plexapi

Summary

Plex-API: An Open API Spec for interacting with Plex.tv and Plex Media Server

Table of Contents

• SDK Installation
• SDK Example Usage
• Available Resources and Operations
• Global Parameters
• Error Handling
• Server Selection
• Authentication

SDK Installation

Getting started

JDK 11 or later is required.

The samples below show how a published SDK artifact is used:

Gradle:

implementation 'dev.plexapi:plexapi:0.3.6'

Maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>dev.plexapi</groupId>
    <artifactId>plexapi</artifactId>
    <version>0.3.6</version>
</dependency>

How to build

After cloning the git repository to your file system you can build the SDK artifact from source to the build directory by running ./gradlew build on *nix systems or gradlew.bat on Windows systems.

If you wish to build from source and publish the SDK artifact to your local Maven repository (on your filesystem) then use the following command (after cloning the git repo locally):

On *nix:

./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Pskip.signing

On Windows:

gradlew.bat publishToMavenLocal -Pskip.signing

SDK Example Usage

Example

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
                .call();

            if (res.object().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Available Resources and Operations

Available methods

activities()

• getServerActivities - Get Server Activities
• cancelServerActivities - Cancel Server Activities

authentication()

• getTransientToken - Get a Transient Token
• getSourceConnectionInformation - Get Source Connection Information
• getTokenDetails - Get Token Details
• postUsersSignInData - Get User Sign In Data

butler()

• 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

hubs()

• getGlobalHubs - Get Global Hubs
• getLibraryHubs - Get library specific hubs

library()

• getFileHash - Get Hash Value
• getRecentlyAdded - Get Recently Added
• getAllLibraries - Get All Libraries
• getLibraryDetails - Get Library Details
• deleteLibrary - Delete Library Section
• getLibraryItems - Get Library Items
• getRefreshLibraryMetadata - Refresh Metadata Of The Library
• getSearchLibrary - Search Library
• getMetaDataByRatingKey - Get Metadata by RatingKey
• getMetadataChildren - Get Items Children
• getTopWatchedContent - Get Top Watched Content
• getOnDeck - Get On Deck

log()

• logLine - Logging a single line message.
• logMultiLine - Logging a multi-line message
• enablePaperTrail - Enabling Papertrail

media()

• markPlayed - Mark Media Played
• markUnplayed - Mark Media Unplayed
• updatePlayProgress - Update Media Play Progress
• getBannerImage - Get Banner Image
• getThumbImage - Get Thumb Image

playlists()

• createPlaylist - Create a Playlist
• getPlaylists - Get All Playlists
• getPlaylist - Retrieve Playlist
• deletePlaylist - Deletes a Playlist
• updatePlaylist - Update a Playlist
• getPlaylistContents - Retrieve Playlist Contents
• clearPlaylistContents - Delete Playlist Contents
• addPlaylistContents - Adding to a Playlist
• uploadPlaylist - Upload Playlist

plex()

• getCompanionsData - Get Companions Data
• getUserFriends - Get list of friends of the user logged in
• getGeoData - Get Geo Data
• getHomeData - Get Plex Home Data
• getServerResources - Get Server Resources
• getPin - Get a Pin
• getTokenByPinId - Get Access Token by PinId

search()

• performSearch - Perform a search
• performVoiceSearch - Perform a voice search
• getSearchResults - Get Search Results

server()

• getServerCapabilities - Get Server Capabilities
• getServerPreferences - Get Server Preferences
• getAvailableClients - Get Available Clients
• getDevices - Get Devices
• getServerIdentity - Get Server Identity
• getMyPlexAccount - Get MyPlex Account
• getResizedPhoto - Get a Resized Photo
• getMediaProviders - Get Media Providers
• getServerList - Get Server List

sessions()

• getSessions - Get Active Sessions
• getSessionHistory - Get Session History
• getTranscodeSessions - Get Transcode Sessions
• stopTranscodeSession - Stop a Transcode Session

statistics()

• getStatistics - Get Media Statistics
• getResourcesStatistics - Get Resources Statistics
• getBandwidthStatistics - Get Bandwidth Statistics

updater()

• getUpdateStatus - Querying status of updates
• checkForUpdates - Checking for updates
• applyUpdates - Apply Updates

video()

• getTimeline - Get the timeline for a media item
• startUniversalTranscode - Start Universal Transcode

watchlist()

• getWatchList - Get User Watchlist

Global Parameters

Certain parameters are configured globally. These parameters may be set on the SDK client instance itself during initialization. When configured as an option during SDK initialization, These global values will be used as defaults on the operations that use them. When such operations are called, there is a place in each to override the global value, if needed.

For example, you can set ClientID to "gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40" at SDK initialization and then you do not have to pass the same value on calls to operations like getServerResources. But if you want to do so you may, which will locally override the global setting. See the example code below for a demonstration.

Available Globals

The following global parameters are available.

Name	Type	Required	Description
clientID	java.lang.String		The unique identifier for the client application
This is used to track the client application and its usage
(UUID, serial number, or other number unique per device)
clientName	java.lang.String		The clientName parameter.
clientVersion	java.lang.String		The clientVersion parameter.
clientPlatform	java.lang.String		The clientPlatform parameter.
deviceName	java.lang.String		The deviceName parameter.

Example

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerResourcesResponse;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.IncludeHttps;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.IncludeIPv6;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.IncludeRelay;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetServerResourcesResponse res = sdk.plex().getServerResources()
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .includeHttps(IncludeHttps.ONE)
                .includeRelay(IncludeRelay.ONE)
                .includeIPv6(IncludeIPv6.ONE)
                .call();

            if (res.plexDevices().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerResourcesBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerResourcesUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Error Handling

Handling errors in this SDK should largely match your expectations. All operations return a response object or raise an error. If Error objects are specified in your OpenAPI Spec, the SDK will throw the appropriate Exception type.

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
models/errors/GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest	400	application/json
models/errors/GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized	401	application/json
models/errors/SDKError	4xx-5xx	*/*

Example

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
                .call();

            if (res.object().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Server Selection

Select Server by Index

You can override the default server globally by passing a server index to the serverIndex builder method when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected server will then be used as the default on the operations that use it. This table lists the indexes associated with the available servers:

#	Server	Variables
0	{protocol}://{ip}:{port}	protocol (default is https), ip (default is 10.10.10.47), port (default is 32400)

Example

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .serverIndex(0)
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
                .call();

            if (res.object().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Variables

Some of the server options above contain variables. If you want to set the values of those variables, the following optional parameters are available when initializing the SDK client instance:

• ServerProtocol protocol
• String ip
• String port

Override Server URL Per-Client

The default server can also be overridden globally by passing a URL to the serverURL builder method when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .serverURL("{protocol}://{ip}:{port}")
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
                .call();

            if (res.object().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Override Server URL Per-Operation

The server URL can also be overridden on a per-operation basis, provided a server list was specified for the operation. For example:

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetCompanionsDataResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetCompanionsDataResponse res = sdk.plex().getCompanionsData()
                .serverURL("https://plex.tv/api/v2/")
                .call();

            if (res.responseBodies().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetCompanionsDataBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetCompanionsDataUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Authentication

Per-Client Security Schemes

This SDK supports the following security scheme globally:

Name	Type	Scheme
accessToken	apiKey	API key

To authenticate with the API the accessToken parameter must be set when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

package hello.world;

import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.SDKError;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
                .accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
                .clientID("gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40")
                .clientName("Plex Web")
                .clientVersion("4.133.0")
                .clientPlatform("Chrome")
                .deviceName("Linux")
                .build();

            GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
                .call();

            if (res.object().isPresent()) {
                // handle response
            }
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (SDKError e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // handle exception
            throw e;
        }

    }
}

Development

Maturity

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.

Contributions

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Any manual changes added to internal files will be overwritten on the next generation. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Feel free to open a PR or an issue with a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release.

SDK Created by Speakeasy