Method authenticate

backend/cache/plex.go:196–235

authenticate will generate a token based on a username/password

()

// authenticate will generate a token based on a username/password
func (p *plexConnector) authenticate() error {
	p.mu.Lock()
	defer p.mu.Unlock()

	form := url.Values{}
	form.Set("user[login]", p.username)
	form.Add("user[password]", p.password)
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", defPlexLoginURL, strings.NewReader(form.Encode()))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	p.fillDefaultHeaders(req)
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	var data map[string]any
	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to obtain token: %w", err)
	}
	tokenGen, ok := get(data, "user", "authToken")
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to obtain token: %v", data)
	}
	token, ok := tokenGen.(string)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to obtain token: %v", data)
	}
	p.token = token
	if p.token != "" {
		if p.saveToken != nil {
			p.saveToken(p.token)
		}
		fs.Infof(p.f.Name(), "Connected to Plex server: %v", p.url.String())
	}
	p.listenWebsocket()

	return nil
}

// isConnected checks if this rclone is authenticated to Plex
func (p *plexConnector) isConnected() bool {