ApiClient; How to check whether an arbitrary string matches an existing boxset

[Sludge Vohaul 22]

Hello,

 

I am one more time stuck with collection issues.

 

I have an arbitrary string and need to check whether a collection matching this string already exists.

 

Background:

I am working on a "Plex metadata exporter - Emby metadata importer" tool for movies.

In Plex after a movie had been imported and identified, one can add it to one or more (suggested) collections.

These collections seem to consist of the name string only in the preconfigured language, no metadata like imbd  IDs or the like.

So, when I try to import a plex movie object into Emby, I need to check whether a collection matching the name string already exists and create a new one if it doesn't.

 

Example:

The to be imported Plex movie object is in a collection:

All I have is the collection name string: "Boondock Saints Filmreihe" (the "The" is missing, English/German mix)

 

In Emby, there is already a manually created collection:

Path: ".../collections/Der blutige Pfad Gottes Filmreihe [boxset]"

Title: "Der blutige Pfad Gottes Filmreihe"

MovieDB Id: 87186

 

Currently, the tool creates the following new collection in Emby. This is wrong, as the already existing collection should be used:

Path: ".../collections/Boondock Saints Filmreihe [boxset]"

Title: "Der blutige Pfad Gottes Filmreihe"

MovieDB Id: 87186

 

Conclusion:

All I can think of is querying the available movie DBs from the tool and check the IDs, which is quite a lot of work.

Is there any better way?

 

Thanks again,

sv

 

[Luke 37096]

you could try to use the search api to find the collection in the library, although based on your example it won't work in this particular case, but it might for others. failing that i think you will need to use moviedb.

[Sludge Vohaul 22]

Yea, as you said there a cases where a local search does not help.

I'll postpone this topic in the tool...

 

Thanks,

sv