The API is still pretty new and needs some serious cleaning up on the backend but should be reasonably functional. There are no error codes yet, General structure: http://localhost:8181 + HTTP_ROOT + /api?apikey=$apikey&cmd=$command Data returned in json format. If executing a command like "delArtist" or "addArtist" you'll get back an "OK", else, you'll get the data you requested $commands¶meters[&optionalparameters]: getIndex (fetch data from index page. Returns: ArtistName, ArtistSortName, ArtistID, Status, DateAdded, [LatestAlbum, ReleaseDate, AlbumID], HaveTracks, TotalTracks, IncludeExtras) getArtist&id=$artistid (fetch artist data. returns the artist object (see above) and album info: Status, AlbumASIN, DateAdded, AlbumTitle, ArtistName, ReleaseDate, AlbumID, ArtistID, Type) getAlbum&id=$albumid (fetch data from album page. Returns the album object, a description object and a tracks object. Tracks contain: AlbumASIN, AlbumTitle, TrackID, Format, TrackDuration (ms), ArtistName, TrackTitle, AlbumID, ArtistID, Location, TrackNumber, CleanName (stripped of punctuation /styling), BitRate) getUpcoming (Returns: Status, AlbumASIN, DateAdded, AlbumTitle, ArtistName, ReleaseDate, AlbumID, ArtistID, Type) getWanted (Returns: Status, AlbumASIN, DateAdded, AlbumTitle, ArtistName, ReleaseDate, AlbumID, ArtistID, Type) getSimilar (Returns similar artists - with a higher "Count" being more likely to be similar. Returns: Count, ArtistName, ArtistID) getHistory (Returns: Status, DateAdded, Title, URL (nzb), FolderName, AlbumID, Size (bytes)) getLogs (not working yet) findArtist&name=$artistname[&limit=$limit] (perform artist query on musicbrainz. Returns: url, score, name, uniquename (contains disambiguation info), id) findAlbum&name=$albumname[&limit=$limit] (perform album query on musicbrainz. Returns: title, url (artist), id (artist), albumurl, albumid, score, uniquename (artist - with disambiguation) addArtist&id=$artistid (add an artist to the db by artistid) delArtist&id=$artistid (delete artist from db by artistid) pauseArtist&id=$artistid (pause an artist in db) resumeArtist&id=$artistid (resume an artist in db) refreshArtist&id=$artistid (refresh info for artist in db from musicbrainz) queueAlbum&id=$albumid[&new=True&lossless=True] (Mark an album as wanted and start the searcher. Optional paramters: 'new' looks for new versions, 'lossless' looks only for lossless versions) unqueueAlbum&id=$albumid (Unmark album as wanted / i.e. mark as skipped) forceSearch (force search for wanted albums - not launched in a separate thread so it may take a bit to complete) forceProcess (force post process albums in download directory - also not launched in a separate thread) getVersion (Returns some version information: git_path, install_type, current_version, installed_version, commits_behind checkGithub (updates the version information above and returns getVersion data) shutdown (shut down headphones) restart (restart headphones) update (update headphones - you may want to check the install type in get version and not allow this if type==exe)