Plex-API: An Open API Spec for interacting with Plex.tv and Plex Media Server
An Open Source OpenAPI Specification for Plex Media Server
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The following SDKs are generated from the OpenAPI Specification. They are automatically generated and may not be fully tested. If you find any issues, please open an issue on the main specification Repository.
| Language | Repository | Releases | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | GitHub | PyPI | - |
| JavaScript/TypeScript | GitHub | NPM \ JSR | - |
| Go | GitHub | Releases | GoDoc |
| Ruby | GitHub | Releases | - |
| Swift | GitHub | Releases | - |
| PHP | GitHub | Releases | - |
| Java | GitHub | Releases | - |
| C# | GitHub | Releases | - |
The SDK can be installed with either pip or poetry package managers.
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 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
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.
# Synchronous Example
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
s = PlexAPI(
access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
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>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
res = await s.server.get_server_capabilities_async()
if res.object is not None:
# handle response
pass
asyncio.run(main())
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>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
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>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()
if res.object is not None:
# handle response
pass
Handling errors in this SDK should largely match your expectations. All operations return a response object or raise an exception.
By default, an API error will raise a errors.SDKError exception, which has the following properties:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
.status_code | int | The HTTP status code |
.message | str | The error message |
.raw_response | httpx.Response | The raw HTTP response |
.body | str | The response content |
When custom error responses are specified for an operation, the SDK may also raise their associated exceptions. You can refer to respective Errors tables in SDK docs for more details on possible exception types for each operation. For example, the get_server_capabilities_async method may raise the following exceptions:
| Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
|---|---|---|
| errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
| errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
| errors.SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
from plex_api_client.models import errors
s = PlexAPI(
access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
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)
The default server {protocol}://{ip}:{port} contains variables and is set to https://10.10.10.47:32400 by default. To override default values, the following parameters are available when initializing the SDK client instance:
protocol: models.ServerProtocolip: strport: strThe 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="https://10.10.10.47:32400",
access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()
if res.object is not None:
# handle response
pass
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>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
res = s.plex.get_companions_data(server_url="https://plex.tv/api/v2")
if res.response_bodies is not None:
# handle response
pass
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()))
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>",
client_id="3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58",
client_name="Plex for Roku",
client_version="2.4.1",
platform="Roku",
device_nickname="Roku 3",
)
res = s.server.get_server_capabilities()
if res.object is not None:
# handle response
pass
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"))
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.
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!
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