Sync Plex playlists to shared users.

sync_playlists_to_all_users.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Description:      Sync Plex playlists to shared users.
# Author:           /u/SwiftPanda16
# Requires:         plexapi, requests, xmltodict
# Changes by me:    Syncs all current playlists to all current users. Everytime you run it it deletes the old playlists on the users account and replaces it with your.

import requests
import xmltodict
from plexapi.server import PlexServer


### EDIT SETTINGS ###

PLEX_URL = 'http://localhost:32400'
PLEX_TOKEN = 'xxxxxxxxxx'
PLAYLISTS = []  # List of playlists to sync
USERS = []  # List of users to sync the playlists to


## CODE BELOW ##

def fetch_plex_api(path='', method='GET', plextv=False, **kwargs):
    """Fetches data from the Plex API"""

    url = 'https://plex.tv' if plextv else PLEX_URL.rstrip('/')

    headers = {'X-Plex-Token': PLEX_TOKEN,
               'Accept': 'application/json'}

    params = {}
    if kwargs:
        params.update(kwargs)

    try:
        if method.upper() == 'GET':
            r = requests.get(url + path,
                             headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)
        elif method.upper() == 'POST':
            r = requests.post(url + path,
                              headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)
        elif method.upper() == 'PUT':
            r = requests.put(url + path,
                             headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)
        elif method.upper() == 'DELETE':
            r = requests.delete(url + path,
                                headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)
        else:
            print("Invalid request method provided: {method}".format(method=method))
            return

        if r and len(r.content):
            if 'application/json' in r.headers['Content-Type']:
                return r.json()
            elif 'application/xml' in r.headers['Content-Type']:
                return xmltodict.parse(r.content)
            else:
                return r.content
        else:
            return r.content

    except Exception as e:
        print("Error fetching from Plex API: {err}".format(err=e))

def get_user_tokens(server_id):
    api_users = fetch_plex_api('/api/users', plextv=True)
    api_shared_servers = fetch_plex_api('/api/servers/{server_id}/shared_servers'.format(server_id=server_id), plextv=True)
    user_ids = {user['@id']: user.get('@username', user.get('@title')) for user in api_users['MediaContainer']['User']}
    users = {user_ids[user['@userID']]: user['@accessToken'] for user in api_shared_servers['MediaContainer']['SharedServer']}
    return users
    
def main():
    """Main script"""
    plex = PlexServer(PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN)
## Line below to add all users ##
    USERS= [x.title for x in plex.myPlexAccount().users()]
    plex_users = get_user_tokens(plex.machineIdentifier)
## added line below to select all playlists ##
    PLAYLISTS = [x.title for x in plex.playlists()]
    plex_playlists = {playlist.title: playlist.items() for playlist in plex.playlists()}

    for playlist in PLAYLISTS:
        playlist_items = plex_playlists.get(playlist)
        if not playlist_items:
            print("Playlist '{playlist}' not found on the server. Skipping.".format(playlist=playlist))
            continue

        print("Cloning the '{title}' playlist...".format(title=playlist))

        for user in USERS:
            user_token = plex_users.get(user)
            if not user_token:
                print("...User '{user}' not found in shared users. Skipping.".format(user=user))
                continue

            user_plex = PlexServer(PLEX_URL, user_token)

            # Delete the old playlist
            try:
                user_playlist = user_plex.playlist(playlist)
                user_playlist.delete()
            except:
                pass

            # Create a new playlist
            user_plex.createPlaylist(playlist, playlist_items)
            print("...Created playlist for '{user}'.".format(user=user))

    return

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
    print("Done.")

Got it working, Thanks!.
For anyone else who is really new to all of this. First install requests, xmltodict and plexapi through pip.
pip install [ ]
Next, you need to grab your token. This can be found if you log into the plex web app. Then go to the Developer Tools (f12). From there go into the network tab and look the headers for a field titled X-Plex-Token as shown below.

Now you just need to run the script either by python your-script-name.py or double clicking the file.
Hope this helps the next person who stumbles upon this and has no idea how to use this script like I did.

this was so helpful but I need major help I'm still getting no module requests errors and I've followed multiple instructions online though python and terminal. :( can you help me please?

HOLY SHIT I GOT IT TO WORK! (if anyone on Mac needs help I can now help others)

Got it working, Thanks!.
For anyone else who is really new to all of this. First install requests, xmltodict and plexapi through pip.
pip install [ ]
Next, you need to grab your token. This can be found if you log into the plex web app. Then go to the Developer Tools (f12). From there go into the network tab and look the headers for a field titled X-Plex-Token as shown below.

Now you just need to run the script either by python your-script-name.py or double clicking the file.
Hope this helps the next person who stumbles upon this and has no idea how to use this script like I did.

this was so helpful but I need major help I'm still getting no module requests errors and I've followed multiple instructions online though python and terminal. :( can you help me please?

HOLY SHIT I GOT IT TO WORK! (if anyone on Mac needs help I can now help others)

OK so I had it working, I migrated my server to a new Mac changed the token and now can't get past this new error!

Warning (from warnings module):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 1013
warnings.warn(
InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'plex.tv'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings

Warning (from warnings module):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 1013
warnings.warn(
InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'plex.tv'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/brettwatson/Desktop/sync_playlists_to_all_users.py", line 113, in
main()
File "/Users/brettwatson/Desktop/sync_playlists_to_all_users.py", line 80, in main
PLAYLISTS = [x.title for x in plex.playlists()]
File "/Users/brettwatson/Desktop/sync_playlists_to_all_users.py", line 80, in
PLAYLISTS = [x.title for x in plex.playlists()]
AttributeError: 'Tag' object has no attribute 'title'
"

I worked it out the new plexapi kills the script revert to the older plexapi and it works