Audiobookshelf

Audiobookshelf API

Audiobookshelf API as documented publicly: 58 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 58

POST /api/authorize Get Authorized User and Server Information #
GET /api/backups Get All Backups #
POST /api/backups Create a Backup #
POST /api/backups/upload Upload a Backup #
POST /api/cache/items/purge Purge Items Cache #
POST /api/cache/purge Cache Purge All Cache #
POST /api/feeds Close an RSS Feed #
POST /api/feeds/collection Open an RSS Feed for a Collection #
POST /api/feeds/item POST /api/feeds/item #
POST /api/feeds/series Open an RSS Feed for a Series #
GET /api/filesystem Get All Filesystem Paths #
DELETE /api/items/all DELETE /api/items/all #
POST /api/items/batch/delete POST /api/items/batch/delete #
POST /api/items/batch/get POST /api/items/batch/get #
POST /api/items/batch/quickmatch POST /api/items/batch/quickmatch #
POST /api/items/batch/update POST /api/items/batch/update #
POST /api/items/li_8gch9ve09orgn4fdz8/cover POST /api/items/li_8gch9ve09orgn4fdz8/cover #
DELETE /api/libraries DELETE /api/libraries #
GET /api/libraries Get All Libraries #
PATCH /api/libraries PATCH /api/libraries #
POST /api/libraries POST /api/libraries #
POST /api/libraries/order POST /api/libraries/order #
GET /api/me/items-in-progress GET /api/me/items-in-progress #
GET /api/notificationdata Get Notification Event Data #
GET /api/notifications Get Notification Settings #
PATCH /api/notifications Update Notification Settings #
POST /api/notifications Create a Notification #
DELETE /api/notifications/{id} Delete a Notification #
GET /api/notifications/{id}/test Send Notification Test #
GET /api/notifications/test Fire Test Notification Event #
POST /api/podcasts Create a Podcast #
POST /api/podcasts/feed Get a Podcast's Feed #
POST /api/podcasts/opml Get Podcast Feeds From OPML #
GET /api/search/authors Search for an Author #
GET /api/search/books GET /api/search/books #
POST /api/search/books POST /api/search/books #
GET /api/search/chapters Search for a Book's Chapters #
GET /api/search/covers Search for Covers #
GET /api/search/podcast Search for Podcasts #
POST /api/session/local Sync a Local Session #
POST /api/session/local-all Sync Local Sessions #
GET /api/sessions Get All Sessions #
PATCH /api/settings Update Server Settings #
GET /api/tags Get All Tags #
POST /api/tags/rename Rename a Tag #
DELETE /api/tools/item Cancel an M4B Encode Task #
POST /api/tools/item Encode a Book as M4B #
POST /api/upload Upload Files #
GET /api/users Get All Users #
POST /api/users Create a User #
GET /auth/openid OAuth2 Authorization Request #
GET /auth/openid/mobile-redirect OAuth2 Mobile Redirect #
GET /healthcheck Healthcheck #
POST /init Initialize the Server #
POST /login POST /login #
POST /logout Logout #
GET /ping Ping the Server #
GET /status Check the Server's Status #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/openapi/_ae-authored/audiobookshelf-openapi-generated.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/json-schema/audiobookshelf-post-login-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/json-schema/audiobookshelf-post-api-users-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/json-schema/audiobookshelf-post-api-notifications-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/json-schema/audiobookshelf-get-api-search-chapters-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/json-schema/audiobookshelf-post-api-upload-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/json-schema/audiobookshelf-delete-api-notifications-id-response-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

audiobookshelf-openapi-generated.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Audiobookshelf API
  version: '2026-10-28'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-28: 58 operation(s) read from 1 public documentation page(s) (each operation
    names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Audiobookshelf has published no machine-readable contract that
    the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 4
    documentation: 54
    pages-with-code: 1
    pages-read: 1
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-28'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/audiobookshelf/openapi/_ae-authored/audiobookshelf-openapi-generated.yml