From f364a1a245d7f582f62d437f43bd0cef183f75bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Wood <peter@peterwood.dev>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:40:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] scraping the plex database

---
 plex-recent-additions.sh | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 plex-recent-additions.sh

diff --git a/plex-recent-additions.sh b/plex-recent-additions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..137b284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plex-recent-additions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define the path to the Plex database
+PLEX_DB="/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"
+
+# Check if the database exists
+if [ ! -f "$PLEX_DB" ]; then
+    echo "Plex database not found at $PLEX_DB"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Query the database for items added in the last 7 days
+sqlite3 "$PLEX_DB" <<EOF
+.headers on
+.mode column
+SELECT
+    datetime(added_at, 'unixepoch', 'localtime') AS "Added On",
+    title AS "Title",
+    (SELECT name FROM library_sections WHERE library_sections.id = library_section_id) AS "Library"
+FROM metadata_items
+WHERE added_at >= strftime('%s', 'now', '-7 days')
+ORDER BY added_at DESC;
+EOF