podcastPlaylistGen.py

podcastPlaylistGen.py

"""
Create a Plex Playlist with the podcasts that were added today, sorted by oldest first.
If today's playlist exists, we will delete it and create it again to add potential new podcasts. 
"""

import operator
import time
from plexapi.server import PlexServer
import requests
import datetime



"""
Finding the Token

Finding a temporary token is pretty simple:

    Plex Account in Plex Web App
    Browse to a library item and Investigate Media Information and Formats for it
    Look in the URL and find the token as the X-Plex-Token value
"""
PLEX_URL = 'http://x.x.x.x:32400'
PLEX_TOKEN = ''
LIBRARY_NAME = ['Podcasts'] # Your podcast library name
today = datetime.datetime.now().date()
TODAY_PLAY_TITLE = '{}-{}-{} Podcasts Added Today'.format(today.year, today.strftime('%m'), today.strftime('%d'))
plex = PlexServer(PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN)

def update_library():
    print "Updating library before checking for new podcasts. Please wait 30 seconds."
    for library in LIBRARY_NAME:
        plex.library.section(library).update()
    time.sleep(30)

def remove_old():
    # Remove today's playlist if it exists. 
    for playlist in plex.playlists():
        if playlist.title.endswith('Podcasts Added Today') and playlist.title != TODAY_PLAY_TITLE:
            print "There are old playlists here, moving on"
        elif playlist.title == TODAY_PLAY_TITLE:
            playlist.delete()
            print('{} already exists, deleting to create a fresh playlist.'.format(TODAY_PLAY_TITLE))

def get_all_content(LIBRARY_NAME):
    artist_lst = []
    # Get all podcasts from the Podcast Library
    print "Retrieving all podcasts from podcast library"
    for library in LIBRARY_NAME:
        for artists in plex.library.section(library).all():
            for artist in artists:
                artist_lst += artist.tracks()
            else:
                pass
    return artist_lst


def find_air_dates(artist_lst):
    print "Looking for podcasts added today"
    # Find what podcasts were added today (year, month, day)
    aired_lst = []
    for track in artist_lst:
        try:
            ad_month = str(track.addedAt.month)
            ad_day = str(track.addedAt.day)
            ad_year = str(track.addedAt.year)
            if ad_year == str(today.year) and ad_month == str(today.month) and ad_day == str(today.day):
               aired_lst += [[track] + [str(track.addedAt)]]
        except Exception as e:
            # print(e)
            pass
        
        # Sort by added time, oldest first
        aired_lst = sorted(aired_lst, key=operator.itemgetter(1))

    # Remove date used for sorting
    play_lst = [x[0] for x in aired_lst]
    return play_lst

remove_old()
update_library()
play_lst = find_air_dates(get_all_content(LIBRARY_NAME))
# Create Playlist
if play_lst:
    print "Creating podcast for today"
    plex.createPlaylist(TODAY_PLAY_TITLE, play_lst)
else:
    print('Found no podcasts added')