Aymeric Guillien
--- a/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+++ b/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+end
+
+local function get_genre_artists(get)
+    local genreId = get['genreId']
+    if not genreId then
+        return wrap_result(400, "Missing genreId" )
+    end
+    local artists = vlc.ml.genre_artists(genreId, get)
+    return wrap_result(200, artists)
+end
+
+local function wrap_thumbnail(thumbMrl)
+    if not thumbMrl then
+        return wrap_result(404, "Thumbnail not found")
+    end
+    filename = vlc.strings.make_path(thumbMrl)
--- a/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+++ b/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+    end
+    local artists = vlc.ml.genre_artists(genreId, get)
+    return wrap_result(200, artists)
+end
+
+local function wrap_thumbnail(thumbMrl)
+    if not thumbMrl then
+        return wrap_result(404, "Thumbnail not found")
+    end
+    filename = vlc.strings.make_path(thumbMrl)
+    local windowsdrive = string.match(filename, "^/%a:/.+$")  --match windows drive letter
+    if windowsdrive then
+        filename = string.sub(filename, 2)  --remove starting forward slash before the drive letter
+    end
+    local size = vlc.net.stat(filename).size
+    local ext = string.match(filename,"%.([^%.]-)$")
--- a/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+++ b/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+--]==========================================================================]
+
+local medialib = {}
+local dkjson = require ("dkjson")
+
+local function wrap_result(code, content, mime)
+    -- Automatically encode the content in json when the request didn't fail
+    -- and when no mime is provided
+    if code >= 200 and code < 300 and not mime then
+        content = dkjson.encode (content, { indent = true })
--- a/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+++ b/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+
+local medialib = {}
+local dkjson = require ("dkjson")
+
+local function wrap_result(code, content, mime)
+    -- Automatically encode the content in json when the request didn't fail
+    -- and when no mime is provided
+    if code >= 200 and code < 300 and not mime then
+        content = dkjson.encode (content, { indent = true })
+    end
+    if not mime then
+        mime = "text/plain"
+    end
+    local res= "Status: " .. tostring(code) .. "\r\n" ..
+    "Content-Type: " .. mime .. "\r\n" ..
+    "Content-Length: " .. #content ..
--- a/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+++ b/share/lua/intf/modules/medialib.lua 0 → 100644
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+--]==========================================================================]
+
+local medialib = {}
+local dkjson = require ("dkjson")
+
+local function wrap_result(code, content, mime)
+    -- Automatically encode the content in json when the request didn't fail