Search and add an artist

# 1. Look up artist (returns MusicBrainz results)
curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/artist/lookup?term=David+Bowie" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" | python3 -c "
import sys,json
results = json.load(sys.stdin)
for a in results[:5]:
    print(a.get('artistName'), '| foreignArtistId:', a.get('foreignArtistId'))
"

# 2. Get quality/metadata profiles and root folders
curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/qualityprofile" -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY"
curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/metadataprofile" -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY"
curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/rootfolder" -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY"

# 3. Add the artist
curl -s -X POST "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/artist" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"foreignArtistId":"<id>","artistName":"David Bowie","qualityProfileId":1,"metadataProfileId":1,"rootFolderPath":"/music","monitored":true,"addOptions":{"monitor":"all","searchForMissingAlbums":true}}'

Search and add an album

# 1. Look up album
curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/album/lookup?term=Ziggy+Stardust" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" | python3 -c "
import sys,json
results = json.load(sys.stdin)
for a in results[:5]:
    print(a.get('title'), '—', a.get('artist',{}).get('artistName'), '| foreignAlbumId:', a.get('foreignAlbumId'))
"

# 2. Add the album (artist must already be in Lidarr)
curl -s -X POST "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/album" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"foreignAlbumId":"<id>","monitored":true,"addOptions":{"searchForNewAlbum":true}}'

Check wanted/missing albums

curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/wanted/missing?pageSize=20" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" | python3 -c "
import sys,json
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
for a in d.get('records',[]):
    print(a.get('title'), '—', a.get('artist',{}).get('artistName'), '(', a.get('releaseDate','?')[:4], ')')
"

Trigger search for all missing albums

curl -s -X POST "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/command" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"MissingAlbumSearch"}'

Check download queue

curl -s "$LIDARR_URL/api/v1/queue" -H "X-Api-Key: $LIDARR_KEY" | python3 -c "
import sys,json
q = json.load(sys.stdin)
for item in q.get('records',[]):
    print(item.get('title'), '|', item.get('status'), '|', item.get('timeleft','?'))
"

Credentials

Store API key at ~/clawd/credentials/lidarr_api_key (single line, no newline). Load with: LIDARR_KEY=$(cat /path/to/lidarr_api_key)

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