plexcsharp/docs/sdks/butler/README.md

Butler

(Butler)

Overview

Butler is the task manager of the Plex Media Server Ecosystem.

Available Operations

• GetButlerTasks - Get Butler tasks
• StartAllTasks - Start all Butler tasks
• StopAllTasks - Stop all Butler tasks
• StartTask - Start a single Butler task
• StopTask - Stop a single Butler task

GetButlerTasks

Returns a list of butler tasks

Example Usage

using PlexAPI;
using PlexAPI.Models.Components;

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(AccessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>");

var res = await sdk.Butler.GetButlerTasksAsync();

// handle response

Response

GetButlerTasksResponse

StartAllTasks

This endpoint will attempt to start all Butler tasks that are enabled in the settings. Butler tasks normally run automatically during a time window configured on the server's Settings page but can be manually started using this endpoint. Tasks will run with the following criteria:

1. Any tasks not scheduled to run on the current day will be skipped.
2. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are outside that window, the task will start immediately.
3. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are within that window, the task will be scheduled at a random time within the window.
4. If we are outside the configured window, the task will start immediately.

Example Usage

using PlexAPI;
using PlexAPI.Models.Components;

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(AccessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>");

var res = await sdk.Butler.StartAllTasksAsync();

// handle response

Response

StartAllTasksResponse

StopAllTasks

This endpoint will stop all currently running tasks and remove any scheduled tasks from the queue.

Example Usage

using PlexAPI;
using PlexAPI.Models.Components;

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(AccessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>");

var res = await sdk.Butler.StopAllTasksAsync();

// handle response

Response

StopAllTasksResponse

StartTask

This endpoint will attempt to start a single Butler task that is enabled in the settings. Butler tasks normally run automatically during a time window configured on the server's Settings page but can be manually started using this endpoint. Tasks will run with the following criteria:

1. Any tasks not scheduled to run on the current day will be skipped.
2. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are outside that window, the task will start immediately.
3. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are within that window, the task will be scheduled at a random time within the window.
4. If we are outside the configured window, the task will start immediately.

Example Usage

using PlexAPI;
using PlexAPI.Models.Components;
using PlexAPI.Models.Requests;

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(AccessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>");

var res = await sdk.Butler.StartTaskAsync(taskName: TaskName.CleanOldBundles);

// handle response

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
TaskName	TaskName	✔️	the name of the task to be started.

Response

StartTaskResponse

StopTask

This endpoint will stop a currently running task by name, or remove it from the list of scheduled tasks if it exists. See the section above for a list of task names for this endpoint.

Example Usage

using PlexAPI;
using PlexAPI.Models.Components;
using PlexAPI.Models.Requests;

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(AccessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>");

var res = await sdk.Butler.StopTaskAsync(taskName: PathParamTaskName.BackupDatabase);

// handle response

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
TaskName	PathParamTaskName	✔️	The name of the task to be started.

Response

StopTaskResponse