> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://emiloju.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Validate request token (with Login) > This endpoint is used to validate the request token generated [here](https://emiloju.mintlify.app/api-reference/authentication/create-request-token) with a TMDB user's account credentials (username and password). The validated request token returned in the response can be used directly to [create a session id](https://emiloju.mintlify.app/api-reference/authentication/create-session). Learn more [here](https://emiloju.mintlify.app/api-reference/user-authentication#alternative-method). ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/openapi.yaml post /3/authentication/token/validate_with_login openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Endpoints description: This section contains all the endpoints used in the documentation. version: 1.0.0 contact: {} servers: - url: https://api.themoviedb.org security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: This section contains all endpoints used for authentication - name: Accounts description: This section contains account-specific endpoints. - name: Favorites description: >- This section contains all endpoints that allow a TMDB account to add movies, TV Shows, episodes to favorites, and also to get a list of favorites for the account. - name: Movies description: >- This section contains an endpoint to add a movie to favorites, and another to get a list of favorite movies for a TMDB account. - name: TV shows description: >- This section contains an endpoint to get the favorite TV shows for an account. - name: Watchlist description: >- This section contains all endpoints that allow a TMDB account to add movies, TV Shows to watchlist, and also to get a list of watchlist for the account. - name: Movies1 description: >- This section contains an endpoint that allows a TMDB account to add a movie to watchlist, and another to get the movies in a watchlist. - name: TV shows1 description: >- This section contains an endpoint used to get TV shows in an account's watchlist. - name: Ratings description: >- This section contains endpoints used to get all movies, TV Shows, and episodes rated by a TMDB account. - name: Movies12 description: >- This section contains an endpoint used to get a list of movies rated by a TMDB account. - name: TV shows12 description: >- This section contains an endpoint used to get a list of TV shows rated by a TMDB account. - name: Episodes description: >- This section contains an endpoint used to get a list of episodes rated by a TMDB account. - name: Lists description: Endpoints for a TMDB account lists. - name: Guest sessions description: This section contains all endpoints accessible by a guest session. - name: Movies description: For movies. - name: TV episodes description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve data for all TV episodes. - name: TV seasons description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve data for all TV seasons. - name: TV series description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve data for all TV series. - name: TV series lists description: This section contains all endpoints used to list TV series. - name: TV episode groups description: This section contains an endpoint used to retrieve data for TV episodes. - name: Watch providers description: Get available regions. - name: People description: About people lists. - name: Companies description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve data for supported companies. - name: Discover description: This section contains all endpoints used to discover movies and TV shows. - name: Recent changes description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to get recent changes in the TMDB database. - name: Credit description: This section contains an endpoint used to retrieve movie credits. - name: Certifications description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to get certification for movies and TV shows. - name: Collections description: This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve data for collections - name: Configuration description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve data on TMDB's configurations. - name: Find description: >- This section contains an endpoint used to search the TMDB database by External ID. - name: Genres description: This section contains endpoints related to genres. - name: Keywords description: >- This section contains an endpoint used to get keywords in the database by an ID. - name: Movie lists description: >- This section contains all endpoints used to retrieve movies by multiple search filters. - name: Networks description: For network endpoints. - name: Reviews description: For reviews endpoints. - name: Search description: For search endpoints. - name: Trending description: For trending videos. paths: /3/authentication/token/validate_with_login: post: tags: - Authentication summary: Validate request token (with Login) description: >- This endpoint is used to validate the request token generated [here](https://emiloju.mintlify.app/api-reference/authentication/create-request-token) with a TMDB user's account credentials (username and password). The validated request token returned in the response can be used directly to [create a session id](https://emiloju.mintlify.app/api-reference/authentication/create-session). Learn more [here](https://emiloju.mintlify.app/api-reference/user-authentication#alternative-method). operationId: createSessionWithLogin requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/loginRequestBody' examples: Example request: value: password: my_password request_token: 825b0375e94da6c9f829465e170ed3448a3ee4d9 username: my_username responses: '200': description: Request successful headers: Alt-Svc: schema: type: string example: h3=":443"; ma=86400 Connection: schema: type: string example: keep-alive Content-Encoding: schema: type: string example: br Date: schema: type: string example: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:57 GMT Server: schema: type: string example: openresty Transfer-Encoding: schema: type: string example: chunked Vary: schema: type: string example: Origin Via: schema: type: string example: >- 1.1 450b03d6f80e8a9a65630e947501047e.cloudfront.net (CloudFront) X-Amz-Cf-Id: schema: type: string example: Z7lUGOwlIDfdNiZTvQARzcCFyPNfTkQVa6BGfwAlFd-AmEKCrbtTnA== X-Amz-Cf-Pop: schema: type: string example: LOS50-P2 X-Cache: schema: type: string example: Miss from cloudfront cache-control: schema: type: string example: public, max-age=0 etag: schema: type: string example: W/"501e43e9814d159745f972d749178695" vary: schema: type: string example: accept-encoding content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: expires_at: type: string example: 2024-12-29 14:13:38 UTC description: The date and time (in UTC) when the token will expire. request_token: type: string example: 825b0375e94da6c9f829465e170ed3448a3ee4d9 description: The validated token. success: type: boolean example: true description: >- Indicates whether the request was successful. Possible values - true or false examples: Response example: value: expires_at: 2024-12-29 14:13:38 UTC request_token: 825b0375e94da6c9f829465e170ed3448a3ee4d9 success: true components: schemas: loginRequestBody: type: object properties: password: type: string example: my_password description: A TMDB user's account password request_token: type: string example: 825b0375e94da6c9f829465e170ed3448a3ee4d9 description: >- A unique token created [here]() that is used to generate a `session_id` username: type: string example: my_username description: A TMDB user's account username securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer ````