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Howto access playlist data through API? - Stubbie - 2025-03-21
Hi, I am trying to synchronize playlists in Jellyfin with Music Assistant (a Home Assistant add-on).
"Native" Jellyfin playlist sync fine, but playlists from m3u files either sync empty, or don't sync at all, seemingly depending on how the paths inside are formed.
Anyway, I was curious to see what Jellyfin transmits over the API, but cannot seem to get the GET /Playlists/{playlistId} to work. Using Bruno (an API explorer) I get an 404/"Error processing request." error.
These are my steps:
- GET http://172.16.XXX.XXX:8096/Users to get the user Id
- GET http://172.16.XXX.XXX:8096/Users/<userId>/Items?IncludeItemTypes=ManualPlaylistsFolder to get the Id of the Playlist library
- GET http://172.16.XXX.XXX:8096/Users/<userId>/Items?ParentId=<playlistFolderId> to get a list of playlists. The returned json:
Code:
{
"Items": [
{
"Name": "JF-NATIVE-TEST",
"ServerId": "db2bc2f8a74649089ee7bf18b3af2023",
"Id": "1710350a4974e666176baabd410b3339",
"ChannelId": null,
"RunTimeTicks": 29178514270,
"IsFolder": true,
"Type": "Playlist",
"UserData": {
"PlaybackPositionTicks": 0,
"PlayCount": 0,
"IsFavorite": false,
"Played": false,
"Key": "1710350a-4974-e666-176b-aabd410b3339",
"ItemId": "00000000000000000000000000000000"
},
"ChildCount": 11,
"ImageTags": {
"Primary": "fafc487dd1790326e4d67dbde32db8c1"
},
"BackdropImageTags": [],
"ImageBlurHashes": {
"Primary": {
"fafc487dd1790326e4d67dbde32db8c1": "eaNu-ZoffQt7J7?Hj[fQfks:fQfQfQfQfQ~Wj[fQkC%2Ioj[fQofoL"
}
},
"LocationType": "FileSystem",
"MediaType": "Audio"
},Finally, I attempt to have a peek inside the playlist, but this GET call fails:
- http://172.16.XXX.XXX:8096/Playlists/adf522a24c1d3d5768977d8dd33d5217/Items
Probably something stupid... any ideas?
I am on Jellyfin 10.10.6.
No error messages in the log.
RE: Howto access playlist data through API? - xaque - 2025-03-21
The api docs have this to say, https://api.jellyfin.org/#tag/Playlists/operation/GetPlaylistItems
You try this endpoint?
http://localhost/Playlists/{playlistId}/Items
RE: Howto access playlist data through API? - Stubbie - 2025-03-22
Yeah, I did add the "/Items", my last attempt was without it, and that is what I accidentally copy-pasted above (now corrected).
RE: Howto access playlist data through API? - Stubbie - 2025-03-22
Oh, I just accidentally stumbled on a workaround/solution... It's odd, but this returns me the contents of the playlist. Odd because the intended call to Playlist/../Items doesn't return anything.
Returns contents of playlist:
http://172.16.XXX.XXX:8096/Users/fd6e1bc0fa10483e937549669f3f6fdd/Items?ParentId=<PlaylistId>
This does not:
http://172.16.XXX.XXX:8096/Playlists/<PlaylistId/Items