plex-api-client 0.12.1

Python Client SDK Generated by Speakeasy

plexpy

Summary

Plex-API: An Open API Spec for interacting with Plex.tv and Plex Media Server

Table of Contents

• SDK Installation
• IDE Support
• SDK Example Usage
• Available Resources and Operations
• Global Parameters
• Retries
• Error Handling
• Server Selection
• Custom HTTP Client
• Authentication
• Debugging

SDK Installation

The SDK can be installed with either pip or poetry package managers.

PIP

PIP is the default package installer for Python, enabling easy installation and management of packages from PyPI via the command line.

pip install plex-api-client

Poetry

Poetry is a modern tool that simplifies dependency management and package publishing by using a single pyproject.toml file to handle project metadata and dependencies.

poetry add plex-api-client

IDE Support

PyCharm

Generally, the SDK will work well with most IDEs out of the box. However, when using PyCharm, you can enjoy much better integration with Pydantic by installing an additional plugin.

• PyCharm Pydantic Plugin

SDK Example Usage

Example

# Synchronous Example
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

The same SDK client can also be used to make asychronous requests by importing asyncio.

# Asynchronous Example
import asyncio
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

async def main():
    s = PlexAPI(
        access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
        x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
    )
    res = await s.server.get_server_capabilities_async()
    if res.object is not None:
        # handle response
        pass

asyncio.run(main())

Available Resources and Operations

Available methods

activities

• get_server_activities - Get Server Activities
• cancel_server_activities - Cancel Server Activities

authentication

• get_transient_token - Get a Transient Token
• get_source_connection_information - Get Source Connection Information
• get_token_details - Get Token Details
• post_users_sign_in_data - Get User Sign In Data

butler

• get_butler_tasks - Get Butler tasks
• start_all_tasks - Start all Butler tasks
• stop_all_tasks - Stop all Butler tasks
• start_task - Start a single Butler task
• stop_task - Stop a single Butler task

hubs

• get_global_hubs - Get Global Hubs
• get_library_hubs - Get library specific hubs

library

• get_file_hash - Get Hash Value
• get_recently_added - Get Recently Added
• get_all_libraries - Get All Libraries
• get_library_details - Get Library Details
• delete_library - Delete Library Section
• get_library_items - Get Library Items
• get_refresh_library_metadata - Refresh Metadata Of The Library
• get_search_library - Search Library
• get_meta_data_by_rating_key - Get Metadata by RatingKey
• get_metadata_children - Get Items Children
• get_top_watched_content - Get Top Watched Content
• get_on_deck - Get On Deck

log

• log_line - Logging a single line message.
• log_multi_line - Logging a multi-line message
• enable_paper_trail - Enabling Papertrail

media

• mark_played - Mark Media Played
• mark_unplayed - Mark Media Unplayed
• update_play_progress - Update Media Play Progress
• get_banner_image - Get Banner Image
• get_thumb_image - Get Thumb Image

playlists

• create_playlist - Create a Playlist
• get_playlists - Get All Playlists
• get_playlist - Retrieve Playlist
• delete_playlist - Deletes a Playlist
• update_playlist - Update a Playlist
• get_playlist_contents - Retrieve Playlist Contents
• clear_playlist_contents - Delete Playlist Contents
• add_playlist_contents - Adding to a Playlist
• upload_playlist - Upload Playlist

plex

• get_companions_data - Get Companions Data
• get_user_friends - Get list of friends of the user logged in
• get_geo_data - Get Geo Data
• get_home_data - Get Plex Home Data
• get_server_resources - Get Server Resources
• get_pin - Get a Pin
• get_token_by_pin_id - Get Access Token by PinId

search

• perform_search - Perform a search
• perform_voice_search - Perform a voice search
• get_search_results - Get Search Results

server

• get_server_capabilities - Get Server Capabilities
• get_server_preferences - Get Server Preferences
• get_available_clients - Get Available Clients
• get_devices - Get Devices
• get_server_identity - Get Server Identity
• get_my_plex_account - Get MyPlex Account
• get_resized_photo - Get a Resized Photo
• get_media_providers - Get Media Providers
• get_server_list - Get Server List

sessions

• get_sessions - Get Active Sessions
• get_session_history - Get Session History
• get_transcode_sessions - Get Transcode Sessions
• stop_transcode_session - Stop a Transcode Session

statistics

• get_statistics - Get Media Statistics
• get_resources_statistics - Get Resources Statistics
• get_bandwidth_statistics - Get Bandwidth Statistics

updater

• get_update_status - Querying status of updates
• check_for_updates - Checking for updates
• apply_updates - Apply Updates

video

• get_timeline - Get the timeline for a media item
• start_universal_transcode - Start Universal Transcode

watchlist

• get_watch_list - Get User Watchlist

Retries

Some of the endpoints in this SDK support retries. If you use the SDK without any configuration, it will fall back to the default retry strategy provided by the API. However, the default retry strategy can be overridden on a per-operation basis, or across the entire SDK.

To change the default retry strategy for a single API call, simply provide a RetryConfig object to the call:

from plex_api.utils import BackoffStrategy, RetryConfig
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.server.get_server_capabilities(,
    RetryConfig("backoff", BackoffStrategy(1, 50, 1.1, 100), False))

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

If you'd like to override the default retry strategy for all operations that support retries, you can use the retry_config optional parameter when initializing the SDK:

from plex_api.utils import BackoffStrategy, RetryConfig
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    retry_config=RetryConfig("backoff", BackoffStrategy(1, 50, 1.1, 100), False),
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Error Handling

Handling errors in this SDK should largely match your expectations. All operations return a response object or raise an error. If Error objects are specified in your OpenAPI Spec, the SDK will raise the appropriate Error type.

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest	400	application/json
errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized	401	application/json
errors.SDKError	4xx-5xx	/

Example

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
from plex_api_client.models import errors

s = PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = None
try:
    res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()

    if res.object is not None:
        # handle response
        pass

except errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest as e:
    # handle e.data: errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequestData
    raise(e)
except errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized as e:
    # handle e.data: errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorizedData
    raise(e)
except errors.SDKError as e:
    # handle exception
    raise(e)

Server Selection

Select Server by Index

You can override the default server globally by passing a server index to the server_idx: int optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected server will then be used as the default on the operations that use it. This table lists the indexes associated with the available servers:

#	Server	Variables
0	{protocol}://{ip}:{port}	protocol (default is https), ip (default is 10.10.10.47), port (default is 32400)

Example

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    server_idx=0,
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Variables

Some of the server options above contain variables. If you want to set the values of those variables, the following optional parameters are available when initializing the SDK client instance:

• protocol: models.ServerProtocol
• ip: str
• port: str

Override Server URL Per-Client

The default server can also be overridden globally by passing a URL to the server_url: str optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    server_url="{protocol}://{ip}:{port}",
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Override Server URL Per-Operation

The server URL can also be overridden on a per-operation basis, provided a server list was specified for the operation. For example:

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.plex.get_companions_data(server_url="https://plex.tv/api/v2/")

if res.response_bodies is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Custom HTTP Client

The Python SDK makes API calls using the httpx HTTP library. In order to provide a convenient way to configure timeouts, cookies, proxies, custom headers, and other low-level configuration, you can initialize the SDK client with your own HTTP client instance. Depending on whether you are using the sync or async version of the SDK, you can pass an instance of HttpClient or AsyncHttpClient respectively, which are Protocol's ensuring that the client has the necessary methods to make API calls. This allows you to wrap the client with your own custom logic, such as adding custom headers, logging, or error handling, or you can just pass an instance of httpx.Client or httpx.AsyncClient directly.

For example, you could specify a header for every request that this sdk makes as follows:

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
import httpx

http_client = httpx.Client(headers={"x-custom-header": "someValue"})
s = PlexAPI(client=http_client)

or you could wrap the client with your own custom logic:

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
from plex_api_client.httpclient import AsyncHttpClient
import httpx

class CustomClient(AsyncHttpClient):
    client: AsyncHttpClient

    def __init__(self, client: AsyncHttpClient):
        self.client = client

    async def send(
        self,
        request: httpx.Request,
        *,
        stream: bool = False,
        auth: Union[
            httpx._types.AuthTypes, httpx._client.UseClientDefault, None
        ] = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
        follow_redirects: Union[
            bool, httpx._client.UseClientDefault
        ] = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
    ) -> httpx.Response:
        request.headers["Client-Level-Header"] = "added by client"

        return await self.client.send(
            request, stream=stream, auth=auth, follow_redirects=follow_redirects
        )

    def build_request(
        self,
        method: str,
        url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
        *,
        content: Optional[httpx._types.RequestContent] = None,
        data: Optional[httpx._types.RequestData] = None,
        files: Optional[httpx._types.RequestFiles] = None,
        json: Optional[Any] = None,
        params: Optional[httpx._types.QueryParamTypes] = None,
        headers: Optional[httpx._types.HeaderTypes] = None,
        cookies: Optional[httpx._types.CookieTypes] = None,
        timeout: Union[
            httpx._types.TimeoutTypes, httpx._client.UseClientDefault
        ] = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
        extensions: Optional[httpx._types.RequestExtensions] = None,
    ) -> httpx.Request:
        return self.client.build_request(
            method,
            url,
            content=content,
            data=data,
            files=files,
            json=json,
            params=params,
            headers=headers,
            cookies=cookies,
            timeout=timeout,
            extensions=extensions,
        )

s = PlexAPI(async_client=CustomClient(httpx.AsyncClient()))

Authentication

Per-Client Security Schemes

This SDK supports the following security scheme globally:

Name	Type	Scheme
access_token	apiKey	API key

To authenticate with the API the access_token parameter must be set when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI

s = PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Global Parameters

A parameter is configured globally. This parameter may be set on the SDK client instance itself during initialization. When configured as an option during SDK initialization, This global value will be used as the default on the operations that use it. When such operations are called, there is a place in each to override the global value, if needed.

For example, you can set X-Plex-Client-Identifier to "gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40" at SDK initialization and then you do not have to pass the same value on calls to operations like get_server_resources. But if you want to do so you may, which will locally override the global setting. See the example code below for a demonstration.

Available Globals

The following global parameter is available.

Name	Type	Required	Description
x_plex_client_identifier	str		The unique identifier for the client application
This is used to track the client application and its usage
(UUID, serial number, or other number unique per device)

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Example

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
from plex_api_client.models import operations

s = PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40",
)

res = s.plex.get_server_resources(x_plex_client_identifier="gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40", include_https=operations.IncludeHTTPS.ONE, include_relay=operations.IncludeRelay.ONE, include_i_pv6=operations.IncludeIPv6.ONE)

if res.plex_devices is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Debugging

You can setup your SDK to emit debug logs for SDK requests and responses.

You can pass your own logger class directly into your SDK.

from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
s = PlexAPI(debug_logger=logging.getLogger("plex_api_client"))

Development

Maturity

This SDK is in beta, and there may be breaking changes between versions without a major version update. Therefore, we recommend pinning usage to a specific package version. This way, you can install the same version each time without breaking changes unless you are intentionally looking for the latest version.

Contributions

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Feel free to open a PR or a Github issue as a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release!

SDK Created by Speakeasy