libmpdclient 2.22
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database.h File Reference

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#include <stdbool.h>
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Functions

bool mpd_send_list_all (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
bool mpd_send_list_all_meta (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
bool mpd_send_list_meta (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
bool mpd_send_list_files (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *uri)
 
bool mpd_send_read_comments (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
bool mpd_send_update (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
bool mpd_send_rescan (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
unsigned mpd_recv_update_id (struct mpd_connection *connection)
 
unsigned mpd_run_update (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 
unsigned mpd_run_rescan (struct mpd_connection *connection, const char *path)
 

Detailed Description

Database.

This file declares functions which query or update MPD's music database.

Do not include this header directly. Use mpd/client.h instead.

Definition in file database.h.

Function Documentation

◆ mpd_send_list_all()

bool mpd_send_list_all ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Get a recursive list of all directories, songs and playlist from MPD. They are returned without metadata. This is a rather expensive operation, because the response may be large.

To read the response, you may use mpd_recv_entity().

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathan optional base path for the query
Returns
true on success, false on error

◆ mpd_send_list_all_meta()

bool mpd_send_list_all_meta ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Like mpd_send_list_all(), but return metadata. This operation is even more expensive, because the response is larger. If it is larger than a configurable server-side limit, MPD may disconnect you.

To read the response, you may use mpd_recv_entity().

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathan optional base path for the query
Returns
true on success, false on error

◆ mpd_send_list_meta()

bool mpd_send_list_meta ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Get a list of all directories, songs and playlist in a directory from MPD, including metadata.

To read the response, you may use mpd_recv_entity().

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathan optional directory to be listed
Returns
true on success, false on error

◆ mpd_send_list_files()

bool mpd_send_list_files ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  uri 
)

Lists the contents of the specified directory, including files that are not recognized by MPD (command "listfiles").

To read the response, you may use mpd_recv_entity(). All regular files will be reported as MPD_ENTITY_TYPE_SONG, even if they are not actually songs.

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
urithe directory to be listed
Returns
true on success, false on error
Since
libmpdclient 2.12, MPD 0.19

◆ mpd_send_read_comments()

bool mpd_send_read_comments ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Send "readcomments". Read the "comments" of a song file. This returns key/value pairs which can be read using mpd_recv_pair().

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
paththe relative path of the song file within the music directory or an arbitrary file path starting with file:///
Returns
true on success, false on error
Since
libmpdclient 2.9

◆ mpd_send_update()

bool mpd_send_update ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Instructs MPD to update the music database: find new files, remove deleted files, update modified files.

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathoptional path to update; if NULL, then all of the music directory is updated
Returns
true on success, false on error

◆ mpd_send_rescan()

bool mpd_send_rescan ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Like mpd_send_update(), but also rescans unmodified files.

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathoptional path to update; if NULL, then all of the music directory is updated
Returns
true on success, false on error

◆ mpd_recv_update_id()

unsigned mpd_recv_update_id ( struct mpd_connection connection)

Receives the id of the update job which was submitted by mpd_send_update().

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
Returns
a positive job id on success, 0 on error

◆ mpd_run_update()

unsigned mpd_run_update ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Shortcut for mpd_send_update() and mpd_recv_update_id().

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathoptional path to update; if NULL, then all of the music directory is updated
Returns
a positive job id on success, 0 on error

◆ mpd_run_rescan()

unsigned mpd_run_rescan ( struct mpd_connection connection,
const char *  path 
)

Like mpd_run_update(), but also rescans unmodified files.

Parameters
connectionthe connection to MPD
pathoptional path to update; if NULL, then all of the music directory is updated
Returns
a positive job id on success, 0 on error