Subsonic API Compatibility

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Supported Subsonic API endpoints

Navidrome is currently compatible with Subsonic API v1.16.1, with some exceptions.

OpenSubsonic extensions are being constantly added. For an up to date list of supported extensions, check here.

This is a (hopefully) up-to-date list of all Subsonic API endpoints implemented in Navidrome. Check the “Notes” column for limitations/missing behavior. Also keep in mind these differences between Navidrome and Subsonic:

Navidrome will not implement any video related functionality, it is focused on Music only
Right now, Navidrome only works with a single Music Library (Music Folder)
There are currently no plans to support browse-by-folder. Endpoints for this functionality (Ex: getIndexes, getMusicDirectory) returns a simulated directory tree, using the format: /Artist/Album/01 - Song.mp3.
Navidrome does not mark songs as played by calls to stream, only when scrobble is called with submission=true
IDs in Navidrome are always strings, normally MD5 hashes or UUIDs. This is important to mention because, even though the Subsonic API schema specifies IDs as strings, some clients insist in converting IDs to integers

System
`ping`
`getLicense`	Always valid ;)

Browsing
`getMusicFolders`	Hardcoded to just one, set with ND_MUSICFOLDER configuration
`getIndexes`	Doesn’t support `shortcuts`, nor direct children
`getMusicDirectory`
`getSong`
`getArtists`
`getArtist`
`getAlbum`
`getGenres`
`getArtistInfo`	Requires Last.fm and Spotify integration
`getArtistInfo2`	Requires Last.fm and Spotify integration
`getAlbumInfo`	Requires Last.fm and Spotify integration
`getAlbumInfo2`	Requires Last.fm and Spotify integration
`getTopSongs`	Requires Last.fm integration
`getSimilarSongs`	Requires Last.fm integration
`getSimilarSongs2`	Requires Last.fm integration

Album/Songs Lists
`getAlbumList`
`getAlbumList2`
`getStarred`
`getStarred2`
`getNowPlaying`
`getRandomSongs`
`getSongsByGenre`

Searching
`search2`	Doesn’t support Lucene queries, only simple auto complete queries
`search3`	Doesn’t support Lucene queries, only simple auto complete queries

Playlists
`getPlaylists`	`username` parameter is not implemented
`getPlaylist`
`createPlaylist`
`updatePlaylist`
`deletePlaylist`

Media Retrieval
`stream`
`download`	Accepts ids for Songs, Albums, Artists and Playlists. Also accepts transcoding options similar to `stream`
`getCoverArt`
`getLyrics`	Currently only works with embedded lyrics
`getAvatar`	If Gravatar is enabled and the user has an email, returns a redirect to their Gravatar. Or else returns a placeholder

Media Annotation
`star`
`unstar`
`setRating`
`scrobble`

Bookmarks
`getBookmarks`
`createBookmark`
`deleteBookmark`
`getPlayQueue`	`current` is a string id, not `int` as it shows in the official Subsonic API documentation
`savePlayQueue`

Sharing (if `EnableSharing` is `true`)
`getShares`
`createShare`
`updateShare`
`deleteShare`

Internet radio
`getInternetRadioStations`
`createInternetRadioStation`
`updateInternetRadioStation`
`deleteInternetRadioStation`

User Management
`getUser`	Hardcoded all roles. Ignores `username` parameter, and returns the user identified in the authentication
`getUsers`	Returns only the user identified in the authentication

Media library scanning
`getScanStatus`	Also returns the extra fields `lastScan` and `folderCount`
`startScan`	Accepts an extra `fullScan` boolean param, to force a full scan

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Last modified March 9, 2025: Update docs to 0.55.0 (#190) (97e3885)