> ## 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.

# Introduction

> Welcome to version 3 of the Movie Database (TMDB) API reference

Here's where you will learn the available authentication methods for the API, how to get your API credentials, the API sepcifics, and how to make successful requests to each endpoint.

Our API gives you access to our entire movie database. We provide you with 100+ endpoints to query the API for movie-related information, rate movies, like movies, etc for both personal and
commercial use. Learn more [here](https://www.themoviedb.org/about).

Check our [docs](/documentation) for indepth guide on the TMDB API.

## Getting started

Access everything you need to use the API

#### API Base URL

Below is the API Base URL:

```bash Base URL theme={null}
https://api.themoviedb.org/3
```

<Card title="Authentication" href="/api-reference/authentication" icon="key">
  Learn how to access your API credentials and authenticate your app or script
  with the API.
</Card>

#### Top use cases

Get started right away with any of our popular endpoints

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Retrieve Movie Information" icon="square-1" href="/api-reference/movies/get-movie-details">
    Use the API to fetch detailed information about movies, including titles, descriptions, release dates, and ratings.
    This is useful for building movie databases or integrating movie info into apps.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search for Movies/TV Shows" icon="square-2" href="/api-reference/search/get-collections">
    Use the API to search the TMDB database for movies, TV shows, actors, and more by using search queries. Great for adding search functionality in movie apps.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Trending Movies/TV Shows" icon="square-3" href="/api-reference/trending/get-trending-items">
    Use the API to fetch trending movies and TV shows based on current popularity. Ideal for creating **Trending** sections in your app.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Movie Recommendations" icon="square-4" href="/api-reference/discover/discover-movies">
    Use the recommendations endpoints to suggest movies similar to a given movie. Perfect for building recommendation engines in movie apps.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## API Pricing

Our API is free to use for non-commercial purposes as long as you attribute TMDB as the source of the data and/or images.

If you are interested in obtaining a license to use our API and/or our data/images for commercial purposes, please contact [sales@themoviedb.org](mailto:sales@themoviedb.org).
Please include the country you're from to help us expedite your request. For more enquiries, kindly check the [FAQ](/faq) section of our docs.