muzicman0 59 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Recently (not sure how long), I have been getting extra spaces in the names of episodes being returned from the API. Below is an example of watched episodes, and what Emby is returning as the info. '^' is the delimiter in the output: "Name"^"ServerId"^"Id"^"Path"^"RunTimeTicks"^"IndexNumber"^"ParentIndexNumber"^"IsFolder"^"Type"^"ParentLogoItemId"^"ParentBackdropItemId"^"ParentBackdropImageTags"^"UserData"^"SeriesName"^"SeriesId"^"SeasonId"^"SeriesPrimaryImageTag"^"SeasonName"^"ImageTags"^"BackdropImageTags"^"ParentLogoImageTag"^"ParentThumbItemId"^"ParentThumbImageTag"^"MediaType"^"Width"^"Height" "Rule 91 "^"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"^"72399"^"nfs://10.3.0.140/RecordedTV/Recorded TV/NCIS/Season 18/NCIS.S18E16.Rule 91.ts"^"37191872780"^"16"^"18"^"False"^"Episode"^"45690"^"45690"^"System.Object[]"^"@{PlaybackPositionTicks=0; PlayCount=1; IsFavorite=False; LastPlayedDate=2021-05-29T14:28:56.0000000+00:00; Played=True}"^"NCIS"^"45690"^"45693"^"f7492a1793e1dfbcce36d02139b0b45b"^"Season 18"^"@{Primary=69c3ea4512c4cbf22dd3f70cb1cd384a}"^"System.Object[]"^"6c2182ea389b0e5a8a81b877234fbf94"^"45690"^"96d27e4774cb03be14184d532ca6ddc9"^"Video"^"1920"^"1080" "Family Matters (2)"^"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"^"72401"^"nfs://10.3.0.140/RecordedTV/Recorded TV/The Flash/Season 07/The Flash.S07E11.Family Matters, Part 2.ts"^"37194758780"^"11"^"7"^"False"^"Episode"^"46000"^"46000"^"System.Object[]"^"@{PlaybackPositionTicks=0; PlayCount=1; IsFavorite=False; LastPlayedDate=2021-05-29T14:28:50.0000000+00:00; Played=True}"^"The Flash (2014)"^"46000"^"46005"^"e465b897a5be181fc8ded717debd2846"^"Season 7"^"@{Primary=6e8cdffe94eced7c096532e9f5b8ec82}"^"System.Object[]"^"abe6fdff60966cac0ce32794175e9f83"^"46000"^"68bbc196075ccad92348f68dbc4873c4"^"Video"^"1920"^"1080" "Family Matters (1)"^"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"^"46320"^"nfs://10.3.0.140/RecordedTV/Recorded TV/The Flash/Season 07/The Flash.S07E10.Family Matters, Part 1.ts"^"37196233550"^"10"^"7"^"False"^"Episode"^"46000"^"46000"^"System.Object[]"^"@{PlaybackPositionTicks=0; PlayCount=1; IsFavorite=False; LastPlayedDate=2021-05-29T14:28:50.0000000+00:00; Played=True}"^"The Flash (2014)"^"46000"^"46005"^"e465b897a5be181fc8ded717debd2846"^"Season 7"^"@{Primary=6d3eb5cfd370d9b6d969f283f6a33e9d}"^"System.Object[]"^"abe6fdff60966cac0ce32794175e9f83"^"46000"^"68bbc196075ccad92348f68dbc4873c4"^"Video"^"1920"^"1080" "Man of Steel"^"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"^"72400"^"nfs://10.3.0.140/RecordedTV/Recorded TV/Superman & Lois/Season 01/Superman & Lois.S01E07.Man of Steel.ts"^"37205519780"^"7"^"1"^"False"^"Episode"^"46313"^"46313"^"System.Object[]"^"@{PlaybackPositionTicks=0; PlayCount=1; IsFavorite=False; LastPlayedDate=2021-05-29T14:28:47.0000000+00:00; Played=True}"^"Superman & Lois"^"46313"^"46318"^"c34b65102af8d2b54faf180444964c71"^"Season 1"^"@{Primary=7633a51ecab4fadea8ccb8693d439271}"^"System.Object[]"^"a32b68e08702c10ca79b44a502a3a5a5"^"46313"^"937b2ea5baf8f1d5a9932f04916244d9"^"Video"^"1920"^"1080" " Broken Trust "^"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"^"46319"^"nfs://10.3.0.140/RecordedTV/Recorded TV/Superman & Lois/Season 01/Superman & Lois.S01E06.Broken Trust.ts"^"35996431670"^"6"^"1"^"False"^"Episode"^"46313"^"46313"^"System.Object[]"^"@{PlaybackPositionTicks=0; PlayCount=1; IsFavorite=False; LastPlayedDate=2021-05-29T14:28:47.0000000+00:00; Played=True}"^"Superman & Lois"^"46313"^"46318"^"c34b65102af8d2b54faf180444964c71"^"Season 1"^"@{Primary=ebe5765368a8baa2161ce992ea172a32}"^"System.Object[]"^"a32b68e08702c10ca79b44a502a3a5a5"^"46313"^"937b2ea5baf8f1d5a9932f04916244d9"^"Video"^"1920"^"1080" It does not happen on every episode, and does not appear to be series dependent. But if you look above, you will see "Rule 91 " and " Broken Trust " have extra spaces (either side of the name). Here is the API request (I left the variables from the script, they should be self explanitory): $embyServerUrl + "/emby/users/" + $User.User.Id + "/items?Fields=width,height,Path&Recursive=true&IncludeItemTypes=Episode&IsPlayed=True&IsMissing=False&ParentId=dfbd84266bb0ba7ec7c4222ea7441f47&SortBy=IndexNumber&SortOrder=Descending" + "&api_key=" + $User.AccessToken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37071 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 That must have come from wherever the episode name came from (internet metadata). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicman0 59 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Not sure how I would check that. Here is a thetvdb.com page: Superman & Lois - Broken Trust - TheTVDB.com. It appears that is where the info came from (same episode synopsis, etc), but I don't know where the extra spaces would have come from. Is there any way to confirm that it is coming from that data? It's not the end of the world, I just edited my script to remove leading and trailing spaces, but it would be nice to know what changed. Never got this before a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37071 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Quote Is there any way to confirm that it is coming from that data? The database doesn't keep a record of where data come from. To really chase down the source you'd have to reproduce it with a new file and look at the activity that occurred when importing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) TVDB you can see it in the cache folder example for Rule 91 Quote <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Episode><id>8398153</id><Combined_episodenumber>16</Combined_episodenumber><Combined_season>18</Combined_season><DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter><DVD_discid></DVD_discid><DVD_episodenumber>16</DVD_episodenumber><DVD_season>18</DVD_season><Director></Director><EpImgFlag></EpImgFlag><EpisodeName>Rule 91 </EpisodeName><EpisodeNumber>16</EpisodeNumber><FirstAired>2021-05-25</FirstAired><GuestStars></GuestStars><IMDB_ID>tt14286674</IMDB_ID><Language>en</Language><Overview>While pursuing a dangerous arms dealer, the team is shocked when Bishop is implicated in an old NSA leak while Gibbs and Marcie realize the killer they've been tracking may be onto them.</Overview><ProductionCode></ProductionCode><Rating>0</Rating><RatingCount>0</RatingCount><SeasonNumber>18</SeasonNumber><Writer></Writer><absolute_number>0</absolute_number><airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season><airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode><airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season><filename></filename><lastupdated>1620477508</lastupdated><seasonid>1873630</seasonid><seriesid>72108</seriesid><thumb_added></thumb_added><thumb_height></thumb_height><thumb_width></thumb_width></Episode> Broken Trust Quote <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Episode><id>8260624</id><Combined_episodenumber>6</Combined_episodenumber><Combined_season>1</Combined_season><DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter><DVD_discid></DVD_discid><DVD_episodenumber>6</DVD_episodenumber><DVD_season>1</DVD_season><Director>|Sudz Sutherland|</Director><EpImgFlag></EpImgFlag><EpisodeName> Broken Trust </EpisodeName><EpisodeNumber>6</EpisodeNumber><FirstAired>2021-05-18</FirstAired><GuestStars></GuestStars><IMDB_ID>tt11949924</IMDB_ID><Language>en</Language><Overview>Clark reconsiders his decision to let Jordan play football. Lois' continued investigation of Morgan Edge requires her to trust an unexpected ally.</Overview><ProductionCode>T13.22406</ProductionCode><Rating>0</Rating><RatingCount>0</RatingCount><SeasonNumber>1</SeasonNumber><Writer>|Katie Aldrin|</Writer><absolute_number>0</absolute_number><airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season><airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode><airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season><filename>v4/episode/8260624/screencap/609192cc843ca.jpg</filename><lastupdated>1619760160</lastupdated><seasonid>1814886</seasonid><seriesid>375655</seriesid><thumb_added>2021-05-04 18:30:36</thumb_added><thumb_height>360</thumb_height><thumb_width>640</thumb_width></Episode> Edited May 29, 2021 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicman0 59 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: TVDB you can see it in the cache folder example for Rule 91 Broken Trust Thanks for looking. I guess I will just keep filtering it out for now. I can't think of a reason that deleting a leading or trailing space will hurt my script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Fixed both on TVDB, at least the English translations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicman0 59 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 It's been happening on random episodes for a bit. I first noticed it a week or so ago on an episode of The Equalizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) Don't know if Luke can normalize these but you could complain to TVDB, but do not know if this is a Legacy api issue or if it happens in v4 also. I know my MCM xml metadata does not contain these extra spaces. Edited May 29, 2021 by Happy2Play added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37071 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 We should normalize all text values that come from internet metadata to prevent this sort of thing, yes. But until then at least we know that it's not caused by Emby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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