Custom CONFIG path about python-plexapi HOT 2 CLOSED

... so defining a path for the config, better: even the ability to override the config would help :)

from python-plexapi.

The config file is just a convenient way to default a few settings. Everything the config file sets is easily accessible and able to be over-ridden in the plexapi.init file. For example, you can set the default timeout by just setting plexapi.TIMEOUT to some other value.

import plexapi
plexapi.TIMEOUT = 30
plexapi.X_PLEX_PLATFORM = 'my awesome app'
...continue...

PlexAPI is using the standard logging module. So you can easily set the log settings as you normally would in other Python projects even without the config file.

import logging
from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
plexlog = logging.getLogger('plexapi')
loghandler = RotatingFileHandler('/tmp/plexlog.log', 'a', 512000, 3)
plexlog.addHandler(loghandler)
...continue...

I just committed a small change that allows you to call a convenience function to reset the BASE_HEADERS if you want to change some of the X_PLEX header information. So you do something like this.

import plexapi
plexapi.X_PLEX_DEVICE = 'My Awesome Windows Box'
plexapi.BASE_HEADERS = plexapi.reset_base_headers()
...continue...

commit c76c69c
Author: Michael Shepanski [email protected]
Date: Tue Mar 15 23:47:13 2016 -0400
Convenience function to reset_base_headers is overriding X_PLEX headers

from python-plexapi.