I had to choose between v3(stable) and v4, so I went with the stable version. Now I want to use the Account API in v3, but I need an account_id for that. I have an api_key, I have authenticated successfully, and I even got a session_id. I don't know if I'm missing something or if the documentation is misleading, but I really want to know how I can get an account_id in v3. Is it possible?
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Réponse de robbie3999
le 19 octobre 2023 à 17h59
Hi @tmdb37519625, if you go to the account details doc page, then you can select "Log In" in the upper right corner, then navigate back to the same page, the account id field is autofilled with your account id.
Réponse de adilev7
le 22 octobre 2023 à 02h38
Yes I know, but I wish to get it programmatically.
Réponse de robbie3999
le 22 octobre 2023 à 11h35
Your account number never changes so I'm not sure why you need to get it programmatically when you already have it. However if you notice the id gets returned in the response for the account details. There is a bug or undocumented feature that you can put in any acount id number or string you want and authenticate in the header with your bearer token and it will return the info for the account. This doesn't work with api key.
If you want to work with someone else's account, you need to create a session id and use that.
Réponse de adilev7
le 23 octobre 2023 à 04h21
Thank you for your response @robbie3999.
I want to get the account ID programmatically because I want my app to serve any account. Once the user logged in to IMDB in order to authenticate the request token, I want that user's account ID.
I found a way to get the account ID.
You won't find this in the documentation but if you make a
GETrequest tohttps://api.themoviedb.org/3/account?session_id=###, you should receive your account details as well as the ID.