Jellyfin HTTP API

REST discovered

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Docs: https://api.jellyfin.org

Authentication

Jellyfin user login/session credentials compound discovered Get key ↗

Install and run your own Jellyfin server, then complete the setup wizard to create an administrator account, or have an administrator create a user for you. The setup wizard explicitly creates the admin account, and users are managed in the Dashboard under Users. See Setup Wizard Walkthrough and Managing Users.

Jellyfin API key api_key discovered Get key ↗

?api_key=<credential>

Create or log into your own Jellyfin server with an administrative account, then generate an API key from the server's API/authentication management interface. The public OpenAPI spec exposes /Auth/Keys for listing and creating keys, indicating Jellyfin issues API keys on each server instance; user/account setup is described in Setup Wizard Walkthrough and Managing Users.