Plex Playlist Pusher (Python Re-write)

Looking for the original Bash version? Find it here

A simple Python 3 script used to automatically:

• load .m3u playlists from a local directory (maybe your MusicBee library... Can't be the same directory as your PPP installation!)
• load music playlists from Plex
• compare the two, merging any new tracks or entire playlists
• push the updated playlists back to Plex using the Plex Playlist API (https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-plexamp-read-and-use-m3u-playlists/234179/21)
• copy the updated playlists back to your local directory

This will keep Plex playlists and local playlists synchronised. If you want to delete a playlist or song from a playlist, it must be removed from BOTH local and Plex playlists.

1. Install Python 3.X if you haven't already
2. Open PPP.py with a text editor
3. Change the below variables to suit your use case
4. Save and run the file

server_url the url of your Plex server, as seen by whatever you're running PPP on [e.g. 192.168.1.96:32400]

plex_token find it here: https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/ [e.g. P6X4rFdFhcTssbA6pXoT]

local_playlists path to the local playlists you want to use, relative to whatever you're running PPP on [e.g. /mnt/Playlists]

install directory path to your PPP install directory, relative to your PLEX MACHINE (which may be different to the machine you run PPP on) [e.g. D:\\Media\\PPP]

section_id the library section which contains the music you are adding to playlists (Google will help you find it) [e.g. 11]

local_prepend see below

plex_prepend see below

\\uluru\Uluru\Media\Music\Andrew Huang\Love Is Real\Love Is Real.mp3

\\uluru\Uluru\Media\Music\Ben Howard\Noonday Dream\A Boat To An Island On The Wall.mp3

\\uluru\Uluru\Media\Music\Bibio\PHANTOM BRICKWORKS\PHANTOM BRICKWORKS.mp3

D:\Media\Music\Andrew Huang\Love Is Real\Love Is Real.mp3

D:\Media\Music\Ben Howard\Noonday Dream\A Boat To An Island On The Wall.mp3

D:\Media\Music\Bibio\PHANTOM BRICKWORKS\PHANTOM BRICKWORKS.mp3

In the examples above, local_prepend is \\\\uluru\\Uluru\\ and plex_prepend is D:\\

Why are there so many backslashes? You need to double any backslash, because normally it's a special 'escape character' which would break the code. You need to 'escape' the 'escape character' (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19095796/how-to-print-backslash-with-python)

Want to run this automatically every X amount of time? Use crontab. You may need to apply this fix.

Example crontab:

* * * * * cd /path/to/PPP && /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/PPP/PPP.py >> /path/to/PPP/PPP.log 2>&1