alysson-souza/Plex.sort

A simple script that lets you log into your Plex account and select a playlist to sort.

Plex.sort

Plex.sort is a simple script that lets you log into your Plex account and select a playlist to sort.

Currently, Python 3.7+ is supported.

Quickstart

1. Make sure pip is installed on your machine.

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it (optional), e.g.:

pip install virtualenv
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the packages from the requirements.txt file using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Execute the script and follow the guidance

./plex_sort.py

Example usage

(venv) ➜ Plex.sort ./plex_sort.py

  0: PlexServerHome
  1: NAS1337
  2: Another Storage Resource

Select resource to connect to: 1

  0: Favorite music
  1: Movies to watch
  2: Random hits
  3: X-mas songs

Select a playlist to sort: 3

  0: Sort by title, ascending
  1: Sort by title, descending
  2: Sort by sorting title, ascending
  3: Sort by sorting title, descending
  4: Shuffle randomly

Select sorting method: 0

Do you want to create a duplicated playlist instead of modifying the selected one? [yN]

Successfully sorted playlist X-mas songs.

Configuration options

To skip the initial login process every time you use the script you might want to take a note of your authentication token after your first login and save it to the config.ini file which should be located in ~/.config/plexapi/ (which can be overridden by setting the environment variable PLEXAPI_CONFIG_PATH with the file path you desire) or in the same directory as this script. Instead of the token you could also save your username and password to the config.ini file.

Instead of the token you could also save your username and password to the config.ini file.

[auth]
myplex_username = JohnDoe
myplex_password = MyR4nd0mPassword
server_token = AjsUeO6Bk89BQPdu5Dnj

Important note for 2FA accounts
If you have activated two-factor authentication, after you have already logged in once you can either log in again with your previously generated token or add your 6-digit number from the authenticator app at the end of your password, e.g.

Authenticator app shows: 123456
Username: JohnDoe
Password (will not be echoed): MyR4nd0mPassword123456

Or use the config.ini file with your previously generated token:

[auth]
server_token = AjsUeO6Bk89BQPdu5Dnj