From 3e6aa54a8c5d5ab927ca2707f0c0088009c29816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wendell Jones <wpjonesnh@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:10:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Windows startup config and Jellyfin API test script

Added startup.json with Windows-specific default paths and documentation for Jellyfin configuration. Introduced test_api.py, a Python script to authenticate with Jellyfin, create a backup, and list backups using the REST API.
---
 Jellyfin.Server/startup.json | 14 ++++++++++
 test_api.py                  | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Jellyfin.Server/startup.json
 create mode 100644 test_api.py

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/startup.json b/Jellyfin.Server/startup.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f832195b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/startup.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "Jellyfin Startup Configuration - Windows defaults - using C:/ProgramData/jellyfin",
+  "_note": "These paths will be used unless overridden by environment variables or command-line arguments",
+  "_priority": "Command-line args \u003E Environment variables \u003E This file \u003E Built-in defaults",
+  "_examples": "See startup.linux.json or startup.windows.json in Resources/Configuration for other OS examples",
+  "Paths": {
+    "DataDir": "C:/ProgramData/jellyfin",
+    "ConfigDir": "C:/ProgramData/jellyfin",
+    "CacheDir": "C:/ProgramData/jellyfin/cache",
+    "LogDir": "C:/ProgramData/jellyfin/log",
+    "TempDir": "C:\\Users\\wjones\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\jellyfin",
+    "WebDir": "C:/ProgramData/jellyfin/wwwroot"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_api.py b/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f94c89c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import requests
+
+# Define connection details
+server_url = 'http://localhost:8096'
+username = 'admin'
+password = 'Optimus0329'
+
+backup_options = {
+    "Database": True,      # Include database
+    "Config": True,        # Include config files
+    "Data": True,          # Include data files
+    "Root": True,          # Include root folder
+    "MediaFiles": False    # Exclude media files
+}
+
+# Build json payload with auth data
+auth_data = {
+    'username': username,
+    'Pw': password
+}
+
+headers = {}
+
+# Build required connection headers
+authorization = 'MediaBrowser Client="other", Device="my-script", DeviceId="some-unique-id", Version="0.0.0"'
+
+headers['Authorization'] = authorization
+
+# Authenticate to server
+r = requests.post(server_url + '/Users/AuthenticateByName', headers=headers, json=auth_data)
+
+# Retrieve auth token and user id from returned data
+token = r.json().get('AccessToken')
+user_id = r.json().get('User').get('Id')
+
+# Update the headers to include the auth token
+headers['Authorization'] = f'{authorization}, Token="{token}"'
+headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
+
+# Requests can be made with
+#requests.get(f'{server_url}/api/endpoint', headers=headers)
+
+# Create a backup (empty body is OK, will use default options)
+print("Creating backup...")
+response = requests.post(f'{server_url}/Backup/Create', headers=headers, json={})
+print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
+print(response.text)
+
+# List all backups
+print("\nListing backups...")
+response = requests.get(f'{server_url}/Backup', headers=headers)
+print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
+print(response.text)