# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import json, threading from plexapi import log from plexapi.exceptions import Unsupported class PlexNotifier(threading.Thread): """ Creates a websocket connection to the Plex Server to optionally recieve notifications. These often include messages from Plex about media scans as well as updates to currently running Transcode Sessions. Parameters: server (:class:`~plexapi.server.PlexServer`): PlexServer this notifier is connected to. callback (func): Callback function to call on recieved messages. NOTE: You need websocket-client installed in order to use this feature. >> pip install websocket-client """ key = '/:/websockets/notifications' def __init__(self, server, callback=None): self._server = server self._callback = callback self._ws = None super(PlexNotifier, self).__init__() def run(self): """ Starts the PlexNotifier thread. This function should not be called directly, instead use :func:`~plexapi.server.PlexServer.startNotifier`. """ # try importing websocket-client package try: import websocket except: raise Unsupported('Websocket-client package is required to use this feature.') # create the websocket connection url = self._server.url(self.key).replace('http', 'ws') log.info('Starting PlexNotifier: %s', url) self._ws = websocket.WebSocketApp(url, on_message=self._onMessage, on_error=self._onError) self._ws.run_forever() def stop(self): """ Stop the PlexNotifier thread. """ log.info('Stopping PlexNotifier.') self._ws.close() def _onMessage(self, ws, message): try: data = json.loads(message)['NotificationContainer'] log.debug('Notify: %s', data) if self._callback: self._callback(data) except Exception as err: log.error('PlexNotifier Msg Error: %s', err) def _onError(self, ws, err): log.error('PlexNotifier Error: %s' % err)