Python library for Ampache XML & JSON API
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AMPACHE LIBRARY FOR PYTHON3
INFO
A python3 library for interaction with your Ampache server using the XML & JSON API
Code examples and scripts are available from github
The class documentation has been extracted out into a markdown file for easier reading.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ampache/python3-ampache/master/docs/MANUAL.md
There has been a pretty significant change in the library between Ampache 4 and Ampache 5.
For anyone wanting to stay on v4 the branch has been separated from the master branch.
https://github.com/ampache/python3-ampache/tree/api4
Once you connect with your passphrase or api key, the url and auth token are stored allowing you to call methods without them.
import ampache
import time
# connect to the server
ampacheConnection = ampache.API()
# if using password auth use encrypt_password
mytime = int(time.time())
passphrase = ampacheConnection.encrypt_password('mypassword', mytime)
auth = ampacheConnection.handshake('https://music.com.au', passphrase, 'my username', mytime)
# if using an API key auth keep using encrypt_string
passphrase = ampacheConnection.encrypt_string('my apikey', 'my username')
auth = ampacheConnection.handshake('https://music.com.au', passphrase)
# now you can call methods without having to keep putting in the url and userkey
ampacheConnection.label(1677)
# ping has always allowed empty calls so you have to ping with a url and session still
ampacheConnection.ping('https://music.com.au', auth)
NEWS
Password handshake auth is available now.
This library now supports every Ampache API release (3, 4, 5 and 6)
You can save and restore from a json config file using new methods
set_config_path: Set a folder to your config path
get_config: Load the config and set Ampache globals
save_config: Save the config file with the current globals
AMPACHE_URL = The URL of your Ampache server
AMPACHE_USER = config[“ampache_user”]
AMPACHE_KEY = Your encrypted apikey OR password if using password auth
AMPACHE_SESSION = Current session auth from the handshake. Use to reconnect to an existing session
AMPACHE_API = API output format “json” || “xml”
INSTALL
You can now install from pip directly:
pip3 install -U ampache
EXAMPLES
There is a fairly simple cli example for windows/linux to perform a few functions. It’s a good example for testing and might make things a bit easier to follow.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ampache/python3-ampache/master/docs/examples/ampyche.py
ampyche.py help:
Possible Actions:
/u:%CUSTOM_USER% (Custom username for the current action)
/k:%CUSTOM_APIKEY% (Custom apikey for the current action)
/a:%ACTION% (ping, playlists, localplay, download, configure, logout, showconfig)
/l:%LIMIT% (integer)
/o:%OBJECT_ID% (string)
/t:%OBJECT_TYPE% (song, playlist)
/p:%PATH% (folder for downloads)
/f:%FORMAT% (raw, mp3, ogg, flac)
/usb (split files into numeric 0-9 folders for car USBs)
/c:%COMMAND% (localplay command)
(next, prev, stop, play, pause, add, volume_up,
volume_down, volume_mute, delete_all, skip, status)
Here is a short code sample for python using version 5.x.x+ to scrobble a track to your server
import time
import ampache
# user variables
ampache_url = 'https://music.server'
my_api_key = 'mysuperapikey'
user = 'myusername'
# processed details
ampacheConnection = ampache.API()
encrypted_key = ampacheConnection.encrypt_string(my_api_key, user)
ampache_session = ampacheConnection.handshake(ampache_url, encrypted_key)
if ampache_session:
# Scrobble a music track to your ampache server
Process(target=ampacheConnection.scrobble,
args=('Beneath The Cold Clay', 'Crust', '...and a Dirge Becomes an Anthem',
'', '', '', int(time.time()))).start()
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