Authentication Session ID

This method is used to generate a session id for user based authentication. A session id is required in order to use any of the write methods.

For a detailed walk through of the authentication process, click here.

HTTP Request

GET http://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/session/new

Required Parameters

• api_key

• request_token

  The request token parameter is the token you generated for the user to approve. The token needs to be approved by the user before being used here.

HTTP Response

{
    "session_id": "80b2bf99520cd795ff54e31af97917bc9e3a7c8c",
    "success": true
}