pcp.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys

# run this: pip install git+https://github.com/lad1337/python-plexapi@feature/download-progress
USAGE = "usage: python pcp.py <username> [<password>]"
from plexapi.myplex import MyPlexAccount
from plexapi.video import Episode
from plexapi.video import Movie
from plexapi.video import Show


def choose(msg, items, attr_name):
    for index, i in enumerate(items):
        if callable(attr_name):
            name = attr_name(i)
        else:
            name = getattr(i, attr_name)
        print("{index}: {name}".format(index=index, name=name))
    picked = map(int, (input("{}: ".format(msg))).split(','))
    if len(picked) == 1:
        return items[picked[0]]
    else:
        return [items[p] for p in picked]


def search(server):
    query = input("What are you looking for?: ")
    return choose("Choose result", server.search(query), lambda x: repr(x))


def download(item):
    print("Loading...")
    files = wanted_item.download('./')
    print("Complete.")
    for f in files:
        print("- {}".format(f))


def main():
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    if len(args) == 2:
        user, pw = args
    elif len(args) == 1:
        user = args[0]
        import getpass
        pw = getpass.getpass()
    else:
        print(USAGE)
        exit(1)
    account = MyPlexAccount(user, pw)
    res = choose("Choose a server", account.resources(), 'name')
    print("Connecting...")
    server = res.connect()
    print("Connected!")
    found_item = search(server)
    if isinstance(found_item, Show):
        wanted_item = choose("Choose episode", found_item.episodes(), lambda x: x._prettyfilename())
    elif isinstance(found_item, (Movie, Episode)):
        wanted_item = found_item
    else:
        print("dont know what to to with {}".format(found_item))
        exit(1)
    if isinstance(wanted_item, list):
        print("downloading {} items".format(len(wanted_item)))
        for wanted_i in wanted_item:
            download(wanted_i)
    else:
        download(wanted_item)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

This is plex cp (pcp):

• it works with shared servers
• if you use the pip install git+https://github.com/lad1337/python-plexapi@feature/download-progress it has a download bar
• it is / has a wizard
• BUT it can only load one file at a time
• AND its only a wizard, no pre defined arguments let you use it copy just in one command
• it will always copy the target into the current directory, with plex's naming scheme

Hey lad1337. This looks quite useful. Do you mind if I include this in the python-plexapi tools directory?

no, sure go ahead, i would be honoured :)

Thanks! -- I changed the formating slightly and added an option to download from a PlexWeb url. You can use that by calling plex-download.py --url=<URL> (just make sure to only copy everything after the ! in the url). I love your choose function, I'll be using that very often in the future.

https://github.com/pkkid/python-plexapi/blob/master/tools/plex-download.py