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plexwebsocket
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Async library to react to events issued over Plex websockets.
import asyncio
import logging
from plexapi.server import PlexServer
from plexwebsocket import PlexWebsocket, SIGNAL_CONNECTION_STATE
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
baseurl = 'http://<PLEX_SERVER_IP>:32400'
token = '<YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>'
plex = PlexServer(baseurl, token)
def print_info(msgtype, data, error):
if msgtype == SIGNAL_CONNECTION_STATE:
print(f"State: {data} / Error: {error}")
else:
print(f"Data: {data}")
async def main():
ws = PlexWebsocket(plex, print_info, subscriptions=["playing", "status"])
await ws.listen()
if __name__ == '__main__':
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())
FAQs
Support for issuing callbacks in response to Plex websocket updates.
We found that plexwebsocket demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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