Themoviedb TMDb API

Name: TMDb API
Brand: TMDb API
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✓ Official Vendor SpecDeveloper ToolsSource Controlbearer37 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Programmatically validate API key, create guest session. Covers 37 operations with bearer authentication.

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the TMDb API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the TMDb API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with TMDb API.

Validate API key

Create guest session

Get account details

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use TMDb API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Developer Tools Operations

Use the TMDb API to perform developer tools operations programmatically. The API provides 37 endpoints covering core functionality including validate API key, create guest session, create request token.

Call GET /3/authentication to validate API key

Automated Authentication Management

Automate authentication operations by combining multiple TMDb API endpoints. Agents can create guest session and then create request token in a single workflow.

Call GET /3/authentication/guest_session/new to create guest session, then verify the result

AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call TMDb API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle bearer tokens manually.

Search Jentic for 'validate API key', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

Key Endpoints

37 endpoints — the movie database (tmdb) api v3.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/3/authentication

Validate API key

GET

/3/authentication/guest_session/new

Create guest session

GET

/3/authentication/token/new

Create request token

POST

/3/authentication/session/new

Create session

GET

/3/account/{account_id}

Get account details

POST

/3/account/{account_id}/favorite

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GET

/3/account/{account_id}/favorite/movies

Get favorite movies

GET

/3/account/{account_id}/favorite/tv

Get favorite TV shows

GET

/3/authentication

Validate API key

GET

/3/authentication/guest_session/new

Create guest session

GET

/3/authentication/token/new

Create request token

POST

/3/authentication/session/new

Create session

GET

/3/account/{account_id}

Get account details

Why Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Your TMDb token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'search for a movie' or 'get account favorites', and Jentic returns the matching TMDb operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

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Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Github

Alternative developer tools API

Choose Github when you need a different approach to developer tools operations

Alternative

Gitlab

Alternative developer tools API

Choose Gitlab when you need a different approach to developer tools operations

FAQs

Specific to using TMDb API through Jentic.

What authentication does the TMDb API use?

The TMDb API uses a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Can I validate API key with the TMDb API?

Yes. Use the GET /3/authentication endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

What are the rate limits for the TMDb API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

How do I validate API key through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'validate API key'. Jentic returns the matching TMDb API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

How many endpoints does the TMDb API have?

The TMDb API exposes 37 endpoints covering authentication, account, movies operations.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the TMDb API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which TMDb operations and credentials the agent may use. Since TMDb puts the account id in the URL path, such as /3/account/{account_id}/favorite/movies, you can pin the agent to a single account so it only reads that account's details and favorites and touches nothing else. You also pick the exact operations it may call, so write actions like POST /3/account/{account_id}/favorite are excluded unless you explicitly allow them.