Plex · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for the Plex Media Server API

5 actions 5 updates update extends openapi/plex-media-server-openapi.json
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Plex publishes. Plex did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-profilex-apievangelist-harvestedx-apievangelist-harvest-sourcex-apievangelist-harvest-methodx-apievangelist-spec-url-publishedx-apievangelist-artifactsx-apievangelist-deploymentx-apievangelist-server-note

Targets 3

$.info
$.servers
$.components.securitySchemes.user_token

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for the Plex Media Server API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/plex-media-server-openapi.json
x-generated: '2026-08-05'
x-method: generated
x-source: openapi/plex-media-server-openapi.json
x-note: >-
  Captures API Evangelist annotations over the harvested Plex Media Server OpenAPI.
  The original document is never mutated. The upstream contract is served only as
  the Redoc SSR state embedded in https://developer.plex.tv/pms/; Plex publishes no
  raw spec file at a stable URL, which is the single most valuable thing it could
  change for machine consumers.
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-profile: https://apis.io/provider/plex/
    x-apievangelist-harvested: '2026-08-05'
    x-apievangelist-harvest-source: https://developer.plex.tv/pms/
    x-apievangelist-harvest-method: extracted from the __redoc_state document embedded
      in the Redoc server-side-rendered documentation page
    x-apievangelist-spec-url-published: false
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-artifacts:
      authentication: authentication/plex-authentication.yml
      conventions: conventions/plex-conventions.yml
      errors: errors/plex-problem-types.yml
      lifecycle: lifecycle/plex-lifecycle.yml
      changelog: changelog/plex-changelog.yml
      data_model: data-model/plex-data-model.yml
      webhooks: asyncapi/plex-webhooks.yml
      mcp: mcp/plex-mcp.yml
      skills: skills/_index.yml
      agentic_access: agentic-access/plex-agentic-access.yml
- target: $.servers
  update:
    x-apievangelist-deployment: self-hosted
    x-apievangelist-server-note: The single servers[] entry is a template whose host
      encodes the server's IP address and machineIdentifier under Plex's wildcard
      TLS domain plex.direct. There is no shared multi-tenant production host.
- target: $.components.securitySchemes.user_token
  update:
    x-apievangelist-token-forms:
    - legacy long-lived X-Plex-Token
    - 7-day Plex JWT signed with an Ed25519 device key
    x-apievangelist-issuer: https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2
    x-apievangelist-query-parameter-accepted: true
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-gaps:
    - No raw OpenAPI file is served at a stable, linkable URL.
    - Error responses declare text/html or no content; there is no problem+json
      envelope and no machine-readable error code.
    - No idempotency contract is documented for the write operations.
    - No rate-limit headers or published quota are documented.
    - Webhooks are documented in the support knowledge base only, with no AsyncAPI.
    - The first-party MCP server publishes no tool list, so its capabilities are
      undiscoverable without an authenticated session.

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