Downloads all photo thumbnails recursively for a photo album in Plex.

download_photo_thumbnails.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

'''
Description:  Downloads all photo thumbnails recursively for a photo album in Plex.
Author:       /u/SwiftPanda16
Requires:     plexapi
'''

import os
from plexapi.server import PlexServer
from plexapi.utils import download


# Replace with your Plex information
PLEX_URL = 'http://localhost:32400'
PLEX_TOKEN = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'

PLEX_LIBRARY_NAME = 'Photos'
PLEX_ALBUM_NAME = 'iPHONE'


def download_photo_thumbnails(album, root_path=''):
    savepath = os.path.join(root_path, album.title)
    print(f'Downloading photo thumbnails from album: {savepath}')

    for photo in album.photos():
        download(
            url=plex.url(photo.thumb, includeToken=True),
            token=PLEX_TOKEN,
            filename=photo.title,
            savepath=savepath,
            showstatus=True
        )
    
    for _album in album.albums():
        download_photo_thumbnails(
            _album,
            root_path=savepath
        )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    plex = PlexServer(PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN)
    library = plex.library.section(PLEX_LIBRARY_NAME)
    album = library.get(PLEX_ALBUM_NAME)

    download_photo_thumbnails(album)

    print("Done.")