Emby Beta Releases Github API Path

[ssg99si 4]

Hello,

 

So there's an API path on Github for Emby stable releases:

 

https://api.github.com/repos/mediabrowser/Emby.releases/releases/latest

 

However there isn't one for the beta releases, only this page:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases

 

Can we get the same sort of API for beta releases?

 

Thanks

[Luke 40096]

Yes you can use the same api for beta releases.

[ssg99si 4]

Hmm.. I do not see how. Is there any documentation or could you point me in the right direction?

[Luke 40096]

Have you explored the prerelease property?

[ssg99si 4]

I am not sure how to do that, could you link me to it please?

[Luke 40096]

https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/

[ssg99si 4]

I'm not sure that help me much. I am looking for a link similar to this:

 

https://api.github.com/repos/mediabrowser/Emby.releases/releases/latest

 

But for the beta/pre-releases

[Luke 40096]

There is no such thing.

[ssg99si 4]

Would something like that be possible to add? Or do you know if an auto-update for emby beta is coming?

[Luke 40096]

There's nothing to add because we use the github api. We use whatever that has available.

 

We currently only have auto-update on windows, but may investigate it for other platforms in the future. thanks.

[samuelqwe 316]

Something like this?

 

https://api.github.com/repos/mediabrowser/Emby.releases/releases

 

This one should have all the releases, not just the stable versions

Edited December 7, 2018 by samuelqwe

[ssg99si 4]

Yes that is perfect, thanks!

[doonze 30]

Yes, that works for getting beta. Just a word to the wise, that json is nestled on it's root layer. With python at least, that causes it's json reader to make the results a list of objects instead of a true dictionary. A list of dictionaries. So you have to access the nestled parts like a list, then access the data like a dictionary. Took me forever to figure out what it was doing.

 

I'll have beta added to my linux autoupdater tonight, my brain is melted from list of dictionaries and I need sleep before coding anything! LOL

[doonze 30]

EmbyUpdate v1.1 released with beta installing options.

 

Github json isn't my favorite. On the linked /release API path above it puts whatever the most recent release is (beta or stable) into index 0, and moves the last release to index 1. So I had to create logic to run through the json (array in python) to find the most recent beta or stable release, and use that according to what the user specified they wanted.

 

There is some weirdness where the newest beta releases are showing up in the API, however they are not listed as releases on Github. I'll have to ask Luke about that in my own thread. 

 

Just passing this on for anyone who finds this thread later and wants to save some time figuring out the Github API.