plex-docs/docs/legacy/plex/Log.md

Group Log (/log)

Logging a single-line message to the Plex Media Server log (GET /log)

This endpoint will write a single-line log message, including a level and source to the main Plex Media Server log.

• Parameters

  • level: An integer log level to write to the PMS log with.
    • Members
      • 0: Error
      • 1: Warning
      • 2: Info
      • 3: Debug
      • 4: Verbose
  • message: The text of the message to write to the log.
  • source: A string indicating the source of the message.

• Response 200

Logging a multi-line message to the Plex Media Server log (POST /log)

This endpoint will write multiple lines to the main Plex Media Server log in a single request. It takes a set of query strings as would normally sent to the above GET endpoint as a linefeed-separated block of POST data. The parameters for each query string match as above.

• Response 200

Enabling Papertrail (GET /log/networked)

This endpoint will enable all Plex Media Serverlogs to be sent to the Papertrail networked logging site for a period of time.

• Parameters

  • minutes: The number of minutes logging should be sent to Papertrail

• Response 200 (if papertrail could be enabled. 403 if the user was not signed in)