Plex adds Alexa skill and webhooks for automation

[Entityxenon (Jake)]

@Owentl

In the release they mention using the webhooks to connect with a Wink hub and leviton switch to turn down the lights when a video starts and turn back on when video is over. Note: the webhook functionality is currently only for Plex Pass subscribers.

I’ve updated PlexPlus to support the webhook and allow control of the lighting using SmartThings. I will need to make a couple of wording and documentation changes to help with setup, but install it, enable OAuth, enable debugging in the SmartApp and it’ll post the webhook URL in live logging

v3.1 - Added support for Plex Webhook (Plex Pass users only)

[OBSOLETE] PlexPlus - Control Lighting with Plex Play Status

PlexPlus (with Plex2SmartThings) *NO LONGER MAINTAINED - New revision in comments as " Plex Communicator" Using either a Windows EXE, direct from Plex webhooks (Plex Pass only) or a Plex custom device type to translate status changes in Plex Media Server and passing these status changes to the Plex Plus SmartThings App to control lighting and switches. Different statuses include Play, Pause, Stop & Trailer Note: This is a modified version of @ChristianH’s Excellent Plex2SmartThings exe. Code and Program Location: Latest Code for Plex Communicator can be found here: Program Here: PlexPlus Features: Recieve Plex events from either the Plex2SmartThings exe, the Plex Server (Plex Pass only) or the Plex HT device type. Player identification (IP Address, Player Name, User Name, Device …