Plex Reclaim Server

[Austin Songer, CISSP]

reclaim.sh

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#!/bin/bash

prefFile="$(readlink -f "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml")"

echo "Please go to https://plex.tv/claim in order to obtain a new claim-code, then type it below"

echo -n "Claim Code: "

read PLEX_CLAIM

clientId=$(sed -n 's/.*ProcessedMachineIdentifier="\(\S*\)".*/\1/p' "${prefFile}")

loginInfo="$(curl -X POST \

-H "X-Plex-Client-Identifier: ${clientId}" \

-H "X-Plex-Product: Plex Media Server" \

-H "X-Plex-Version: 1.1" \

-H "X-Plex-Provides: server" \

-H "X-Plex-Platform: Linux" \

-H "X-Plex-Platform-Version: 1.0" \

-H "X-Plex-Device-Name: PlexMediaServer" \

-H "X-Plex-Device: Linux" \

"https://plex.tv/api/claim/exchange?token=${PLEX_CLAIM}")"

token=$(echo "$loginInfo" | sed -n 's/.*<authentication-token>\(.*\)<\/authentication-token>.*/\1/p')

if [ "$token" ]; then

echo "Token obtained successfully"

sed -i "s|PlexOnlineToken=\"[^\"]*\"|PlexOnlineToken=\"${token}\"|" "${prefFile}"

echo "Plex claim token installed successfully."

# Restart Plex Media Server

echo "Restarting Plex Media Server..."

sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

echo "Plex Media Server restarted successfully."

else

echo "Failed to restart Plex Media Server."

fi

else

echo "Failed to obtain token. Please check the claim code and try again."

fi