Public/Get-PlexAuthenticationToken.ps1
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function Get-PlexAuthenticationToken { <# .SYNOPSIS Gets the authentication token from Plex.tv for your account. .DESCRIPTION Gets the authentication token from Plex.tv for your account. Creates a script scoped variable that is used by the other functions. .PARAMETER Credential A PScredential object (usually obtained by running Get-Credential). .EXAMPLE Get-PlexAuthenticationToken -Credential (Get-Credential) #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [PSCredential] $Credential ) if(!$Credential) { $Credential = Get-Credential } $Base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $Credential.GetNetworkCredential().UserName, $Credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password))) try { $Data = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://plex.tv/users/sign_in.json" -Method POST -Headers @{ 'Authorization' = ("Basic {0}" -f $Base64AuthInfo); 'X-Plex-Client-Identifier' = "PowerShell-Test"; 'X-Plex-Product' = 'PowerShell-Test'; 'X-Plex-Version' = "V0.01"; 'X-Plex-Username' = $Credential.GetNetworkCredential().UserName; } -ErrorAction Stop $script:PlexServerData = [PSCustomObject]@{ 'Username' = $Data.user.username 'Token' = $Data.user.authentication_token 'AddedOn' = $(Get-Date -Format 's') } } catch { throw $_ } } |