script to quickly show whats being played in Emby using a rich table

active_emby_streams.py

import sys
import requests
from rich.table import Table
from rich.console import Console


emby_base_url = 'https://emby.example.com'
emby_api_key = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'


# use rich to print with style & color
console = Console()

active_emby_sessions_request = requests.get(url=f'{emby_base_url}/emby/Sessions?api_key={emby_api_key}')
if not active_emby_sessions_request.ok:
    sys.exit(f'Request to /emby/Sessions resulted in the status code: {active_emby_sessions_request.status_code}')


# Set up the table we will add each session into
active_sessions_table = Table(show_header=True, header_style="bold cyan")
active_sessions_table.add_column("Username", justify="left")
active_sessions_table.add_column("Currently Playing", justify="left")
active_sessions_table.add_column("Type", justify="left")
active_sessions_table.add_column("External ID", justify="left")
active_sessions_table.add_column("Play Method", justify="left")
active_sessions_table.add_column("% Done", justify="left")
active_sessions_table.add_column("Device", justify="left")


# now load the json response & parse it next
active_sessions = active_emby_sessions_request.json()

current_playback_count = 0
# Loop through the json & pick out only active streams
for sess in active_sessions:
    if "NowPlayingItem" in sess:
        current_playback_count += 1

        # Format the title of whats being played (combine title & year)
        item_title = f'{sess["NowPlayingItem"]["Name"]} ({sess["NowPlayingItem"]["ProductionYear"]})'

        # Content Type
        content_type = 'tv' if sess["NowPlayingItem"]["Type"] == 'Episode' else 'movie'

        # Get the IMDB (if exists, if not then tmdb or tvdb)
        external_id = None
        for external_id_source in ['Imdb', 'Tmdb', 'Tvdb']:
            if external_id_source in sess["NowPlayingItem"]["ProviderIds"]:
                external_id = f'{external_id_source.lower()}:{sess["NowPlayingItem"]["ProviderIds"][external_id_source]}'
                break

        # Play method info
        if "TranscodingInfo" not in sess:
            stream_type = 'DirectPlay'
        else:  # If the "TranscodingInfo" group does exist then we can use the "IsVideoDirect" value to identify the play method
            stream_type = 'DirectStream' if bool(sess["TranscodingInfo"]["IsVideoDirect"]) else 'Transcode'
        stream_color = 'yellow' if stream_type == 'Transcode' else 'green'

        # Stream progress
        cur_pos_ticks = sess["PlayState"]["PositionTicks"]
        total_ticks = sess["NowPlayingItem"]["RunTimeTicks"]
        percentage_complete = f'{round(cur_pos_ticks / total_ticks * 100)}%'

        # Client (Watch for chromecast)
        client = sess["Client"].replace('Chromecast', '[bold red]Chromecast[/bold red]')

        # Add all the sess data to a new row
        active_sessions_table.add_row(
            sess["UserName"], item_title, content_type, external_id, f'[{stream_color}]{stream_type}[/{stream_color}]',
            percentage_complete, client
        )


console.print(active_sessions_table, highlight=False)

console.print(f'Number of Streams: [chartreuse1]{current_playback_count}[/chartreuse1]\n')