Plex Random Series Playlist Generator

Simple script to generate a playlist on a plex server that randomises the series, but plays the episodes within that series in order

##Usage

usage: plex_playlist_generator.py [-h] [--name NAME] [--number NUMBER] [--debug]
                                  [--server] [--baseurl BASEURL] [--token TOKEN] [--account]
                                  [--username USERNAME] [--password PASSWORD]
                                  [--resource RESOURCE] [--tvdb-api-key TVDB_API_KEY]
                                  [--ignore-skipped] [--randomize] [--include-watched]
                                  [--allshows] [--allmovies] [--select-library SELECT_LIBRARY]
                                  [--exclude-library EXCLUDE_LIBRARY] [--purge] [--adminuser]
                                  [--homeusers HOMEUSERS]

Create playlist of unwatched episodes from random shows but in correct episode
order.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --name NAME           Playlist Name
  --number NUMBER, -n NUMBER
                        Number of episodes or Movies to add to play list
  --debug, -d           Debug Logging

Server Connection Method:
  --server              Server connection Method
  --baseurl BASEURL, -b BASEURL
                        Base URL of Server (I.E "http://10.1.1.8:32400" or "https://your.domain.com:32400")
  --token TOKEN, -t TOKEN
                        Authentication Token

Plex Account Connection Method:
  --account             Account Connection Method
  --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
                        Plex Account Username
  --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
                        Plex Account Password
  --resource RESOURCE, -r RESOURCE
                        Resource Name (Plex Server Name)
  --tvdb-api-key TVDB_API_KEY
                        TVDB API Key)

Episode/Movie Selection Behaviour:
  --ignore-skipped      Don't test for missing episodes
  --randomize           Randomize selected episodes, not next unwatched
  --include-watched     include watched movies or episodes (use with --randomize)

Library Selection Behavior:
  --allshows             Grab All Shows in all Library sections From Plex
  --allmovies            Grab All Movies in all Library sections From Plex
  --select-library, -l   SELECT_LIBRARY   Choose between library sections of both TV Shows or Movies to build a playlist from (comma seperated within quotes if multiple users)
  --exclude-library, -e  EXCLUDE_LIBRARY  Comma seperated list (if selecting multiple users) of sections to exclude (I.E. "Test Videos,Workout,Home Videos" ) there should be no space between the comma and the first character of the next value
  --purge                Remove a playlist from plex for the provided user(s)

User Profile Selection:
  --adminuser, -a        Generate playlist for the Plex Admin user profile name that was used to login.
  --homeusers HOMEUSERS  Generate playlist for the provided Plex home users (comma seperated within quotes if multiple users). For all plex home users type "all"

Install dependencies

NOTE:

Recommend Using a virtual env

pip install Pipfile

pip install xmltodict

Connection Methods

Account

Uses your PlexTV Account, username and Resource Name (Server Name)
e.g. plex_playlist_generator.py --account --username MyUserName --password Sh1tPass --resource MyServer --allmovies

Server

Uses The Server URL and Authentication Token
e.g. plex_playlist_generator.py --server --baseurl "http://172.16.1.100:32400" --token "fR5GrDxfLunKynNub5" --resource MyServer --allshows

Authentication Token

To get your Auth token, browse to an episode in the web UI. Click on the ... video and select Get Info. In the popup window select View XML in the URL there is the X-Plex-Token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Library Selection

Uses either the Account Method or Server Method to generate playlist of movies and/or TV Shows

Note: any of the below commands can be run by either connection method (Server/Account).

The default behavior of the script for TV Shows is that if its a show a user has began watching the script will begin with the episode you are currently on.

Examples:

Generate 10 random unwatched TV Show episodes:
plex_playlist_generator.py --server --baseurl "https://your.domain.com:32400" --token "fR5GrDxfLunKynNub5" --resource MyServer --allshows --homeusers John

Generate 10 random unwatched epsidodes for the 3 provided homeusers (Johnny,Smith,Curry), excluding shows from the library section "Animated TV Shows": plex_playlist_generator.py --account --username MyUserName --password Sh1tPass --resource MyServer --allshows --homeusers "John,Smith,Curry" --exclude-library "Animated TV Shows"

Generate 10 random unwatched movies for the admin user: plex_playlist_generator.py --server --baseurl "https://your.domain.com:32400" --token "fR5GrDxfLunKynNub5" --resource MyServer --allmovies --adminuser

Generate 5 random unwatched Movies for the 3 provided homeusers (Johnny,Smith,Curry), and the admin user: plex_playlist_generator.py --account --username MyUserName --password Sh1tPass --resource MyServer --allmovies --adminuser --homeusers "John,Smith,Curry" --number 5

Generate 3 random unwatched epsidodes for all home users on the plex server: plex_playlist_generator.py --server --baseurl "http://172.16.1.100:32400" --token "fR5GrDxfLunKynNub5" --resource MyServer --allmovies --adminuser --homeusers all --number 3

Ignore the fact that not all episodes are available for a show in your library (set by default to reduce processing time) plex_playlist_generator.py --account --username MyUserName --password Sh1tPass --resource MyServer --allshows --adminuser --homeusers "all" --ignore-skipped

Generate a mix 8 random shows and movies: plex_playlist_generator.py --server --baseurl "http://172.16.1.100:32400" --token "fR5GrDxfLunKynNub5" --resource MyServer --allmovies --allshows --homeusers John --allmovies --number 8

Generate a playlist from the library section "TV Shows" with the name "Test1" for all home users: plex_playlist_generator.py --account --username MyUserName --password Sh1tPass --resource MyServer --select-library "TV Shows" --adminuser --homeusers "all" --name "Test1"

Delete a playlist with the name "Test1" for all home users: plex_playlist_generator.py --account --username MyUserName --password Sh1tPass --resource MyServer --adminuser --homeusers "all" --name "Test1" --purge