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Plex

Support level: Community

Allows users to authenticate using their Plex credentials

Preparation​

None

authentik -> Sources​

Add Plex as a source

  • Name: Choose a name
  • Slug: Set a slug
  • Client ID: Set a unique Client Id or leave the generated ID
  • Press Load Servers to login to plex and pick the authorized Plex Servers for "allowed users"
  • Decide if anyone with a plex account can authenticate or only friends you share with

Save, and you now have Plex as a source.

note

For more details on how-to have the new source display on the Login Page see here.

Plex source property mappings​

See the overview for information on how property mappings work.

Expression data​

The following variables are available to OAuth source property mappings:

  • info: A Python dictionary containing Plex user data.
  • auth_api: A Plex client object to make requests to the Source with authentication built-in.