> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://devliz.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Welcome to V3 of TMDB API reference. Here, you will find a list of methods currently available for our movie, tv, actor and image API.

<Note>
  To register for an API key, click the [Login](https://www.themoviedb.org/login)
  button to create an account.  If you need help or support, please visit to our [API support](https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/category/5047958519c29526b50017d6) forum.
</Note>

<img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/devliz/ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA/images/tmdb-fav.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA&q=85&s=4eca768ec4d02f42cddb643f4ee041f9" alt="Hero Light" width="1200" height="675" data-path="images/tmdb-fav.png" />

<img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/devliz/ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA/images/tmdb-fav.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA&q=85&s=4eca768ec4d02f42cddb643f4ee041f9" alt="Hero Dark" width="1200" height="675" data-path="images/tmdb-fav.png" />

## What is TMDB?

The Movie Database is The Movie Database (TMDb)
is a user-editable database of information about movies and TV shows.
Our APIs allow developers to fetch information about movies and TV shows,
including release dates, posters, trailers, industry professionals etc.

## Use cases

<CardGroup cols={2} className="p-8 center">
  <Card title="Find movies and TV shows">
    Use TMDb to find something to watch, or to build a watchlist

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/devliz/ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA/images/tmdb-trending.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA&q=85&s=3b12311ff29115d16eab53ec6bc0083c" alt="Hero Light" height="50%" width="100%" className="my-4" data-path="images/tmdb-trending.png" />
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get recommendations">
    Get recommended movies and TV shows

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/devliz/ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA/images/tmdb-reccomendation.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA&q=85&s=366186b4dcf5f5efdf163ef0a2fd84b8" alt="Hero Light" height="100%" width="100%" className="my-4" data-path="images/tmdb-reccomendation.png" />
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contribute data">
    Add your own information to the database

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/devliz/ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA/images/add-movie.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA&q=85&s=155c2f91ebe06c4877a31058152d4caf" alt="Hero Light" height="50%" width="100%" className="my-4" data-path="images/add-movie.webp" />
  </Card>

  <Card title="Develop applications">
    Access data and images in your own applications

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/devliz/ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA/images/movie-app.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=ocgb8_T_PHLS69pA&q=85&s=f7d9a6fd7b02b595221323fa622699d7" alt="Hero Light" height="50%" width="100%" className="my-4" data-path="images/movie-app.webp" />
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Info>Please note that the API registration process is not optimized for mobile devices
so you should access these pages on a desktop computer and browser.</Info>

<Tip>
  **A a few useful tips**

  * The configuration methods are useful to get the static lists of data we use throughout the database.
    * You can find things like the languages, countries, timezones and translations that we use. The configuration method also holds useful image information.
  * Understanding the basics of our authentication is useful. You can read about this here.
  * We enforce some amount of rate limiting on the API. You can read about that here.
</Tip>