API for n00bs :)

[anthonws 40]

What would be the quickest and dirtiest way of using the Emby API?

 

I've seen there's an API wrapper for Emby called EmbyPy.

 

Any samples or hints to start would be appreciated.

 

Cheers,

anthonws.

[Jdiesel 1114]

If you go to the bottom of the dashboard there should be a link "API" that will take you to the swagger interface. From there you can play around generating api requests quite easily. 

[anthonws 40]

If you go to the bottom of the dashboard there should be a link "API" that will take you to the swagger interface. From there you can play around generating api requests quite easily. 

Thanks!

 

So, if I need to get container and coded info on a given movie, I assume that I have to get the entire list of available Items where "IncludeItemTypes=Movie".

http://localhost:8096/emby/Items?Recursive=true&IncludeItemTypes=Movie&api_key=xxxxxxxx

After that, I would do a for each, on the Movie "Id", to get the steam info, correct?

http://localhost:8096/emby/Videos/7/stream?Container=mkv&api_key=xxxxxxxx

Except it's not working

 

EDIT:

 

Ok, scratch that. It seems like I need to filter by "VideoCodec" parameter to get what I want.

 

Still, I would expect that playback info to be available to query via the Item directly...

Edited December 14, 2019 by anthonws