Version: 13.x

External API

The external API enables programs to access or trigger UMS functionalities with a HTTP call.

How to enable the external API

Edit UMS.conf and configure an api_key like this

api_key = secret_password

The secret_password must have a minimum of 12 chars.

API usage

If the external API is enabled, the API is accessible with a POST call to /api/COMMAND

Folder Scanning

rescan

Intention	Rescans the complete library
URI	`/api/folderscanner/rescan`
POST BODY	NONE
POST BODY example / description	This command needs no body content
Available since	10.4.2

This can be slow for large libraries

Example:

curl -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" http://localhost:5001/api/folderscanner/rescan

rescanFileOrFolder

Intention	Rescans a partial subtree of the file system.
URI	`/api/folderscanner/rescanFileOrFolder`
POST BODY	PATH_TO_SCAN
POST BODY example / description	example: "/music/pop/Madonna". Path must be the root or a subfolder of a shared path.
Available since	10.4.2

Example:

curl -d "PATH_TO_SCAN" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/folderscanner/rescanFileOrFolder

Liking Music (albums and songs)

like song

Song will be marked as liked.

Intention	Like a song identified by musicBrainz trackId
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/like/likesong</span>`
POST BODY	`musicBrainz_trackID`
POST BODY example / description	b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/like/likesong

dislike song

Song will not be disliked

Intention	Dislike a song identified by musicBrainz trackId
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/like/</span>dislikesong`
POST BODY	`musicBrainz_trackID`
POST BODY example / description	b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/like/dislikesong

is song liked

Check if song is liked.

Intention	Check if song is liked identified by musicBrainz trackId
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/like/</span><span class="s1">issongliked</span>`
POST BODY	`musicBrainz_trackID`
POST BODY example / description	b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25
RESPONSE BODY	`TRUE` or `FALSE`
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/like/issongliked

This call adds the liked attribute of the album identified by musicbrainz release-id 1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af.

like album

Set album like state to true.

Intention	Likes an album identified by musicBrainz releaseID
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/like/</span>likealbum`
POST BODY	`musicBrainz_releaseID`
POST BODY example / description	1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/like/likealbum

dislike album

Remove album like state.

Intention	Dislike a song identified by musicBrainz releaseID
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/like/</span>dislikealbum`
POST BODY	`musicBrainz_releaseID`
POST BODY example / description	1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/like/dislikealbum

This call removed the liked attribute of the album identified by musicbrainz release-id 1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af.

is album liked

Check album like state.

Intention	Check if album is liked identified by musicBrainz releaseID
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/like/</span>isalbumliked`
POST BODY	`musicBrainz_releaseID`
POST BODY example / description	1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af
RESPONSE BODY	"TRUE" or "FALSE"
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/like/isalbumliked

This call checks if the album identified by musicbrainz release-id 1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af is liked.

Rating

The rating API is responsible for rating songs. Rating information is saved in the internal database (cache enabled) and optionally in the file itself. If audio_update_rating_tag = true is set in UMS.conf the IDv3 rating field also being updated in the song file (if the songs file format is supported).

While browsing the content directory server, MusicBrainzTrackID (if available) and audiotrackID are delivered as desc metadata within the DIDL element.

set rating

Intention	Set rating in stars (0 - 5) on a song identified by musicBrainz trackId
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">rating/setrating</span>`
POST BODY	`musicbrainzTrackId` /`stars`
POST BODY example / description	b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25/3
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25/3" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/rating/setrating

This call sets the user rating of all songs identified by the musicbrainz track-id b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25 to 3.

get rating

Reads song rating from database

Intention	Get song rating in stars (0 - 5) by musicBrainz trackID. Response body contains the rating information.
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">rating/getrating </span>`
POST BODY	`musicbrainzTrackId`
POST BODY example / description	b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25
RESPONSE BODY example	3
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -d "b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/rating/getrating

This call reads the user rating of a song identified by the musicbrainz track-id b8695995-45e9-405d-b4aa-e50e8760fe25.

set rating by audiotrack id

Intention	Set rating in stars (0 - 5) on a song identified by UMS internal audiotrackID
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">rating/setRatingByAudiotrackId </span>`
POST BODY	`trackID` /`stars`
POST BODY example / description	32
Available since	11.0

Example:

curl -d "32/3" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/rating/setrating

This call sets songs user rating identified by audiotrack id 32 to 3.

get rating by audiotrack id

Reads song rating from database

Intention	Get song rating in stars (0 - 5) by UMS internal audiotrackID. Response body contains the rating information.
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">rating/getRatingByAudiotrackId</span>`
POST BODY	trackId
POST BODY example / description	32
RESPONSE BODY example	3
Available since	11.0

Example:

curl -d "32" -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/rating/getRatingByAudiotrackId

This call reads the user rating of a song identified by UMS audiotrack-id 32.

Backup / Restore

User managed "liked album" entries can be backed up into a profile-directory subfolder named database_backup. The filename is MUSIC_BRAINZ_RELEASE_LIKE. In case UMS database gets deleted, just call restore.

backup liked albums

Backup table MUSIC_BRAINZ_RELEASE_LIKE to filesystem

Intention	backup liked songs to filesystem
URI	`<span class="s1"><span class="s1">/api/like/</span></span>backupLikedAlbums`
REQUEST TYPE	GET
RESPONSE BODY	`OK` or error message
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X GET http://localhost:5001/api/like/backupLikedAlbums

This call will create a backup file containing liked albums.

restore liked albums

Restores table MUSIC_BRAINZ_RELEASE_LIKE from filesystem

Intention	restore liked songs from backup file
URI	`<span class="s1"><span class="s1"><span class="s1">/api/like/</span></span></span>restoreLikedAlbums`
REQUEST TYPE	GET
RESPONSE BODY	`OK` or error message
Available since	10.20

Example:

curl -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X GET http://localhost:5001/api/like/restoreLikedAlbums

This call restores the backup file.

Playlist

enable service

Edit UMS.conf and configure a managed playlist folder by setting

<span class="s1">managed_playlist_folder</span> = PATH_TO_PLAYLIST_FOLDER

for enabling this service. By default this service is disabled. The playlist folder path should be located beneath a configured shared <span class="s1">folders</span> path for playlist changed made by this API to be visible by UMS.

list all playlists

Read available playlists. These playlist names have to be used for subsequent calls to add or remove songs.

Intention	Delivers all supported (`m3u`, `m3u8` and `pls`) and available playlists from configured folder. Besides playlist name, the playlists `playlistId` is
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">playlist</span><span class="s1">/</span><span class="s1">getAllPlaylists</span>`
REQUEST TYPE	GET
RESPONSE BODY	JSON array of playlist names
RESPONSE BODY example	`<span class="s1">["Pop","Jazz","Classic"]</span>`
Available since	11.0

Example:

curl -d "" -w "\n%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X GET http://localhost:5001/api/playlist/getAllPlaylists

This call will list all available playlists.

list server accessible playlists

These are all playlist known to UMS (database/cache enabled). These playlist names have to be used for subsequent calls to add or remove songs. The playlist ID can be used to navigate directly to the playlist by browsing the objectId $DBID$PLAYLIST$ concat databaseId.

Intention	Delivers all supported (`m3u`, `m3u8` and `pls`) and available playlists from configured folder
URI	<span class="s1">`/api/</span><span class="s1">playlist</span><span class="s1">/</span>getserverplaylists` ``
REQUEST TYPE	GET
RESPONSE BODY	JSON array of playlist names
RESPONSE BODY example	`[{"playlistName":"Jazz","playlistId":5},{"playlistName":"Charts","playlistId":343}]`
Available since	dev branch

Example:

curl -d "" -w "\n%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X GET http://localhost:5001/api/playlist/getserverplaylists

This call will list list all available playlist accessible by UMS.

adding songs to playlists

The required audiotrackid is delivered during UPnP browse requests and can be extracted from the DIDL response attribute descMetadata

<ums-tags>
[...]
    <audiotrackid>ID</audiotrackid>
[...]
</ums-tags>
    <ums-tags>
[...]
    <audiotrackid>ID</audiotrackid>
[...]
</ums-tags>
    <audiotrackid>ID</audiotrackid>
[...]
</ums-tags>
</ums-tags>

Intention	Add song to playlist
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">playlist</span><span class="s1">/</span><span class="s1">addSongToPlaylist</span>`
REQUEST TYPE	POST
POST BODY	`audiotrackid<span style="background-color: #bfe6ff; font-size: 11.76px; white-space: pre-wrap;">/PLAYLIST</span>`
POST BODY example / description	123/Pop
RESPONSE BODY	NONE
Available since	11.0

Example:

curl -d "123/Pop" -w "\n%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/playlist/addSongToPlaylist

This adds the song with the ID 123 to the playlist Pop.

removing songs from playlists

The required audiotrackid is delivered during UPnP browse requests and can be extracted from the DIDL response attribute descMetadata

<ums-tags>
[...]
    <audiotrackid>ID</audiotrackid>
[...]
</ums-tags>
    <ums-tags>
[...]
    <audiotrackid>ID</audiotrackid>
[...]
</ums-tags>
    <audiotrackid>ID</audiotrackid>
[...]
</ums-tags>
</ums-tags>

Intention	Remove song from playlist
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">playlist</span><span class="s1">/</span><span class="s1">removeSongFromPlaylist</span>`
REQUEST TYPE	POST
POST BODY	`audiotrackid<span style="background-color: #bfe6ff; font-size: 11.76px; white-space: pre-wrap;">/PLAYLIST</span>`
POST BODY example / description	123/Pop
RESPONSE BODY	NONE
Available since	11.0

Example:

curl -d "123/Pop" -w "\n%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/playlist/removeSongFromPlaylist

This removes the song with the ID 123 from the playlist Pop.

create new playlists

Playlist name should be provided without any path and without file extensions.

Intention	Creating new playlists in managed playlist folder
URI	`<span class="s1">/api/</span><span class="s1">playlist</span><span class="s1">/</span><span class="s1">createPlaylist</span>`
REQUEST TYPE	POST
POST BODY	`<span style="background-color: #bfe6ff; font-size: 11.76px; white-space: pre-wrap;">PLAYLIST_NAME</span>`
POST BODY example / description	Contemporary
RESPONSE BODY	NONE
Available since	11.0

Example:

curl -d "Contemporary" -w "\n%{http_code}\n" -H "api-key: secret_password" -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/playlist/createPlaylist

This call creates a new playlist file named Contemporary.m3u8 in the managed playlist folder.

Java code example

This code snippet shows how to use the API with okhttp3 library.

import nextcp.dto.Config;
import nextcp.dto.UmsServerApiKey;
import okhttp3.Call;
import okhttp3.MediaType;
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.RequestBody;
import okhttp3.Response;

[...]

    public String executeCall() throws IOException
    {
        String postBody = "1e0eee38-a9f6-49bf-84d0-45d0647799af";
        String apiKey = "secret_password";
        RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(postBody, MediaType.parse("application/text"));
        String requestUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/like/likealbum";
        Request request = new Request.

    Builder().url(requestUrl).addHeader("api-key", apiKey).post(body).build();
        Call call = okClient.newCall(request);
        Response response = call.execute();
        return response.body().string();
    }

HTTP return codes

| 200 | OK | | 204 | success if no content is supposed to be returned | | 401 | invalid api key | | 404 | requested object cannot be found | | 417 | API request failed | | 503 | external api is not enabled. Set a api_key in UMS.conf with a length of 12 or more character |