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Movie Actor Explorer

Get Your API Token

Follow these steps to create a free TMDB account
and generate your Read Access Token.

1

Go to themoviedb.org

Open your browser and navigate to the TMDB website.

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Join TMDB
2

Create a free account

Click Join TMDB and sign up with your email. Verify your email when prompted — you'll get a confirmation link.

⚠ You must verify your email before TMDB lets you create an API token.
3

Open your account Settings

After logging in, click your avatar in the top-right corner, then choose Settings from the dropdown.

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Profile
⚙ Settings ← click
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4

Go to the API tab

In Settings, click the API tab in the left sidebar. Then click Create or Request an API Key. Choose Developer when asked.

Account
API
Lists
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Request an API Key
5

Copy the Read Access Token

Scroll down to find the API Read Access Token (v4 auth). This is a long string starting with eyJ... — copy the whole thing.

API Read Access Token (v4 auth)
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJhYmNkMTIzNC4uLiIsInN1YiI6IjY0YWJjZGVm...

← Copy this entire token (it's very long)
⚠ Do NOT commit this token to GitHub. Add env.js to your .gitignore file.
✓

Paste it into env.js

Open your env.js file and replace the placeholder with your token:

// env.js
window.__ENV__ = {
  READ_ACCESS_TOKEN: "eyJhbGciOi... paste here"
};
✓ You're ready
Save the file, open with Live Server — your Movie Actor Explorer will load real data from TMDB.