Create Request Token

reate an intermediate request token that can be used to validate a TMDB user login. More details about how this works can be found here.

This is step 1 from the How do I generate a session id? guide.

GET /3/authentication/token/new

Create Request Token

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/new

200

{
  "expires_at": "2025-01-03 16:47:53 UTC",
  "request_token": "f6a38deb1d109eeec83fe061e217ba19d94e5849",
  "success": true
}

Response

200 - application/json

Temp Request Token

expires_at · string

Example:

"2025-01-03 16:47:53 UTC"

request_token · string

Example:

"f6a38deb1d109eeec83fe061e217ba19d94e5849"

success · boolean

Example:

true