Build in auto-delete is not working; I wrote my own

Author: pkkid

tools/plex-autodelete.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Plex-AutoDelete is a useful to delete all but the last X episodes of a show.
+This comes in handy when you have a show you keep downloaded, but do not
+religiously keep every single episode that is downloaded.
+
+Usage:
+Intended usage is to add one of the tags keep5', keep10, keep15, to any show
+you want to have this behaviour. Then simply add this script to run on a schedule
+and you should be all set.
+
+Example Crontab:
+*/5 * * * * /home/atodd/plex-autodelete.py >> /home/atodd/plex-autodelete.log 2>&1
+"""
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from plexapi.server import PlexServer
+
+TAGS = {'keep5':5, 'keep10':10, 'keep15':15}
+datestr = lambda: datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+
+def delete_episode(episode):
+    for media in episode.media:
+        for mediapart in media.parts:
+            try:
+                filepath = mediapart.file
+                print('%s Deleting %s.' % (datestr(), filepath))
+                os.unlink(filepath)
+                # Check the parent directory is empty
+                dirname = os.path.dirname(filepath)
+                if not os.listdir(dirname):
+                    print('%s Removing empty directory %s.' % (datestr(), dirname))
+                    os.rmdir(dirname)
+            except Exception as err:
+                print('%s Error deleting %s; %s' % (datestr(), filepath, err))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print('%s Starting plex-markwatched script..' % datestr())
+    plex = PlexServer()
+    for section in plex.library.sections():
+        if section.type in ('show',):
+            episodes_deleted = 0
+            for tag, keep in TAGS.items():
+                for show in section.search(collection=tag):
+                    print('%s Cleaning %s to %s items.' % (datestr(), show.title, keep))
+                    items = sorted(show.episodes(), key=lambda x:x.originallyAvailableAt or x.addedAt, reverse=True)
+                    for episode in items[keep:]:
+                        delete_episode(episode)
+                        episodes_deleted += 1
+            if episodes_deleted:
+                section.update()