+    def _real_initialize(self):
+        email, password = self._get_login_info()
+        if email is None:
+            return
+
+        user_data = self._api2_request(
+            'https://shahid.mbc.net/wd/service/users/login',
+            None, 'Logging in', data=json.dumps({
+                'email': email,
+                'password': password,
+                'basic': 'false',
+            }).encode('utf-8'), headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
+            })['user']
+