# Watch status toggle

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/watch-status-toggle/145324>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** plugin-dev\
**Created:** [May 16, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/watch-status-toggle/145324 "2016-05-16T23:41:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![crichar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@crichar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/crichar)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/watch-status-toggle/145324/1 "2016-05-16T23:41:56Z")

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Hi I was wondering if there is a way to utilize the watch status of plexs from inside a channel? The api for something i am looking at returns the watch status already so i just would need a way to say true or false

Thanks

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**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:** [May 16, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/watch-status-toggle/145324/2 "2016-05-16T23:55:05Z")

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If you browse to:

`/library/metadata/<key>`

Then there’ll be an entries named “viewCount” & “lastViewedAt” if the item has been viewed.

/T

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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, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/watch-status-toggle/145324/3 "2020-01-08T19:57:44Z")

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