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SDK Installation

The SDK can be installed with either npm, pnpm, bun or yarn package managers.

NPM

npm add @lukehagar/plexjs

PNPM

pnpm add @lukehagar/plexjs

Bun

bun add @lukehagar/plexjs

Yarn

yarn add @lukehagar/plexjs

SDK Example Usage

Example

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import {
  Extension,
  StartTranscodeSessionLocation,
  StartTranscodeSessionProtocol,
} from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/operations";
import {
  Accepts,
  AdvancedSubtitles,
  BoolInt,
  TranscodeType,
} from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.transcoder.startTranscodeSession({
    transcodeType: TranscodeType.Music,
    extension: Extension.Mpd,
    advancedSubtitles: AdvancedSubtitles.Burn,
    audioBoost: 50,
    audioChannelCount: 5,
    autoAdjustQuality: BoolInt.One,
    autoAdjustSubtitle: BoolInt.One,
    directPlay: BoolInt.One,
    directStream: BoolInt.One,
    directStreamAudio: BoolInt.One,
    disableResolutionRotation: BoolInt.One,
    hasMDE: BoolInt.One,
    location: StartTranscodeSessionLocation.Wan,
    mediaBufferSize: 102400,
    mediaIndex: 0,
    musicBitrate: 5000,
    offset: 90.5,
    partIndex: 0,
    path: "/library/metadata/151671",
    peakBitrate: 12000,
    photoResolution: "1080x1080",
    protocol: StartTranscodeSessionProtocol.Dash,
    secondsPerSegment: 5,
    subtitleSize: 50,
    videoBitrate: 12000,
    videoQuality: 50,
    videoResolution: "1080x1080",
    xPlexClientProfileExtra:
      "add-limitation(scope=videoCodec&scopeName=*&type=upperBound&name=video.frameRate&value=60&replace=true)+append-transcode-target-codec(type=videoProfile&context=streaming&videoCodec=h264%2Chevc&audioCodec=aac&protocol=dash)",
    xPlexClientProfileName: "generic",
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Available Resources and Operations

Available methods

activities

butler

collections

content

devices

downloadQueue

dvRs

epg

events

general

hubs

library

libraryCollections

libraryPlaylists

liveTV

log

  • writeLog - Logging a multi-line message to the Plex Media Server log
  • writeMessage - Logging a single-line message to the Plex Media Server log
  • enablePapertrail - Enabling Papertrail

playlist

playQueue

preferences

provider

rate

search

status

subscriptions

timeline

transcoder

ultraBlur

updater

Error Handling

PlexAPIError is the base class for all HTTP error responses. It has the following properties:

Property Type Description
error.message string Error message
error.statusCode number HTTP response status code eg 404
error.headers Headers HTTP response headers
error.body string HTTP body. Can be empty string if no body is returned.
error.rawResponse Response Raw HTTP response

Example

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import * as errors from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/errors";
import { Accepts } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  try {
    const result = await plexAPI.general.getServerInfo({});

    console.log(result);
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof errors.PlexAPIError) {
      console.log(error.message);
      console.log(error.statusCode);
      console.log(error.body);
      console.log(error.headers);
    }
  }
}

run();

Error Classes

Primary error:

Less common errors (6)

Network errors:

Inherit from PlexAPIError:

  • ResponseValidationError: Type mismatch between the data returned from the server and the structure expected by the SDK. See error.rawValue for the raw value and error.pretty() for a nicely formatted multi-line string.

Server Selection

Select Server by Index

You can override the default server globally by passing a server index to the serverIdx: number optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected server will then be used as the default on the operations that use it. This table lists the indexes associated with the available servers:

# Server Variables Description
0 https://{IP-description}.{identifier}.plex.direct:{port} identifier
IP-description
port
1 {protocol}://{host}:{port} protocol
host
port
2 https://{full_server_url} server_url

If the selected server has variables, you may override its default values through the additional parameters made available in the SDK constructor:

Variable Parameter Default Description
identifier identifier: string "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef" The unique identifier of this particular PMS
IP-description ipDescription: string "1-2-3-4" A - separated string of the IPv4 or IPv6 address components
port port: string "32400" The Port number configured on the PMS. Typically (32400).
If using a reverse proxy, this would be the port number configured on the proxy.
protocol protocol: string "http" The network protocol to use. Typically (http or https)
host host: string "localhost" The Host of the PMS.
If using on a local network, this is the internal IP address of the server hosting the PMS.
If using on an external network, this is the external IP address for your network, and requires port forwarding.
If using a reverse proxy, this would be the external DNS domain for your network, and requires the proxy handle port forwarding.
server_url serverUrl: string "http://localhost:32400" The full manual URL to access the PMS

Example

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { Accepts } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  serverIdx: 1,
  protocol: "<value>",
  host: "electric-excess.name",
  port: "36393",
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.general.getServerInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Override Server URL Per-Client

The default server can also be overridden globally by passing a URL to the serverURL: string optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { Accepts } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  serverURL: "https://{full_server_url}",
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.general.getServerInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Custom HTTP Client

The TypeScript SDK makes API calls using an HTTPClient that wraps the native Fetch API. This client is a thin wrapper around fetch and provides the ability to attach hooks around the request lifecycle that can be used to modify the request or handle errors and response.

The HTTPClient constructor takes an optional fetcher argument that can be used to integrate a third-party HTTP client or when writing tests to mock out the HTTP client and feed in fixtures.

The following example shows how to use the "beforeRequest" hook to to add a custom header and a timeout to requests and how to use the "requestError" hook to log errors:

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { HTTPClient } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/lib/http";

const httpClient = new HTTPClient({
  // fetcher takes a function that has the same signature as native `fetch`.
  fetcher: (request) => {
    return fetch(request);
  }
});

httpClient.addHook("beforeRequest", (request) => {
  const nextRequest = new Request(request, {
    signal: request.signal || AbortSignal.timeout(5000)
  });

  nextRequest.headers.set("x-custom-header", "custom value");

  return nextRequest;
});

httpClient.addHook("requestError", (error, request) => {
  console.group("Request Error");
  console.log("Reason:", `${error}`);
  console.log("Endpoint:", `${request.method} ${request.url}`);
  console.groupEnd();
});

const sdk = new PlexAPI({ httpClient: httpClient });

Authentication

Per-Client Security Schemes

This SDK supports the following security scheme globally:

Name Type Scheme
token apiKey API key

To authenticate with the API the token parameter must be set when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { Accepts } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  token: "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.general.getServerInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Requirements

For supported JavaScript runtimes, please consult RUNTIMES.md.

Standalone functions

All the methods listed above are available as standalone functions. These functions are ideal for use in applications running in the browser, serverless runtimes or other environments where application bundle size is a primary concern. When using a bundler to build your application, all unused functionality will be either excluded from the final bundle or tree-shaken away.

To read more about standalone functions, check FUNCTIONS.md.

Available standalone functions

File uploads

Certain SDK methods accept files as part of a multi-part request. It is possible and typically recommended to upload files as a stream rather than reading the entire contents into memory. This avoids excessive memory consumption and potentially crashing with out-of-memory errors when working with very large files. The following example demonstrates how to attach a file stream to a request.

Tip

Depending on your JavaScript runtime, there are convenient utilities that return a handle to a file without reading the entire contents into memory:

  • Node.js v20+: Since v20, Node.js comes with a native openAsBlob function in node:fs.
  • Bun: The native Bun.file function produces a file handle that can be used for streaming file uploads.
  • Browsers: All supported browsers return an instance to a File when reading the value from an <input type="file"> element.
  • Node.js v18: A file stream can be created using the fileFrom helper from fetch-blob/from.js.
import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { openAsBlob } from "node:fs";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI();

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.log.writeLog(await openAsBlob("example.file"));

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Retries

Some of the endpoints in this SDK support retries. If you use the SDK without any configuration, it will fall back to the default retry strategy provided by the API. However, the default retry strategy can be overridden on a per-operation basis, or across the entire SDK.

To change the default retry strategy for a single API call, simply provide a retryConfig object to the call:

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { Accepts } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.general.getServerInfo({}, {
    retries: {
      strategy: "backoff",
      backoff: {
        initialInterval: 1,
        maxInterval: 50,
        exponent: 1.1,
        maxElapsedTime: 100,
      },
      retryConnectionErrors: false,
    },
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

If you'd like to override the default retry strategy for all operations that support retries, you can provide a retryConfig at SDK initialization:

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
import { Accepts } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/shared";

const plexAPI = new PlexAPI({
  retryConfig: {
    strategy: "backoff",
    backoff: {
      initialInterval: 1,
      maxInterval: 50,
      exponent: 1.1,
      maxElapsedTime: 100,
    },
    retryConnectionErrors: false,
  },
  accepts: Accepts.ApplicationXml,
  clientIdentifier: "abc123",
  product: "Plex for Roku",
  version: "2.4.1",
  platform: "Roku",
  platformVersion: "4.3 build 1057",
  device: "Roku 3",
  model: "4200X",
  deviceVendor: "Roku",
  deviceName: "Living Room TV",
  marketplace: "googlePlay",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await plexAPI.general.getServerInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Debugging

You can setup your SDK to emit debug logs for SDK requests and responses.

You can pass a logger that matches console's interface as an SDK option.

Warning

Beware that debug logging will reveal secrets, like API tokens in headers, in log messages printed to a console or files. It's recommended to use this feature only during local development and not in production.

import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";

const sdk = new PlexAPI({ debugLogger: console });

Development

Maturity

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.

Contributions

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Feel free to open a PR or a Github issue as a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release!

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