Delete collection with API not working

[Amything 122]

I'm getting a successful response but the collection remains. Not sure what is going on here.

import requests
url = "http://example.com:123/Items?6721789&api_key=123abc"
response = requests.delete(url)
if response.status_code == 204:
    print(f"Successfully deleted item {item_id}")
else:
    print(f"Error deleting item {item_id}, response: {response}")

Outputting "Successfully deleted item 6721789" as an example. However the collection was not actually deleted.

Emby log:

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2024-10-12 13:54:53.712 Info Server: http/1.1 DELETE http://emby_remote_ip:42430/Items?=6721789&api_key=x_secret2_x. UserAgent: python-requests/2.31.0
2024-10-12 13:54:53.713 Info Server: http/1.1 Response 204 to host1. Time: 0ms. DELETE http://emby_remote_ip:42430/Items?=6721789&api_key=x_secret2_x
2024

 

Edited October 12, 2024 by Amything

[Amything 122]

I tested removing every item from the collection. That seems to do the trick.

[hthgihwaymonk 34]

delete_url = f'{emby_server_url}/Items/{collection_id}'
headers = {'X-Emby-Token': emby_api_key, 'accept': '*/*'}
response = requests.delete(delete_url, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 204:
  print(f'Successfully deleted collection with ID "{collection_id}"')
  else:
    print(f'Error deleting collection with ID "{collection_id}": {response.text}')

I use the above and it works.

[Amything 122]

@hthgihwaymonk Thanks for the reply!

I've tried that and got "Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'user')". 

I've tried a few things, adding user to the url, as a url param and header value without success. 

[hthgihwaymonk 34]

hmm,  when I use the above snippet - 
 

$ python3.8 embyTools.py delete_all_collections
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571866"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571867"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571868"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571869"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571870"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571871"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571872"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571873"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571874"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571875"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571876"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571877"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571878"
Successfully deleted collection with ID "3571879"

and after running it, I have no collections:

[Neminem 1518]

Guess OP forgot headers = {'X-Emby-Token': emby_api_key, 'accept': '*/*'}

[hthgihwaymonk 34]

and for deleting a single collection, if it helps
 

def delete_collection(collection_id):
    delete_url = f'{emby_server_url}/Items/{collection_id}'
    headers = {'X-Emby-Token': emby_api_key, 'accept': '*/*'}
    response = requests.delete(delete_url, headers=headers)
    if response.status_code == 204:
        print(f'Successfully deleted collection with ID "{collection_id}"')
    else:
        print(f'Error deleting collection with ID "{collection_id}": {response.text}')

 

[Luke 42077]

@Amythinghas this helped?