''' Set as cron or task for times of allowing and not allowing user access to server. Unsharing will kill any current stream from user before unsharing. Share or unshare libraries. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -s [], --share [] To share or to unshare.: (choices: share, share_all, unshare) -u [], --user [] Space separated list of case sensitive names to process. Allowed names are: (choices: All users names) -l [ ...], --libraries [ ...] Space separated list of case sensitive names to process. Allowed names are: (choices: All library names) (default: All Libraries) Usage: plex_api_share.py -s share -u USER -l Movies - Shared libraries: ['Movies'] with USER plex_api_share.py -s share -u USER -l Movies "TV Shows" - Shared libraries: ['Movies', 'TV Shows'] with USER * Double Quote libraries with spaces plex_api_share.py -s share_all -u USER - Shared all libraries with USER. plex_api_share.py -s unshare -u USER - Kill users current stream. - Unshared all libraries with USER. - USER is still exists as a Friend or Home User ''' import argparse from time import sleep from plexapi.server import PlexServer PLEX_URL = 'http://localhost:32400' PLEX_TOKEN = 'xxxxxx' plex = PlexServer(PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN) user_lst = [x.title for x in plex.myPlexAccount().users()] sections_lst = [x.title for x in plex.library.sections()] MESSAGE = "GET TO BED!" def share(user, libraries): plex.myPlexAccount().updateFriend(user=user, server=plex, sections=libraries) print('Shared libraries: {libraries} with {user}.'.format(libraries=libraries, user=user)) def unshare(user, libraries): plex.myPlexAccount().updateFriend(user=user, server=plex, removeSections=True, sections=libraries) print('Unshared all libraries from {user}.'.format(libraries=libraries, user=user)) def kill_session(user, libraries): for session in plex.sessions(): # Check for users stream if session.usernames[0] in user: title = (session.grandparentTitle + ' - ' if session.type == 'episode' else '') + session.title print('{user} is watching {title} and it\'s past their bedtime. Killing stream.'.format( user=user, title=title)) session.stop(reason=MESSAGE) if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Share or unshare libraries.", formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter) parser.add_argument('-s', '--share', nargs='?', type=str, required=True, choices=['share', 'share_all', 'unshare'], metavar='', help='To share or to unshare.: \n (choices: %(choices)s)') parser.add_argument('-u', '--user', nargs='?', type=str, required=True, choices=user_lst, metavar='', help='Space separated list of case sensitive names to process. Allowed names are: \n' '(choices: %(choices)s)') parser.add_argument('-l', '--libraries', nargs='+', default='', choices=sections_lst, metavar='', help='Space separated list of case sensitive names to process. Allowed names are: \n' '(choices: %(choices)s \n(default: All Libraries)') opts = parser.parse_args() if opts.share == 'share': share(opts.user, opts.libraries) elif opts.share == 'share_all': share(opts.user, sections_lst) elif opts.share == 'unshare': kill_session(opts.user, sections_lst) sleep(5) unshare(opts.user, opts.libraries) else: print('I don\'t know what else you want.')