Get notified when someone watches something on Plex.

plex.py

import flask
import json
import requests


APP = flask.Flask(__name__)


def send_notification(description):
    # endpoint = "https://www.notifymyandroid.com/publicapi/notify?"
    endpoint = "https://api.prowlapp.com/publicapi/add?"
    params = {
        "apikey": "<API KEY>",
        "application": "Plex",
        "event": "Now Playing",
        "description": description
    }
    requests.post(endpoint, params=params)


@APP.route("/", methods=["POST"])
def index():
    request = json.loads(dict(flask.request.form)["payload"][0])

    event = request["event"]
    media_type = request["Metadata"]["type"]

    if event != "media.play" or media_type == "track":
        return "", 204

    account = request["Account"]["title"]
    title = request["Metadata"]["title"]
    year = request["Metadata"]["year"]

    if "grandparentTitle" in request["Metadata"]:
        title = "%s - %s" % (request["Metadata"]["grandparentTitle"], title)

    send_notification("%s is watching %s (%s)" % (account, title, year))

    return "", 204


if __name__ == "__main__":
    kwargs = {
        "host": "0.0.0.0",
        "port": 8080,
        "threaded": True
    }

    ssl_crt = "/path/to/ssl.crt"
    ssl_key = "/path/to/ssl.key"

    if os.path.exists(ssl_crt) and os.path.exists(ssl_key):
        kwargs["ssl_context"] = (ssl_crt, ssl_key)

    APP.run(**kwargs)