ApiClient; Getting a boxset's (collection) metadata programmatically

[Sludge Vohaul 22]

Hello,

 

I have programatically created a collection on the server, and would like to fetch it's metadata from the available providers.

 

How do I do that? 

The code which creates the collection is below.

 

Thanks in advance

sv

public async Task<ICollectionIdentifier> CreateCollectionAsync(IEmbyClient client, string collectionName)
{
    var args = new Dictionary<string, string>
    {
        {"IsLocked", "false"},
        {"Name", collectionName},
        {"ParentId", ""},
        {"Ids", ""}
    };
    var collectionCreationResult = await client.PostAsync<CollectionCreationResult>(client.GetApiUrl("Collections"), args);
 
    return new CollectionIdentifier
    {
        Name = collectionName,
        Id = collectionCreationResult.Id,
    };
}

[Luke 37098]

That's all you need to do because the server will look for internet metadata right after creating the collection.

[Sludge Vohaul 22]

Argh, sorry for wasting your time - you were right. My source data had a typo in the collection's name ('asd Fimreihe' instead of 'asd Filmreihe') so there was never a match.

[Luke 37098]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Sludge Vohaul 22]

Just for the sake of completeness:

The automatic retrieval of metadata for a newly created collection seems to be aborted if it is still in progress (has not finished yet) when movies are added to it (i.e. create a collection, add immediately a movie to it -> no metadata).

[Luke 37098]

Why do you think that?

[Sludge Vohaul 22]

That's how it behaves here (3.2.27.0).

I have a code block which creates all the collections, followed by a code block which adds a movie to these created collections.

1. If both blocks are executed, the collection metadata is not updated.

2. If only the first block is executed, the collection metadata is updated.

3. if I add a breakpoint before executing the second block and a wait a little, the collection metadata is updated.

 

It's not a browser cache issue, as the collections do not have a tmdb id in Point 1

Edited September 1, 2017 by Sludge Vohaul