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Created January 6, 2014 08:41
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plex media server library refresh all libraries.
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force-refresh-plex-library.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib
from xml.dom import minidom
host = 'localhost'
source_type = ['movie', 'show'] # Valid values: artist (for music), movie, show (for tv)
base_url = 'http://%s:32400/library/sections' % host
refresh_url = '%s/%%s/refresh?force=1' % base_url
try:
xml_sections = minidom.parse(urllib.urlopen(base_url))
sections = xml_sections.getElementsByTagName('Directory')
for s in sections:
if s.getAttribute('type') in source_type:
url = refresh_url % s.getAttribute('key')
x = urllib.urlopen(url)
except:
pass
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refresh-plex-library.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib
from xml.dom import minidom
host = 'localhost'
source_type = ['movie', 'show'] # Valid values: artist (for music), movie, show (for tv)
base_url = 'http://%s:32400/library/sections' % host
refresh_url = '%s/%%s/refresh' % base_url
try:
xml_sections = minidom.parse(urllib.urlopen(base_url))
sections = xml_sections.getElementsByTagName('Directory')
for s in sections:
if s.getAttribute('type') in source_type:
url = refresh_url % s.getAttribute('key')
x = urllib.urlopen(url)
except:
pass
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There is no need to do per section if your intent is to refresh all. Example:

/library/sections/all/refresh?force=1

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