feat: batch fetch Plex items

AGENTS.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 - Plex episodes with year-based seasons are mapped to the correct TMDb season
   numbers via a helper that matches season names or air-date years to ensure
   accurate episode lookups.
+- Plex metadata is fetched in batches using `fetchItems` to reduce repeated
+  network calls when loading library items.
 
 ## User Queries
 The project should handle natural-language searches and recommendations such as:

mcp_plex/loader.py

@@ -316,25 +316,24 @@ async def _augment_episode(
     results: List[AggregatedItem] = []
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30) as client:
         movie_section = server.library.section("Movies")
-        movie_tasks = [
-            _augment_movie(client, movie.fetchItem(movie.ratingKey))
-            for movie in movie_section.all()
-        ]
+        movie_keys = [int(m.ratingKey) for m in movie_section.all()]
+        movies = server.fetchItems(movie_keys) if movie_keys else []
+        movie_tasks = [_augment_movie(client, movie) for movie in movies]
         if movie_tasks:
             results.extend(await _gather_in_batches(movie_tasks, batch_size))
 
         show_section = server.library.section("TV Shows")
-        for show in show_section.all():
-            full_show = show.fetchItem(show.ratingKey)
+        show_keys = [int(s.ratingKey) for s in show_section.all()]
+        full_shows = server.fetchItems(show_keys) if show_keys else []
+        for full_show in full_shows:
             show_ids = _extract_external_ids(full_show)
             show_tmdb: Optional[TMDBShow] = None
             if show_ids.tmdb:
                 show_tmdb = await _fetch_tmdb_show(client, show_ids.tmdb, tmdb_api_key)
+            episode_keys = [int(e.ratingKey) for e in full_show.episodes()]
+            episodes = server.fetchItems(episode_keys) if episode_keys else []
             episode_tasks = [
-                _augment_episode(
-                    client, episode.fetchItem(episode.ratingKey), show_tmdb
-                )
-                for episode in full_show.episodes()
+                _augment_episode(client, episode, show_tmdb) for episode in episodes
             ]
             if episode_tasks:
                 results.extend(await _gather_in_batches(episode_tasks, batch_size))

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "mcp-plex"
-version = "0.26.18"
+version = "0.26.19"
 
 description = "Plex-Oriented Model Context Protocol Server"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.13"

tests/test_load_from_plex.py

@@ -8,61 +8,55 @@
 
 
 def test_load_from_plex(monkeypatch):
-    def add_fetch(obj):
-        obj.fetchItem = lambda key: obj
-        return obj
-
-    movie = add_fetch(
-        types.SimpleNamespace(
-            ratingKey="101",
-            guid="plex://movie/101",
-            type="movie",
-            title="Inception",
-            guids=[
-                types.SimpleNamespace(id="imdb://tt1375666"),
-                types.SimpleNamespace(id="tmdb://27205"),
-            ],
-        )
+    movie = types.SimpleNamespace(
+        ratingKey="101",
+        guid="plex://movie/101",
+        type="movie",
+        title="Inception",
+        guids=[
+            types.SimpleNamespace(id="imdb://tt1375666"),
+            types.SimpleNamespace(id="tmdb://27205"),
+        ],
     )
 
-    ep1 = add_fetch(
-        types.SimpleNamespace(
-            ratingKey="102",
-            guid="plex://episode/102",
-            type="episode",
-            title="Pilot",
-            parentIndex=1,
-            index=1,
-            guids=[
-                types.SimpleNamespace(id="imdb://tt0959621"),
-                types.SimpleNamespace(id="tmdb://62085"),
-            ],
-        )
+    ep1 = types.SimpleNamespace(
+        ratingKey="102",
+        guid="plex://episode/102",
+        type="episode",
+        title="Pilot",
+        parentIndex=1,
+        index=1,
+        guids=[
+            types.SimpleNamespace(id="imdb://tt0959621"),
+            types.SimpleNamespace(id="tmdb://62085"),
+        ],
     )
-    ep2 = add_fetch(
-        types.SimpleNamespace(
-            ratingKey="103",
-            guid="plex://episode/103",
-            type="episode",
-            title="Cat's in the Bag...",
-            guids=[types.SimpleNamespace(id="imdb://tt0959622")],
-        )
+    ep2 = types.SimpleNamespace(
+        ratingKey="103",
+        guid="plex://episode/103",
+        type="episode",
+        title="Cat's in the Bag...",
+        guids=[types.SimpleNamespace(id="imdb://tt0959622")],
     )
 
-    show = add_fetch(
-        types.SimpleNamespace(
-            ratingKey="201",
-            guids=[types.SimpleNamespace(id="tmdb://1396")],
-            episodes=lambda: [ep1, ep2],
-        )
+    show = types.SimpleNamespace(
+        ratingKey="201",
+        guids=[types.SimpleNamespace(id="tmdb://1396")],
+        episodes=lambda: [ep1, ep2],
     )
 
     movie_section = types.SimpleNamespace(all=lambda: [movie])
     show_section = types.SimpleNamespace(all=lambda: [show])
     library = types.SimpleNamespace(
         section=lambda name: movie_section if name == "Movies" else show_section
     )
-    server = types.SimpleNamespace(library=library)
+
+    items = {101: movie, 102: ep1, 103: ep2, 201: show}
+
+    def fetchItems(keys):
+        return [items[int(k)] for k in keys]
+
+    server = types.SimpleNamespace(library=library, fetchItems=fetchItems)
 
     async def handler(request):
         url = str(request.url)