MuPiBox Media DB

Manage the MuPiBox media database (data.json) via the backend API.

Requirements

• Access to a running MuPiBox backend instance (MuPiBox host is often http://mupibox/, API for this script defaults to http://mupibox:8200; override with --base-url)
• Python 3
• Bundled script available at ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py

API basics

• Read: GET /api/data
• Write: POST /api/add, POST /api/edit, POST /api/delete

Example commands

Script path: ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py. Default API endpoint is http://mupibox:8200 (override with --base-url).

# Show list
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> list --limit 30

# Filter (for example spotify + music)
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> list --type spotify --category music --limit 100

# Manual backup
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> backup

Add entries

# 1) Raw JSON
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> add \
  --json '{"type":"spotify","category":"audiobook","artist":"Example Artist","id":"SPOTIFY_ID"}'

# 2) Spotify URL with automatic ID extraction
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> add \
  --type spotify --category audiobook --artist "Example Artist" \
  --spotify-url "https://open.spotify.com/album/SPOTIFY_ID"

Remove entries

# By index
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> remove --index 42

# By Spotify ID
python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> remove --spotify-id SPOTIFY_ID

Move / reorder

python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> move --from 20 --to 3

Update fields

python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> set --index 10 \
  --field artist="New Artist" \
  --field category="audiobook" \
  --field shuffle=true

--field accepts JSON values (true, false, numbers, strings).

Restore

python3 ./scripts/mupibox_media_manager.py --base-url <BASE_URL> restore \
  --file ~/.mupibox-db-backups/data-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-before-add.json

Agent workflow

• For add: resolve missing IDs/metadata first, then add.
• For remove: identify entry via list first, then remove.
• For move: confirm target positions, then move.
• Verify changes using list.

Quality checks for Spotify audiobooks

• Prefer album IDs over playlist IDs (unless playlists are explicitly requested).
• Avoid box sets/compilations when a single canonical release is intended.
• Choose consistent versions when duplicates exist.
• Ask for clarification if uncertain instead of adding blindly.

Safety

• No external side effects outside the MuPiBox API.
• The bundled script creates a local backup before mutations.
• Restore only from trusted backup files.
• On failure, report the latest backup file.