Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors Media Control API

The Media Control API from Tesla Motors — 8 operation(s) for media control.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_toggle_playback Tesla Pause/Play Media #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_next_track Tesla Next Track #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_prev_track Tesla Previous Track #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_next_fav Tesla Next Favorite #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_prev_fav Tesla Previous Favorite #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_volume_up Tesla Volume Up #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_volume_down Tesla Volume Down #
POST /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/adjust_volume Tesla Adjust Volume #

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https://tesla-api.timdorr.com/

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tesla-motors/refs/heads/main/openapi/tesla-motors-media-control-api-openapi.yml

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https://github.com/timdorr/tesla-api

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OpenAPI Specification

tesla-motors-media-control-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Tesla Motors Owner Authentication Media Control API
  description: The Tesla Motors Owner API provides programmatic access to Tesla vehicles for monitoring state data (charge, climate, drive, vehicle config) and executing remote commands (wake up, lock/unlock doors, control climate, manage charging, control trunk, media playback, and more).
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Tesla Developer Support
    url: https://developer.tesla.com
servers:
- url: https://owner-api.teslamotors.com/
  description: Tesla Owner API
tags:
- name: Media Control
paths:
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_toggle_playback:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Pause/Play Media
      description: Pause/Play Media
      operationId: MediaTogglePlayback
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_next_track:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Next Track
      description: Next Track
      operationId: MediaNextTrack
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_prev_track:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Previous Track
      description: Previous Track
      operationId: MediaPrevTrack
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_next_fav:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Next Favorite
      description: Next Favorite
      operationId: MediaNextFavorite
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_prev_fav:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Previous Favorite
      description: Previous Favorite
      operationId: MediaPrevFavorite
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_volume_up:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Volume Up
      description: Volume Up
      operationId: MediaVolumeUp
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/media_volume_down:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Volume Down
      description: Volume Down
      operationId: MediaVolumeDown
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  /api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/command/adjust_volume:
    post:
      tags:
      - Media Control
      summary: Tesla Adjust Volume
      description: Adjust Volume
      operationId: MediaAdjustVolume
      parameters:
      - name: vehicle_id
        in: path
        description: The id of the Vehicle.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdjustVolumeRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        200:
          description: ''
          content:
            application/josn:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
      x-codegen-request-body-name: body
components:
  schemas:
    CommandResponse:
      title: CommandResponse
      required:
      - response
      type: object
      properties:
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            result:
              type: boolean
            reason:
              type: string
          description: ''
    AdjustVolumeRequest:
      title: Adjust Volume request
      type: object
      properties:
        volume:
          type: number
          description: Volume level, from 0-11
          format: int32
          example: 1