# API and compilations

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-and-compilations/931724>\
**Category:** Apps & Creations\
**Tags:** server-synology, plexamp\
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-and-compilations/931724 "2025-09-25T04:00:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Casafox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Casafox](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Casafox)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-and-compilations/931724/1 "2025-09-25T04:00:42Z")

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So, looking at API tools, my first question is, can we develop an API that will help clean up how music compilation albums presenton Plex? I would love to be able to see both the album appear as a standalone item in a single storage folder ,AND when I look at an artist, I see their contributions to a compilation. Also, to give the compilation an album artist title that doesn’t default to Various artists.

It seems like the data is there and approachable, but not as a single tool or get put.

thoughts?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-and-compilations/931724/2 "2025-09-25T09:28:08Z")

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This is not an API issue. It is rooted in the principal organization of the Plex database. Before the Database is not restructured, it cannot do what you want.