# Rookie question

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/rookie-question/157484
**Category:** Dev/API Corner
**Tags:** other-dev
**Created:** [September 6, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rookie-question/157484 "2016-09-06T20:28:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![PlexDude123\_gmail.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@PlexDude123\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexDude123_gmail.com)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rookie-question/157484/1 "2016-09-06T20:28:26Z")

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Hi - Some rookie questions…

Is it possible to use the Plex API to allow people to login to a third party app with their Plex credentials?

Can a third party app access any details about a users Plex library (i.e. # of movies/videos, # of tracks etc.) via the API?

Can a user access and control any server features through a third party app?

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### Author: ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rookie-question/157484/2 "2016-09-06T20:36:03Z")

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Yes, Yes and more or less 😉

For more specific answers, we need more specific questions though.

And for a start, look here:

[forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/971278/#Comment\_971278](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/971278/#Comment_971278 "https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/971278/#Comment\_971278")

/T

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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: [January 8, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rookie-question/157484/3 "2020-01-08T19:59:29Z")

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