Plex

Plex Content API

The actual content of the media provider

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 13

GET /library/collections/{collectionId}/composite/{updatedAt} Get a collection's image #
GET /library/collections/{collectionId}/items Get items in a collection #
GET /library/metadata/{ids} Get a metadata item #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/all Get items in the section #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/allLeaves Set section leaves #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/arts Set section artwork #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/albums Set section albums #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/categories Set section categories #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/cluster Set section clusters #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/computePath Similar tracks to transition from one to another #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/location Get all folder locations #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/nearest The nearest audio tracks #
GET /library/sections/{sectionId}/moment Set section moments #

Documentation

📖
Documentation
https://developer.plex.tv/pms/
📖
APIReference
https://developer.plex.tv/pms/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/plex/refs/heads/main/openapi/plex-content-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

plex-content-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Plex Media Server Content API
  version: '1.2.2

    '
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  description: '# API Info

    ## Content Types

    The API supports responses in both XML and JSON, and clients can request one or the other using the standard `Accept` HTTP header.'
servers:
- url: https://{IP-description}.{identifier}.plex.direct:{port}
  variables:
    IP-description:
      default: 1-2-3-4
      description: A `-` separated string of the IPv4 or IPv6 address components
    identifier:
      default: 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
      description: The unique identifier of this particular PMS
    port:
      default: '32400'
security:
- user_token:
  - shared user
  - admin
tags:


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