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title: 'TMDB API Key'
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# Getting an API Key
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In order to search for movies and TV shows, we use an API called ["The Movie Database" (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/). For your client to be able to search, you need to generate an API key for yourself.
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<Note>The API key is **free**, you just need to create an account.</Note>
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<Steps>
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<Steps.Step>
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Create an account at https://www.themoviedb.org/signup
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</Steps.Step>
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<Steps.Step>
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You will be required to verify your email; click the link that you get sent
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to verify your account.
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</Steps.Step>
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<Steps.Step>
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Go to https://www.themoviedb.org/settings/api/request to create a developer
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account.
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</Steps.Step>
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<Steps.Step>Read the terms and conditions and accept them.</Steps.Step>
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<Steps.Step>
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Fill out your details: - Select "Website" as type of use. - For the other
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details can put any values; they are not important.
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</Steps.Step>
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<Steps.Step>
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Copy the "API Read Access Token" - **DO NOT COPY THE API Key - IT WILL NOT
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WORK**
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</Steps.Step>
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</Steps>
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