Welcome to the official TMDb API documentation! Access a vast, community-driven movie and TV database. Whether you’re a developer, film enthusiast, or business, our powerful API helps you integrate rich entertainment data with ease.
- You will need to pick a language.
- Get your credentials such as your API Access Key and API Key for authentication and authorization.
- Please note that the API registration process is not optimized for mobile devices so you should access these pages on a desktop computer and browser.
Getting Started
To get started with the TMDB API, you need to follow the following steps:Step 1
┃┃ Create an account to get started.
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Step 2
┃┃ After creating an account, get your API Key.
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Step 3
┃┃ Know the configuration methods. They retrieve static data lists for the database. ┃
Step 4
┃┃ Understand Authentication Basics.
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API Base URL
All endpoints in this documentation use this base URL:https://api.themoviedb.org/3
Content-Type
Endpoints expect and return data in thejson/application format.
Please note that the API registration process is not optimized for mobile devices
so you should access these pages on a desktop computer and browser.
A a few useful tips
- The configuration methods are useful to get the static lists of data we use throughout the database.
- You can find things like the languages, countries, timezones and translations that we use. The configuration method also holds useful image information.
- Understanding the basics of our authentication is useful. You can read about this here.
- We enforce some amount of rate limiting on the API. You can read about that here.
Need Help?
If you need assistance, visit our API support forum:
If you need assistance, visit our API support forum:
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/category/5047958519c29526b50017d6