Create a Plex movies library using the API

create_plex_library.py

import platform
import requests
from uuid import getnode

'''
Available options to create a movie library:

    agent:      com.plexapp.agents.imdb         # Freebase
                com.plexapp.agents.themoviedb   # The Movie Database
                com.plexapp.agents.none         # Personal Media
    scanner:    Plex Movie Scanner
                Plex Video Files Scanner
'''

options = {'name': 'Movies Library', # Then name of the library
           'type': 'movie',
           'agent': 'com.plexapp.agents.imdb',
           'scanner': 'Plex Movie Scanner',
           'language': 'en',
           'importFromiTunes': '',
           'location': 'C:\Users\Name\Videos\Movies' # Absolute path to movies folder
           }

# Plex server settings
host = '127.0.0.1'
port = 32400
token = '<token>'
ssl = '' # 's' or ''

def fetch(path, t='GET', params=None):
    url = 'http%s://%s:%s/' % (ssl, host, port)

    headers = {'X-Plex-Token': token,
               'Accept': 'application/json',
               'X-Plex-Provides': 'controller',
               'X-Plex-Platform': platform.uname()[0],
               'X-Plex-Platform-Version': platform.uname()[2],
               'X-Plex-Product': 'Custom Script',
               'X-Plex-Version': '0.0.1',
               'X-Plex-Device': platform.platform(),
               'X-Plex-Client-Identifier': str(hex(getnode()))
            }

    try:
        if t == 'GET':
            r = requests.get(url + path, headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)
        elif t == 'POST':
            r = requests.post(url + path, headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)
        elif t == 'DELETE':
            r = requests.delete(url + path, headers=headers, params=params, verify=False)

        if r and len(r.content):  # incase it dont return anything
            return r.json()
        else:
            return r.content

    except Exception as e:
        return e

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print fetch('library/sections', 'POST', options)