REST-API can't play webradio

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My plan was to start a webradio via the REST-Api.
The API works perfect but i can’t start webradios.
It seems like the playlist names for getting the JSON output of webradios (“radio-favourites” and “my-web-radio”) cant’t be used with the “api/v1/commands/?cmd=playplaylist&name=” request of the API. Or am i doing something wrong and there is another way of starting webradio stations via the api?

Thanks for the help.

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Don’t think so … needs someone to extend the API with a PR.

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Thanks for the answer.
I found a workaround described in this thread: https://forum.volumio.org/add-webradio-playlist-t7023.html
Toni0 suggests adding the webradio station to the queue and then saving the queue to a playlist wich then could be played via the REST API.

This only beeing a workaround maybe i’m going to post a feature request.

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Maybe you can’t start a volumio webradio, but i found out that it’s possible to play a webradio url via the API

using the url volumio.local/api/v1/replaceAndPlay

and then posting the data, in this case for wefunkradio :slight_smile:

{ "service": "webradio", "type": "webradio", "title": "WEFUNK", "uri": "http://s-09.wefunkradio.com:81/wefunk64.mp3" }