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migrate to use API for scanning action #4

Closed by275 closed 2 years ago

by275 commented 2 years ago

As of Plex Media Server v1.28.1,

(Scanner) Mark ‘scan’ and ‘refresh’ CLI actions as deprecated (#13700)

and start printing

The '--scan' operation is deprecated and will be removed in future versions of Plex Media Server.

whenever you perform a scan/refresh action.

Main goal of this PR is to stop using CLI action for scan/refresh for future deprecation and use plexapi for everyone's convenience.

Important Changes

scan/refresh now uses API instead of CLI
analyze still depends on Scanner binary
newly added dependencies plexapi tabulate[widechars]

Added

new PMS analysis type loudness along with deep and basic

Removed

drop features related to PLEX_FIX_MISMATCHED

Fixed/Improved

add support for docker-specific defaults in config
add support for fallback connection when obtaining plexapi instance
add checks for connection to PMS via plexapi on startup
add checks for existence of Plex DB file on startup
add checks for availability of Scanner binary on startup
fix/update authorize menu to work after OOB Oauth flow deprecation
fix entrypoint when installing PIP
improve shell-related operations using psutil and subprocess