Server Version#: 1.40.3.8555
Player Version#: N/A
The Plex Media Server download URL is constructed like:
However, it does not seem that you can parse the https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/ for a latest_version and then construct the download url and download it that way.
I have my server functioning as a mostly “unattended” server. Many of the operations are automated through scripts. I have configured Plex Media Server to run as a windows service so using the built in update function doesnt work. I have to stop the service, manually download the new package, install it, then start the plex service again.
I have constructed scripts to do this same thing for many other services/applications; however, Im having trouble with plex. Im trying to something like this in Python:
Plex Media Server Downloads
plex_url = “https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/”
Get the latest version
latest_version = get_latest_version(plex_url)
if latest_version:
# Construct the download URL
download_url = f"https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/{latest_version}/windows/PlexMediaServer-{latest_version}-x86_64.exe"
print(f"\nLatest Plex Media Server version: {latest_version}“)
print(f"Download link: {download_url}”)
else:
print(“\nError fetching the latest version. Please check the provided URL or try again later.”)
But the functionality will not get passed https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/ because it doesnt see this as a valid link.
Has anyone else scripted any such functions. Or is there another valid location to potentially grab Plex Media Server downloads.
