Create plex_api_poster_pull.py

plex_api_poster_pull.py

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+'''
+Pull Movie and TV Show poster images from Plex. 
+Save to Movie and TV Show directories in scripts working directory.
+
+'''
+
+
+from plexapi.server import PlexServer
+# pip install plexapi
+import re
+import os
+import urllib
+
+
+PLEX_URL = 'http://localhost:32400'
+PLEX_TOKEN = 'xxxxxxx'
+plex = PlexServer(PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN)
+
+library_name = ['Movies','TV Shows'] # You library names
+
+# Create paths for Movies and TV Shows inside current directory
+movie_path = '{}/Movies'.format(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+if not os.path.isdir(movie_path):
+    os.mkdir(movie_path)
+
+show_path = '{}/TV Shows'.format(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+if not os.path.isdir(show_path):
+    os.mkdir(show_path)
+
+child_lst = []
+
+# Get all movies or shows from LIBRARY_NAME
+for library in library_name:
+    for child in plex.library.section(library).all():
+        child_lst.append(child)
+
+
+for video in child_lst:
+    # Clean names of special characters
+    name = re.sub('\W+',' ', video.title)
+    # Pull URL for poster
+    thumb_url = '{}{}?X-Plex-Token={}'.format(PLEX_URL, video.thumb, PLEX_TOKEN)
+    if video.type == 'movie':
+        image_path = u'{}/{}.jpg'.format(movie_path, name)
+        if os.path.isfile(image_path):
+            print("ERROR, %s already exist" % image_path)
+        else:
+            # Save to Movie directory
+            urllib.urlretrieve(thumb_url, image_path)
+    elif video.type == 'show':
+        image_path = u'{}/{}.jpg'.format(show_path, name)
+        if os.path.isfile(image_path):
+            print("ERROR, %s already exist" % image_path)
+        else:
+            # Save to TV Show directory
+            urllib.urlretrieve(thumb_url, image_path)