plex-token-cli

A tiny shell script that generates a Plex authentication token using Plex's device-link flow — no username/password, nothing sent to any third party. It's a CLI port of the browser-based plex-token-generator.

Requirements

• bash
• curl
• jq

Usage

./plex-token.sh

You'll be asked for a product name (press Enter for the default). The script then prints a PIN:

Go to https://plex.tv/link and enter: ABCD

Open that URL in any browser, sign in to Plex if needed, and enter the PIN. The script polls every 5 seconds and prints your token once you've authorized:

Success! Your Plex token:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The PIN expires after a few minutes (the script tells you exactly how long); just re-run if it lapses.

Scripting

Status messages go to stderr and the bare token goes to stdout, so you can capture just the token:

./plex-token.sh > token.txt

How it works

1. POST https://plex.tv/api/v2/pins — requests a PIN tied to a freshly generated client identifier (so Plex treats each run as a new device).
2. You authorize the PIN at https://plex.tv/link.
3. GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/pins/{id} — polled until it returns your authToken.

Credits & license

A CLI port of ndm13/plex-token-generator, which implements the same Plex device-link flow as a browser app. Licensed under the MIT License.