fix(jellyfin): support modern authentication

- Use `ApiKey` query parameters and MediaBrowser authorization
- Remove legacy Emby headers and repair leaked media links
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2026-09-20 23:49:53 -07:00
parent 383aed8bad
commit c316ae08c2
13 changed files with 133 additions and 44 deletions
@@ -3174,6 +3174,7 @@ test('Jellyfin metadata cleanup requires both an API key and a stream marker', a
{ filename: 'stream?api_key=secret', leaked: true },
{ filename: '/STREAM?API_KEY=secret', leaked: true },
{ filename: '/Videos/item?api_key=secret', leaked: true },
{ filename: '/Videos/item?ApiKey=secret', leaked: true },
{ filename: 'MediaSourceId=item api key secret', leaked: true },
{ filename: 'An API Key Story', leaked: false },
{ filename: 'api_key=ordinary-metadata', leaked: false },
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ function buildJellyfinStatsMediaPath(mediaPath: string, itemId: string): string
const JELLYFIN_MEDIA_ALIAS_QUERY_KEYS = [
'api_key',
'ApiKey',
'StartTimeTicks',
'AudioStreamIndex',
'SubtitleStreamIndex',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function parseLegacyJellyfinStreamUrl(value: string | null): URL | null {
) {
return null;
}
if (!url.searchParams.has('api_key')) {
if (!url.searchParams.has('api_key') && !url.searchParams.has('ApiKey')) {
return null;
}
return url;
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ function repairLeakedJellyfinAnimeTitles(db: DatabaseSync, currentTimestamp: str
SELECT v.canonical_title
FROM imm_videos v
WHERE v.anime_id = a.anime_id
AND v.canonical_title NOT LIKE '%api_key=%'
AND v.canonical_title NOT LIKE '%api_key=%' AND v.canonical_title NOT LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
AND lower(v.canonical_title) NOT LIKE '%api key%'
ORDER BY v.LAST_UPDATE_DATE DESC, v.video_id DESC
LIMIT 1
) AS linked_video_title
FROM imm_anime a
WHERE a.canonical_title LIKE '%api_key=%'
WHERE a.canonical_title LIKE '%api_key=%' OR a.canonical_title LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(a.canonical_title) LIKE '%api key%'
OR lower(a.normalized_title_key) LIKE '%api key%'
`,
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ function repairLeakedJellyfinVideoParseMetadata(
LAST_UPDATE_DATE = ?
WHERE source_type = 2
AND (
parsed_basename LIKE '%api_key=%'
parsed_basename LIKE '%api_key=%' OR parsed_basename LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(parsed_basename) LIKE '%api key%'
OR parsed_title LIKE '%api_key=%'
OR parsed_title LIKE '%api_key=%' OR parsed_title LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(parsed_title) LIKE '%api key%'
OR parse_metadata_json LIKE '%api_key=%'
OR parse_metadata_json LIKE '%api_key=%' OR parse_metadata_json LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(parse_metadata_json) LIKE '%api key%'
)
`,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function repairLeakedJellyfinAnimeParseMetadata(
UPDATE imm_anime
SET metadata_json = NULL, LAST_UPDATE_DATE = ?
WHERE (
metadata_json LIKE '%api_key=%'
metadata_json LIKE '%api_key=%' OR metadata_json LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(metadata_json) LIKE '%api key%'
) AND (
lower(metadata_json) LIKE '%stream?%'
@@ -295,11 +295,11 @@ export function repairJellyfinStreamVideoLinks(db: DatabaseSync): JellyfinLinkRe
FROM imm_videos
WHERE source_type = 2
AND (
video_key LIKE '%api_key=%'
video_key LIKE '%api_key=%' OR video_key LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(video_key) LIKE '%api key%'
OR source_url LIKE '%api_key=%'
OR source_url LIKE '%api_key=%' OR source_url LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(source_url) LIKE '%api key%'
OR canonical_title LIKE '%api_key=%'
OR canonical_title LIKE '%api_key=%' OR canonical_title LIKE '%ApiKey=%'
OR lower(canonical_title) LIKE '%api key%'
)
`,
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test('start posts capabilities on socket connect', async () => {
accessToken: 'token-1',
deviceId: 'device-1',
webSocketFactory: (url) => {
assert.equal(url, 'ws://jellyfin.local:8096/socket?api_key=token-1&deviceId=device-1');
assert.equal(url, 'ws://jellyfin.local:8096/socket?ApiKey=token-1&deviceId=device-1');
const socket = new FakeWebSocket();
sockets.push(socket);
return socket as unknown as any;
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ test('socket headers include jellyfin authorization metadata', () => {
assert.equal(seenHeaders.length, 1);
assert.ok(seenHeaders[0]!['Authorization']!.includes('Client="SubMiner"'));
assert.ok(seenHeaders[0]!['Authorization']!.includes('DeviceId="device-auth"'));
assert.ok(seenHeaders[0]!['X-Emby-Authorization']);
assert.equal('X-Emby-Authorization' in seenHeaders[0]!, false);
assert.equal('X-Emby-Token' in seenHeaders[0]!, false);
});
test('dispatches inbound Play, Playstate, and GeneralCommand messages', () => {
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@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export class JellyfinRemoteSessionService {
const baseUrl = new URL(`${this.serverUrl}/`);
const socketUrl = new URL('/socket', baseUrl);
socketUrl.protocol = baseUrl.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:';
socketUrl.searchParams.set('api_key', this.accessToken);
socketUrl.searchParams.set('ApiKey', this.accessToken);
socketUrl.searchParams.set('deviceId', this.deviceId);
return socketUrl.toString();
}
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ export class JellyfinRemoteSessionService {
private createSocket(url: string): JellyfinRemoteSocket {
const headers: JellyfinRemoteSocketHeaders = {
Authorization: this.authHeader,
'X-Emby-Authorization': this.authHeader,
'X-Emby-Token': this.accessToken,
};
if (this.socketHeadersFactory) {
return this.socketHeadersFactory(url, headers);
@@ -375,8 +373,6 @@ export class JellyfinRemoteSessionService {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
Authorization: this.authHeader,
'X-Emby-Authorization': this.authHeader,
'X-Emby-Token': this.accessToken,
},
});
if (!response.ok) return false;
@@ -398,8 +394,6 @@ export class JellyfinRemoteSessionService {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
Authorization: this.authHeader,
'X-Emby-Authorization': this.authHeader,
'X-Emby-Token': this.accessToken,
},
body: JSON.stringify(payload),
});
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@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ test('resolvePlaybackPlan prefers transcode when directPlayPreferred is disabled
assert.equal(plan.mode, 'transcode');
const url = new URL(plan.url);
assert.match(url.pathname, /\/Videos\/movie-2\/master\.m3u8$/);
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('api_key'), 'token');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('ApiKey'), 'token');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('AudioStreamIndex'), '4');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('StartTimeTicks'), '10000000');
} finally {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ test('listSubtitleTracks returns all subtitle streams with delivery urls', async
IsForced: true,
IsExternal: true,
DeliveryMethod: 'External',
DeliveryUrl: '/Videos/movie-1/ms-1/Subtitles/3/Stream.srt',
DeliveryUrl: '/Videos/movie-1/ms-1/Subtitles/3/Stream.srt?api_key=server-token',
IsExternalUrl: false,
},
{
@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ test('listSubtitleTracks returns all subtitle streams with delivery urls', async
);
assert.equal(
tracks[0]!.deliveryUrl,
'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie-1/ms-1/Subtitles/2/Stream.srt?api_key=token',
'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie-1/ms-1/Subtitles/2/Stream.srt?ApiKey=token',
);
assert.equal(
tracks[1]!.deliveryUrl,
'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie-1/ms-1/Subtitles/3/Stream.srt?api_key=token',
'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie-1/ms-1/Subtitles/3/Stream.srt?ApiKey=token',
);
assert.equal(tracks[2]!.deliveryUrl, 'https://cdn.example.com/subs.srt');
} finally {
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ test('resolvePlaybackPlan reuses server transcoding url and appends missing para
const url = new URL(plan.url);
assert.match(url.pathname, /\/Videos\/movie-4\/master\.m3u8$/);
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('VideoCodec'), 'hevc');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('api_key'), 'token');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('ApiKey'), 'token');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('AudioStreamIndex'), '3');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('SubtitleStreamIndex'), '8');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('StartTimeTicks'), '50000000');
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ test('listSubtitleTracks falls back from PlaybackInfo to item media sources', as
assert.equal(tracks[0]!.index, 11);
assert.equal(
tracks[0]!.deliveryUrl,
'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie-fallback/ms-fallback/Subtitles/11/Stream.srt?api_key=token',
'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie-fallback/ms-fallback/Subtitles/11/Stream.srt?ApiKey=token',
);
} finally {
globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
@@ -789,3 +789,67 @@ test('resolvePlaybackPlan surfaces no-source and no-stream fallback errors', asy
globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
}
});
test('API requests authenticate with the MediaBrowser header only (no legacy X-Emby-Token)', async () => {
const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
const seenHeaders: Headers[] = [];
globalThis.fetch = (async (_input, init) => {
seenHeaders.push(new Headers(init?.headers));
return new Response(JSON.stringify({ Items: [] }), { status: 200 });
}) as typeof fetch;
try {
await listLibraries(
{ serverUrl: 'http://jellyfin.local', accessToken: 'token', userId: 'u1', username: 'kyle' },
clientInfo,
);
assert.equal(seenHeaders.length, 1);
const headers = seenHeaders[0]!;
const authorization = headers.get('authorization') ?? '';
assert.match(authorization, /^MediaBrowser /);
assert.match(authorization, /Token="token"/);
assert.match(authorization, /DeviceId="subminer-test"/);
assert.equal(headers.has('x-emby-token'), false);
assert.equal(headers.has('x-emby-authorization'), false);
} finally {
globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
}
});
test('resolvePlaybackPlan replaces a legacy api_key on the server transcoding url with ApiKey', async () => {
const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
globalThis.fetch = (async () =>
new Response(
JSON.stringify({
Id: 'movie-legacy',
Name: 'Movie Legacy',
MediaSources: [
{
Id: 'ms-legacy',
Container: 'mkv',
SupportsDirectStream: false,
SupportsTranscoding: true,
TranscodingUrl: '/Videos/movie-legacy/master.m3u8?VideoCodec=hevc&api_key=server-token',
},
],
}),
{ status: 200 },
)) as typeof fetch;
try {
const plan = await resolvePlaybackPlan(
{ serverUrl: 'http://jellyfin.local', accessToken: 'token', userId: 'u1', username: 'kyle' },
clientInfo,
{ enabled: true, directPlayPreferred: true },
{ itemId: 'movie-legacy' },
);
assert.equal(plan.mode, 'transcode');
const url = new URL(plan.url);
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('ApiKey'), 'token');
assert.equal(url.searchParams.has('api_key'), false);
assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('VideoCodec'), 'hevc');
} finally {
globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
}
});
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@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ function getErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
return String(error || 'unknown error');
}
// Jellyfin reads query keys case-insensitively and older servers embed the token as
// `api_key` in the URLs they hand back, so drop every spelling before setting the one
// form Jellyfin 12 still accepts with legacy authorization disabled.
function setApiKeyParam(url: URL, accessToken: string): void {
for (const key of [...url.searchParams.keys()]) {
if (/^api_?key$/i.test(key)) url.searchParams.delete(key);
}
url.searchParams.set('ApiKey', accessToken);
}
function resolveDeliveryUrl(
session: JellyfinAuthSession,
stream: JellyfinMediaStream,
@@ -146,9 +156,7 @@ function resolveDeliveryUrl(
if (deliveryUrl) {
if (stream.IsExternalUrl === true) return deliveryUrl;
const resolved = new URL(deliveryUrl, `${session.serverUrl}/`);
if (!resolved.searchParams.has('api_key')) {
resolved.searchParams.set('api_key', session.accessToken);
}
setApiKeyParam(resolved, session.accessToken);
return resolved.toString();
}
@@ -171,9 +179,7 @@ function resolveDeliveryUrl(
`/Videos/${encodeURIComponent(itemId)}/${encodeURIComponent(mediaSourceId)}/Subtitles/${streamIndex}/Stream.${ext}`,
`${session.serverUrl}/`,
);
if (!fallback.searchParams.has('api_key')) {
fallback.searchParams.set('api_key', session.accessToken);
}
setApiKeyParam(fallback, session.accessToken);
return fallback.toString();
}
@@ -197,7 +203,6 @@ async function jellyfinRequestJson<T>(
const headers = new Headers(init.headers ?? {});
headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
headers.set('Authorization', createAuthorizationHeader(client, session.accessToken));
headers.set('X-Emby-Token', session.accessToken);
const response = await fetch(`${session.serverUrl}${path}`, {
...init,
@@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ function createDirectPlayUrl(
): string {
const query = new URLSearchParams({
static: 'true',
api_key: session.accessToken,
ApiKey: session.accessToken,
MediaSourceId: ensureString(mediaSource.Id),
});
if (mediaSource.LiveStreamId) {
@@ -245,9 +250,7 @@ function createTranscodeUrl(
): string {
if (mediaSource.TranscodingUrl) {
const url = new URL(`${session.serverUrl}${mediaSource.TranscodingUrl}`);
if (!url.searchParams.has('api_key')) {
url.searchParams.set('api_key', session.accessToken);
}
setApiKeyParam(url, session.accessToken);
if (!url.searchParams.has('AudioStreamIndex') && plan.audioStreamIndex !== null) {
url.searchParams.set('AudioStreamIndex', String(plan.audioStreamIndex));
}
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ function createTranscodeUrl(
}
const query = new URLSearchParams({
api_key: session.accessToken,
ApiKey: session.accessToken,
MediaSourceId: ensureString(mediaSource.Id),
VideoCodec: ensureString(config.transcodeVideoCodec, 'h264'),
TranscodingContainer: 'ts',