PlayCount per TV series via API?

[dannicroax 4]

Is it possible to get PlayCount information per TV series via API? I've been trying to extract it with no luck but what I've tried is getting PlayCount per TV series and also PlayCount per TV series per individual user but ideally I'd want aggregated counts. I've looked into the API documentation but I always get PlayCount: 0.

[Luke 42080]

Hi, it’s not a bad idea, but currently no.  Play count is assigned to media, so you’d have to get all of the episodes and add the play counts up.

[dannicroax 4]

Thanks Luke. Is the information stored per episode or is it per user per episode? As in can I aggregate total play counts for all users in one go or do I have to map total play counts per user first and then aggregate the data per TV Show? I'm having a bit of a hard time understanding how the data is kept and accessed via API.

[ebr 16185]

Hi.  You might want to look at the playback reporting plugin.

[dannicroax 4]

41 minutes ago, ebr said:

Hi.  You might want to look at the playback reporting plugin.

Thanks - I did look into that but I'm actually trying to code a small solution for myself regarding how I want to maintain my libraries and cleanup. The idea is to gather information if the TV show has been played by anyone and list all shows with zero plays. Then those shows get piped into Trakt to gather show rating and recommend shows that have low ratings and other factors to be deleted. Ultimately the solution will be able to remove the shows through Emby.

I think I've gotten far enough on my own after this thread recommending adding UserDataPlayCount and UserDataLastPlayedDate to my requested fields:

Ideally I'd want to be able to get this information on a show basis and not having to go through every users play activity per episode. I have 27 users with over 27.000 episodes which means scanning 729.000 times just to get the total play count, but for the current purpose of my solution this is good enough to begin with

Edited May 20, 2024 by dannicroax

[Luke 42080]

Yes I agree we should have a way to send it back for the entire series.