Public/Get-PlexItem.ps1

function Get-PlexItem
{
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Get a specific item.
        .DESCRIPTION
            Get a specific item.
        .PARAMETER Id
            The id of the item.
        .PARAMETER IncludeTracks
            Only valid for albums. If specified, the tracks in the album are returned.
        .PARAMETER LibraryTitle
            Gets all items from a library with the specified title.
        .EXAMPLE
            # Get a single item by Id:
            Get-PlexItem -Id 204
        .EXAMPLE
            # Get all items from the library called 'Films'.
            # NOTE: Not all data for an item is returned this way.
            $Items = Get-PlexItem -LibraryTitle Films
            # Get all data for the above items:
            $AllData = $Items | % { Get-PlexItem -Id $_.ratingKey }
    #>


    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Id')]
        [String]
        $Id,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = 'Id')]
        [Switch]
        $IncludeTracks,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Library')]
        [String]
        $LibraryTitle
    )

    #############################################################################
    #Region Import Plex Configuration
    if(!$script:PlexConfigData)
    {
        try
        {
            Import-PlexConfiguration -WhatIf:$False
        }
        catch
        {
            throw $_
        }
    }
    #EndRegion

    #############################################################################
    #Region Construct Uri
    if($Id)
    {
        $DataUri = Get-PlexAPIUri -RestEndpoint "library/metadata/$Id"
    }
    elseif($LibraryTitle)
    {
        # Get the library to determine what type it is:
        $Library = Get-PlexLibrary | Where-Object { $_.title -eq $LibraryTitle }

        # If we were to support lookup of a library by Id we have to consider
        # that it returns with no TYPE attribute, so we couldn't construct params correctly.
        # or KEY (presented as librarySectionID).

        if(!$Library)
        {
            throw "No such library. Run Get-PlexLibrary to see a list."
        }
        else
        {
            if($Library.key)
            {
                $Key = $Library.key
            }
            elseif($Library.librarySectionID)
            {
                $Key = $Library.librarySectionID
            }
            else
            {
                throw "Unable to determine library key/id/sectionId"
            }

            $Params = [Ordered]@{
                sort         = 'titleSort'
                #includeCollections = 1
                #includeExternalMedia = 0
                includeGuids = 1
            }
            $DataUri = Get-PlexAPIUri -RestEndpoint "library/sections/$Key/all" -Params $Params
        }
    }
    else {}
    #EndRegion

    #############################################################################
    #Region Get data
    try
    {
        $Data = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $DataUri -Method GET

        # The metadata returned from Plex often contains duplicate values which breaks the (inherent) conversion into JSON, ending up as a string. Known cases:
        # guid and Guid
        # rating and Rating
        # The uppercase versions seem to be arrays of richer data, e.g. Guid contains IDs from various other metadata sources, as does Rating.

        # This isn't always the case however, so we need to check the object type:
        if($Data.gettype().Name -eq 'String')
        {
            # Let's go with renaming the lowercase keys. Using .Replace rather than -replace as it should be faster.
            $Data = $Data.toString().Replace('"guid"', '"_guid"').Replace('"rating"', '"_rating"')
            # Convert back into JSON:
            $Data = $Data | ConvertFrom-Json
        }
        else
        {
            # $Data should be JSON already.
        }

        # If this is an album, respect -IncludeTracks and get track data:
        if($Data.MediaContainer.Metadata.type -eq 'album' -and $IncludeTracks)
        {
            Write-Verbose -Message "Making additional lookup for album tracks"
            # $Data returned above has a key property on albums which equals: /library/metadata/{ratingKey}/children
            $TrackURi = Get-PlexAPIUri -RestEndpoint $Data.MediaContainer.Metadata.key
            $ChildData = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $TrackURi -Method GET
            # Append:
            $Data.MediaContainer.Metadata | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'Tracks' -Value $ChildData.MediaContainer.Metadata
        }

        # Return the required subproperty:
        return $Data.MediaContainer.Metadata
    }
    catch
    {
        throw $_
    }
    #EndRegion
}