Expose settings page for users

[michaelBelsanti]

I'm not familiar with plugin development for jellyfin. Is it possible for a plugin like this to allow users to configure it themselves? Would be great to not have to configure this manually for every user who wants it.

[vosmiic]

Unfortunately not, the plugin settings page is only available to admins. The best that we could do is expose some API endpoints, but I'm not sure how authentication would be handled.

[Zenrac]

I coded some user routes, and using Paradox's Plugin Pages, I now have a pretty stable and working user-side configuration.

So far, I’ve only tested it with Anilist (there’s a chance that some providers, like Kitsu, may not work yet).

I may do a PR when it’s ready, but I still have a few points to address:

• Is it secure enough to check for user claims (inspired by Jellyfin.Api)?
• Is it okay to duplicate routes (one for the plugin side, one for the user)?
• Is it okay to create a dependency on another plugin (we should check if it still works without it)?

What do you think, @vosmiic?

[vosmiic]

@Zenrac sounds good, didn't know plugins like that existed.

Is it secure enough to check for user claims (inspired by Jellyfin.Api)?

Yes, it should be. That should hold the currently logged in user's information.

Is it okay to duplicate routes (one for the plugin side, one for the user)?

If it makes it easier to implement, sure. As long a we use common functions the maintainability shouldn't be too effected.

Is it okay to create a dependency on another plugin (we should check if it still works without it)?

It would be best if it could be optional. I'm not too fond of relying on another plugin for core functionality.

If you do decide to make a PR feel free to open a draft PR if you run into any issues and I might be able to help you out.

[Zenrac]

Created #204

It's in a decent state, not perfect but enough to be strong foundations imo

[thd14]

Hi, I was wondering about this exact thing and thought it wasn’t possible, but this sounds very promising. I’m really looking forward to having this feature available.

[Zenrac]

Hello,

This got merged and it's now available in Version 4.0b (pre-release)

[thd14]

Hi,
I just upgraded to 4.0b and didn’t realize it had already been implemented. I’ll set it up now. Thanks a lot for the information!

[thd14]

Got it working and it’s very nice! Great job to everyone who worked on this.

[Zenrac]

Glad you like it ! 👍