> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://ileolami.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Getting Started
Welcome to version 3 of The Movie Database (TMDB) API.
This is where you will find the definitive list of currently available methods for our movie, TV, actor, and image API.
If you need help or support, please head over to our [API support forum](https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/category/5047958519c29526b50017d6).
## API Base URL
The base URL for this API is :
```shell theme={null}
https://api.themoviedb.org
```
## 1. Select your preferred language:
Shell
}
>
```shell theme={null}
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
--header 'accept: application/json'
```
Node
}
>
```javascript theme={null}
const url = 'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication';
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
accept: 'application/json',
Authorization: 'Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}'
}
};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
```
Ruby
}
>
```ruby theme={null}
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```
PHP
}
>
```php theme={null}
request('GET', 'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication', [
'headers' => [
'accept' => 'application/json',
'Authorization' => 'Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}'
],
]);
echo $response->getBody();
```
Python
}
>
```python theme={null}
import requests
url = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication"
headers = {
"accept": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
```
Java
}
>
```java theme={null}
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication")
.get()
.addHeader("accept", "application/json")
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}")
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```
C#
}
>
```csharp theme={null}
using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("accept", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}");
var response = await client.GetAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
```
## 2. Credentials
## 3. Try It!