n8n-nodes-plex

An n8n community node for Plex Media Server. Read your libraries, see what's playing right now, search across your server, and fetch metadata — all from your workflows.

✅ Verified community node — installable directly from the n8n node panel (self-hosted and n8n Cloud).

Installation

This is a verified community node: in n8n click + (Add node), search for Plex, and add it — no manual install needed.

Go to Settings → Community Nodes → Install and enter n8n-nodes-plex.

Credentials

The node authenticates with an X-Plex-Token.

1. Find your token — see Plex's guide: Finding an authentication token.
2. In n8n create a Plex API credential:
   • Base URL — your server, e.g. http://plex:32400 (no trailing slash).
   • X-Plex-Token — the token from step 1.

The credential's Test button calls /library/sections to verify the token.

Operations

| Resource | Operations | |----------|------------| | Server | Get Info, Get Identity, Get Media Providers, Get Preferences, Set Preference, Optimize Database, Clean Bundles | | Library | Get Libraries, Get Library, Get Items, Get Recently Added, Get Collections, Scan, Empty Trash, Analyze | | Media | Get Metadata, Get Related, Get Similar, Refresh, Rate, Mark Played, Mark Unplayed, Delete | | Session | Get Active, Get History, Terminate | | Search | Search | | Hub | Get Global, Get Continue Watching, Get Promoted, Get Section Hubs | | Playlist | Get Many, Get, Get Items, Delete | | Butler | Get Tasks, Run All Tasks, Run Task, Stop All Tasks | | Updater | Get Status, Check For Updates, Apply Update |

Read operations return each element of the Plex MediaContainer (Metadata, Directory, Hub, Setting, …) as a separate n8n item. Write/action operations (Scan, Rate, Terminate, Set Preference, Apply Update, …) return { "success": true }.

⚠️ Some operations are destructive or administrative (Media → Delete, Library → Empty Trash, Session → Terminate, Updater → Apply Update). Use them deliberately.

Usage example

"What's playing on Plex right now?"

1. Add the Plex node with the Plex API credential.
2. Set Resource = Session, Operation = Get Active.
3. Execute. Each current stream is returned as an item, e.g.:

{
  "title": "Interstellar",
  "type": "movie",
  "year": 2014,
  "User": { "title": "jdoe", "id": "123456789" },
  "Player": { "product": "Plex Web", "state": "playing", "address": "192.0.2.50" },
  "Session": { "id": "abcdef", "bandwidth": 5212, "location": "lan" }
}

A common follow-up: connect a Discord or Telegram node to be notified whenever someone starts watching something.

To list your libraries first, use Library → Get Libraries; take the key of a section and feed it into Library → Get Items (Library Section ID) to page through its content.

Compatibility

Tested against Plex Media Server API 1.x. Node.js 20+.

Resources

• Plex Media Server API docs
• n8n community nodes docs

License

MIT