Plex.tv - Get Resources

This API endpoint will return a list of all resources.

URL

GET https://plex.tv/resources?X-Plex-Token={plex_token}

Parameters

Name	Description
plex_token	The Plex token.

Return Status

HTTP Code	Description
200	Success - The request was successful.
401	Unauthorized - The Plex token provided was not valid.

Response

XML string value that lists the resources:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="3">
    <Device name="PlexServer" product="Plex Media Server" productVersion="1.40.4.8679-424562606" platform="Windows" platformVersion="10.0 (Build 19045)" device="PC" clientIdentifier="56c3281a85646683be8051dfb8c6a0964c0b04f1" createdAt="1449974814" lastSeenAt="1720814465" provides="server" owned="1" accessToken="Ds4gHEeLtH8nzj1t_dqG" publicAddress="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" httpsRequired="0" synced="0" relay="0" dnsRebindingProtection="0" publicAddressMatches="1" presence="1">
        <Connection protocol="http" address="192.168.2.120" port="32400" uri="http://192.168.2.120:32400" local="1"/>
    </Device>
    <Device name="Android" product="Plexamp" productVersion="4.10.1" platform="Android" platformVersion="14" device="Android" clientIdentifier="37e1b9c1-f87d-4c37-92c3-84657d636f7b" createdAt="1667934149" lastSeenAt="1720646785" provides="client,player,pubsub-player" owned="1" publicAddress="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" publicAddressMatches="0" presence="0">
        <Connection protocol="http" address="192.168.2.164" port="32500" uri="http://192.168.2.164:32500" local="1"/>
    </Device>
    <Device name="Desktop" product="Plexamp" productVersion="4.10.1" platform="Windows" platformVersion="10.0.19045" device="Windows" clientIdentifier="d8908091-f886-4e75-bcf4-79fbfd57a673" createdAt="1715866437" lastSeenAt="1720803362" provides="client,player,pubsub-player" owned="1" publicAddress="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" publicAddressMatches="1" presence="0">
        <Connection protocol="http" address="192.168.2.100" port="32500" uri="http://192.168.2.100:32500" local="1"/>
        <Connection protocol="http" address="192.168.56.1" port="32500" uri="http://192.168.56.1:32500" local="1"/>
    </Device>
</MediaContainer>

The XML returned provides a list of the resources. The root is the MediaContainer element. This element contains a single attribute that is the number of resources returned..

MediaContainer Attributes
Attribute	Description
size	The number of resources.

Within the MediaContainer there are one or more Device child elements. Each Device element represents one resource.

Device Attributes
Attribute	Description
name	The name of the resource.
product	The name of the product associated with the resource.
productVersion	The version of the product.
platform	The platform of the resource.
platformVersion	The version of the platform.
device	The type of resource.
clientIdentifier	The unique identifier of the resource.
createdAt	When the resource was associated to the Plex account.
lastSeenAt	When the resource last connected to the account.
provides	The functionality the resource provides.
owned	Flag indicating if the resource is owned. 0 - the resource is not owned. 1 - the resource is owned.
accessToken	The token associated with the resource.
publicAddress	The public IP address of the resource.
publicAddressMatches	Unique identifier for the resource.
httpsRequired	Flag indicating https is required when connecting to the resource. 0 - https is not required. 1 - https is required.
synced	Flag indicating the resource is synced. 0 - the resource is not synced. 1 - the resource is synced.
relay	Flag indicating that the Plex relay is enabled for the resource. 0 - relay is not enabled. 1 - relay is enabled.
dnsRebindingProtection	DNS rebinding protection is enabled for the resource. 0 - DNS rebinding protection is not enabled. 1 - DNS rebinding protection is enabled.
publicAddressMatches	Unique identifier for the resource.
presence	Flag indicating the resource is currently active and present. 0 - the resource is not active or present. 1 - the resource is active and present.

There could be on or more Connection child elements within each Device element. Each Connection element lists a URL associated to the resource.

Connection Attributes
Attribute	Description
protocol	The protocol used to connect to the resource.
address	The address assigned to the resource.
port	The port used to connect to the resource.
uri	The full URL to the resource.
local	Flag indicating if the resource is local. 0 - the resource is not local. 1 - the resource is local.

Examples

curl -X GET https://plex.tv/resources?X-Plex-Token={plex_token}

import requests
plex_url = https://plex.tv/resources?X-Plex-Token={plex_token}

response = requests.get(plex_url)

print(response.text)

$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://plex.tv/resources?X-Plex-Token={plex_token}' -Method 'GET'

Write-Output $response

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