plexapp url scheme

General Discussions
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How can i use the plexapp Url scheme on a website? Is there a docu i can not find?

2

Not sure what you mean. Can you provide an example of what you are trying to do?

3

I am tring to open the plex app from a website for example. That is what i want to do with the plexapp:// url scheme. But i do not know what the url should look like to open a movie for example.

4

Is plexapp:// all that is supported to open the plex app from maybe an website? Or can I give parameters with this Udo so I can direct open a movie inside the app. Or initial a search inside the app.

For example, for map you can give parameters for routing with destination and starting address.

5

Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There isn’t a way to link directly to a video through Plex.

6

So what is the url sheme for? Just to open the plex app? Nothing more?

7

Most of the URL’s return XML info which can then be used by parsing the XML to get the info you want. You can build your own app by utilizing the URL’s to get data from PMS, but you cannot link directly to a video for example to embed it in a website.

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I do not want to embed a video I try to use the plex scheme as deep link into the app. For example, on a website with a movie I can click a link and land direct into my local plex app in my video. Like with YouTube links, you can open YouTube rules dirct in the YouTube app.

9

It is possible to link directly to the movie’s preplay screen but it will only work if you’ve already logged into plex.tv in the browser and allowed Plex’s cookie to be saved so it remembers your credentials. You cannot make a generic link that will just work for anyone. You can find the link by going to the preplay screen using the hosted Plex Web at plex.tv. If this is for your personal use, this will work, but if you’re looking to share it with others, they need to have used the hosted Plex Web first.

10

Can you give me a sample what it should Look like?
I logged in to plex web and opened a movie and wrote plexapp in front of the urn instead of https. But after switching to the plex app it does not open the movie info screen.

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I’m not sure what plexapp:// is or how you are using it, but you can try linking the https URL.

12

Sorry, I just realized what you are trying to do. You’re trying to open the Plex mobile app from a website. Which app? (Android, iOS, Windows). I don’t know if it’s possible to open the app to a specific page and it may be different depending on the app, but I’m checking.

13

I use iOS at the moment.

But if you can not do that I can not see what the plexapp scheme is for. Because when I use it it asks me every time to open in plex app.

I hope you will find something.

14

I got some bad news. It is not possible to link to the app the way you want.

15

Looking at this thread out of curiosity more than anything else but I think adding (over time) this kind of support to the Plex apps would be potentially useful; here is my logic.

Assumptions

  • Many people use Plex monitoring apps which gather stats and monitor Plex servers such as PlexPy
  • The monitoring systems send out notifications through several methods (PushBullet, etc.) to users of the Plex server
  • notifications include information on newly added items in a library

Idea

  • A notification could have a link direcly to an item in the library
  • user clicks the link and this would result in the local app (Android, iOS, Windows UWP, etc.) being launched and immediately load the pre-play screen for that item

Requirements

  • Plex Apps would need to register a URL Schema such as plexapp:\ on the device
  • Plex Apps would need to recognise the request URL to reference items at various levels such as Library, Show, Show/Series, Media Item and load appropriately

Limitations

  • This would clearly only work when the device/app and relevant Plex server are online

Just a thought for the Dev’s :slight_smile:

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I, too, want this. I have scripts that do work, and the end result is that something was added to the library. My script also sends my family a message in a messaging app, letting them know that something was added. I’ve built the message to include a url that doesn’t link directly to the new item, but it links to the Plex search of the item name. This, at least, gets me close.