Plugin Development Front End Interaction

[mikewojtkiewicz 3]

I'm very new to working on a plugin in Emby, and I'm confused on how I can interact items like meta data. For instance, if I wanted to fetch meta data when an item is opened (say a movie for instance) and do something with that data (say I just want it to do an alert box), how do I get my plugin to see this? I've been looking for examples on this, and the only thing I've been able to accomplish are setting up the configuration side of a plugin. 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, plugins can work with the data on the server. They cannot control the user interface of Emby apps.

[mikewojtkiewicz 3]

I've seen some plugins that add functionality to the UI. Iconic Image Enhancer, for instance. I'm trying to add an additional UI component to a person's item page.

[Luke 42077]

1 minute ago, mikewojtkiewicz said:

I've seen some plugins that add functionality to the UI. Iconic Image Enhancer, for instance. I'm trying to add an additional UI component to a person's item page.

That plugin modifies the image on the server before it gets back to the client. It's not like it gives the client some kind of instruction to render it differently.

[mikewojtkiewicz 3]

Okay, thanks for the info. 

[mikewojtkiewicz 3]

Are there any plans to extend the plugin development into the UI side? I can see useful community additions like themes and other goodies that could be cool. I wanted to work on the following issue as a plugin: 

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes certainly we are interested in expanding the capabilities of plugins on the client-side. It is much more of a challenge though considering the number of platforms involved, various technologies used by each, etc.

[mikewojtkiewicz 3]

Thanks! Let me know if can be of any help!