is there a way to scan a single folder in a library?

[jaquestati 45]

is there a way to scan a single folder in a library?

On Ubuntu..

thanks

[adminExitium 355]

Try the /Library/Media/Updated endpoint.

[jaquestati 45]

19 minutes ago, adminExitium said:

Try the /Library/Media/Updated endpoint.

thanks : )

but could you explain it to me like i am an idiot... and have no idea what i'm doing : )

[adminExitium 355]

Just to confirm, you want the API that needs to be called or something from the UI?

[kikinjo 281]

In admin console, unfortunately no.

[Luke 42077]

7 hours ago, jaquestati said:

thanks : )

but could you explain it to me like i am an idiot... and have no idea what i'm doing : )

 

7 hours ago, adminExitium said:

Try the /Library/Media/Updated endpoint.

No that’s wrong. That’s just to inform the server that something has changed.

[Luke 42077]

Can you try performing the action in chrome and monitor the request using the browser debug console?

[adminExitium 355]

1 minute ago, Luke said:

No that’s wrong. That’s just to inform the server that something has changed.

Yeah, but won't that result in a scan of that folder too? Based on the barebones first post, I have no idea whether it's an existing folder or a new folder so didn't want to suggest the full  /Library/Refresh method instead.

[Luke 42077]

10 minutes ago, adminExitium said:

Yeah, but won't that result in a scan of that folder too? Based on the barebones first post, I have no idea whether it's an existing folder or a new folder so didn't want to suggest the full  /Library/Refresh method instead.

It should I guess yes. Just not the intended purpose.

[hthgihwaymonk 34]

Looking at how autoscan sends single scan requests to emby - 
It looks like it is using `/Library/Media/Updated` in combination with `/Library/SelectableMediaFolders`

Not sure if it is using `/Library/SelectableMediaFolders` to see if the folder exists in emby 1st or not, as it's written in go and I have a hard enough time using python

[plexstreams1 3]

I am also interested in this. If I know a new media has been added to the library under a certain path

/mnt/media/movies/movie 1 (2023)

what API actions can I use to tell Emby to just scan in this one path and update the library?

Edited October 6, 2023 by plexstreams1

[hthgihwaymonk 34]

I'm not 100% sure I have the payload correct, I'll check again on it in the morning

process_item_libraries() calls the emby api to collect all the folder paths in all of your libraries
And when you pass the script a file "/some/path/to/your/movie.mkv", it checks to make sure that path exists in one of your libraries before sending the item to emby

import sys
import requests
import os

emby_url = '< your URL >'
emby_api_key = '< your api key >'

def create_item(item_path, updateType):
    url = f"{emby_url}/emby/Library/Media/Updated"
    payload = { "Updates": [{"Path": item_path, "UpdateType": updateType}] }
    headers = { "X-Emby-Token": emby_api_key }
    response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
    if response.status_code == 204:
        print("Item created successfully.")
    else:
        print("Error occurred while creating the item:", response.status_code)

def process_item_library(item):
    item_path = os.path.dirname(item)
    url = f"{emby_url}/emby/Library/SelectableMediaFolders?api_key={emby_api_key}"
    response = requests.get(url)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        json_data = response.json()
        for folder in json_data:
            for subfolder in folder["SubFolders"]:
                if subfolder["Path"] in item_path:
                    # just a bit of testing
                    #parentID_value = folder["Id"]
                    #guid_value = folder["Guid"]
                    #subfolder_id = subfolder["Id"]
                    #subfolder_path = subfolder["Path"]
                    #print(f"ParentID: {parentID_value}, Guid: {guid_value}, Subfolder Id: {subfolder_id}, path: {subfolder_path}, item_path: {item_path}")
                    #
                    create_item(item_path, "Created")
                    return
        print("No Library match found for the given item folder.")
    else:
        print("Error occurred while getting the JSON:", response.status_code)

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    item = sys.argv[1] # Use the first command-line argument as item_folder
    get_item_library(item)
else:
    print("No item folder provided as a command-line argument.")

Usage:
python3 myscript.py "/some path/to/my file/media file (2023).mkv"

[plexstreams1 3]

This is what I was trying but Emby is just not re-scanning that folder to detect a change. I am running this:

 

curl --location 'http://server:8096/emby/Library/Media/Updated' \
--header 'X-Emby-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
--data '{
"Updates": [
{
"Path": "/mnt/Media/Movies/Movies-Temp/3 Demons (2022) [imdb-tt13173736]/20_14_02.mkv",
"UpdateType": "Created"
}
]
}'

I get a 204 back so the request was accepted. I have also tried other UpdateType such as Deleted and Modified with the same result. Emby just doesn't scan. What am I doing wrong.

 

For example, I delete the movie folder, run the curl command and the movie is still there after a few minutes. Nothing in the Emby log aside from the info that the request was accepted

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by plexstreams1

[Luke 42077]

21 hours ago, plexstreams1 said:

This is what I was trying but Emby is just not re-scanning that folder to detect a change. I am running this:

 

curl --location 'http://server:8096/emby/Library/Media/Updated' \
--header 'X-Emby-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
--data '{
"Updates": [
{
"Path": "/mnt/Media/Movies/Movies-Temp/3 Demons (2022) [imdb-tt13173736]/20_14_02.mkv",
"UpdateType": "Created"
}
]
}'

I get a 204 back so the request was accepted. I have also tried other UpdateType such as Deleted and Modified with the same result. Emby just doesn't scan. What am I doing wrong.

 

For example, I delete the movie folder, run the curl command and the movie is still there after a few minutes. Nothing in the Emby log aside from the info that the request was accepted

 

Hi there, why do you think emby doesn't scan?

[adminExitium 355]

On 10/10/2023 at 02:24, plexstreams1 said:

running this:

The content-type should be application/json btw, since you are sending a JSON object. Not sure if that's causing the issue.

If that doesn't fix it, you need to post the embyserver logs around the time the request was sent.

[plexstreams1 3]

Content-Type appears to be an issue. Weird. Thank you everyone for responding.

 

For completeness, this appears to work.

curl --location 'http://server:8096/emby/Library/Media/Updated' \
--header 'X-Emby-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"Updates": [
{
"Path": "/mnt/Media/Movies/Movies-Temp/3 Demons (2022) [imdb-tt13173736]/20_14_02.mkv",
"UpdateType": "Created"
}
]
}'