Websocket Notifications

myMPD uses the idle protocol from mpd to detect state changes. These status changes and myMPD changes are broadcasted to all open websocket connections, respecting the partition specificity.

Websocket endpoint: /ws/<partition>

MPD IDLE EVENT MYMPD NOTIFY DESCRIPTION
MPD_IDLE_DATABASE update_database MPD database was updated
MPD_IDLE_STORED_PLAYLIST update_stored_playlist MPD playlist was updated
MPD_IDLE_QUEUE update_queue MPD queue has changed
MPD_IDLE_PLAYER update_state MPD player state has changed
MPD_IDLE_MIXER update_volume MPD volume has changed
MPD_IDLE_OUTPUT update_outputs MPD outputs are changed
MPD_IDLE_OPTIONS update_options MPD playback options are changed
MPD_IDLE_UPDATE update_started MPD database update was started
MPD_IDLE_UPDATE update_finished MPD database update has finished
n/a mpd_connected myMPD connected to MPD
n/a mpd_disconnected myMPD disconnected from MPD
n/a notify General notification
n/a update_home Home icons are changed
n/a update_jukebox Jukebox queue was changed
n/a update_lastplayed Last played list was changed
n/a update_cache_started myMPD cache update is started
n/a update_cache_finished myMPD cache updates has finished

The websocket endpoint accepts following messages:

MESSAGE RESPONSE DESCRIPTION
ping pong Keepalive
id:<number> ok Used to send the jsonrpc Client ID generated for this session