Add PLEX_PUBLIC_URL for Play Now and "Open in Plex" links when PLEX_URL isn't reachable from devices - #33
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PLEX_URL is often Docker-internal (http://plex:32400) or a LAN IP. plexapi's playMedia hands that host to the player, and playlist links are built from it too, so phones away from home and browsers on other networks can't follow them. PLEX_PUBLIC_URL, when set, overrides the address given to players and the base of playlist links. Unset, nothing changes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
PLEX_URLis the address MediaSage uses to reach Plex. In Docker setups that's often an internal hostname (http://plex:32400) or a LAN IP. The same URL is also used in two places where other devices need to reach Plex:playMediatells the player to fetch the play queue fromPLEX_URL's host and port. A phone can't resolveplex, and can't reach a LAN IP when it's away from home.{PLEX_URL}/web/..., which a browser can't open for the same reason.Change
A new optional
PLEX_PUBLIC_URL: the Plex URL as seen from browsers and players (e.g.https://plex.example.com). When it's set:play_queuepasses its protocol, address and port toplayMedia. plexapi merges**paramsinto the command, so these override the defaults.PLEX_URL.When it's unset, nothing changes. It's documented in the README env table,
.env.exampleanddocker-compose.yml.Testing
pytest: all tests pass.PLEX_URL=http://plex:32400, Plex published behind a reverse proxy), Play Now to Plexamp on a phone works withPLEX_PUBLIC_URLset. (I didn't test whether Plexamp would also have found the server some other way without it.)🤖 Generated with Claude Code