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    Class Movie

    Represents a single Movie.

    Hierarchy

    • Video
      • Movie
    Index

    Constructors

    constructor

    Properties

    _INCLUDES addedAt art? artBlurHash? audienceRating? audienceRatingImage? chapters? chapterSource? collections contentRating countries directors duration genres grandparentArt? guid guids key lastViewedAt? librarySectionID? listType markers media METADATA_TYPE originallyAvailableAt originalTitle? parent? players playlistItemID? primaryExtraKey producers rating ratingImage ratingKey? ratings? roles server session sessionKey similar studio summary TAG tagline? thumb thumbBlurHash? title? titleSort? transcodeSessions type? TYPE updatedAt? usernames userRating? viewCount? viewedAt viewOffset writers year? TAG TYPE

    Accessors

    actors artUrl isFullObject isWatched thumbUrl

    Methods

    addCollection addGenre addLabel analyze createPlayQueue delete edit extras fixMatch getWebURL hasCreditsMarker hasIntroMarker history isChildOf locations markUnwatched markWatched matches posters rate refresh reload removeCollection removeGenre removeLabel section setPoster unmatch uploadPoster

    Constructors

    • Parameters

      • server: PlexServer
      • data: any
      • Optionalinitpath: string
      • Optionalparent: PlexObject

      Returns Movie

    Properties

    _INCLUDES

    _INCLUDES: {
        checkFiles: number;
        includeAllConcerts: number;
        includeBandwidths: number;
        includeChapters: number;
        includeChildren: number;
        includeConcerts: number;
        includeExternalMedia: number;
        includeExtras: number;
        includeFields: string;
        includeGeolocation: number;
        includeLoudnessRamps: number;
        includeMarkers: number;
        includeOnDeck: number;
        includePopularLeaves: number;
        includePreferences: number;
        includeRelated: number;
        includeRelatedCount: number;
        includeReviews: number;
        includeStations: number;
    } = ...
    addedAt: Date

    Datetime this item was added to the library.

    art?: string
    artBlurHash?: string

    BlurHash string for artwork image.

    audienceRating?: number

    Audience rating (usually from Rotten Tomatoes).

    audienceRatingImage?: string

    Key to audience rating image (rottentomatoes://image.rating.spilled)

    chapters?: Chapter[]
    chapterSource?: ChapterSource

    Chapter source (agent; media; mixed).

    collections: Collection[]
    contentRating: string

    Content rating (PG-13; NR; TV-G).

    countries: Country[]
    directors: Director[]
    duration: number

    Duration of movie in milliseconds.

    genres: Genre[]
    grandparentArt?: string
    guid: string

    Plex GUID (com.plexapp.agents.imdb://tt4302938?lang=en)

    guids: Guid[]
    key: string

    plex relative url

    lastViewedAt?: Date

    Datetime item was last accessed.

    librarySectionID?: number
    listType: "video" = ...

    Hardcoded as 'video' (useful for search filters).

    markers: Marker[]
    media: Media[]
    METADATA_TYPE: string = 'movie'
    originallyAvailableAt: string

    YYYY-MM-DD movie was released.

    originalTitle?: string

    Original title, often the foreign title (転々; 엽기적인 그녀).

    parent?: WeakRef<any>

    WeakRef to the parent object that this object is built from.

    players: any

    (:class:~plexapi.client.PlexClient): Client objects playing this item (for active sessions).

    playlistItemID?: number

    (int): Playlist item ID (only populated for :class:~plexapi.playlist.Playlist items).

    primaryExtraKey: string

    Primary extra key (/library/metadata/66351).

    producers: Producer[]
    rating: number

    Movie rating (7.9; 9.8; 8.1).

    ratingImage: string

    Key to rating image (rottentomatoes://image.rating.rotten).

    ratingKey?: string
    ratings?: Rating[]
    roles: Role[]
    server: PlexServer
    session: any

    (:class:~plexapi.media.Session): Session object, for a playing media file.

    sessionKey: any

    (int): Active session key.

    similar: Similar[]
    studio: string

    Studio that created movie (Di Bonaventura Pictures; 21 Laps Entertainment).

    summary: string

    Summary of the artist, track, or album.

    TAG: string = 'Video'
    tagline?: string

    Movie tag line (Back 2 Work; Who says men can't change?).

    thumb: string

    URL to thumbnail image.

    thumbBlurHash?: string

    BlurHash string for thumbnail image.

    title?: string
    titleSort?: string

    Title to use when sorting (defaults to title).

    transcodeSessions: any

    (:class:~plexapi.media.TranscodeSession): Transcode Session object if item is being transcoded (None otherwise).

    type?: string
    TYPE: string = 'movie'
    updatedAt?: Date

    Datetime this item was updated.

    usernames: any

    (str): Username of the person playing this item (for active sessions).

    userRating?: number

    User rating (2.0; 8.0).

    viewCount?: number

    Count of times this item was accessed.

    viewedAt: any

    (datetime): Datetime item was last viewed (history).

    viewOffset: number

    View offset in milliseconds.

    writers: Writer[]
    year?: number
    TAG: string = null

    xml element tag

    TYPE: string = null

    xml element type

    Accessors

    • get actors(): Role[]

      Returns Role[]

    • get artUrl(): URL

      Returns URL

    • get isFullObject(): boolean

      Retruns True if this is already a full object. A full object means all attributes were populated from the api path representing only this item. For example, the search result for a movie often only contain a portion of the attributes a full object (main url) for that movie would contain.

      Returns boolean

    • get isWatched(): boolean

      Returns True if this video is watched.

      Returns boolean

    • get thumbUrl(): URL

      Return the first first thumbnail url starting on the most specific thumbnail for that item.

      Returns URL

    Methods

    • Add a collection(s).

      Parameters

      • collections: string[]

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Add a genre(s).

      Parameters

      • genres: string[]

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Add a label(s).

      Parameters

      • labels: string[]

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Tell Plex Media Server to performs analysis on it this item to gather information. Analysis includes:

      • Gather Media Properties: All of the media you add to a Library has properties that are useful to know–whether it's a video file, a music track, or one of your photos (container, codec, resolution, etc).
      • Generate Default Artwork: Artwork will automatically be grabbed from a video file. A background image will be pulled out as well as a smaller image to be used for poster/thumbnail type purposes.
      • Generate Video Preview Thumbnails: Video preview thumbnails are created, if you have that feature enabled. Video preview thumbnails allow graphical seeking in some Apps. It's also used in the Plex Web App Now Playing screen to show a graphical representation of where playback is. Video preview thumbnails creation is a CPU-intensive process akin to transcoding the file.
      • Generate intro video markers: Detects show intros, exposing the 'Skip Intro' button in clients.

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Returns a new PlayQueue from this media item.

      Parameters

      • options: CreatePlayQueueOptions = {}

        Options for creating the PlayQueue

      Returns Promise<PlayQueue>

      New PlayQueue instance

    • Delete a media element. This has to be enabled under settings > server > library in plex webui.

      Returns Promise<any>

    • Edit an object.

      Parameters

      • changeObj: Record<string, string | number>

        Obj of settings to edit. Example: {'type': 1, 'id': movie.ratingKey, 'title.value': 'New Title', 'collection[0].tag.tag': 'Super', 'collection.locked': 0}

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Returns Promise<Extra[]>

    • Use match result to update show metadata.

      Parameters

      • OptionalsearchResult: SearchResult

        Search result

      • auto: boolean = false

        True uses first match from matches, False allows user to provide the match

      • agent: string = ''

        (str): Agent name to be used (imdb, thetvdb, themoviedb, etc.)

      Returns Promise<void>

      PartialPlexObject.matches

    • Parameters

      • Optionalbase: string

      Returns string

    • Returns True if this movie has a credits marker

      Returns Promise<boolean>

    • Returns True if this movie has an intro marker

      Returns Promise<boolean>

    • Get Play History for a media item.

      Parameters

      • maxresults: number = 9999999

        Only return the specified number of results (optional).

      • Optionalmindate: Date

        Min datetime to return results from.

      Returns Promise<HistoryResult[]>

    • Returns True if this object is a child of the given class.

      Parameters

      • cls: any

      Returns boolean

    • Returns Promise<string[]>

    • Mark video as unwatched.

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Mark video as watched.

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Parameters

      • Optionalagent: string

        Agent name to be used (imdb, thetvdb, themoviedb, etc.)

      • Optionaltitle: string

        Title of item to search for

      • Optionalyear: string

        Year of item to search in

      • Optionallanguage: string

        Language of item to search in

        Examples:

        1. video.matches()

        2. video.matches(title="something", year=2020)

        3. video.matches(title="something")

        4. video.matches(year=2020)

        5. video.matches(title="something", year="")

        6. video.matches(title="", year=2020)

        7. video.matches(title="", year="")

        8. The default behaviour in Plex Web = no params in plexapi

        9. Both title and year specified by user

        10. Year automatically filled in

        11. Title automatically filled in

        12. Explicitly searches for title with blank year

        13. Explicitly searches for blank title with year

        14. I don't know what the user is thinking... return the same result as 1

        For 2 to 7, the agent and language is automatically filled in

      Returns Promise<SearchResult[]>

    • Returns list of available Poster objects.

      Returns Promise<Poster[]>

    • Parameters

      • rate: number

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Refreshing a Library or individual item causes the metadata for the item to be refreshed, even if it already has metadata. You can think of refreshing as "update metadata for the requested item even if it already has some". You should refresh a Library or individual item if:

      Returns Promise<void>

    • load full data / reload the data for this object from this.key.

      Parameters

      • Optionalekey: string
      • Optionalargs: any

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Remove a collection(s).

      Parameters

      • collections: string[]

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Remove a genre(s).

      Parameters

      • genres: string[]

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Remove a label(s).

      Parameters

      • labels: string[]

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Returns Promise<Section>

    • Set the poster for a Plex object.

      Parameters

      • poster: Poster

        The poster object to select.

      Returns Promise<Movie>

    • Unmatches metadata match from object.

      Returns Promise<any>

    • I haven't tested this yet. It may not work.

      Parameters

      • Optionalurl: string
      • Optionalfile: Uint8Array

      Returns Promise<void>

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