delete-empty-collections.py

from plexapi.myplex import MyPlexAccount
import os

plex_auth_info = {
        "username" : os.environ['PLEX_USERNAME'],
        "password" : os.environ['PLEX_PASSWORD'],
        "server"   : os.environ['PLEX_SERVER_NAME']
}

account = MyPlexAccount(plex_auth_info['username'], plex_auth_info['password'])
plex = account.resource(plex_auth_info['server']).connect()

collections = plex.library.section("Movies").collections()

for idx, val in enumerate(collections):
        if plex.library.section("Movies").collection(title=collections[idx].title).childCount != 0:
                continue
        else:
                plex.library.section("Movies").collection(title=collections[idx].title).delete()

Is there a readme for this script? I'm not sure exactly where to replace my username, password, and server name in the code. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

The script assumes these are set in your environment when you run the script:

plex_auth_info = {
        "username" : os.environ['PLEX_USERNAME'],
        "password" : os.environ['PLEX_PASSWORD'],
        "server"   : os.environ['PLEX_SERVER_NAME']
}

so something like:

PLEX_USERNAME="" PLEX_PASSWORD="" PLEX_SERVER_NAME="" python3 ./delete-empty-collections.py

But you can also just modify lines 4-8 of the script like this:

plex_auth_info = {
        "username" : "YOUR_USERNAME"
        "password" : "YOUR_PASSWORD",
        "server"   : "YOUR_SERVER_NAME"
}

Ahh, I understand much better now, thank you for clarifying! Excellent script by the way, so I thank you for all your hard work on it. Cheers

How do I use the script with 2FA on? Could you set it up to use "X-Plex-Token"?

How do I use the script with 2FA on? Could you set it up to use "X-Plex-Token"?

Getting a PlexServer Instance

Thanks, I had already modified the script based on another script that used X-Plex-Token. It works fine.