Most of these scripts utilize a combination of PlexPy and python-plexapi.
Scripts pulled from my gist profile.
Maps
Example | File | Description |
---|---|---|
Maps | Use PlexPy draw a map connecting Server to Clients based on IP addresses.) |
Fun
Gist | File | Description |
---|---|---|
aired_today_playlist | Create a Plex Playlist with what was aired on this today's month-day, sort by oldest first. If Playlist from yesterday exists delete and create today's. If today's Playlist exists exit. | |
plexapi_haiku | Create a hiaku from titles found in Plex. |
Kill stream
Gist | File | Description |
---|---|---|
create_wait_kill_all | Receive session_key from PlexPy when paused. Use session_id to create sub-script to wait for X time then check if still paused. If paused kill. | |
create_wait_kill_trans | Receive session_key from PlexPy when paused. Use session_id to create sub-script to wait for X time then check if transcoding still paused. If so, kill. | |
kill_all_more_than | If user has 2 or more concurrent streams kill all streams | |
kill_else_if_buffering | Kill concurrent transcode streams of other users if Admin user is experiencing buffering warnings from PlexPy. | |
kill_more_than | If user has 2 or more concurrent streams and the IP of the 2nd stream differs from 1st kill 2nd. If 2nd stream IP is the same as 1st stream don't kill. | |
kill_outsider_stream | Kill stream if user is outside of local network. | |
kill_plex_stream | Kill any Plex stream for whatever reason you want. | |
kill_session_bitrate | Kill stream if bitrate is greater than 4 Mbps | |
kill_trans_exp_audio | Kill Plex video transcoding streams only. All audio streams are left alone. Kill message based on platform. | |
kill_trans_pause | Kill Plex paused video transcoding streams using PlexPy. |
Notify
Gist | File | Description |
---|---|---|
notify_delay | Delay Notification Agent message for concurrent streams. | |
find_unwatched_notify | Find what was added TFRAME ago and not watched and notify admin using PlexPy. | |
notify_added_custom | Send an email with what was added to Plex in the past week using PlexPy. Email includes title (TV: Show Name: Episode Name; Movie: Movie Title), time added, image, and summary. | |
notify_fav_tv_all_movie | Notify users of recently added episode to show that they have watched at least LIMIT times via email. Also notify users of new movies. | |
notify_newip | If a new IP is found send notification via the Email Notification Agent. Email contains User's Avatar image, link to location, IP address, and User's Email address. | |
notify_on_added | Send an Email notification when a specific show is added to Plex. Add shows to list that you want notifications for. | |
notify_user_favorites | Notify users of recently added episode to show that they have watched at least LIMIT times via email. | |
notify_user_newip | Notify user that their account has been accessed by a new IP. IP is cleared to make sure notification is sent again. | |
twitter_notify | Post to Twitter when TV/Movie is added to Plex. Include custom message and embed poster image. Option to tweet to TWITTER_USER if title is inside TITLE_FIND. |
Utility
Gist | File | Description |
---|---|---|
plex_api_share | Share or unshare libraries | |
bypass_auth_name | Use PlexPy to pull last IP address from user and add to List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth in Plex. | |
delete_watched_TV | From a list of TV shows, check if users in a list has watched shows episodes. If all users in list have watched an episode of listed show, then delete episode. | |
find_plex_meta | Find location of Plex metadata. | |
find_unwatched | Find what was added TFRAME ago and not watched using PlexPy. | |
grab_gdrive_media | Grab media (videos, pictures) from Google Drive. All videos and pictures were automatically synced from Google Photos to Google Drive. Puts media into MEDIA_TYPE/YEAR/MONTH-DAY/FILE.ext directory structure. | |
plex_api_poster_pull | Pull Movie and TV Show poster images from Plex. | |
plex_imgur_dl | Pull poster images from Imgur and places them inside Shows root folder. | |
plex_theme_songs | Download theme songs from Plex TV Shows. | |
plexapi_delete_playlists | Delete all playlists from Plex using PlexAPI. | |
plexapi_search_file | Find full path for Plex items. | |
refresh_next_episode | Refresh the next episode of show once current episode is watched. | |
remove_watched_movies | Find Movies that have been watched by a list of users. If all users have watched movie then delete. | |
stream_limiter_ban_email | This is indented to restrict a user to the LIMIT amount of concurrent streams. User will be warned, punished, and banned completely if violations continue. |
Reporting
Gist | File | Description |
---|---|---|
weekly_stats_reporting | Pull library and user statistics of last week. | |
added_to_plex | Find when media was added between STARTFRAME and ENDFRAME to Plex through PlexPy. | |
check_play | Check if user has play a file more than 3 times but has not finished watching. Hoping to catch play failures. | |
check_plex_log | Checking plex logs for debug code WARN and 'Failed to obtain a streaming resource for transcode of key /library/metadata/"titleID"'. | |
drive_check | Check if drive exists. If not then notify via PlexPy notifier agent. | |
userplays_weekly_reporting | Use PlexPy to count how many plays per user occurred this week and send email via PlexPy. |
Setting Up PlexPy for Custom Scripts
Settings > Notification Agents > Click the Scripts gear
- Set scripts location to location of your scripts
- Scroll down to option you want to use and select the script from the drop down menu
- Save
Settings > Notification Agents > Click the Bell next to Scripts
- Check desired trigger
- Close
Settings > Notifications > Click Script
- Enter in the Script Arguments
- Save
Common variables
Plex
- PLEX_HOST - Local IP to connect to Plex ('localhost', '192.168.0.x', '127.0.0.1', etc.)
- PLEX_PORT - Port number used by Plex (default: 32400)
- PLEX_SSL - http:// or https://? '' if http and 's' if https
- PLEX_TOKEN - Plex or PlexPy Settings > Plex.tv Account > PMS Token
PlexPy
- PLEXPY_URL - Local IP to connect to PlexPy ('localhost', '192.168.0.x', '127.0.0.1', etc.)
- PLEXPY_APIKEY - PlexPy Settings > Access Control > Enable API - API Key