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Autoscan

Autoscan is an improved method of updating your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby libraries by the use of webhooks sent from the Connect feature within Sonarr and Radarr. More information can be found here: https://github.com/Cloudbox/autoscan

Prerequisite

Autoscan will use a token to gain access to your media server application to perform its update functions.

Plex Token

Jellyfin API Token

  • To create your Jellyfin API token for autoscan first navigate to your Jellyfin menu

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  • Next select the Jellyfin Dashboard menu

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  • Then select API Keys in the Advanced dashboard menu

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  • Fom here you will need to click the + button to create a new API token

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  • Name your API Key and save it using the Save button

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  • Finally, from here you will see your API Key to copy and save so that you may enter it when prompted by the autoscan installer script

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Emby API Token

  • To create your Emby API token for autoscan first navigate to your Emby admin menu

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  • Then select API Keys in the Advanced menu section

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  • From here select the New Api Key button

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  • Name your API Key and save it using the Save button

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  • Finally, from here you will see your API Key to copy and save so that you may enter it when prompted by the autoscan installer script

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Installation

  • Login to your service via SSH
  • Execute the following command to install autoscan:
bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ultraseedbox/UltraSeedbox-Scripts/master/autoscan/autoscan-install.sh)

    Adding
  • Webhooks to Sonarr and Radarr

    • After successfully installing autoscan via the script you will see the two Webhook URLs shown that are needed to add to your Sonarr and Radarr instances

    Sonarr:

    • Sonarr: Navigate to `Settings >> + >> Webhook
      Name: autoscan
On Grab: NO
On Import: YES
On Upgrade: YES
On Rename: YES
On Series Delete: YES
On Episode File Delete: YES
On Episode File Delete For Upgrade: YES
On Health Issue: NO
On Application Update: NO
URL: (as shown in SSH terminal per autoscan installer script output)
Method: POST
Username: (as entered per autoscan installer script prompts)
Password: (as entered per autoscan installer script prompts)
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