Call plex section management api in channel?

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1

Is there a specific api for managing sections via the channel dev or is the only option to use the web api?

 

What I want to do is create a plugin that would allow a great deal of management tasks. Such as:

  • Scanning sections
  • Adding/removing sections
  • Scanning sub-folders of sections (Is this available yet via api?)
  • Analyze media
  • Empty section trash
  • View section trash
  • etc

Also, where is the web api documented? Can't find it for some reason.

2

AFAIK, there is little to no documentation for the PMS web API. I would approach your project the same way I would approach any other channel project where there's no documented API. Monitor HTTP traffic as you explore the existing web app. I like the developer tools in Chrome for that.

3

Thanks for the reply. I saw in one of the latest newsletters that you can scan a small subset of a section. Is there a thread/documentation on the topic?

4

I'm not aware of any. I suspect any discussion of it would take place in the "General" Development sub-forum. There is a sticky thread there about "undocumented tips and tricks". 

5

Will look there thanks.