python-plexapi/plexapi/alert.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import json
import threading
import websocket
from plexapi import log


class AlertListener(threading.Thread):
    """ Creates a websocket connection to the PlexServer to optionally recieve alert notifications.
        These often include messages from Plex about media scans as well as updates to currently running
        Transcode Sessions. This class implements threading.Thread, therfore to start monitoring
        alerts you must call .start() on the object once it's created. When calling
        `PlexServer.startAlertListener()`, the thread will be started for you.

        Parameters:
            server (:class:`~plexapi.server.PlexServer`): PlexServer this listener is connected to.
            callback (func): Callback function to call on recieved messages. The callback function
                will be sent a single argument 'data' which will contain a dictionary of data
                recieved from the server. :samp:`def my_callback(data): ...`
    """
    key = '/:/websockets/notifications'

    def __init__(self, server, callback=None):
        self._server = server
        self._callback = callback
        self._ws = None
        super(AlertListener, self).__init__()

    def run(self):
        # create the websocket connection
        url = self._server.url(self.key).replace('http', 'ws')
        log.info('Starting AlertListener: %s', url)
        self._ws = websocket.WebSocketApp(url, on_message=self._onMessage,
            on_error=self._onError)
        self._ws.run_forever()

    def stop(self):
        """ Stop the AlertListener thread. Once the notifier is stopped, it cannot be diractly
            started again. You must call :func:`plexapi.server.PlexServer.startAlertListener()`
            from a PlexServer instance.
        """
        log.info('Stopping AlertListener.')
        self._ws.close()

    def _onMessage(self, ws, message):
        """ Called when websocket message is recieved. """
        try:
            data = json.loads(message)['NotificationContainer']
            log.debug('Alert: %s', data)
            if self._callback:
                self._callback(data)
        except Exception as err:
            log.error('AlertListener Msg Error: %s', err)

    def _onError(self, ws, err):
        """ Called when websocket error is recieved. """
        log.error('AlertListener Error: %s' % err)