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Use the getPlaybackStatus command in the playback namespace get the current playback status (transport state) for the group, such as PLAYBACK_STATE_IDLE, PLAYBACK_STATE_BUFFERING, or PLAYBACK_STATE_PLAYING. See the playbackStatus object for details.

Endpoint

GET

/groups/{groupId}/playback

1	/groups/{groupId}/playback

Request Parameters

There are no request parameters in the body, all of the request parameters are in the header.

This command requires a groupId to determine the target of the command. See the Control documentation for details.

Response

Returns a playbackStatus object representing the state of the group.

If not successful, returns a globalError.

Examples

Response

{
  "playbackState": "PLAYBACK_STATE_BUFFERING",
  "queueVersion": "3",
  "itemId": "abc",
  "positionMillis": 56750,
  "playModes": {
    "repeat": false,
    "repeatOne": false,
    "crossfade": true,
    "shuffle": false
  },
  "availablePlaybackActions": {
    "canSkip": true,
    "canSkipBack": false,
    "canSeek": false,
    "canRepeat": false,
    "canRepeatOne": false,
    "canCrossfade": true,
    "canShuffle": false
  }
}

{

"playbackState": "PLAYBACK_STATE_BUFFERING",

"queueVersion": "3",

"itemId": "abc",

"positionMillis": 56750,

"playModes": {

"repeat": false,

"repeatOne": false,

"crossfade": true,

"shuffle": false

"availablePlaybackActions": {

"canSkip": true,

"canSkipBack": false,

"canSeek": false,

"canRepeat": false,

"canRepeatOne": false,

"canCrossfade": true,

"canShuffle": false

}