From 70cfef54ad4cf796b7c24bda06eb30822b525144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yarne Coppens <git.w8x3v@simplelogin.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:54:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Created method to produce an authenticated session

---
 bgg_connection.py | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bgg_connection.py b/bgg_connection.py
index 0956261..02a02be 100644
--- a/bgg_connection.py
+++ b/bgg_connection.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import requests
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from pydantic import HttpUrl
+import requests
 
 from classes.boardgame import BoardGame, BoardGameExpansion
 
@@ -56,4 +57,21 @@ def get_boardgame(boardgame_id: int) -> BoardGame:
 
     requested_boardgame = convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml_object.find('item'))
 
-    return requested_boardgame
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+    return requested_boardgame
+
+def get_authenticated_bgg_session(username: str, password: str) -> requests.Session:
+    login_url = "https://boardgamegeek.com/login/api/v1"
+
+    post_data = {
+        "credentials":{
+            "username": username,
+            "password": password
+        }
+    }
+
+    authenticated_session = requests.Session()
+    login_response = authenticated_session.post(login_url, json=post_data)
+
+    print(login_response.status_code)
+
+    return authenticated_session
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