Send IFTTT notification. Ignore any titles that are listed.

IFTTT_notify.py

#   1. Install the requests module for python.
#       pip install requests
#   2. Add script arguments in PlexPy.
#       {server_name} {user} {title} {player} {platform}

import requests
import sys

server_name = sys.argv[1]
user = sys.argv[2]
title = sys.argv[3]
player = sys.argv[4]
platform = sys.argv[5]

SUBJECT_TEXT = "PlexPy Notification"
BODY_TEXT = "{}: - {} started playing {} on {} ({})".format(server_name, user, title, player, platform)

## EDIT THESE SETTINGS ##
PLEXPY_APIKEY = 'XXXXXX'  # Your PlexPy API key
PLEXPY_URL = 'http://localhost:8181/'  # Your PlexPy URL
AGENT_ID = 12  # The notification agent ID for IFTTT
TITLE_IGNORE = [''] # Title to ignore ['Snow White']

if title in TITLE_IGNORE:
    sys.stdout.write("Notification of {} being ignored.".format(title))
    exit()

def send_notification(SUBJECT_TEXT, BODY_TEXT):
    # Format notification text
    try:
        subject = SUBJECT_TEXT
        body = BODY_TEXT
    except LookupError as e:
        sys.stderr.write("Unable to substitute '{0}' in the notification subject or body".format(e))
        return None
    # Send the notification through PlexPy
    payload = {'apikey': PLEXPY_APIKEY,
               'cmd': 'notify',
               'agent_id': AGENT_ID,
               'subject': subject,
               'body': body}

    try:
        r = requests.post(PLEXPY_URL.rstrip('/') + '/api/v2', params=payload)
        response = r.json()

        if response['response']['result'] == 'success':
            sys.stdout.write("Successfully sent PlexPy notification.")
        else:
            raise Exception(response['response']['message'])
    except Exception as e:
        sys.stderr.write("PlexPy API 'notify' request failed: {0}.".format(e))
        return None


send_notification(SUBJECT_TEXT, BODY_TEXT)