API endpoint to scan a single library

[alextruppel]

Hi everyone! I know this can be used to trigger a scan of all libraries in Jellyfin:

Code:

http://jellyfin-ip-etc.../library/refresh?api_key=my-api-key

But is there a way to trigger a refresh of just a single library? This is because I have multiple libraries, some smaller libraries have new files being constantly added, whereas some large libraries almost never change and also take easily 1 hour or more to scan, not to mention that they pull 80MB/s from my NAS during the entire time of the scan. Ideally, I'd be able to trigger a re-scan of only some libraries when they change.

Thank you!

[TheDreadPirate]

When I go to Dashboard > Libraries, and scan for updates on an individual library I see this in the browser developer console.

Code:

https://jellyfin-testing.domain.tld/Items/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/Refresh?Recursive=true&ImageRefreshMode=Default&MetadataRefreshMode=Default&ReplaceAllImages=false&RegenerateTrickplay=false&ReplaceAllMetadata=false

Looks like the library has an Items ID that you need to use?

[arjuan]

The API documentation is a good place to start for this type of question

https://api.jellyfin.org/#tag/Library/op...datedMedia

Here's an example cURL query to update a specific library path:


curl -H "X-MediaBrowser-Token: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"Updates": [{"Path":"/path/to/folder/","UpdateType":"scan"}]}' https://jellyfin.example.com/Library/Media/Updated