Share: My Plex Update Script

[djboy6480]

Hi Guys,

I was searching all over the web but couldn't find any simple update scripts for Plex.

So I made my own. I hope I can save someone the trouble of writing there own

The Script is based on PowerShell

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11 -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
$json            = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://plex.tv/api/downloads/1.json"
$dl_url          = $json.computer.Windows.releases.url
$checksum        = $json.computer.Windows.releases.checksum
$Latest_Version  = $json.computer.Windows.version
$PlexServerIP    = "localhost:32400"
$XPlexToken      = "YOUR_PLEX_TOKEN"  #example: _aBcDEf_12g3hijkL4Mn
$Status_url      = "http://$PlexServerIP/status/sessions?X-Plex-Token=$XPlexToken"
$PlexServerPath  = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe"
$PMSUpdate_Path  = "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Updates"
$Server_Version  = (Get-ChildItem -Path $PMSUpdate_Path | sort LastWriteTime | select -last 1).Name
$Latest_Pkg_Path = "$PMSUpdate_Path\$Latest_Version\packages"

If($Latest_Version -ne $Server_Version)
{#Update Required
  New-Item -Path $Latest_Pkg_Path -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
  $dl_FilePath = "$Latest_Pkg_Path\PlexMediaServer-$Latest_Version-x86.exe"
  (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($dl_url, $dl_FilePath)
  $dl_FileHash = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA1 $dl_FilePath).Hash

  If($dl_FileHash -eq $checksum)
  { #Install Update
    do
    {
      $data           = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Status_url
      $isStreaming    = !($data -match '<MediaContainer size="0">')
      if($isStreaming){Start-Sleep -Seconds 10}
    }
    while($isStreaming)
    Start-Process -FilePath $dl_FilePath -ArgumentList "/install","/quiet" -Wait
    Start-Process -FilePath $PlexServerPath
  }             
}

What it does:  It checks for the newest version of Plex online, compairs it with the latest update-installer your server has. If the file on your server is older it will download the newest one, validates the checksum and Installs it.

 

Why do I need a X-Plex-Tolken?  -  It is not required, but if you enter your tolken the script can check if a user is still streaming and the script will wait with the install until the stream is closed.

(If you dont want to use this function you have to remove the "do-while".)

 

 

So have fun with it and if you have Ideas to improve it share them with us 

 

[2FA]

Why the hard coded IP address? I get that it is simpler but this could be made entirely portable except for the token. Otherwise, nice script.

[Jarsky]

9 hours ago, djboy6480 said:

 

$PlexServerIP    = "192.168.178.2:32400"

$Status_url      = "http://$PlexServerIP/status/sessions?X-Plex-Token=$XPlexToken"

 

 

Nice script. But as @2FA suggested, i'd change this, into this

 

$GetIPAddress = Test-Connection -ComputerName (hostname) -Count 1  | Select -ExpandProperty IPV4Address
$PlexServerIP = $GetIPAddress.IPAddressToString

$Status_url      = "http://$PlexServerIP`:32400/status/sessions?X-Plex-Token=$XPlexToken"

[djboy6480]

6 hours ago, Jarsky said:

 

$GetIPAddress = Test-Connection -ComputerName (hostname) -Count 1  | Select -ExpandProperty IPV4Address
$PlexServerIP = $GetIPAddress.IPAddressToString

$Status_url      = "http://$PlexServerIP`:32400/status/sessions?X-Plex-Token=$XPlexToken"

 

Thanks for your feedback

 

Test-Connection is not really needed because the Script has to run localy on the server. I could have used localhost.

Why i do no IP-Parsing? Well because I wanted the script to be as light as possible.

If it is once setup correctly you will never touch it again so Parsing is imho just wasted cpu cycles.