#!/usr/bin/env python import json import requests host = 'host.site' api_key = 'api_key_from_plexpy' url_base = 'url_base_with_beginning_slash_leave_blank_if_nothin' ssl = 'true_or_false_for_ssl' if ssl == 'true': http = 'https' if ssl == 'false': http = 'http' url = http + "://" + host + url_base + "/api/v2?apikey=" + api_key + "&cmd=get_activity" requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings() response = requests.get(url, verify=False) json_input = response.text decoded = json.loads(json_input) stream_count = decoded['response']['data']['stream_count'] stream_count = int(stream_count) print(stream_count)