node-red-contrib-plex-ws

Nodes for connecting to Plex with real time notifications.

NOTE: The Plex WebSocket API is not documented and probably not intended for third-party use. Breaking changes may occurr during Plex upgrades.

Getting Started

This assumes you have node-red already installed and working.

cd ~/.node-red
npm install node-red-contrib-plex-ws
sudo service nodered restart

Configuration

You will need to get your X-Plex-Token in order to configure the nodes. See "Finding an authentication token / X-Plex-Token".

Included Nodes

You can view detailed documentation for the nodes via the node-red info pane. Just select a node and start readin'.

• playing
• notification

playing

Receive notification when the playing state of a session changes. Add filters for specific conditions (e.g. media type, player, user, etc).

notification

Receive all Plex notifications.

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Development

An environment with node-red can be easily spun up using Docker and Docker Compose.

1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/scraton/node-red-contrib-plex-ws
2. Install node dependencies: cd node-red-contrib-plex-ws && yarn install
3. Start the docker environment: yarn run dev

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Credits

Gotta give credit where credit is due.

• node-red
• node-red-contrib-plex - Uses official APIs via polling, more stable option