Metadata using Items and ItemID

[Jaha 2]

Hello,

A beginer question here, my goal is to change metadata using a bash-script

But first i want to test the API with curl:
curl "server:8096/Items?searchTerm=somemovie&IncludeItemTypes=Movie&Recursive=true&api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
This is working, so i can search the and get the id for a movie

 

Next i wanted to get metadata based on the id:
curl -s "http://server:8096/Items/303030?api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
get File '/Items/303030' not found

Here is where i need feedback, is this wrong?

 

Last step i want to change this two using jq inthe bash-script

.MetadataLanguage = "sv"

.PreferredMetadataLanguage = "sv"

 

Edited June 16, 2025 by Jaha
Wrong script in text

[Luke 42077]

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Next i wanted to get some metadata from based on the id:
curl -s "http://server:8096/Items/303030?api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
get File '/Items/303030' not found

Here is where i need feedback, is this wrong?

Hi, one easy way to see what's wrong is to use the browser debugger to monitor what the emby metadata sends for the same operation, and then just match that.

[adminExitium 355]

Items/<ItemId> is not a valid API. You need to use either /Items?Ids=<Id> for partial item response but with support for multiple items at once or /Users/<User>/Items/<Id> for the full item response but with support for only a single item at a time.

[Jaha 2]

Thanks for reply, <User> (USER_ID) in the endpoint did the trick.

Get metadata to file:

curl -s -H "X-Emby-Token: YOUR_API_KEY" \ "HOST/Users/USER_ID/Items/303030" > metadata.json

Post metadata back after being updated:

curl -X POST "HOST/Items/ITEM_ID" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Emby-Token: YOUR_API_KEY" --data-binary "@metadata.json"