[API Request] Custom playlist image

[maya-doshi]

Type of change

API extension

Proposal description

Spotify, plex and most streaming services allow for custom images for playlists

extend the updatePlaylist endpoint to change the cover of the playlist. getCoverArt for playlist should be unaffected

Backward compatibility impact

None since older clients wont be able to upload images but can still get the new art

Backward compatibility

• No backward compatibility impact.

API details

updatePlaylist could get a new fields customArtUrl and remoteCustomArt (boolean).
I'm not entirely sure how uploading the image straight to the server would work (given the constaints ive seen on the rest of the api)

Security impacts

Bad URL's and blobs could potentially cause issues when the server interacts with them

Potential issues

The potential security issues mentioned above

Alternative solutions

No response

lmk if this is out of scope

[tibequadorian]

I would like to see this for internet radio stations too

[paulijar]

The case of internet radio stations is a bit different as those don't currently support the cover art at all. So the first step would be to have the possibility for the server to provide some cover art for the station, and then it's another (and quite a bit more complex) thing to enable users to change that art from their Subsonic client.