6.0.0

python3-ampache 6.0.0

This release adds in support for API6 and still includes backward compatibility to previous versions.

Added

• API6 (Based on API5)
  • API6::browse: List server contents in a directory-style listing (Music, Podcast and Video catalogs)
  • API6::list: Replace get_indexes with a faster lookup and similar parameters returning id, name, prefix and basename
  • API6::catalog_add: Create a catalog (Require: 75)
  • API6::catalog_delete: Delete a catalog (Require: 75)
  • API6::live_stream_create: Create a new live stream (radio station)
  • API6::live_stream_edit: Edit a live stream
  • API6::live_stream_delete: Delete a stream buy ID
  • API6::register: Allow users to register an account (if enabled)
  • API6::playlist_create: Return an error if the playlist name already exists for that user
  • API6::user_edit (previously user_create):
    • Add group parameter to pick a catalog filter group
    • Add fullname_public to enable/disable using fullname in public display
    • Add reset_apikey to reset a user Api Key
    • Add reset_streamtoken to reset a user Stream Token
    • Add clear_stats reset all stats for this user be very sure about this one!
  • Add prefix (Prefix for Full Name) to album & artist responses
  • Add basename (Name without prefix) to album & artist responses
  • Add bitrate to Democratic objects
  • Add format to Song and Democratic objects
  • Add stream_format, stream_bitrate, stream_mime to Song objects (This is the transcoded output for a stream)
• JSON responses
  • Cast bool fields to true and false instead of "1" & "0"
  • Add total_count to resonses to give clients an idea of the total possible objects
• advanced_search
  • Add album_disk as a search type (uses album rules)
  • Add song_genre to album and artist searches
  • Add possible_duplicate_album to song search
  • Add mbid_artist to album search
  • Add barcode to album search
  • Add catalog_number to album search
  • Add smartplaylist to album search
  • Add duplicate_tracks to album and song search (MIN & MAX id for song search)
  • Alias possible_duplicate_album => possible_duplicate for album search
  • Alias album_genre => genre for album search
  • Alias mbid_album => mbid for album search
  • Alias mbid_artist => mbid for artist search
  • Alias song_genre => genre for song search

Changed

• Renamed user_update to user_edit (user_update still works and will be depreciated in API7)
• Albums with no album_artist may now return 0 artist called 'Various'
• Don't send AlbumDisk objects to the API
• XML responses
  • Api6 XML success and error response messages are put in a message element (like json)
  • For data responses id is the only attribute and everything else is an element
  • Name was not set as an attribute OR an element so now it's always an element
  • Return original XML output (that may be malformed) when loadxml fails.
• Api6::get_indexes: This method is depreciated and will be removed in Ampache 7.0.0 (Use Api6::list instead)

Removed

• preciserating removed from all objects (use rating)
• Api6::album_songs remove exact as a parameter
• Api6::stream remove podcast as a valid type value
• Warning of depreciated methods from API5 have been removed from API6
  • Api6::tag
  • Api6::tags
  • Api6::tag_albums
  • Api6::tag_artists
  • Api6::tag_songs

Fixed

• advanced_search methods were breaking with various offset and limits
• JSON responses
  • Share and Bookmark object id's were not strings