Create a login in start()

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Hey,



In the plex dev site it is said that performing a login to gain access to certain content on websites should be possible, however on this forum as well as in the dev part of the plex website I cannot find ways to perform a login.

So here is my question. How can I create a login that allows plex to login at a certain website and gain access to user restricted content.

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Hi David,



there’s no one mechanism since every web site deals with the differently. You need to figure out how the web site does it (url, parameters, etc) and then issue a HTTP.Request against that mechanism. Most plugins use the Preferences support to get the name and password from the user to use as parameters for the login.



Jonny

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The Vimeo plugin has a login, you can use that as a starting point. The idea is to check for a certain piece of information. If it’s there it means you’re logged in, if not, you’re not.


<br />
####################################################################################################<br />
<br />
def GetMyStuff(sender):<br />
  ...<br />
  ...<br />
  # See if we have any creds stored.<br />
  if not Prefs.Get('email') and not Prefs.Get('password'):<br />
    return MessageContainer(header='Logging in', message='Please enter your email and password in the preferences.')<br />
<br />
  # See if we need to log in.<br />
  xml = XML.ElementFromURL(VIMEO_URL + 'subscriptions/channels/sort:name', True, cacheTime=0)<br />
  if xml.xpath('//title')[0].text != 'Your subscriptions on Vimeo':<br />
    Login()<br />
<br />
  # Now check to see if we're logged in.<br />
  xml = XML.ElementFromURL(VIMEO_URL + 'subscriptions/channels/sort:name', True, cacheTime=0)<br />
  if xml.xpath('//title')[0].text != 'Your subscriptions on Vimeo':<br />
    return MessageContainer(header='Error logging in', message='Check your email and password in the preferences.')<br />
  else:<br />
  ...<br />
  ...<br />
  ...<br />
<br />
####################################################################################################<br />
<br />
def Login():<br />
  values = {<br />
     'sign_in[email]' : Prefs.Get('email'),<br />
     'sign_in[password]' : Prefs.Get('password')<br />
  }<br />
<br />
  x = HTTP.Request("http://www.vimeo.com/log_in", values)<br />
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