TMDB - get absolute number for specials

[Bazzu85]

Hi,

I don't understand how tmdb episode aboslute number works.
For this show 80020
For S03E01 filebot return absolute 20 but on trakt is listed as 3x01 (21)
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/80020-dra ... /episode/1
https://trakt.tv/shows/super-dragon-bal ... episodes/1

S00E01 return no absolute but on trakt is listed as Special 1 (20)
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/80020/season/0/episode/1
https://trakt.tv/shows/super-dragon-bal ... episodes/1

testing the swagger from here
https://developer.themoviedb.org/refere ... de-details
I can't find the absolute number

can you explain a bit how it works?

[rednoah]

TMDB has an identifying one true SxE number for each episode. There is no intrinsic one true absolute episode number for each episode, so you will not find one in the base episode record. There are however Absolute type episode groups. There could be none. There could be one. There could be two or more.



The numbers you see when you select Episode Order: Absolute are from the Absolute order (Absolute) episode group and in this case there luckily is only one single Absolute type episode group: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/80020-dra ... 00c38731a3

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$ filebot -list --q 80020 --db TheMovieDB::TV --order Absolute --format "{absolute} | {sxe} | {t}"
...
19 | 19 | Ultimate Conclusion! The Universal Conflict Ends!
20 | 20 | Decisive Battle! Time Patrol vs Dark King!
21 | 21 | The Gods of Destruction Invade! The Beginning of a New Battle!
22 | 22 | Fu's Plan! The Threat of the Dreadful Universal Tree!
...

NOTE: a series on TMDB can have no Absolute type episode groups, and can also have multiple Absolute type episode groups



If you select Episode Order: Airdate with TMDB, but then use {absolute} in your format, then that absolute number is the absolute number of that episode in that episode list:

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$ filebot -list --q 80020 --db TheMovieDB::TV --order Airdate --format "{absolute} | {sxe} | {t}"
filebot -list --q 80020 --db TheMovieDB::TV --order Airdate --format "{absolute} | {sxe} | {t}"
1 | 1x01 | Goku vs. Goku! A Super Battle Begins on Prison Planet!
2 | 1x02 | Goku Goes Berserk! The Evil Saiyan's Rampage!
3 | 1x03 | The Mightiest Radiance! Vegito Blue Kaio-ken Explodes!
...
19 | 2x13 | Ultimate Conclusion! The Universal Conflict Ends!
20 | 3x01 | The Gods of Destruction Invade! The Beginning of a New Battle!
21 | 3x02 | Fu's Plan! The Threat of the Dreadful Universal Tree!
...

You can use {order.absolute.sxe} to cross-reference episode information from a different episode order like so:

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$ filebot -list --q 80020 --db TheMovieDB::TV --order Airdate --format "{order.absolute.sxe} | {absolute} | {sxe} | {t}"
...
19 | 19 | 2x13 | Ultimate Conclusion! The Universal Conflict Ends!
21 | 20 | 3x01 | The Gods of Destruction Invade! The Beginning of a New Battle!
22 | 21 | 3x02 | Fu's Plan! The Threat of the Dreadful Universal Tree!
...

Alternatively, TheTVDB does include an absolute number in base the episode record so that might work better for your specific use case:

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$ filebot -list --q "Dragon Ball Heroes" --db TheTVDB --order Airdate --format "{absolute} | {sxe} | {t}"
...
19 | 2x13 | Ultimate Conclusion! The Universal Conflict Ends!
21 | 3x01 | The Gods of Destruction Invade! The Beginning of a New Battle!
...

[Bazzu85]

Hi,
thx for explaining it to me!
the {order.absolute.sxe} works but only when there's not an absolute (ex One piece S00E07).
How can I test if {order.absolute.sxe} return a value so I can decide if use it or not?

[rednoah]

How can I test if {order.absolute.sxe} return a value so I can decide if use it or not?

What is your use case?


e.g. add [20] to the file name if order.absolute.sxe is defined:

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{ ' [' + order.absolute.sxe +']' }

e.g. since Absolute Order is just a preference, you might get the SxE number instead of the Absolute number if there is no Absolute number (i.e. {sxe} is always defined} so you could probably write code like this to check for that:

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{ order.absolute.sxe =~ /x/ ? 'Episode does not have an Absolute Number' : ' [' + order.absolute.sxe +']' }

See Learn how {expressions} work and useful Helper Functions for details.