PersonsService API

[h.buckle 11]

I picked up on a couple of issues with the Persons API

 

* Searching for a person not in the library returns a 500

2020-01-31 21:36:02.969 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET https://emby.crucible.org.uk/emby/Persons/test. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Microsoft Windows 10.0.18362; en-GB) PowerShell/7.0.02020-01-31 21:36:02.985 Error HttpServer: Error processing request	*** Error Report ***	Version: 4.4.0.11	Command line: C:\embyserver\system\EmbyServer.dll -service	Operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0	64-Bit OS: True	64-Bit Process: True	User Interactive: True	Runtime: file:///C:/embyserver/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll	System.Environment.Version: 3.1.1	Processor count: 4	Program data path: C:\embyserver\programdata	Application directory: C:\embyserver\system	System.NullReferenceException: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto.DtoService.AttachPeople(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, DtoOptions options)	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto.DtoService.GetBaseItemDtoInternal(BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, User user)	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto.DtoService.GetBaseItemDto(BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, User user)	   at MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary.PersonsService.GetItem(GetPerson request)	   at lambda_method(Closure , Object , Object )	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceController.Execute(HttpListenerHost appHost, Object requestDto, IRequest req)	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, RestPath restPath, String responseContentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken)	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IRequest httpReq, ReadOnlyMemory`1 urlString, ReadOnlyMemory`1 localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)	Source: Emby.Server.Implementations	TargetSite: Void AttachPeople(MediaBrowser.Model.Dto.BaseItemDto, MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.BaseItem, MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto.DtoOptions)

* When there is more than 1 person with the same name in the library only 1 is returned

Edited January 31, 2020 by h.buckle

[Luke 37112]

In general don't use the endpoint to try and get people by name. It is only kept around as legacy for emby for wmc.

 

Use the endpoints to get the person by Id. When you pull down info for media, it will include a people list and Id for each person, so you can get the Id from there. If you truly don't have the person id, then use the search endpoint to search by name.

[h.buckle 11]

Got it, thanks - the search endpoint works fine.

Is there a way to search for a person by provider id (tmdb/imdb)?

[Luke 37112]

Yes, I don't recall the param off the top of my head but you should be able to find it in swagger.