# Plex Account and Authentication API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-account-api/  
**Provider:** Plex — https://apis.io/providers/plex/  
**Base URL:** https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2  
**Documentation:** https://developer.plex.tv/pms/#section/API-Info/Authenticating-with-Plex

Plex Account and Authentication API is one of 31 APIs that [Plex](https://apis.io/providers/plex/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Authentication, JWT, and Identity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes authentication docs and API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/plex/refs/heads/main/authentication/plex-authentication.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.plex.tv/pms/#section/API-Info/Authenticating-with-Plex
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/plex/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Plex APIs (12)

- [Plex MCP Server](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-mcp-server/)
- [Plex Activities API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-activities-api/)
- [Plex Butler API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-butler-api/)
- [Plex Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-collections-api/)
- [Plex Content API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-content-api/)
- [Plex Devices API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-devices-api/)
- [Plex Download Queue API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-download-queue-api/)
- [Plex DV Rs API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-dvrs-api/)
- [Plex EPG API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-epg-api/)
- [Plex Events API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-events-api/)
- [Plex General API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-general-api/)
- [Plex Hubs API](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-hubs-api/)

## Tags

Authentication, JWT, Identity

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/plex/plex-account-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/plex/.