

This endpoint is used to create an intermediate request token that can be used to validate a TMDB user login in your app. More details about how this works can be found here.

GET /3/authentication/token/new

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Create request token

cURL

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

200

{
  "expires_at": "2024-12-07 12:34:51 UTC",
  "request_token": "02a0e6d34dbd8325254e83c78918599076a62b0e",
  "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

Request successful

expires_at · string

The date and time (in UTC) when the request token will expire.

Example:

"2024-12-07 12:34:51 UTC"

request_token · string

A unique token used to generate a session id

Example:

"02a0e6d34dbd8325254e83c78918599076a62b0e"

success · boolean

Indicates whether the request was successful. Possible values - true or false

Example:

true