Delete items using the emby API

[amateurgod 26]

i keep getting this error while trying to delete items using the emby API
 

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Failed to delete item {Item_ID} from Emby: 400, Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'user')

however, the API docs don't say that this API endpoint requires a user parameter

Here is my code for this section

def delete_item(item_id):

    url = f"{EMBY_URL}/Items"

    params = {

        'Ids': item_id,

        'api_key': EMBY_API_KEY

    }

    response = requests.delete(url, params=params)

    if response.status_code == 200:

        print(f"Item {item_id} deleted successfully from Emby.")

    else:

        print(f"Failed to delete item {item_id} from Emby: {response.status_code}, {response.text}")

 

Edited February 10 by amateurgod
fix code block

[amateurgod 26]

i fixed it, the solution was to not pass them as params and just put them in the URL like so 

 

def delete_item(item_id):
    url = f"{EMBY_URL}/Items?{item_id}&api_key={EMBY_API_KEY}"
    response = requests.delete(url)
    if response.status_code == 204:
        print(f"Item {item_id} deleted successfully from Emby.")
    else:
        print(f"Failed to delete item {item_id} from Emby: {response.status_code}, {response.text}")

 

[amateurgod 26]

oh actually nevermind, i thought i fixed it however its marking items as deleted in emby but not deleting them from the local filesystem

the logs arent showing any errors either 

 

2024-02-10 14:25:43.614 Info Server: http/1.1 DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=95688&api_key=x_secret5_x. UserAgent: python-requests/2.25.1 2024-02-10 14:25:43.615 Info Server: http/1.1 Response 204 to host4. Time: 0ms. DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=95688&api_key=x_secret5_x 2024-02-10 14:25:44.035 Info Server: http/1.1 DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=95684&api_key=x_secret5_x. UserAgent: python-requests/2.25.1 2024-02-10 14:25:44.035 Info Server: http/1.1 Response 204 to host4. Time: 1ms. DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=95684&api_key=x_secret5_x 2024-02-10 14:25:44.532 Info Server: http/1.1 DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=94845&api_key=x_secret5_x. UserAgent: python-requests/2.25.1 2024-02-10 14:25:44.533 Info Server: http/1.1 Response 204 to host4. Time: 1ms. DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=94845&api_key=x_secret5_x 2024-02-10 14:25:45.080 Info Server: http/1.1 DELETE http://host3/emby/Items?=94833&api_key=x_secret5_x. UserAgent: python-requests/2.25.1

 

[adminExitium 173]

AFAIK, you need to use the User Items endpoint like /Users/<UserID/Items/<ItemID> for deleting an item.

[amateurgod 26]

4 minutes ago, adminExitium said:

AFAIK, you need to use the User Items endpoint like /Users/<UserID/Items/<ItemID> for deleting an item.

oh the api docs says you can use the item endpoint

[adminExitium 173]

That may still work but it needs to be done as a user like /Users/<UserID/Items?Ids=<ItemID>

[amateurgod 26]

27 minutes ago, adminExitium said:

That may still work but it needs to be done as a user like /Users/<UserID/Items?Ids=<ItemID>

i tried that endpoint and i get an error 404 where as my original endpoint worked, it deleted the files in emby from the library just wasnt deleting them from the file system too 

[Luke 37066]

Try posting to Items/Delete. This is the newest one because it accepts multiple.