getGenres

Returns all genres.

Parameters

Takes no extra parameters.

Example

http://your-server/rest/getGenres.view?u=demo&p=demo&v=1.13.0&c=AwesomeClientName&f=json

Result

A subsonic-response element with a nested genres element on success.

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "type": "AwesomeServerName",
    "serverVersion": "0.1.3 (tag)",
    "openSubsonic": true,
    "genres": {
      "genre": [
        {
          "songCount": 1,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Punk"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 4,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Dark Ambient"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 6,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Noise"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 11,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Electronica"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 11,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Dance"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 12,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Electronic"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 20,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Hip-Hop"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "genres": {
      "genre": [
        {
          "songCount": 1,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Punk"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 4,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Dark Ambient"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 6,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Noise"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 11,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Electronica"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 11,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Dance"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 12,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Electronic"
        },
        {
          "songCount": 20,
          "albumCount": 1,
          "value": "Hip-Hop"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Field	Type	Req.	OpenS.	Details
`genres`	`genres`	Yes		The genre list

Last modified December 16, 2024: Make old endpoints consistent with OG Subsonic, various bugfixes (#119) (a080a53)