navidrome/plugins/capabilities/metadata_agent.go
Deluan Quintão 0a55cc8caf
docs(plugins): document how a metadata agent signals "not found" (#6001)
A MetadataAgent plugin reports "I have no data for this item" by returning an empty response
with a nil error. Any error it returns instead is treated as a plugin fault and retried with
backoff. That rule was not documented anywhere, so an author naturally returns an error for a
missing item, and Navidrome then retries every item the plugin's source does not cover.

This is not hypothetical: the artist-nfo-metadata plugin returned an error for every artist
without an artist.nfo, which kept those artists in the artwork retry queue for hours and
tripped the artwork circuit breaker for the plugin as a whole.

Document the rule on the capability interface, which ndpgen copies into the Go PDK, and in the
MetadataAgent section of the plugin README.
2026-08-20 22:48:26 -04:00

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package capabilities
import "github.com/navidrome/navidrome/plugins/types"
// MetadataAgent provides artist and album metadata retrieval.
// This capability allows plugins to provide external metadata for artists and albums,
// such as biographies, images, similar artists, and top songs.
//
// Plugins implementing this capability can choose which methods to implement.
// Each method is optional - plugins only need to provide the functionality they support.
//
// To say "no data for this item", return a nil response and a nil error. Return an error only when
// the plugin itself failed, because Navidrome retries failed calls with backoff.
//
//nd:capability name=metadata
type MetadataAgent interface {
// GetArtistMBID retrieves the MusicBrainz ID for an artist.
//nd:export name=nd_get_artist_mbid
GetArtistMBID(ArtistMBIDRequest) (*ArtistMBIDResponse, error)
// GetArtistURL retrieves the external URL for an artist.
//nd:export name=nd_get_artist_url
GetArtistURL(ArtistRequest) (*ArtistURLResponse, error)
// GetArtistBiography retrieves the biography for an artist.
//nd:export name=nd_get_artist_biography
GetArtistBiography(ArtistRequest) (*ArtistBiographyResponse, error)
// GetSimilarArtists retrieves similar artists for a given artist.
//nd:export name=nd_get_similar_artists
GetSimilarArtists(SimilarArtistsRequest) (*SimilarArtistsResponse, error)
// GetArtistImages retrieves images for an artist.
//nd:export name=nd_get_artist_images
GetArtistImages(ArtistRequest) (*ArtistImagesResponse, error)
// GetArtistTopSongs retrieves top songs for an artist.
//nd:export name=nd_get_artist_top_songs
GetArtistTopSongs(TopSongsRequest) (*TopSongsResponse, error)
// GetAlbumInfo retrieves album information.
//nd:export name=nd_get_album_info
GetAlbumInfo(AlbumRequest) (*AlbumInfoResponse, error)
// GetAlbumImages retrieves images for an album.
//nd:export name=nd_get_album_images
GetAlbumImages(AlbumRequest) (*AlbumImagesResponse, error)
// GetSimilarSongsByTrack retrieves songs similar to a specific track.
//nd:export name=nd_get_similar_songs_by_track
GetSimilarSongsByTrack(SimilarSongsByTrackRequest) (*SimilarSongsResponse, error)
// GetSimilarSongsByAlbum retrieves songs similar to tracks on an album.
//nd:export name=nd_get_similar_songs_by_album
GetSimilarSongsByAlbum(SimilarSongsByAlbumRequest) (*SimilarSongsResponse, error)
// GetSimilarSongsByArtist retrieves songs similar to an artist's catalog.
//nd:export name=nd_get_similar_songs_by_artist
GetSimilarSongsByArtist(SimilarSongsByArtistRequest) (*SimilarSongsResponse, error)
}
// ArtistMBIDRequest is the request for GetArtistMBID.
type ArtistMBIDRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome artist ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the artist name.
Name string `json:"name"`
}
// ArtistMBIDResponse is the response for GetArtistMBID.
type ArtistMBIDResponse struct {
// MBID is the MusicBrainz ID for the artist.
MBID string `json:"mbid"`
}
// ArtistRequest is the common request for artist-related functions.
type ArtistRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome artist ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the artist name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz ID for the artist (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
}
// ArtistURLResponse is the response for GetArtistURL.
type ArtistURLResponse struct {
// URL is the external URL for the artist.
URL string `json:"url"`
}
// ArtistBiographyResponse is the response for GetArtistBiography.
type ArtistBiographyResponse struct {
// Biography is the artist biography text.
Biography string `json:"biography"`
}
// SimilarArtistsRequest is the request for GetSimilarArtists.
type SimilarArtistsRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome artist ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the artist name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz ID for the artist (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
// Limit is the maximum number of similar artists to return.
Limit int32 `json:"limit"`
}
// Deprecated: use types.ArtistRef.
type ArtistRef = types.ArtistRef
// SimilarArtistsResponse is the response for GetSimilarArtists.
type SimilarArtistsResponse struct {
// Artists is the list of similar artists.
Artists []types.ArtistRef `json:"artists"`
}
// ImageInfo represents an image with URL and size.
type ImageInfo struct {
// URL is the URL of the image.
URL string `json:"url"`
// Size is the size of the image in pixels (width or height).
Size int32 `json:"size"`
}
// ArtistImagesResponse is the response for GetArtistImages.
type ArtistImagesResponse struct {
// Images is the list of artist images.
Images []ImageInfo `json:"images"`
}
// TopSongsRequest is the request for GetArtistTopSongs.
type TopSongsRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome artist ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the artist name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz ID for the artist (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
// Count is the maximum number of top songs to return.
Count int32 `json:"count"`
}
// Deprecated: use types.SongRef.
type SongRef = types.SongRef
// TopSongsResponse is the response for GetArtistTopSongs.
type TopSongsResponse struct {
// Songs is the list of top songs.
Songs []types.SongRef `json:"songs"`
}
// AlbumRequest is the common request for album-related functions.
type AlbumRequest struct {
// Name is the album name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// Artist is the album artist name.
Artist string `json:"artist"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz ID for the album (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
}
// AlbumInfoResponse is the response for GetAlbumInfo.
type AlbumInfoResponse struct {
// Name is the album name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz ID for the album.
MBID string `json:"mbid"`
// Description is the album description/notes.
Description string `json:"description"`
// URL is the external URL for the album.
URL string `json:"url"`
}
// AlbumImagesResponse is the response for GetAlbumImages.
type AlbumImagesResponse struct {
// Images is the list of album images.
Images []ImageInfo `json:"images"`
}
// SimilarSongsByTrackRequest is the request for GetSimilarSongsByTrack.
type SimilarSongsByTrackRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome mediafile ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the track title.
Name string `json:"name"`
// Artist is the artist name.
Artist string `json:"artist"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz recording ID (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
// Count is the maximum number of similar songs to return.
Count int32 `json:"count"`
}
// SimilarSongsByAlbumRequest is the request for GetSimilarSongsByAlbum.
type SimilarSongsByAlbumRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome album ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the album name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// Artist is the album artist name.
Artist string `json:"artist"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz release ID (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
// Count is the maximum number of similar songs to return.
Count int32 `json:"count"`
}
// SimilarSongsByArtistRequest is the request for GetSimilarSongsByArtist.
type SimilarSongsByArtistRequest struct {
// ID is the internal Navidrome artist ID.
ID string `json:"id"`
// Name is the artist name.
Name string `json:"name"`
// MBID is the MusicBrainz artist ID (if known).
MBID string `json:"mbid,omitempty"`
// Count is the maximum number of similar songs to return.
Count int32 `json:"count"`
}
// SimilarSongsResponse is the response for GetSimilarSongsBy* functions.
type SimilarSongsResponse struct {
// Songs is the list of similar songs.
Songs []types.SongRef `json:"songs"`
}