Plex

Plex Account and Authentication API

The plex.tv cloud API that issues and refreshes the credentials every Plex Media Server call depends on: PIN-based device linking, JWK public-key registration, nonce issuance, device-JWT exchange for a 7-day Plex JWT, and the published JWKS. Legacy long-lived X-Plex-Token authentication is still supported.

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Authentication
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https://developer.plex.tv/pms/#section/API-Info/Authenticating-with-Plex

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: plex:plex-account-api
name: Plex Account and Authentication API
description: 'The plex.tv cloud API that issues and refreshes the credentials every Plex Media Server
  call depends on: PIN-based device linking, JWK public-key registration, nonce issuance, device-JWT exchange
  for a 7-day Plex JWT, and the published JWKS. Legacy long-lived X-Plex-Token authentication is still
  supported.'
humanURL: https://developer.plex.tv/pms/#section/API-Info/Authenticating-with-Plex
baseURL: https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2
tags:
- Authentication
- JWT
- Identity
tags_raw:
- Authentication
- OAuth
- JWT
- Identity
properties:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/plex-authentication.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.plex.tv/pms/#section/API-Info/Authenticating-with-Plex