TV Show Lookup

TV Show Lookup

Performs a search on TheMovieDB.org for a TV Show

Stores the Metadata inside the parameter VideoMetadata.

Use Folder Name

If the folder name should be used instead of the filename.

Note if the folder starts with Season/Staffel/Saison/Specials/S[0-9]+ the parent folder will be used.

Language

Optional ISO 639-1 language code used for metadata lookup. If none are specified English will be used.

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Variables

Variable	Description	Type	Example
tvshow.Title	The TV show title	string	The Batman
tvshow.Year	The original year the show aired	number	2004
VideoMetadata	Object containing video metadata	object	see below

Use Folder Name

When selected, the folder name will be used to lookup the TV shows title.

If the title contains Season, Staffel, Saison, Specials then the parent folder will be used.

Path	Show Name
/media/tv/Batman/Specials/Batman - 0x24.mkv	Batman
/media/tv/Batman/Season 2/Batman - 2x24.mkv	Batman
/media/tv/Batman/Staffel 2/Batman - 2x24.mkv	Batman
/media/tv/Batman/Saison 2/Batman - 2x24.mkv	Batman
/media/tv/Batman/Batman - 2x24.mkv	Batman

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Outputs

1. TV Show found
2. TV Show not found

VideoMetadata

    // the video title
    Title:string;
    // the video description 
    Description:string;
    // the year the tv show first aired
    Year:int;
    // the full date the tv show first aired
    ReleaseDate:DateTime;
    // a file path to the tv shows's art, e.g. a poster
    ArtJpeg:string;
    // the original language of the tv show
    OriginalLanguage:string;
    // a list of genres for this tv show
    Genres:string[];

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Example Function

var tvInfo = Variables.VideoMetadata;

if(!tvInfo)
{
    Logger.WLog('Failed to get TV metadata');
    return 2;
}

if(tvInfo.OriginalLanguage === 'en')
{
    Logger.ILog('Its english')
    return 1;
}

return 2;