Add movie to collection with C#

[jelum 17]

How I can add a movie to a collection using C#?

I'm developing a plugin and want to be able to add a movie to a newly created collection during, for example, Refresh Metadata/Identify action.

I tried:

QueryResult<BaseItem> collections = _libraryManager.QueryItems(new InternalItemsQuery()
{
    IncludeItemTypes = new[] { "collections", "Boxset" },
    Name = collectionName
});
// one collection item found
  
if (movieItem.AddCollection((BoxSet)collections.Items[0]))
{
  // once with UpdateToRepository, once without
  movieItem.UpdateToRepository(ItemUpdateType.None);
  // movieItem.UpdateToRepository(ItemUpdateType.MetadataEdit);
}

and this:

_collectionManager.AddToCollection(newCollection.InternalId, internalIdMovieItemsArray);

During the action, I can add another movie to the newly created collection, but not the one I'm currently updating.

 

How I can add a movie to a collection using C#?

 

[Luke 37133]

HI, where are you calling this from?

[jelum 17]

Hi,

As part of class implements IRemoteMetadataProvider<Movie, MovieInfo> interface from method Task<IEnumerable<RemoteSearchResult>> GetSearchResults(MovieInfo, CancellationToken)

[Luke 37133]

OK so you need to do two things:

• Use item.AddCollection from inside the metadata provider
• Have the provider also implement IHasMetadataFeatures

[jelum 17]

Thanks, I'll try

[jelum 17]

Didn't work.

Provider:

public class KpMovieProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Movie, MovieInfo>, IHasMetadataFeatures
{
    public MetadataFeatures[] Features => new[] { MetadataFeatures.Collections, MetadataFeatures.Adult, MetadataFeatures.RequiredSetup };

    ...
  
    public async Task<MetadataResult<Movie>> GetMetadata(MovieInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
       return await KinopoiskRuServiceFactory.GetService().GetMetadata(info, cancellationToken);
    }
}

Inside GetMetadata:

public async Task<MetadataResult<Movie>> GetMetadata(MovieInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
	Movie toReturn;
	...
	QueryResult<BaseItem> collections = _libraryManager.QueryItems(new InternalItemsQuery()
	{
		IncludeItemTypes = new[] { "collections", "Boxset" },
		Name = collectionName
	});
	var isAdded = toReturn.AddCollection((BoxSet)collections.Items[0]);
	// iAdded is true
	...
}

In another execution after "AddCollection" tried to use the following methods:

// this
toReturn.UpdateToRepository(ItemUpdateType.MetadataEdit);

// or this
toReturn.UpdateToRepository(ItemUpdateType.None);

 

[jelum 17]

any ideas?

[Luke 37133]

Did you enable importing collections in your library options? I'd probably also set the min collection size to 1 to make this easier to test.

[jelum 17]

It worked. thank you!

[mickle026 401]

I can add a collection via a local metadata provider by simply putting  item.addCollection(stringName) to the Movie item and it builds the collection.  This is fine.

However, when doing the same thing by private Task<MetadataResult<Movie>> the collection doesn't create or build.

So my movies have the line  metadataResult.Item.AddCollection(CollectionName); and HasMetadata=true.  It adds everything else, so I believe something needs setting to import collections to set it true. @mickle026

metadataResult.Item.AddCollection(newCollection);
LogToMyFile(MyLog, DateTime.Now.ToString("dd.MMM.yyy  -  HH'.'mm'.'ss") + $" metadataResult.Item.SupportsCollections={metadataResult.Item.SupportsCollections}");
                   

and this logs that they are supported

23.May.2023  -  16.00.49 metadataResult.Item.SupportsCollections=True

I see that MovieDB when checked as a library provider adds some config to the Library Edit screen,

I have included in my Provider a BoxSet Interface with the Same ProviderName, but I have nothing - it doesn't enter this ??

What do I need to do to enable collections to build for my remote provider?

 

For My Provider

And for TMDB extra config that I do not have

 

 

 

[mickle026 401]

Thank you

Simply these

IHasMetadataFeatures

public MetadataFeatures[] Features => new[] { MetadataFeatures.Collections, MetadataFeatures.Adult };

without the IHasMetadataFeatures, getting the library options and setting them killed ALL metadataproviders for all libraries from appearing in the Library Edit!

var libopt = libraryManager.GetLibraryOptions(metadataResult.Item);
libopt.ImportCollections = true;
libopt.MinCollectionItems = 2;

ie, doing the above without IHasMetadataFeatures completely knocks out all providers for all libraries