diff --git a/plexpy/http_handler.py b/plexpy/http_handler.py
index 72ee46dd..53201c23 100644
--- a/plexpy/http_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/http_handler.py
@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ class HTTPHandler(object):
     def make_request(self,
                      uri=None,
                      headers=None,
+                     data=None,
                      request_type='GET',
                      output_format='raw',
                      return_type=False,
                      no_token=False,
                      timeout=None,
-                     callback=None):
+                     callback=None,
+                     **request_kwargs):
         """
         Handle the HTTP requests.
 
@@ -86,11 +88,13 @@ class HTTPHandler(object):
         """
 
         self.uri = str(uri)
+        self.data = data
         self.request_type = request_type.upper()
         self.output_format = output_format.lower()
         self.return_type = return_type
         self.callback = callback
         self.timeout = timeout or self.timeout
+        self.request_kwargs = request_kwargs
 
         if self.request_type not in self.valid_request_types:
             logger.debug("HTTP request made but unsupported request type given.")
@@ -149,7 +153,8 @@ class HTTPHandler(object):
     def _http_requests_urllib3(self, url, session):
         """Request the data from the url"""
         try:
-            r = session.request(self.request_type, url, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout)
+            r = session.request(self.request_type, url, headers=self.headers, fields=self.data,
+                                timeout=self.timeout, **self.request_kwargs)
         except IOError as e:
             if not self._silent:
                 logger.warn("Failed to access uri endpoint %s with error %s" % (self.uri, e))
diff --git a/plexpy/plextv.py b/plexpy/plextv.py
index 73782359..79c11c03 100644
--- a/plexpy/plextv.py
+++ b/plexpy/plextv.py
@@ -164,16 +164,20 @@ class PlexTV(object):
                                                         headers=headers)
 
     def get_plex_auth(self, output_format='raw'):
-        uri = '/users/sign_in.xml'
-        base64string = base64.b64encode(('%s:%s' % (self.username, self.password)).encode('utf-8'))
-        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/xml; charset=utf-8',
-                   'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64string.decode('utf-8')}
+        uri = '/api/v2/users/signin'
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8',
+                   'Accept': 'application/xml'}
+        data = {'login': self.username,
+                'password': self.password,
+                'rememberMe': True}
 
         request = self.request_handler.make_request(uri=uri,
                                                     request_type='POST',
                                                     headers=headers,
+                                                    data=data,
                                                     output_format=output_format,
-                                                    no_token=True)
+                                                    no_token=True,
+                                                    encode_multipart=False)
 
         return request
 
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ class PlexTV(object):
             try:
                 xml_head = plextv_response.getElementsByTagName('user')
                 if xml_head:
-                    user = {'auth_token': xml_head[0].getAttribute('authenticationToken'),
+                    user = {'auth_token': xml_head[0].getAttribute('authToken'),
                             'user_id': xml_head[0].getAttribute('id')
                             }
                 else: