# plex\_autoscan

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933 "2017-07-03T23:10:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![l3uddz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@l3uddz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/l3uddz)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933/1 "2017-07-03T23:10:11Z")

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Hey guys,

Been working on a project to make life easier when using Plex with sonarr/radarr. Figured some of you guys may be looking for something like this.

Basically it’s a webhook receiver that runs on your Plex server machine. It receives requests from sonarr/radarr telling it that a new file was downloaded. plex\_autoscan will then execute the Plex command line scanner for that files directory. For me, this means new video files are available to watch in Plex within seconds, without the need to scan my entire TV/Movie library. Here’s the github URL where some basic setup instructions are aswell as an explanation for what every configuration variable does.

> **[l3uddz/plex\_autoscan](https://github.com/l3uddz/plex_autoscan)**
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> Script to assist sonarr/radarr with plex imports. Will only scan the folder that has been imported, instead of the whole library section. - l3uddz/plex\_autoscan

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**Author:** ![zaraki1311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e95f7d/32.png) [@zaraki1311](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zaraki1311)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933/2 "2018-01-05T22:45:23Z")

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Do you have a forum or any place to discuss issues/configuration?

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**Author:** ![madmaximux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@madmaximux](https://forums.plex.tv/u/madmaximux)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933/3 "2018-03-04T23:19:00Z")

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> @zaraki1311 said:  
> Do you have a forum or any place to discuss issues/configuration?

You can join the Discord server that’s linked on the GitHub page.

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**Author:** ![dannymichel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dannymichel/32/141897_2.png) [@dannymichel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dannymichel)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933/4 "2019-08-05T09:10:36Z")

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The discord server isn’t linked

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**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex_autoscan/197933/5 "2020-01-08T20:04:25Z")

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