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Adjusting --list output to ease automation by sending status to stderr and playlist names to stdout #3

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26 changes: 14 additions & 12 deletions PlexPlaylistExport.py
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import argparse
import requests
import plexapi
import sys
import codecs
from plexapi.server import PlexServer
from unidecode import unidecode
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -55,32 +56,33 @@ def list_playlists(options: ExportOptions):
""" Lists all 'audio' playlists on the given Plex server
"""

print('Connecting to plex...', end='')
print('Connecting to plex...', end='', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
try:
plex = PlexServer(options.host, options.token)
except (plexapi.exceptions.Unauthorized, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
print(' failed')
print(' failed', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return
print(' done')
print(' done', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)

if options.user != None:
print('Switching to managed account %s...' % options.user, end='')
print('Switching to managed account %s...' % options.user, end='', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
try:
plex = plex.switchUser(options.user)
except (plexapi.exceptions.Unauthorized, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
print(' failed')
print(' failed', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return
print(' done')
print(' done', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)

print('Getting playlists... ', end='')
print('Getting playlists... ', end='', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
playlists = plex.playlists()
print(' done')
print(' done', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)

print('')
print('Supply any of the following playlists to --playlist <playlist>:')
print('', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
print('Supply any of the following playlists to --playlist <playlist>:', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
for item in playlists:
if (item.playlistType == 'audio'):
print('\t%s' % item.title)
# Print the playlist titles to stdout so they can be captured separately from the status outputs
print('%s' % item.title, file=sys.stdout, flush=True)

def export_playlist(options: ExportOptions):
""" Exports a given playlist from the specified Plex server in M3U format.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -213,4 +215,4 @@ def main():
export_playlist(options)

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
main()