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Override Custom User Agent for RemoteImageService


damenootok

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damenootok

Hi, it seems that emby doesn't support overriding user-agent variable for remoteimageservice (http://swagger.emby.media/?staticview=true#/RemoteImageService) this is quite important since some website are blocking "script" http client, and it would help substantially if you can override it, probably by additional parameter

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damenootok

some website that i use for getting artist image implement some kind of filter based on user agent, and emby's default user agent is being rejected. I have confirmed that another string of user agent is allowed to curl that resource, hence the request.

I'm hitting the Item/{id}/RemoteImage url to add artist / actor's image url via api. Is there any other way to set the artist/actor's image without using the remote image service?

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PenkethBoy

no you dont use swagger for this as its just an interface for the api in a "friendly" gui

first you authenticate with an admin user or use the api key option from the dashboard

then you need to get the aritst ID - i.e the internal db item id for the artist - easy to do via the api

then you need to encode the image as a base64 string and tell emby what the content type is "image/jpeg" or "image/png"

then upload the base64 as the body of the POST

to 

$ImageUrl = $embyServerUrl + "/emby/Items/"+ $EmbyArtist.ID + "/Images/Primary?api_key=" + $User.AccessToken

where User.accesstoken is either from auth by name or the static api key you got from the dashboard - dont use the swagger one!

images/primary could be images/logo images/art etc

For a jpg/jpeg file

$Result = Invoke-Webrequest -uri $ImageUrl -Method POST -Body $Base64 -ContentType "image/jpeg"

Note - the last time i tried it you cant use swagger to uplaod an image - it just errors out - the above was worked out by trial and error a long time ago

I have not given you all the answers and the above is for Powershell but you should be able to work it out for you chosen language

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damenootok

okay, i was pasting the swagger url since that seems to be a good resource for api reference. I think i got all the info I needed from your guide, thanks!

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