🎥 Plex Monitor Script

Monitor active Plex streams in real-time from the command line with this simple, customizable script. 📺✅

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Monitor active Plex streams in real-time
• 🛠️ Displays user and stream information
• 🔄 Customizable refresh interval
• 🔐 Secure token handling using .env

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📦 Requirements

• Bash
• curl
• xmllint (libxml2-utils)

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🛠️ Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone git@github.com:hunterbrewer04/plex-monitor-script.git cd plex-monitor-script

2. Install dependencies:

   sudo apt update sudo apt install libxml2-utils curl

3. Create a .env file and add your Plex token and URL:

   echo "PLEX_TOKEN=your_plex_token_here" > .env echo "PLEX_URL=http://127.0.0.1:32400" >> .env

4. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x plex_monitor.sh

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✅ Usage

Run the script:

./plex_monitor.sh

Example Output (Active Streams):

Checking Plex streams... Active Streams: 2

Title: The Matrix User: john_doe

Title: Breaking Bad - S02E01 User: jane_smith

Example Output (No Active Streams):

No active streams currently.

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📝 Configuration

• Token & URL: Modify the .env file to update the Plex token and URL.
• Refresh Interval: Adjust the refresh interval by modifying the sleep command in the script.

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🛠️ Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m "Add new feature"
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/new-feature
5. Open a Pull Request

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE file for full details.