plex_upload_playlists.py

import os
from urllib.parse import quote_plus
from urllib.request import urlopen, Request

PREPEND = "/home/user/rtorrent/downloads/My Music/Anime/"
ORIGINAL_PLAYLIST_LOCATION = PREPEND
PLEX_TOKEN = "plextoken"
SECTION_ID = "30"
SERVER_URL = "localhost:32400"
url = "http://{}/playlists/upload?sectionID={}&path={}&X-Plex-Token={}"

files = os.listdir(ORIGINAL_PLAYLIST_LOCATION)
files = [f for f in files if f.endswith("m3u8") or f.endswith("m3u")]
for file in files:
    with open(
        os.path.join(ORIGINAL_PLAYLIST_LOCATION, file), "r", encoding="utf-8-sig"
    ) as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    lines = [PREPEND + l.replace("\\", "/") for l in lines]
    output_file = file.replace("m3u8", "m3u")
    with open(output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.writelines(lines[1:])
    script_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
    full_output_path = os.path.join(script_path, output_file)
    url_encoded_path = quote_plus(full_output_path)
    full_url = url.format(SERVER_URL, SECTION_ID, url_encoded_path, PLEX_TOKEN)
    print(full_url)
    urlopen(Request(full_url, method="POST"))