Creates a playlist in Plex with the first unwatched episode of your current shows.

current_shows_playlist.py

# This script creates a playlist that contains the next unwatched episode of any 
# shows you define in a collection.
#
# Requires python 3
#
# Usage:
# 
# In Plex, create a collection named "Current Shows". It should contain all the shows 
# that you want considered for the new playlist.
# 
# Update the variables to match your environment. Search Google for details on how to find
# your X-Plex-Token value.
#
# Then you can run this to create or recreate your playlist:
# python current_shows_playlist.py

# Update these:
PLEX_URL = 'http://my.plex.server:32400'
PLEX_TOKEN = 'my_plex_token'

# Leave all this alone!
import os, operator, time, sys, datetime, re
import requests
from plexapi.server import PlexServer

baseurl = PLEX_URL
token = PLEX_TOKEN
plex = PlexServer(baseurl, token)

MY_PLAYLIST = 'Current Shows'

for playlist in plex.playlists():
  if playlist.title == MY_PLAYLIST:
     print('{} already exists. Deleting and rebuilding.'.format(MY_PLAYLIST))
     playlist.delete()

tv_shows_section = plex.library.section('TV')
episode_list = []

for collection in tv_shows_section.collection():
  regexp = re.compile(r'Current Shows')
  if not regexp.search(collection.title):
    break
  print(collection)
  for tv_show in collection.children:
    print(tv_show)
    for episode in tv_show.episodes():
      if not episode.isWatched:
        print(episode.title)
        episode_list += episode
        break

print('Adding {} shows to playlist.'.format(len(episode_list)))
plex.createPlaylist(MY_PLAYLIST, episode_list)

Thank you for replying!

Ok, this is what i have tried (please note, this is maybe my second ever time seeing python, so I am very noob here lol)

After changing token and url, I got the error for TV, that one i sorted out, changed line 37 from TV to TV Shows

But running it then, i get the following error

  File "/home/new_playlist.py", line 40, in <module>
    for collection in tv_shows_section.collection():
TypeError: collection() missing 1 required positional argument: 'title'

My Collection is also named Current Shows
I have manually created a playlist called current shows, and the script does then see it and delete it, so everything works up to there.
I have, in trying to test, and also trying to see how python and plex API works, played with this a bit.

I have uncommented everything and removed comments systematically, whilst doing print() after each statement.

when i print tv_shows_section I get the correct section
when i only run this for collection in tv_shows_section.collection(): i still get the title error, but if i add Current Shows in for collection in tv_shows_section.collection('Current Shows): and do a print of collection it shows the 3 test shows i added to the collection

when i then add regexp = re.compile(r'Current Shows') and do a print of regexp, the output is Current Shows (the word Current Shows), I am not sure if thats correct.

And thats where it was 1 am and i decided to go to bed lol

If you can maybe just glance over this and see if you can see where i made a mistake, i would appreciate it.

@khaosx

I played around a bit, and took some (lies! a lot!) inspiration from your script, and tried making my own! seems to be working

https://github.com/desatur8/PlexScripts