Does EasyPassword work?

[Robert87354 14]

Hi,

I'm giving Emby another try, currently I'm using Jellyfin and creating new users with password included with no problem with PHP, but on amby it doesn't work, I'm trying EasyPassword with no success. Has anyone got it working?

Curl

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8096/Users/{$user_id}/Password?api_key=xxxxx" -H "accept: */*" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"CurrentPw\":\"\",\"NewPw\":\"test\"}" 

 

PHP

$ch = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_emby/Users/{$userid}/EasyPassword?api_key=$api_emby");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"NewPw\":\"{$password}\",\"ResetPassword\":false}");
  //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"CurrentPw\":\"\",{\"NewPw\":\"{$password}\"}");

  $headers = array();
  $headers[] = 'Accept: */*';
  $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

  $result4 = curl_exec($ch);
  if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
  }
curl_close($ch);

$json4 = json_decode($result4, true);

 

The creation of a new user with password is working in Jellyfin, but in emby it is different, it does not work this way
 

$ch = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_jellyfin/Users/New?api_key=$api_jellyfin");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"Name\":\"{$mailuser}\",\"Password\":\"{$password}\"}");

  $headers = array();
  $headers[] = 'Accept: application/json';
  $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

  $result = curl_exec($ch);

  if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
  }
curl_close($ch);

$json = json_decode($result, true);


$userid = $json['Id'];

 

Edited July 16, 2023 by Robert87354

[softworkz 4568]

All feature which are depending on a "local network" vs. "non-local network" distinction are getting phased out. This is was decided in consequence of a recent security incident which has shown that this distinction cannot be safely made while fulfilling all user demands for different network setups.

New ways for logging-in easily and comfortably will be added to the client apps.

I wouldn't recommend doing development relying on the "Easy Password" feature anymore.

What's the purpose of your script?

[Robert87354 14]

I need to create new users with their corresponding password, currently I use jellyfin and I have no problems, but in emby I am not able to make it work, the user creates it, but I cannot define a password for it

[softworkz 4568]

IIRC, you need to create the user first and set the password in a second step. Have you tried that?

[Robert87354 14]

The user creates it successfully with PHP, the problem is that EasyPassword and API Password does not work, tested in PHP and with curl.

Create user successfully

$ch = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_emby/Users/New?api_key=$api_emby");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"Name\":\"{$mailuser}\",\"Password\":\"{$codigo_amigo}\"}");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"Name\":\"{$mailuser}\"}");

  $headers = array();
  $headers[] = 'Accept: application/json';
  $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

  $result = curl_exec($ch);

  if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
  }
curl_close($ch);

$json = json_decode($result, true);


$userid = $json['Id'];

Does not work with EasyPassword or Password

$ch = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_emby/Users/{$userid}/EasyPassword?api_key=$api_emby");
  //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_emby/Users/{$userid}/Password?api_key=$api_emby")
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"NewPw\":\"{$code}\",\"ResetPassword\":ture}");
  //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"CurrentPw\":\"\",{\"NewPw\":\"{$codigo_amigo}\"}");

  $headers = array();
  $headers[] = 'Accept: */*';
  $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

  $result4 = curl_exec($ch);
  if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
  }
curl_close($ch);

$json4 = json_decode($result4, true);

It doesn't work with curl either.

 

curl -X POST "http://IP:8096/Users/{$user_id}/Password?api_key=xxxxx" -H "accept: */*" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"CurrentPw\":\"\",\"NewPw\":\"test\"}" 

Jellyfin creates username and password without problems with PHP, but this doesn't work on emby

$ch = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_jellyfin/Users/New?api_key=$api_jellyfin");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"Name\":\"{$mailuser}\",\"Password\":\"{$password}\"}");

  $headers = array();
  $headers[] = 'Accept: application/json';
  $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

  $result = curl_exec($ch);

  if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
  }
curl_close($ch);

$json = json_decode($result, true);


$userid = $json['Id'];

I've read many threads on this forum and none of them solve the problem, so I think it's an API problem.

Thank you very much for your help.

Edited July 16, 2023 by Robert87354

[softworkz 4568]

I've never done this specifically, so I can't tell exactly why it might go wrong, but what you can do is just watch how the web app is doing it.
Just connect to Emby Server with a browser and watch the network requests in dev tools while setting a password.
Then compare with what you are doing.

[Robert87354 14]

Resolved.

Fixed, to create the user it is not necessary to emby in the url, but to define a password, and only NewPw should be used.

 

$ch = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url_emby/emby/Users/{$userid}/Password?api_key=$api_emby");
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"NewPw\":\"{$codigo_amigo}\"}");

  $headers = array();
  $headers[] = 'Accept: */*';
  $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

  $result4 = curl_exec($ch);
  if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
  }
curl_close($ch);

$json4 = json_decode($result4, true);