Change added_at via the plexapi?

dokuro
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:18 +0000
Dev/API Corner

Does anyone know if its possible to update the added_at field for an item via the plexapi ? Basically I want to achieve what I doc’ed here Collections appearing in Recently Added in Movies Page - #6 by dokuro but do it via the api rather than database sql.

I’ve tried using collection.addedAt (sample snippet below) …

for collection in plex.library.search(libtype='collection'):
    print("Changing added_at Date:", collection.title)
    collection.addedAt()

but get an error saying TypeError: 'datetime.datetime' object is not callable which I guess means it cannot be referenced / updated.

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