Plex

Plex Library Collections API

Endpoints for manipulating collections. In addition to these endpoints, `/library/collections/:collectionId/X` will be rerouted to `/library/metadata/:collectionId/X` and respond to those endpoints as well.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

PUT /library/collections/{collectionId}/items Add items to a collection #

PUT /library/collections/{collectionId}/items/{itemId} Delete an item from a collection #

PUT /library/collections/{collectionId}/items/{itemId}/move Reorder an item in the collection #

Documentation

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Documentation

https://developer.plex.tv/pms/

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APIReference

https://developer.plex.tv/pms/

Specifications

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OpenAPI

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

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Plex Media Server Library Collections 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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