Updated Plex API

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Is there an update on the updated Plex API that was discussed late last year/early this year?

Or updates on the deep linking for the newer iOS/multiplatform app?

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one is coming. nothing to share at the moment.

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The ability to deep link into the AppleTV Plex app from HomeAssistant (automation software) would be awesome.

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Please add back the API. It super sucks without it. I had another thread talking about this but it got closed due to inactivity (I hate forums that do that by the way)

Reposting what I had there:

In the iOS app there seems to be no more ā€œAdvertise as Playerā€ option for the Remote Control API (not related to ā€œremote playbackā€). And any previous commands to control a deviceā€™s player like play/pause/change track no longer work because the app now refuses the connection despite having an authenticated plex token.

I made a whole app for automatically enabling subtitles temporarily upon rewind which no longer works except on the Apple TV app which hasnā€™t gotten the new experience yet.

Is there some other way to control the player directly via API? I tried sending commands directly to the server with the device ID and stuff and it doesnā€™t seem to work, only sending it directly to the player device would.

This is a HUGE bummer.

Iā€™ve literally disabled app updates on my AppleTV because I rely on my own subtitles app too much. I only stream plex to my apple tv. At this rate it seems like Iā€™m never going to upgrade to the new plex experience, not that I care to. The new API was announced ages ago and I expect it is still a long ways off. Iā€™ll probably find an alternative to plex before it comes along.

One option Iā€™d be happy with is if they released ā€˜plex classicā€™ versions of the apps or something. Even if they donā€™t get updates. I STILL cannot believe they just ripped the API out of the apps completely, released a new version without feature parity, and got rid of the previous version.

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In the meantime you might like Infuse?

the UI isnā€™t as familiar as plex, but it solves almost all issues with playback Iā€™ve experienced. The app developer also has an API for external apps, I am working on implementing into my own apps as well.

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Btw. there wonā€™t be an updated API as such.
There will be public documentation of the already existing API.

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Well I think we already have a lot of that documentation from the openapi docs from a while back.

I guess if it wonā€™t be a ā€œnewā€ api, I can continue to build out with the current api, and just make the updates as they come around.

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@D_eight6 Ah that is very good news. Iā€™ll have to look through the new docs to see if thereā€™s a way to accomplish the same functionality with my app without needing to contact the remote player directly.