(butler())
Butler is the task manager of the Plex Media Server Ecosystem.
- getButlerTasks - Get Butler tasks
- startAllTasks - Start all Butler tasks
- stopAllTasks - Stop all Butler tasks
- startTask - Start a single Butler task
- stopTask - Stop a single Butler task
Returns a list of butler tasks
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetButlerTasksBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.GetButlerTasksUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.GetButlerTasksResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws GetButlerTasksBadRequest, GetButlerTasksUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.build();
GetButlerTasksResponse res = sdk.butler().getButlerTasks()
.call();
if (res.object().isPresent()) {
// handle response
}
}
}
Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
---|---|---|
models/errors/GetButlerTasksBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
models/errors/GetButlerTasksUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
models/errors/SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |
This endpoint will attempt to start all Butler tasks that are enabled in the settings. Butler tasks normally run automatically during a time window configured on the server's Settings page but can be manually started using this endpoint. Tasks will run with the following criteria:
- Any tasks not scheduled to run on the current day will be skipped.
- If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are outside that window, the task will start immediately.
- If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are within that window, the task will be scheduled at a random time within the window.
- If we are outside the configured window, the task will start immediately.
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StartAllTasksBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StartAllTasksUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.StartAllTasksResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws StartAllTasksBadRequest, StartAllTasksUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.build();
StartAllTasksResponse res = sdk.butler().startAllTasks()
.call();
// handle response
}
}
Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
---|---|---|
models/errors/StartAllTasksBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
models/errors/StartAllTasksUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
models/errors/SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |
This endpoint will stop all currently running tasks and remove any scheduled tasks from the queue.
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StopAllTasksBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StopAllTasksUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.StopAllTasksResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws StopAllTasksBadRequest, StopAllTasksUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.build();
StopAllTasksResponse res = sdk.butler().stopAllTasks()
.call();
// handle response
}
}
Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
---|---|---|
models/errors/StopAllTasksBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
models/errors/StopAllTasksUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
models/errors/SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |
This endpoint will attempt to start a single Butler task that is enabled in the settings. Butler tasks normally run automatically during a time window configured on the server's Settings page but can be manually started using this endpoint. Tasks will run with the following criteria:
- Any tasks not scheduled to run on the current day will be skipped.
- If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are outside that window, the task will start immediately.
- If a task is configured to run at a random time during the configured window and we are within that window, the task will be scheduled at a random time within the window.
- If we are outside the configured window, the task will start immediately.
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StartTaskBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StartTaskUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.StartTaskResponse;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.TaskName;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws StartTaskBadRequest, StartTaskUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.build();
StartTaskResponse res = sdk.butler().startTask()
.taskName(TaskName.CLEAN_OLD_BUNDLES)
.call();
// handle response
}
}
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
taskName |
TaskName | ✔️ | the name of the task to be started. |
Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
---|---|---|
models/errors/StartTaskBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
models/errors/StartTaskUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
models/errors/SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |
This endpoint will stop a currently running task by name, or remove it from the list of scheduled tasks if it exists. See the section above for a list of task names for this endpoint.
package hello.world;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.PlexAPI;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StopTaskBadRequest;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.errors.StopTaskUnauthorized;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.PathParamTaskName;
import dev.plexapi.sdk.models.operations.StopTaskResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) throws StopTaskBadRequest, StopTaskUnauthorized, Exception {
PlexAPI sdk = PlexAPI.builder()
.accessToken("<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>")
.build();
StopTaskResponse res = sdk.butler().stopTask()
.taskName(PathParamTaskName.BACKUP_DATABASE)
.call();
// handle response
}
}
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
taskName |
PathParamTaskName | ✔️ | The name of the task to be started. |
Error Type | Status Code | Content Type |
---|---|---|
models/errors/StopTaskBadRequest | 400 | application/json |
models/errors/StopTaskUnauthorized | 401 | application/json |
models/errors/SDKError | 4XX, 5XX | */* |