Plugin: Ginjaninja Tools - Sync Channel - Radarr & Sonarr & Any Rest Api Channel Sync Tool

[ginjaninja 629]

Purpose and Function

• Populate a Sync Channel Folder tree structure with rule based fetches from Sonarr or Radarr or any json reponse based rest api.
• Drag and Drop UI to create schema mappings. Map foreign system properties > Emby channel item properties.
• Drag and drop UI (Groups, Conditions, Logic, Operators, Fields) to create rule sets to filter response.
• Assign 1 or more rule based fetches to root folder and subfolders in the folder tree.
• Default placeholder video for "Coming Soon" functionality. Movies and Series support Emby's trailer functionality.
• Support for Emby's provider id function under "edit metadata" to provide links from Emby to Radarr/Sonarr.
• Image collage generation on subfolders, to show the most recent additions to the folder.
• Fields for rules are instantiated dynamically based on endpoint response.
• Primarily built from a feature request by a forum member for coming soon functionality but it morphed into more of a generic channel sync, hence the name.

Getting Started

 

(Video to follow, advanced sync configuration, endpoint schema definition of tiered channel items with provider items and images.)

• Create|Select a connection (eg to Radarr/Sonarr), Create|Select a Schema Endpoint (what channel items you want), Create|Select a rule set (a filter on the endpoint), assign to a folder in the folder tree.
• Tweak your preferred re-sync trigger (default 15 minutes)

Disclaimers

• Vibe coded with Claude, backup database before 1st use until tested, special care/test server first if already  using channels with volatile data (this is my first channel plugin). This is alpha with limited testing. This isnt something i use, so development will be in repsonse to feedback/requests (its a learning project).

Download

https://github.com/ginjaninja1/SyncChannel

assume version changes require deletion of \data\channel-sync ie a hard reset.

• 0.0.0.16Emby.SyncChannel.dll (definitely requires a hard reset)
• 0.0.0.6Emby.SyncChannel.dll
• 0.0.0.5Emby.SyncChannel.dll
• 0.0.0.4Emby.SyncChannel.dll
• 0.0.0.3 Emby.SyncChannel.dll

Changes

0.0.0.16

• Overhaul of UI Engine,  more robust navigation behaviour.
• Overhaul of the Schema Endpoint Design.
• Improved presentation for Schema Endpoint design esp. for custom syncs of multi tiered channel items (eg Artist>Album>Track). (still a massive UI, will need to simplify somehow)
• Addition of array slicing function to find eg "coverType=poster" in array of images.
• Improve hover info w.r.t text and images to aid field mapping.
• Improved save and discard and dirty tracking.
• Realised the extent to which i dont understand the channel item ecosystem, so still a work in progress for custom syncs. I have successfully synced Photos, Audio Items (As Artist>Album>Track) but still a "technical demo".

0.0.0.6

• Added support for generic systems and endpoints. Expose the endpoint parameterisation and schema mapping, to support syncing supported media/channel items generically with any json based rest api. You can even point emby at itself or another Emby Server!
• Drag and Drop Schema mapping with endpoint field discovery.
• More robust navigation and configuration journeys.
• Improve import/export function.
• Correct Endpoint reachability testing.
• Tested an import of Artists from emby as photos not sure why you would want that, but whatevs.

0.0.0.5

• Compiled in Release Mode (oops)
• Automatic field resolution per endpoint (alot more fields now in the rulebuilder). Field and field type.
• Right click to favorite fields (per endpoint) you use regularly. (theres quite a few)
• Field type visual corruption fix on page reload.
• introduce DATE class of field and appropriate operators.

0.0.0.4

• UI corruption during rule drag and drop, residual objects on screen
• Connection test failure doesnt gracefully recover from https>http failure.

 Known Issues

• Automated field detection not working. next on list.
• TMDBID/TVDBID allocation sometimes missing [1 of].
• Needs more work to understand channel item types and their beahviour and mapping into that. If you have expertise please dm me.
• Adding multiple fetches to the same folder unknown.
• Issues and suggestions welcome.

Roadmap [potential]

• Make logging better / user friendly.
• [Started] Support for hierachical JSON responses and or  transforming flat jsons into a herachy, to populate hierachical channel items.
• More careful consideration over watched status.
• More careful consideration over refresh optimisation and api load.
• Support for a custom video placeholder/ multiple image placeholders.
• learn a bit more about css to make the plugin look like it belongs better.
• If channels could be instantiated at runtime (dont think they can), then plugin could support multiple root folders.

Other Info

• Plugin stores data in \programdata\data\channel-sync (good to know if you want to reset/uninstall)

Edited 56 minutes ago by ginjaninja

[Luke 42836]

Thanks for sharing.

[ginjaninja 629]

 

Too many fields now, added a favorite function to surface favorites at the top of the list.

[ginjaninja 629]

Added support for any rest api., Wipe stored config (\data\Channel-Sync) for new builds (i will make the plugin upgrade aware in time)

Edited Saturday at 06:32 PM by ginjaninja

[ginjaninja 629]

0.0.0.16

• Overhaul of UI Engine,  more robust navigation behaviour.
• Overhaul of the Schema Endpoint Design.
• Improved presentation for Schema Endpoint design esp. for custom syncs of multi tiered channel items (eg Artist>Album>Track). (still a massive UI, will need to simplify somehow)
• Addition of array slicing function to find eg "coverType=poster" in array of images.
• Improve hover info w.r.t text and images to aid field mapping.
• Improved save and discard and dirty tracking.
• Realised the extent to which i dont understand the channel item ecosystem, so still a work in progress for custom syncs. I have successfully synced Photos, Audio Items (As Artist>Album>Track) but still a "technical demo"

@sh0rtyhave you had a go at the radarr and sonarr syncing, is that what you had in mind?