Munin plugin for Plex: Shows playing streams and transcoding sessions

plex.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# If the server needs authentication add file /etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/plex:
# 	[plex]
# 	env.plex_token yourplextoken

import urllib2, sys, os
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

# Show Config
if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
	print 'graph_title Plex Streams'
	print 'graph_vlabel Number of streams'
	print 'graph_category plex'
	print 'graph_scale no'
	print 'playing.label Playing'
	print 'playing.draw AREASTACK'
	print 'transcoding.label Transcoding'
	print 'transcoding.draw LINE2'
	sys.exit(0)

# Show values
# Make URL
url = 'http://localhost:32400/status/sessions/';
token = os.getenv('plex_token');
if token is not None:
	url += '?X-Plex-Token=' + token

# Get playing streams
file = urllib2.urlopen(url)
root = ET.ElementTree(file=file).getroot()
playingNum = 0
for video in root.iter('Video'):
	for player in video.iter('Player'):
		if player.get('state') == 'playing':
			playingNum += 1
print 'playing.value', playingNum

# Get transcoding sessions
procs = os.popen('pgrep -l "Plex Transcoder"').read()
lines = len(procs.split('\n')) - 1
print 'transcoding.value', lines

The following code prints the three values (including the transcopy.value) but only for one single server. However, it has been updated for Python3!

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Updated for Python3 by phipac 20210131
# If the server needs authentication add file /etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/plex:
#       [plex]
#       env.plex_token yourplextoken

import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse, sys, os
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

# Show Config
if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
        print('graph_title Plex Streams')
        print('graph_vlabel Number of streams')
        print('graph_category plex')
        print('graph_scale no')
        print('playing.label Playing')
        print('playing.draw AREASTACK')
        print('transcoding.label Transcoding')
        print('transcopy.label Transcopy')
        print('transcoding.draw LINE2')
        sys.exit(0)

# Show values
# Make URL
url = 'http://localhost:32400/status/sessions/';
token = os.getenv('plex_token');
if token is not None:
        url += '?X-Plex-Token=' + token

# Get playing streams
file = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
root = ET.ElementTree(file=file).getroot()
playingNum = 0
for video in root.iter('Video'):
        for player in video.iter('Player'):
                if player.get('state') == 'playing':
                        playingNum += 1
print('playing.value', playingNum)

# Get transcoding sessiong for playback and copy
file = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
root = ET.ElementTree(file=file).getroot()
# Get transcoding sessions
transcodeNum = 0
transcopyNum = 0
for video in root.iter('MediaContainer'):
        for TranscodeSession in video.iter('TranscodeSession'):
                if TranscodeSession.get('videoDecision') == 'transcode':
                        transcodeNum += 1
                if TranscodeSession.get('videoDecision') == 'copy':
                        transcopyNum += 1
print('transcoding.value', transcodeNum)
print('transcopy.value', transcopyNum)