Start the watch folder service
curl --request POST \
--url http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start \
--header 'X-License-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start"
headers = {"X-License-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'X-License-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_PORT => "6699",
CURLOPT_URL => "http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-License-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-License-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start")
.header("X-License-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-License-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "<string>"
}Watch Folders
Start the watch folder service
Starts the background service that monitors watch folders for new media. The service uses the enabled watch-folder configuration already persisted in settings.
POST
/
watch-folders
/
service
/
start
Start the watch folder service
curl --request POST \
--url http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start \
--header 'X-License-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start"
headers = {"X-License-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'X-License-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_PORT => "6699",
CURLOPT_URL => "http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-License-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-License-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start")
.header("X-License-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("http://localhost:6699/api/v1/watch-folders/service/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-License-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "<string>"
}Last modified on July 1, 2026
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