plexpy/docs/sdks/butler/README.md

Butler

(butler)

Overview

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

Available Operations

• get_butler_tasks - Get Butler tasks
• start_all_tasks - Start all Butler tasks
• stop_all_tasks - Stop all Butler tasks
• start_task - Start a single Butler task
• stop_task - Stop a single Butler task

get_butler_tasks

Returns a list of butler tasks

Example Usage

import plex_api

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier='Postman',
)


res = s.butler.get_butler_tasks()

if res.object is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Response

operations.GetButlerTasksResponse

Errors

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

start_all_tasks

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

import plex_api

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier='Postman',
)


res = s.butler.start_all_tasks()

if res is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Response

operations.StartAllTasksResponse

Errors

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

stop_all_tasks

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

Example Usage

import plex_api

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier='Postman',
)


res = s.butler.stop_all_tasks()

if res is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Response

operations.StopAllTasksResponse

Errors

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

start_task

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

import plex_api
from plex_api.models import operations

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier='Postman',
)


res = s.butler.start_task(task_name=operations.TaskName.CLEAN_OLD_BUNDLES)

if res is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
task_name	operations.TaskName	✔️	the name of the task to be started.

Response

operations.StartTaskResponse

Errors

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

stop_task

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

import plex_api
from plex_api.models import operations

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
    x_plex_client_identifier='Postman',
)


res = s.butler.stop_task(task_name=operations.PathParamTaskName.BACKUP_DATABASE)

if res is not None:
    # handle response
    pass

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
task_name	operations.PathParamTaskName	✔️	The name of the task to be started.

Response

operations.StopTaskResponse

Errors

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