Private/Get-PlexItemTypeId.ps1
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function Get-PlexItemTypeId { <# .SYNOPSIS Some Plex API calls include a type key value pair. This provides the id for a 'type'. .DESCRIPTION Some Plex API calls include a type key value pair. This provides the id for a 'type'. .PARAMETER Type The type .EXAMPLE Get-PlexItemTypeId -Type 'movie' #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([System.Int32])] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [ValidateSet('album', 'movie', 'show')] [String] $Type ) <# Unsure how Plex defines the type value (as this isn't present on the metadata returned for an item) but handle known types here, at least: Movie = 1 Show (not season) = 2 Album = 9 #> switch ($Type) { 'album' { 9 } 'movie' { 1 } 'show' { 2 } default { throw "Unknown type for item. Are you tying to add a label to the wrong type of item? (must be: album, movie, show)" } } } |