Automatically share and unshare libraries for Plex users

share_unshare_libraries.py

# Run this script using "share" or "unshare" as arguments:
# To share the Plex libraries:
#     python share_unshare_libraries.py share
# To unshare the Plex libraries:
#     python share_unshare_libraries.py unshare

import requests
import sys
from xml.dom import minidom

## EDIT THESE SETTINGS ###

PLEX_TOKEN = "ENTER_YOUR_PLEX_TOKEN_HERE"
SERVER_ID = "ENTER_YOUR_SERVER_ID_HERE"  # Example: https://i.imgur.com/EjaMTUk.png

# Get the User IDs and Library IDs from
# https://plex.tv/api/servers/SERVER_ID/shared_servers
# Example: https://i.imgur.com/yt26Uni.png
# Enter the User IDs and Library IDs in this format below:
#     {UserID1: [LibraryID1, LibraryID2],
#      UserID2: [LibraryID1, LibraryID2]}

USER_LIBRARIES = {1234567: [1234567, 1234567]}

## DO NOT EDIT BELOW ##

def share():
    headers = {"X-Plex-Token": PLEX_TOKEN,
               "Accept": "application/json"}
    url = "https://plex.tv/api/servers/" + SERVER_ID + "/shared_servers"
               
    for user_id, library_ids in USER_LIBRARIES.iteritems():
        payload = {"server_id": SERVER_ID,
                   "shared_server": {"library_section_ids": library_ids,
                                     "invited_id": user_id}
                   }
                   
        r = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
        
        if r.status_code == 401:
            print "Invalid Plex token"
            return
            
        elif r.status_code == 400:
            print r.content
            return
    
        elif r.status_code == 200:
            print "Shared libraries with user %s" % str(user_id)
            return
    
    return
    
def unshare():
    headers = {"X-Plex-Token": PLEX_TOKEN,
               "Accept": "application/json"}
               
    url = "https://plex.tv/api/servers/" + SERVER_ID + "/shared_servers"
    r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

    if r.status_code == 401:
        print "Invalid Plex token"
        return
        
    elif r.status_code == 400:
        print r.content
        return

    elif r.status_code == 200:
        response_xml = minidom.parseString(r.content)
        MediaContainer = response_xml.getElementsByTagName("MediaContainer")[0]
        SharedServer = MediaContainer.getElementsByTagName("SharedServer")
        
        shared_servers = {int(s.getAttribute("userID")): int(s.getAttribute("id"))
                          for s in SharedServer}
        
        for user_id, library_ids in USER_LIBRARIES.iteritems():
            server_id = shared_servers.get(user_id)
            
            if server_id:
                url = "https://plex.tv/api/servers/" + SERVER_ID + "/shared_servers/" + str(server_id)
                r = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
                
                if r.status_code == 200:
                    print "Unshared libraries with user %s" % str(user_id)
            
            else:
                print "No libraries shared with user %s" % str(user_id)
                    
    return
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print 'You must provide "share" or "unshare" as an argument'
        
    elif sys.argv[1] == "share":
        share()    
        
    elif sys.argv[1] == "unshare":
        unshare()

Hello,
I've got this to work..sort of. When I do the unshare it unshares for all 4 users, however when I do the share function it will only share for 1 of the users, and if I attempt to re-run the share it stops and says I'm already sharing. Any idea why this could be?

This script works for unsharing all users, but like tweakfour17 said, it will only enable sharing for 1 user then stops. I'm too stupid to troubleshoot this - hopefully someone can figure it out.

@haltdev and @tweakfour17.

If you're still curious about why the script stops after sharing with one user; there's a return statement on line 50 that interrupts the for loop. Just remove it and it'll handle multiple users fine.

Howdy, is there an endpoint for retrieving the ID of a user by their email?