Created endpoint for authenticating with plex and linking your plex user to the logged in seasoned user. User database table gets a new plex_userid column. This will be used to fetch tautulli stats for your account.

seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/user/authenticatePlexAccount.js

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+const UserRepository = require('src/user/userRepository');
+const userRepository = new UserRepository();
+ const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+ const FormData = require('form-data');
+
+function handleError(error, res) {
+  let { status, message, source } = error;
+
+  if (status && message) {
+    if (status === 401) {
+      message = 'Unauthorized. Please check plex credentials.',
+      source = 'plex'
+    }
+
+    res.status(status).send({ success: false, message, source })
+  } else {
+    console.log('caught authenticate plex account controller error', error)
+    res.status(500).send({
+      message: 'An unexpected error occured while authenticating your account with plex',
+      source
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+function handleResponse(response) {
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw {
+      success: false,
+      status: response.status,
+      message: response.statusText
+    }
+  }
+
+  return response.json()
+}
+
+function plexAuthenticate(username, password) {
+  const url = 'https://plex.tv/api/v2/users/signin'
+
+  const form = new FormData()
+  form.append('login', username)
+  form.append('password', password)
+  form.append('rememberMe', 'false')
+
+  const headers = {
+    'Accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
+    'Content-Type': form.getHeaders()['content-type'],
+    'X-Plex-Client-Identifier': 'seasonedRequest'
+  }
+  const options = {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers,
+    body: form
+  }
+
+  return fetch(url, options)
+    .then(resp => handleResponse(resp))
+}
+
+function authenticatePlexAccountController(req, res) {
+  const user = req.loggedInUser;
+  const { username, password } = req.body;
+
+  return plexAuthenticate(username, password)
+    .then(plexUser => userRepository.linkPlexUserId(user.username, plexUser.id))
+    .then(response => res.send({
+      success: true,
+      message: "Successfully authenticated and linked plex account with seasoned request."
+    }))
+    .catch(error => handleError(error, res))
+}
+
+module.exports = authenticatePlexAccountController;