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blacktwin/plexapi_delete_playlists.py

Created February 3, 2017 20:02
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Delete all playlists from Plex using PlexAPI
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plexapi_delete_playlists.py
"""
Delete all playlists from Plex using PlexAPI
https://github.com/mjs7231/python-plexapi
"""
from plexapi.server import PlexServer
import requests
baseurl = 'http://localhost:32400'
token = 'XXXXXXXX'
plex = PlexServer(baseurl, token)
tmp_lst = []
for playlist in plex.playlists():
tmp = playlist.key
split = tmp.split('/playlists/')
tmp_lst += [split[1]]
for i in tmp_lst:
try:
r = requests.delete('{}/playlists/{}?X-Plex-Token={}'.format(baseurl,i,token))
print(r)
except Exception as e:
print e
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Why do you have 180k playlists?.... Nevermind. You need to provide more details other than "doesn't work". What isn't working? What is the error message that you're seeing?

@Maksim-us
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This is a very old Plex server, and there was an issue a long time ago where Kodi created hundreds of thousands of playlists when you tried to connect it to plex. And the script did work! Sorry, I just had to let it run for several hours.

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