TheTVDB

TheTVDB Login API

The Login API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for login.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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Documentation
https://thetvdb.github.io/v4-api/
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APIReference
https://thetvdb.github.io/v4-api/
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Authentication
https://thetvdb.github.io/v4-api/#/Login

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tvdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/tvdb-login-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/thetvdb/v4-api

Other Resources

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Signup
https://thetvdb.com/api-information/signup
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Postman
https://www.getpostman.com/collections/7a9397ce69ff246f74d0
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SpectralRules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tvdb/refs/heads/main/rules/tvdb-rules.yml
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tvdb/refs/heads/main/json-ld/tvdb-context.jsonld
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tvdb/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/tvdb-vocabulary.yml
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SDKs
https://github.com/thetvdb/tvdb-v4-python
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Integrations
https://github.com/thetvdb/metadata.tvshows.thetvdb.com.v4.python
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Integrations
https://github.com/thetvdb/metadata.movies.thetvdb.com.v4.python
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IssueTracker
https://github.com/thetvdb/v4-api/issues

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OpenAPI Specification

tvdb-login-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: 'Documentation of [TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/) API V4. All related information is linked from our [Github repo](https://github.com/thetvdb/v4-api). You might also want to use our [Postman collection] (https://www.getpostman.com/collections/7a9397ce69ff246f74d0)

    ## Authentication

    1. Use the /login endpoint and provide your API key as "apikey". If you have a user-supported key, also provide your subscriber PIN as "pin". Otherwise completely remove "pin" from your call.

    2. Executing this call will provide you with a bearer token, which is valid for 1 month.

    3. Provide your bearer token for subsequent API calls by clicking Authorize below or including in the header of all direct API calls: `Authorization: Bearer [your-token]`


    ## Notes

    1. "score" is a field across almost all entities.  We generate scores for different types of entities in various ways, so no assumptions should be made about the meaning of this value.  It is simply used to hint at relative popularity for sorting purposes.

    '
  title: TVDB API V4 Artwork Login API
  version: 4.7.10
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-30'
  x-spec-source: https://github.com/thetvdb/v4-api/blob/main/docs/swagger.yml
servers:
- url: https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4
  description: TheTVDB v4 API production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Login
paths:
  /login:
    post:
      summary: TheTVDB Create an Auth Token. the Token Has One Month Validation Length.
      operationId: login
      tags:
      - Login
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - apikey
              properties:
                apikey:
                  type: string
                pin:
                  type: string
            examples:
              LoginRequestExample:
                summary: Default login request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  apikey: YOUR_API_KEY
                  pin: A1B2C3D4
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  data:
                    properties:
                      token:
                        type: string
                    type: object
                  status:
                    type: string
                type: object
              examples:
                Login200Example:
                  summary: Default login 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    data:
                      token: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.payload.signature
                    status: Continuing
        '401':
          description: invalid credentials
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT