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To get your Account ID in TMDB API, follow these steps:

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1. Sign in to TMDB

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2. Request a token

GET https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/token/new?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

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3. Authenticate the request token

Before creating your session, you must authenticate your token. 
https://www.themoviedb.org/authenticate/your_request_token

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4. Create a new session id

Once the request token is authenticated, exchange it for a session ID. Read more here 
POST https://api.themoviedb.org/3/authentication/session/new?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"request_token": "YOUR_REQUEST_TOKEN"}'

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5. Fetch Your Account ID

Once you have a session ID, use this request to generate your account id: 
GET "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/account?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&session_id=YOUR_SESSION_ID"
Response 
{
  "avatar": {
    "gravatar": {
      "hash": "374b042c3cf5a753197e33390a88137b"
    },
    "tmdb": {
      "avatar_path": null
    }
  },
  "id": 13974313,
  "iso_639_1": "en",
  "iso_3166_1": "NG",
  "name": "",
  "include_adult": false,
  "username": "bisi"
}
The account ID is “id”: 13974313. You will use this ID for account-related operations.