added method to delete media by id (#48)

Author: jrudio

cmd/commands.go

@@ -976,3 +976,33 @@ func getPlaylist(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func deleteMedia(c *cli.Context) error {
+	db, err := startDB()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+	}
+
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	plexConn, err := initPlex(db, true, true)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if c.NArg() == 0 {
+		return cli.NewExitError("media id is required", 1)
+	}
+
+	mediaID := c.Args().First()
+
+	if err := plexConn.DeleteMediaByID(mediaID); err != nil {
+		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("successfully deleted media '%s'\n", mediaID)
+
+	return nil
+}

cmd/main.go

@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "print playlsit items on plex server",
 			Action: getPlaylist,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:  "delete",
+			Usage: "delete a resource from your plex server",
+			Subcommands: []cli.Command{
+				{
+					Name:   "media",
+					Usage:  "delete media from your plex server",
+					Action: deleteMedia,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {

plex.go

@@ -1071,6 +1071,25 @@ func (p *Plex) DeleteLibrary(key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// DeleteMediaByID removes the media from your Plex server via media key (or id)
+func (p *Plex) DeleteMediaByID(id string) error {
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("%s/library/metadata/%s", p.URL, id)
+
+	resp, err := p.delete(query, p.Headers)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return errors.New(resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GetLibraryLabels of your plex server
 func (p *Plex) GetLibraryLabels(sectionKey, sectionIndex string) (LibraryLabels, error) {