# -*- 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): super(AlertListener, self).__init__() self.daemon = True self._server = server self._callback = callback self._ws = None 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)