plexjs/docs/sdks/sessions/README.md

Sessions

(sessions)

Overview

API Calls that perform search operations with Plex Media Server Sessions

Available Operations

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

getSessions

This will retrieve the "Now Playing" Information of the PMS.

Example Usage

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.sessions.getSessions();

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result)
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
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.

Response

Promise<models.GetSessionsResponse>

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
models.GetSessionsSessionsResponseBody	401	application/json
models.SDKError	4xx-5xx	/

getSessionHistory

This will Retrieve a listing of all history views.

Example Usage

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.sessions.getSessionHistory();

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result)
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
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.

Response

Promise<models.GetSessionHistoryResponse>

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
models.GetSessionHistorySessionsResponseBody	401	application/json
models.SDKError	4xx-5xx	/

getTranscodeSessions

Get Transcode Sessions

Example Usage

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.sessions.getTranscodeSessions();

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result)
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
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.

Response

Promise<models.GetTranscodeSessionsResponse>

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
models.GetTranscodeSessionsSessionsResponseBody	401	application/json
models.SDKError	4xx-5xx	/

stopTranscodeSession

Stop a Transcode Session

Example Usage

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  xPlexClientIdentifier: "Postman",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.sessions.stopTranscodeSession("zz7llzqlx8w9vnrsbnwhbmep");

  // Handle the result
  console.log(result)
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
sessionKey	string	✔️	the Key of the transcode session to stop	[object Object]
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.

Response

Promise<models.StopTranscodeSessionResponse>

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
models.StopTranscodeSessionResponseBody	401	application/json
models.SDKError	4xx-5xx	/