beets/docs/plugins/embyupdate.rst
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EmbyUpdate Plugin
=================
``embyupdate`` is a plugin that lets you automatically update Emby_'s library
whenever you change your beets library.
To use it, first enable the your configuration (see :ref:`using-plugins`). Then,
install ``beets`` with ``embyupdate`` extra
.. code-block:: bash
pip install "beets[embyupdate]"
Then, you'll want to configure the specifics of your Emby server. You can do
that using an ``emby`` section in your ``config.yaml``
.. code-block:: yaml
emby:
host: localhost
port: 8096
username: user
apikey: apikey
With that all in place, you'll see beets send the "update" command to your Emby
server every time you change your beets library.
.. _emby: https://emby.media/
Configuration
-------------
The available options under the ``emby:`` section are:
- **host**: The Emby server host. You also can include ``http://`` or
``https://``. Default: ``localhost``
- **port**: The Emby server port. Default: 8096
- **username**: A username of an Emby user that is allowed to refresh the
library.
- **userid**: A user ID of an Emby user that is allowed to refresh the library.
(This is only necessary for private users i.e. when the user is hidden from
login screens)
- **apikey**: An Emby API key for the user.
- **password**: The password for the user. (This is only necessary if no API key
is provided.)
You can choose to authenticate either with ``apikey`` or ``password``, but only
one of those two is required.