Create Session

You can use this method to create a fully valid session ID once a user has validated the request token. More information about how this works can be found here.

This is step 3 from the How do I generate a session id? guide.

POST /3/authentication/session/new

Try it

Create Session

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/session/new \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "request_token": "f6a38deb1d109eeec83fe061e217ba19d94e5849"
}
'

200

{
  "session_id": "99f5fe8d04188f32c8fe2092c365a3f85cb3e376",
  "success": true
}

Headers

string

Example:

""

Body

application/json

request_token · string

Example:

"f6a38deb1d109eeec83fe061e217ba19d94e5849"

Response

200 - application/json

Session

session_id · string

Example:

"99f5fe8d04188f32c8fe2092c365a3f85cb3e376"

success · boolean

Example:

true