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Overview

Unofficial Python bindings for the TMDb API. The goal is to make interaction with the API as easy as possible while emulating the endpoints as much as possible

Installation & Documentation

pip install tmdbapis

Documentation can be found at Read the Docs.

Using the Object API

Getting a TMDbAPIs Instance

To create a TMDbAPIs Object you need your V3 API Key, which can be found following this guide.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey)

Authenticating V3 API Token

To authenticate your TMDb V3 API Token you can either authenticate your TMDb V4 Token or use the authenticate() method.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey)
tmdb.authenticate(username, password)

Saving a V3 API Authenticated Session

To save your authenticated session use the session_id Attribute.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey)
tmdb.authenticate(username, password)
with open("session_id.txt", "w") as text_file:
    print(tmdb.session_id, file=text_file)

To load the authenticated session use the session_id Parameter of the TMDbAPIs constructor.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"

session_id = None
with open("session_id.txt") as text_file:
    session_id = text_file.readline()

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey, session_id=session_id)

Adding TMDb V4 API Read Access Token

To gain read access to TMDb V4’s API just provide you’re TMDb V4 Access Token either using the v4_access_token Parameter of the TMDbAPIs constructor or by using the v4_access_token() method.

To gain read access to TMDb V4’s API need your TMDb V4 Access Token, which can be found following this guide.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"
v4_access_token = "sohsnrfiemrsdvsavvt4h426GWEGW434gSgSdnjhcyuwbBYHBOSIYCBWgyNTYxNTY4OGQ5NTJjZCIsInN1YiI6IjVkMzM5ZmI0MmY4ZDAfdfdgegeGGregerfge34345BlcyI6WyJhcGlfcmVhZCJdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIvfdvsdfveregrgqgfsfghjhOR0shmZZ_ZekFiuyl7o56921C0"

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey, v4_access_token=v4_access_token)

Authenticating TMDb V4 API Token

To authenticate your TMDB V4 Read Access Token it is a multi step process.

  1. Add your TMDb V4 API Read Access Token.

  2. Authenticate the URL returned from v4_authenticate().

  3. Once the URL has been authenticated you must approve it by running v4_approved().

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"
v4_access_token = "sohsnrfiemrsdvsavvt4h426GWEGW434gSgSdnjhcyuwbBYHBOSIYCBWgyNTYxNTY4OGQ5NTJjZCIsInN1YiI6IjVkMzM5ZmI0MmY4ZDAfdfdgegeGGregerfge34345BlcyI6WyJhcGlfcmVhZCJdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIvfdvsdfveregrgqgfsfghjhOR0shmZZ_ZekFiuyl7o56921C0"

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey, v4_access_token=v4_access_token)

print(tmdb.v4_authenticate())
input("Navigate to the URL and then hit enter when Authenticated")
tmdb.v4_approved()

Saving a V4 API Authenticated Token

To save your authenticated token use the v4_access_token Attribute.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"
v4_access_token = "sohsnrfiemrsdvsavvt4h426GWEGW434gSgSdnjhcyuwbBYHBOSIYCBWgyNTYxNTY4OGQ5NTJjZCIsInN1YiI6IjVkMzM5ZmI0MmY4ZDAfdfdgegeGGregerfge34345BlcyI6WyJhcGlfcmVhZCJdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIvfdvsdfveregrgqgfsfghjhOR0shmZZ_ZekFiuyl7o56921C0"

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey, v4_access_token=v4_access_token)

print(tmdb.v4_authenticate())
input("Navigate to the URL and then hit enter when Authenticated")
tmdb.v4_approved()
with open("access_token.txt", "w") as text_file:
    print(tmdb.v4_access_token, file=text_file)

To load the authenticated token use the v4_access_token Parameter of the TMDbAPIs constructor or the v4_access_token() method.

from tmdbapis import TMDbAPIs

apikey = "0010843563404748808d3fc9c562c05e"

v4_access_token = None
with open("access_token.txt") as text_file:
    v4_access_token = text_file.readline()

tmdb = TMDbAPIs(apikey, v4_access_token=v4_access_token)

Usage & Contributions

  • Source is available on the Github Project Page.

  • Contributors to TMDbAPIs own their own contributions and may distribute that code under the MIT license.

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