Plex-API: An Open API Spec for interacting with Plex.tv and Plex Media Server
An Open Source OpenAPI Specification for Plex Media Server
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The following SDKs are generated from the OpenAPI Specification. They are automatically generated and may not be fully tested. If you find any issues, please open an issue on the main specification Repository.
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- SDK Installation
- SDK Example Usage
- Available Resources and Operations
- Error Handling
- Server Selection
- Authentication
JDK 11 or later is required.
The samples below show how a published SDK artifact is used:
Gradle:
implementation 'dev.plexapi:plexapi:0.10.1'
Maven:
<dependency>
<groupId>dev.plexapi</groupId>
<artifactId>plexapi</artifactId>
<version>0.10.1</version>
</dependency>
After cloning the git repository to your file system you can build the SDK artifact from source to the build
directory by running ./gradlew build
on *nix systems or gradlew.bat
on Windows systems.
If you wish to build from source and publish the SDK artifact to your local Maven repository (on your filesystem) then use the following command (after cloning the git repo locally):
On *nix:
./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Pskip.signing
On Windows:
gradlew.bat publishToMavenLocal -Pskip.signing
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest, GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.clientID("3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58")
.clientName("Plex for Roku")
.clientVersion("2.4.1")
.platform("Roku")
.deviceNickname("Roku 3")
.build();
GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
.call();
if (res.object().isPresent()) {
// handle response
}
}
}
Available methods
- getServerActivities - Get Server Activities
- cancelServerActivities - Cancel Server Activities
- getTransientToken - Get a Transient Token
- getSourceConnectionInformation - Get Source Connection Information
- getTokenDetails - Get Token Details
- postUsersSignInData - Get User Sign In Data
- 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
- getGlobalHubs - Get Global Hubs
- getRecentlyAdded - Get Recently Added
- getLibraryHubs - Get library specific hubs
- getFileHash - Get Hash Value
- getRecentlyAddedLibrary - Get Recently Added
- getAllLibraries - Get All Libraries
- getLibraryDetails - Get Library Details
- deleteLibrary - Delete Library Section
- getLibraryItems - Get Library Items
- getRefreshLibraryMetadata - Refresh Metadata Of The Library
- getSearchLibrary - Search Library
- getSearchAllLibraries - Search All Libraries
- getMetaDataByRatingKey - Get Metadata by RatingKey
- getMetadataChildren - Get Items Children
- getTopWatchedContent - Get Top Watched Content
- getOnDeck - Get On Deck
- logLine - Logging a single line message.
- logMultiLine - Logging a multi-line message
- enablePaperTrail - Enabling Papertrail
- markPlayed - Mark Media Played
- markUnplayed - Mark Media Unplayed
- updatePlayProgress - Update Media Play Progress
- getBannerImage - Get Banner Image
- getThumbImage - Get Thumb Image
- createPlaylist - Create a Playlist
- getPlaylists - Get All Playlists
- getPlaylist - Retrieve Playlist
- deletePlaylist - Deletes a Playlist
- updatePlaylist - Update a Playlist
- getPlaylistContents - Retrieve Playlist Contents
- clearPlaylistContents - Delete Playlist Contents
- addPlaylistContents - Adding to a Playlist
- uploadPlaylist - Upload Playlist
- getCompanionsData - Get Companions Data
- getUserFriends - Get list of friends of the user logged in
- getGeoData - Get Geo Data
- getHomeData - Get Plex Home Data
- getServerResources - Get Server Resources
- getPin - Get a Pin
- getTokenByPinId - Get Access Token by PinId
- performSearch - Perform a search
- performVoiceSearch - Perform a voice search
- getSearchResults - Get Search Results
- getServerCapabilities - Get Server Capabilities
- getServerPreferences - Get Server Preferences
- getAvailableClients - Get Available Clients
- getDevices - Get Devices
- getServerIdentity - Get Server Identity
- getMyPlexAccount - Get MyPlex Account
- getResizedPhoto - Get a Resized Photo
- getMediaProviders - Get Media Providers
- getServerList - Get Server List
- getSessions - Get Active Sessions
- getSessionHistory - Get Session History
- getTranscodeSessions - Get Transcode Sessions
- stopTranscodeSession - Stop a Transcode Session
- getStatistics - Get Media Statistics
- getResourcesStatistics - Get Resources Statistics
- getBandwidthStatistics - Get Bandwidth Statistics
- getUpdateStatus - Querying status of updates
- checkForUpdates - Checking for updates
- applyUpdates - Apply Updates
- getTimeline - Get the timeline for a media item
- startUniversalTranscode - Start Universal Transcode
- getWatchList - Get User Watchlist
Handling errors in this SDK should largely match your expectations. All operations return a response object or raise an exception.
By default, an API error will throw a models/errors/SDKError
exception. When custom error responses are specified for an operation, the SDK may also throw their associated exception. You can refer to respective Errors tables in SDK docs for more details on possible exception types for each operation. For example, the getServerCapabilities
method throws the following exceptions:
Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
---|---|---|
models/errors/GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
models/errors/GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
models/errors/SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest, GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.clientID("3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58")
.clientName("Plex for Roku")
.clientVersion("2.4.1")
.platform("Roku")
.deviceNickname("Roku 3")
.build();
GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
.call();
if (res.object().isPresent()) {
// handle response
}
}
}
The default server {protocol}://{ip}:{port}
contains variables and is set to https://10.10.10.47:32400
by default. To override default values, the following builder methods are available when initializing the SDK client instance:
protocol(ServerProtocol protocol)
ip(String ip)
port(String port)
The default server can also be overridden globally using the .serverURL(String serverUrl)
builder method when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest, GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.serverURL("https://10.10.10.47:32400")
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.clientID("3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58")
.clientName("Plex for Roku")
.clientVersion("2.4.1")
.platform("Roku")
.deviceNickname("Roku 3")
.build();
GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
.call();
if (res.object().isPresent()) {
// handle response
}
}
}
The server URL can also be overridden on a per-operation basis, provided a server list was specified for the operation. For example:
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetCompanionsDataBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetCompanionsDataUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetCompanionsDataResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws GetCompanionsDataBadRequest, GetCompanionsDataUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.clientID("3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58")
.clientName("Plex for Roku")
.clientVersion("2.4.1")
.platform("Roku")
.deviceNickname("Roku 3")
.build();
GetCompanionsDataResponse res = sdk.plex().getCompanionsData()
.serverURL("https://plex.tv/api/v2")
.call();
if (res.responseBodies().isPresent()) {
// handle response
}
}
}
This SDK supports the following security scheme globally:
Name | Type | Scheme |
---|---|---|
accessToken |
apiKey | API key |
To authenticate with the API the accessToken
parameter must be set when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetServerCapabilitiesResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws GetServerCapabilitiesBadRequest, GetServerCapabilitiesUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.clientID("3381b62b-9ab7-4e37-827b-203e9809eb58")
.clientName("Plex for Roku")
.clientVersion("2.4.1")
.platform("Roku")
.deviceNickname("Roku 3")
.build();
GetServerCapabilitiesResponse res = sdk.server().getServerCapabilities()
.call();
if (res.object().isPresent()) {
// handle response
}
}
}
This SDK is in beta, and there may be breaking changes between versions without a major version update. Therefore, we recommend pinning usage to a specific package version. This way, you can install the same version each time without breaking changes unless you are intentionally looking for the latest version.
While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Any manual changes added to internal files will be overwritten on the next generation. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Feel free to open a PR or an issue with a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release.