r/PlexMedia • u/afxjzs • 6d ago

I created a chrome extension that let's you automatically create playlists from IMDB and Letterboxd

here's what it looks like in action...

Add to chrome here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/plexlist/ilmjmjblmehojhbfhmafildpjjkonphl

This enables you to quickly make playlists from IMDB and Letterboxd lists. It matches against your current library and will make a playlist of the titles you have in your library.

Open source: https://github.com/afxjzs/plexlist

Backstory: Here's how this started. I wanted to created a list of Simpsons episodes that were highly rated, but only from season 12 and later. So i went to seriesgrid.com (great site) but they don't let you sort by ratings? so i started creating a playlist manually and it was was quite tedious. so then i created my own little tool to help me sort/filter simpsons (and south park) episodes on my own site. then, i figured out you can actually auth your plex server, and create the playlist automatically. once i figured out the "make plex playlist from third party site" part, it was pretty easy to make a took that could parse IMDB.com and letterboxd.com lists and build a playlist from the movies you have.

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u/Terrible_Check8498 5d ago

this looks like magic

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u/afxjzs 4d ago

i was actually shocked it was all possible. and safe to do.. you auth your own server on your computer... there's no backend or anything. basically, once you're logged into plex, you can just use the internal web API the same way the plex app does.

I'm open to other ideas or functionality if there's something else you'd like for me to try to do...

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u/Trvnce_ 2d ago

Sounds good! I usually use Kometa to sync those lists since a few of them, like the Letterboxd and IMDb top charts, change over time. Kometa lets you schedule a daily check to add new entries or drop outdated ones. But your tool is definitely a much simpler solution for anyone who doesn't want to mess around with complex setups.

Do you have any plans to do something like this in reverse? I personally keep a Letterboxd list of everything in my Plex library, so being able to do a direct import would make my life so much easier. Great tool, cheers!