Validate Key
Test your API key or Bearer token to confirm it is valid.
Sends a request to GET /authentication to verify that the access token used to initialise the client is valid. Useful as a quick sanity check at startup or after credential rotation.
async validate_key(): Promise<AuthValidateKeyResponse>TMDB Reference: Validate Key
Parameters
None.
Returns
Errors
| HTTP | TMDB code | Cause |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | 7 | Invalid or expired API key / Bearer token. |
Example
import { TMDB } from "@lorenzopant/tmdb";
const tmdb = new TMDB("your-access-token");
const result = await tmdb.authentication.validate_key();
console.log(result.success); // true
console.log(result.status_message); // "Success."