plexjs/docs/sdks/video

Video

(video)

Overview

API Calls that perform operations with Plex Media Server Videos

Available Operations

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

getTimeline

Get the timeline for a media item

Example Usage

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { State } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/operations";

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

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.video.getTimeline({
    ratingKey: 23409,
    key: "/library/metadata/23409",
    state: State.Playing,
    hasMDE: 1,
    time: 2000,
    duration: 10000,
    context: "home:hub.continueWatching",
    playQueueItemID: 1,
    playBackTime: 2000,
    row: 1,
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Standalone function

The standalone function version of this method:

import { PlexAPICore } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/core.js";
import { videoGetTimeline } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/funcs/videoGetTimeline.js";
import { State } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/operations";

// Use `PlexAPICore` for best tree-shaking performance.
// You can create one instance of it to use across an application.
const plexAPI = new PlexAPICore({
  accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
});

async function run() {
  const res = await videoGetTimeline(plexAPI, {
    ratingKey: 23409,
    key: "/library/metadata/23409",
    state: State.Playing,
    hasMDE: 1,
    time: 2000,
    duration: 10000,
    context: "home:hub.continueWatching",
    playQueueItemID: 1,
    playBackTime: 2000,
    row: 1,
  });
  if (res.ok) {
    const { value: result } = res;
    console.log(result);
  } else {
    console.log("videoGetTimeline failed:", res.error);
  }
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
request	operations.GetTimelineRequest	✔️	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<operations.GetTimelineResponse>

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
errors.GetTimelineBadRequest	400	application/json
errors.GetTimelineUnauthorized	401	application/json
errors.SDKError	4XX, 5XX	*/*

startUniversalTranscode

Begin a Universal Transcode Session

Example Usage

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

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

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.video.startUniversalTranscode({
    hasMDE: 1,
    path: "/library/metadata/23409",
    mediaIndex: 0,
    partIndex: 0,
    protocol: "hls",
    fastSeek: 0,
    directPlay: 0,
    directStream: 0,
    subtitleSize: 100,
    subtites: "burn",
    audioBoost: 100,
    location: "lan",
    mediaBufferSize: 102400,
    session: "zvcage8b7rkioqcm8f4uns4c",
    addDebugOverlay: 0,
    autoAdjustQuality: 0,
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Standalone function

The standalone function version of this method:

import { PlexAPICore } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/core.js";
import { videoStartUniversalTranscode } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/funcs/videoStartUniversalTranscode.js";

// Use `PlexAPICore` for best tree-shaking performance.
// You can create one instance of it to use across an application.
const plexAPI = new PlexAPICore({
  accessToken: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
});

async function run() {
  const res = await videoStartUniversalTranscode(plexAPI, {
    hasMDE: 1,
    path: "/library/metadata/23409",
    mediaIndex: 0,
    partIndex: 0,
    protocol: "hls",
    fastSeek: 0,
    directPlay: 0,
    directStream: 0,
    subtitleSize: 100,
    subtites: "burn",
    audioBoost: 100,
    location: "lan",
    mediaBufferSize: 102400,
    session: "zvcage8b7rkioqcm8f4uns4c",
    addDebugOverlay: 0,
    autoAdjustQuality: 0,
  });
  if (res.ok) {
    const { value: result } = res;
    console.log(result);
  } else {
    console.log("videoStartUniversalTranscode failed:", res.error);
  }
}

run();

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
request	operations.StartUniversalTranscodeRequest	✔️	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<operations.StartUniversalTranscodeResponse>

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
errors.StartUniversalTranscodeBadRequest	400	application/json
errors.StartUniversalTranscodeUnauthorized	401	application/json
errors.SDKError	4XX, 5XX	*/*