The Movie Database Support
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Session ID
posted by Kevin DeerySTAFFMOD on November 8, 2016 at 10:29 AM
Hi All,
So ive finished the app and I'm adding new features now, I thought it would be create to start giving back to TMDB therefore I'm implementing ratings and movie uploads (collections etc)
So I was able to quickly get a new session ID after activating, however I don't know how to get the session after its already generated. I made the mistake of not saving this within my database on the first run and now I get denied status.
I can see only a small part of the session ID within my account but I need the full thing.
How can I obtain this?
Kevin
Reply by Travis Bell
on November 8, 2016 at 10:53 AM
Hi Kevin,
You'll have to generate a new one. If you didn't store at the time of creation, there's no way to get it back. The steps are outlined here if you're having trouble.
Cheers.
Reply by Kevin Deery
on November 8, 2016 at 11:17 AM
Hi Travis ,
I tried this but I'm getting
{ "status_code": 17, "status_message": "Session denied." }
get this in code and in the api's try it out option
Kevin
Reply by Kevin Deery
on November 8, 2016 at 11:20 AM
never mind, being an idiot. Had to approve via the website
Reply by Travis Bell
on November 8, 2016 at 11:25 AM
No problem. It should be noted that we don't support writing any movie or TV data via the API. The API user features are pretty much only focused on account feature like maintaining your ratings, watchlist and favourites.
Reply by Kevin Deery
on November 9, 2016 at 9:28 AM
Hi Travis ,
I'm ok with that :)
I'm getting Session denied again today :(
I make the request and get a token 6f515ef12506f20e21e61dea40a94685ee515574 then open a small windows and send the user to https://www.themoviedb.org/authenticate/6f515ef12506f20e21e61dea40a94685ee515574 (they login and allow) I try to get a new session https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/session/new?api_key=key removed&request_token=6f515ef12506f20e21e61dea40a94685ee515574
But its always denied.
Any thoughts on this?
Reply by Kevin Deery
on November 9, 2016 at 9:34 AM
when I go here https://www.themoviedb.org/authenticate/6f515ef12506f20e21e61dea40a94685ee515574 /allow
I can see that access has been granted
Reply by Kevin Deery
on November 9, 2016 at 10:37 AM
issue resolved , not an api issue but a uwp control issue
Reply by Travis Bell
on November 9, 2016 at 10:46 AM
👍🏼