beets/docs/plugins/subsonicupdate.rst
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SubsonicUpdate Plugin
=====================
``subsonicupdate`` is a very simple plugin for beets that lets you automatically
update Subsonic_'s index whenever you change your beets library.
.. _subsonic: http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
To use ``subsonicupdate`` plugin, enable it in your configuration (see
:ref:`using-plugins`). Then, you'll probably want to configure the specifics of
your Subsonic server. You can do that using a ``subsonic:`` section in your
``config.yaml``, which looks like this:
::
subsonic:
url: https://example.com:443/subsonic
user: username
pass: password
auth: token
With that all in place, this plugin will send a REST API call to your Subsonic
server every time you change your beets library. Due to a current limitation of
the API, all libraries visible to that user will be scanned.
If the :doc:`/plugins/smartplaylist` is used, creating or changing any playlist
will trigger a Subsonic update as well.
This plugin requires Subsonic with an active Premium license (or active trial)
or any other `Subsonic API compatible`_ server implementing the ``startScan``
endpoint.
.. _subsonic api compatible: http://www.subsonic.org/pages/api.jsp
Configuration
-------------
The available options under the ``subsonic:`` section are:
- **url**: The Subsonic server resource. Default: ``http://localhost:4040``
- **user**: The Subsonic user. Default: ``admin``
- **pass**: The Subsonic user password. (This may either be a clear-text
password or hex-encoded with the prefix ``enc:``.) Default: ``admin``
- **auth**: The authentication method. Possible choices are ``token`` or
``password``. ``token`` authentication is preferred to avoid sending cleartext
password.