c# how do you get series name from episode

[mickle026 401]

I have an episode and its id, how do i get the series name that it belongs to?

 

I tried casting (Series)Episode and I get invalid cast exception.  I have cast to Video, but still cannot find how to get the series name. 
If I getParents() I get root TV <SeriesName> Season Episode.mkv it seems to me to be getting the folders from root.  With this method I cannot guarantee that I have the series name each time its required.

                var EpisodeID = libraryManager.GetItemById(eachEpisode);
                var EpisodePath = libraryManager.GetItemById(eachEpisode).Path;
                var EpisodeName = libraryManager.GetItemById(eachEpisode).Name;

                var Ep = (Video)EpisodeID;  // cast to video type, series type fails with invalid cast.
                var S = Ep.ParentIndexNumber; // Season number ie S01 will return just 1
                var E = Ep.IndexNumber; // Episode number as item above
                var ProductionYear = Ep.ProductionYear;
                var SeasonName = Ep.Parent.Name;  // this is the season/series folder if there is one
                var FolderName = Ep.Parent.Parent.Name;  // this is the folder name above the season/series folder if there is one
                var SeasonEpisodeSE = $"S{S}E{E}"; // if they exist!!
                var ParentName = Ep.GetTopParent().Name; // this is the TV folder
                var TVshowParentName = Ep.GetParents(); // gets each folder from /root /TV /Series Name /Season / etc

Is there an easier way to get this information?  I only need the series name and year.

 

Many thanks

Edited February 22, 2022 by mickle026

[pünktchen 1258]

Ep.DisplayParent.DisplayParent.InternalId

Works even without a season folder.

[mickle026 401]

Thank you very much ,

Seems along with Ep.DisplayParent.DisplayParent.ProductionYear I can detect the correct folder now

and Ep.Parent.ProductionYear will give me the year for each Season if in season folders or Ep.DisplayParent.ProductionYear even if they are not.

It was DisplayParent that I needed.  Many thanks!

[chef 3746]

Are you casting to "Video"?

You want BaseItem data

Here:

                var seriesInternalItemQuery = new InternalItemsQuery()
                {
                    Recursive = true,
                    IncludeItemTypes = new[] { "Series" },
                    User = UserManager.Users.FirstOrDefault(user => user.Policy.IsAdministrator)
                };

                var seriesQuery = LibraryManager.QueryItems(seriesInternalItemQuery);
                
                foreach(var series in seriesQuery.Items)
                {
                    //"series" is the BaseItem
                    //series.Name
                    
                }

This can also be done using any type in "IncludeItemTypes"

"Episode", "Series", "Season"

 

or you can put them all in and request everything

                var itemQuery = new InternalItemsQuery()
                {
                    Recursive = true,
                    IncludeItemTypes = new[] { "Series", "Season", "Episode }, //nameof(Series), nameof(Season), nameof(Episode)
                    User = UserManager.Users.FirstOrDefault(user => user.Policy.IsAdministrator)
                };

 

Episode, Season, and Series are types, but they all inherit from BaseItem.

 

let me know how to get on. 

Edited February 23, 2022 by chef

[chef 3746]

Ops! Just realized you ask how to the series from an episode. Sorry about that.

there are two ways.

First get the Episode:

                var itemQuery = new InternalItemsQuery()
                {
                    Recursive = true,
                    IncludeItemTypes = new[] { nameof(Episode) }, 
                    User = UserManager.Users.FirstOrDefault(user => user.Policy.IsAdministrator)
                };
                foreach(var episode in episodeQuery.Items)
                {
                    if(episode.Name == "The episode I want") //or I know the episode.InternalId:  (episode.InternalId == myepisodeInternalId)
                    {
                        //Series Name
                        var series = episode.Parent.Parent;
                        var seriesName = series.Name;

                        //Or
                        var seriesId = episode.SeriesId;
                        var series = LibraryManager.GetItemById(seriesId);
                        var seriesName = series.Name;
                    }
                }

 

[mickle026 401]

This was the method I was originally trying

 var series = episode.Parent.Parent;

However, in some cases depending on the file structure it was giving me wrong information, it was giving me folder names. (might be as below when an episode doesnt belong to a series/unidentified)

var seriesId = episode.SeriesId;
var series = LibraryManager.GetItemById(seriesId);
var seriesName = series.Name;

This is more likey going to do it ,with the internal items query.  Thankyou

However , the method by pünktchen also works.

var Ep = (Video)EpisodeID;  
Ep.DisplayParent.DisplayParent.Name;

All of them throw exception when the Episode doesn't belong to a series, such as a standup comedy sketch (segment) from a tv program , that hasn't identified as belonging to a series.
The excpetion being thrown was difficult to debug, because it was one of them (WTF? errors) object not set to reference but doesn't tell you anything more,  but I got there with a try..catch..

try { ParentName = Ep.DisplayParent.DisplayParent.Name; }
                catch
                { // Log the error }

Thanks for this, It'll help everyone now its actually in text on here.
 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2022 by mickle026