plexcsharp/docs/sdks/updater

Updater

(Updater)

Overview

This describes the API for searching and applying updates to the Plex Media Server. Updates to the status can be observed via the Event API.

Available Operations

• GetUpdateStatus - Querying status of updates
• CheckForUpdates - Checking for updates
• ApplyUpdates - Apply Updates

GetUpdateStatus

Querying status of updates

Example Usage

using PlexAPI;
using PlexAPI.Models.Components;

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(
    accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman"
);

var res = await sdk.Updater.GetUpdateStatusAsync();

// handle response

Response

GetUpdateStatusResponse

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
PlexAPI.Models.Errors.GetUpdateStatusResponseBody	401	application/json
PlexAPI.Models.Errors.SDKException	4xx-5xx	/

CheckForUpdates

Checking for updates

Example Usage

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

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(
    accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman"
);

var res = await sdk.Updater.CheckForUpdatesAsync(download: PlexAPI.Models.Requests.Download.One);

// handle response

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Download	Download	➖	Indicate that you want to start download any updates found.	1

Response

CheckForUpdatesResponse

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
PlexAPI.Models.Errors.CheckForUpdatesResponseBody	401	application/json
PlexAPI.Models.Errors.SDKException	4xx-5xx	/

ApplyUpdates

Note that these two parameters are effectively mutually exclusive. The tonight parameter takes precedence and skip will be ignored if tonight is also passed

Example Usage

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

var sdk = new PlexAPISDK(
    accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman"
);

var res = await sdk.Updater.ApplyUpdatesAsync(
    tonight: PlexAPI.Models.Requests.Tonight.One,
    skip: PlexAPI.Models.Requests.Skip.One
);

// handle response

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Tonight	Tonight	➖	Indicate that you want the update to run during the next Butler execution. Omitting this or setting it to false indicates that the update should install	1
Skip	Skip	➖	Indicate that the latest version should be marked as skipped. The entry for this version will have the state set to skipped.	1

Response

ApplyUpdatesResponse

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
PlexAPI.Models.Errors.ApplyUpdatesResponseBody	401	application/json
PlexAPI.Models.Errors.SDKException	4xx-5xx	/