# 401 error when accessing xml data with script via localhost

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**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [December 16, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/401-error-when-accessing-xml-data-with-script-via-localhost/347830 "2018-12-16T07:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moe\_Fwacky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/moe_fwacky/32/18594_2.png) [@Moe\_Fwacky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Moe_Fwacky)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/401-error-when-accessing-xml-data-with-script-via-localhost/347830/1 "2018-12-16T07:04:15Z")

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Attempting to pull session stats data from the xml at :32400/status/sessions?X-Plex-Token= gives a 401 unauthorized error when running a script from the same machine.

I’ve tried with file\_get\_contents in [this php script](https://github.com/MoeFwacky/Plex-Now-Playing-Display) and also tried using curl from the command line. Curl gives the 401 error using both localhost and 127.0.0.1, but properly reads using the device IP address, but any attempts at alternatives to file\_get\_contents in the script so far haven’t worked.

My understanding is that there is some security built into plex that prevents access to scripts through localhost, but I’m no network engineer so I’m not sure the best way to work around this for this particular script.

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/401-error-when-accessing-xml-data-with-script-via-localhost/347830/2 "2018-12-16T07:28:50Z")

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X-Plex-Token is required, even on the loopback adapter.  
Since the general form you showed includes it, the request itself when expanded might be looking for something its not accessing correctly.

Are you using the correct Plex Account & Token?

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**Author:** ![Moe\_Fwacky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/moe_fwacky/32/18594_2.png) [@Moe\_Fwacky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Moe_Fwacky)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/401-error-when-accessing-xml-data-with-script-via-localhost/347830/3 "2018-12-16T09:24:06Z")

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Yeah the account and token are correct. I’ve checked a few times.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/401-error-when-accessing-xml-data-with-script-via-localhost/347830/4 "2019-03-16T09:28:08Z")

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