Created method to produce an authenticated session

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
 
@@ -57,3 +58,20 @@ def get_boardgame(boardgame_id: int) -> BoardGame:
     requested_boardgame = convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml_object.find('item'))
 
     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