# Checking media availability? **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** other-dev\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422 "2016-04-26T23:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wtopace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6bbea6/32.png) [@wtopace](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wtopace)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422/1 "2016-04-26T23:13:16Z")
Hello, I am interested in checking the availability of media (whether or not the media directory is properly mounted). This shows up in the web UI with a warning label that the backing media is not available, however, I haven’t been able to find the same when poking at the REST API. I plan to tie this together with a script to flag VMware vCenter Application-Level HA to reboot the Plex VM if there are file mount issues. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422/2 "2016-04-26T23:16:20Z")
Check the sourcecode for Plex2CSV, since that export it. Check my signature /T ---
**Author:** ![wtopace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6bbea6/32.png) [@wtopace](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wtopace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422/3 "2016-04-27T14:47:54Z")
> @dane22 said: > Check the sourcecode for Plex2CSV, since that export it. > Check my signature > > /T I looked through your Plex2CSV this morning and was able to find the checkFiles=1 argument for the metadata query, however, I am not able to see any differences with or without the flag in the resulting XML. I have tried curl’ing the address with and without the flags (with the NFS mounted and unmounted) and diffing the files - they seem to be identical. Any specific usage help or examples on it? I tried with and without checkFiles and includeExtras (just in case this triggered something) http://:32400/library/metadata/3255?checkFiles=1&includeExtras=1 The above returns a with 1 child. Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422/4 "2016-04-27T18:31:11Z")
`Part accessible="1" exists="1"` ^^ is what to look for /T ---
**Author:** ![wtopace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6bbea6/32.png) [@wtopace](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wtopace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422/5 "2016-04-27T20:54:06Z")
Thanks again for the quick reply!! It turns out I was testing against a URL for a TV Show instead of a Movie and TV Shows don’t support the Part XML child elements. Once I switched the ID to a movie - everything showed up exactly as expected. The script worked great and can be had by anyone interested (on my github) - [https://github.com/wesparish/PlexVMwareHAWatcher](https://github.com/wesparish/PlexVMwareHAWatcher) root@plexserver:~# ./vmwareHAWatcher.sh Wed Apr 27 15:31:01 CDT 2016 Checking Plex status Wed Apr 27 15:31:02 CDT 2016 Plex status shows UP for movie ID: 4744 Wed Apr 27 15:31:02 CDT 2016 Sending up status Wed Apr 27 15:31:17 CDT 2016 Checking Plex status Wed Apr 27 15:31:17 CDT 2016 Plex status shows UP for movie ID: 4744 Wed Apr 27 15:31:17 CDT 2016 Sending up status Wed Apr 27 15:31:32 CDT 2016 Checking Plex status Wed Apr 27 15:31:32 CDT 2016 Plex status shows DOWN for movie ID: 4744 Wed Apr 27 15:31:37 CDT 2016 Checking Plex status Wed Apr 27 15:31:37 CDT 2016 Plex status shows DOWN for movie ID: 4744 Wed Apr 27 15:31:42 CDT 2016 Checking Plex status Wed Apr 27 15:31:42 CDT 2016 Plex status shows DOWN for movie ID: 4744 Wed Apr 27 15:31:47 CDT 2016 Checking Plex status Wed Apr 27 15:31:47 CDT 2016 Plex status shows UP for movie ID: 4744 Wed Apr 27 15:31:47 CDT 2016 Sending up status Thanks again for all of the help! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-media-availability/143422/6 "2020-01-08T19:57:09Z")