plexjs/docs/sdks/collections/README.md

Collections

(collections)

Overview

API Operations against the Collections

Available Operations

• createCollection - Create collection

createCollection

Create a collection in the library

Example Usage

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { Accepts, MediaType } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
  token: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.collections.createCollection({
    sectionId: "<id>",
    type: MediaType.TvShow,
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Standalone function

The standalone function version of this method:

import { PlexAPICore } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/core.js";
import { collectionsCreateCollection } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/funcs/collectionsCreateCollection.js";
import { Accepts, MediaType } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/models/shared";

// Use `PlexAPICore` for best tree-shaking performance.
// You can create one instance of it to use across an application.
const plexAPI = new PlexAPICore({
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
  token: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
});

async function run() {
  const res = await collectionsCreateCollection(plexAPI, {
    sectionId: "<id>",
    type: MediaType.TvShow,
  });
  if (res.ok) {
    const { value: result } = res;
    console.log(result);
  } else {
    console.log("collectionsCreateCollection failed:", res.error);
  }
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
request	operations.CreateCollectionRequest	✔️	The request object to use for the request.
options	RequestOptions	➖	Used to set various options for making HTTP requests.
options.fetchOptions	RequestInit	➖	Options that are passed to the underlying HTTP request. This can be used to inject extra headers for examples. All Request options, except method and body, are allowed.
options.retries	RetryConfig	➖	Enables retrying HTTP requests under certain failure conditions.

Response

Promise<shared.MediaContainerWithMetadata>

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
errors.SDKError	4XX, 5XX	*/*