plexphp/docs/sdks/butler/README.md

Butler

(butler)

Overview

Butler is the task manager of the Plex Media Server Ecosystem.

Available Operations

• 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

getButlerTasks

Returns a list of butler tasks

Example Usage

declare(strict_types=1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use LukeHagar\Plex_API;

$security = '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>';

$sdk = Plex_API\PlexAPI::builder()
    ->setClientID('gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40')
    ->setClientName('Plex Web')
    ->setClientVersion('4.133.0')
    ->setClientPlatform('Chrome')
    ->setDeviceName('Linux')
    ->setSecurity($security)->build();



$response = $sdk->butler->getButlerTasks(

);

if ($response->object !== null) {
    // handle response
}

Response

?Operations\GetButlerTasksResponse

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
Errors\GetButlerTasksBadRequest	400	application/json
Errors\GetButlerTasksUnauthorized	401	application/json
Errors\SDKException	4XX, 5XX	*/*

startAllTasks

This endpoint will attempt to start all Butler tasks that are enabled in the settings. Butler tasks normally run automatically during a time window configured on the server's Settings page but can be manually started using this endpoint. Tasks will run with the following criteria:

1. Any tasks not scheduled to run on the current day will be skipped.
2. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are outside that window, the task will start immediately.
3. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are within that window, the task will be scheduled at a random time within the window.
4. If we are outside the configured window, the task will start immediately.

Example Usage

declare(strict_types=1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use LukeHagar\Plex_API;

$security = '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>';

$sdk = Plex_API\PlexAPI::builder()
    ->setClientID('gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40')
    ->setClientName('Plex Web')
    ->setClientVersion('4.133.0')
    ->setClientPlatform('Chrome')
    ->setDeviceName('Linux')
    ->setSecurity($security)->build();



$response = $sdk->butler->startAllTasks(

);

if ($response->statusCode === 200) {
    // handle response
}

Response

?Operations\StartAllTasksResponse

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
Errors\StartAllTasksBadRequest	400	application/json
Errors\StartAllTasksUnauthorized	401	application/json
Errors\SDKException	4XX, 5XX	*/*

stopAllTasks

This endpoint will stop all currently running tasks and remove any scheduled tasks from the queue.

Example Usage

declare(strict_types=1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use LukeHagar\Plex_API;

$security = '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>';

$sdk = Plex_API\PlexAPI::builder()
    ->setClientID('gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40')
    ->setClientName('Plex Web')
    ->setClientVersion('4.133.0')
    ->setClientPlatform('Chrome')
    ->setDeviceName('Linux')
    ->setSecurity($security)->build();



$response = $sdk->butler->stopAllTasks(

);

if ($response->statusCode === 200) {
    // handle response
}

Response

?Operations\StopAllTasksResponse

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
Errors\StopAllTasksBadRequest	400	application/json
Errors\StopAllTasksUnauthorized	401	application/json
Errors\SDKException	4XX, 5XX	*/*

startTask

This endpoint will attempt to start a single Butler task that is enabled in the settings. Butler tasks normally run automatically during a time window configured on the server's Settings page but can be manually started using this endpoint. Tasks will run with the following criteria:

1. Any tasks not scheduled to run on the current day will be skipped.
2. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are outside that window, the task will start immediately.
3. If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are within that window, the task will be scheduled at a random time within the window.
4. If we are outside the configured window, the task will start immediately.

Example Usage

declare(strict_types=1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use LukeHagar\Plex_API;
use LukeHagar\Plex_API\Models\Operations;

$security = '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>';

$sdk = Plex_API\PlexAPI::builder()
    ->setClientID('gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40')
    ->setClientName('Plex Web')
    ->setClientVersion('4.133.0')
    ->setClientPlatform('Chrome')
    ->setDeviceName('Linux')
    ->setSecurity($security)->build();



$response = $sdk->butler->startTask(
    taskName: Operations\TaskName::CleanOldBundles
);

if ($response->statusCode === 200) {
    // handle response
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
taskName	Operations\TaskName	✔️	the name of the task to be started.

Response

?Operations\StartTaskResponse

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
Errors\StartTaskBadRequest	400	application/json
Errors\StartTaskUnauthorized	401	application/json
Errors\SDKException	4XX, 5XX	*/*

stopTask

This endpoint will stop a currently running task by name, or remove it from the list of scheduled tasks if it exists. See the section above for a list of task names for this endpoint.

Example Usage

declare(strict_types=1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use LukeHagar\Plex_API;
use LukeHagar\Plex_API\Models\Operations;

$security = '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>';

$sdk = Plex_API\PlexAPI::builder()
    ->setClientID('gcgzw5rz2xovp84b4vha3a40')
    ->setClientName('Plex Web')
    ->setClientVersion('4.133.0')
    ->setClientPlatform('Chrome')
    ->setDeviceName('Linux')
    ->setSecurity($security)->build();



$response = $sdk->butler->stopTask(
    taskName: Operations\PathParamTaskName::BackupDatabase
);

if ($response->statusCode === 200) {
    // handle response
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
taskName	Operations\PathParamTaskName	✔️	The name of the task to be started.

Response

?Operations\StopTaskResponse

Errors

Error Type	Status Code	Content Type
Errors\StopTaskBadRequest	400	application/json
Errors\StopTaskUnauthorized	401	application/json
Errors\SDKException	4XX, 5XX	*/*