[Feature Request] Update anime-lists on each github commit

[Abu3safeer]

Hello everyone.

I would like to ask something about anime-lists that filebot uses.
it takes filebot some time to update it's internal anime-lists to match github anime-lists.

is it possible to lower this time by making it update on each github commit to keep it updated as soon as possible?

Thank you.

[rednoah]

is it possible to lower this time by making it update on each github commit to keep it updated as soon as possible?

Unfortunately, no. FileBot doesn't fetch files from GitHub in the first place. If you want, we can manually push and update on the server-side, but you'd still have to clear the client-side cache as well.


By default, you will usually get weekly updates, since your server-side systems push updates weekly and FileBot on the client-side checks for updates weekly.

[Abu3safeer]

Is there a specific day in the week?
I would like to know when to expect the update to avoid clearing the cache

Cache system makes filebot faster in repeated tasks.

[rednoah]

You can use curl to check when the data file was last updated:

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$ curl -I https://api.filebot.net/10714/data/anime-list.xml.xz
...
content-length: 165484
last-modified: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:33:18 GMT
...

If you need a specific update then you can leave a message here and I'll force a new build.




You can use the explain script to check if a specific mapping line exists in the current model:

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$ filebot -script fn:explain --q '18901'
"Oshi no Ko" (2026) [AniDB::18901]
"Oshi no Ko" [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[推しの子] (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[推しの子] [AniDB::18901]
推しの子 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko S3 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko 3 [AniDB::18901]
<anime anidbid="18901" tvdbid="421069" tmdbtv="203737" tmdbid="203737" defaulttvdbseason="3" tmdbseason="1" tmdboffset="24"><name>"Oshi no Ko" (2026)</name><tvdbname>Oshi No Ko</tvdbname></anime>

Note that FileBot will check for updates of the data file every 4 days. So you generally don't need to clear the cache since client-side FileBot is checking for updates twice a week anyway, even though we only expect server-side updates every 1-2 weeks.

[Abu3safeer]

Thanks.

Can I use that URL in my scripts to check? Or it changes by time? i see numbers in the url

[rednoah]

The url will work for as long as FileBot 5.2.0 (r10714) remains in working condition, so it'll probably be fine for the next 4-8 years:

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curl -I https://api.filebot.net/10714/data/anime-list.xml.xz

The url may change with future revisions if we ever make changes to the data file format (unlikely in this case) at which point the most recent data file for older revisions would simply remain unchanged and never get updated again.

[Abu3safeer]

I assume I can just use the number after r in each version?

[rednoah]

I assume I can just use the number after r in each version?

Yep, though it doesn't really matter as all recent revisions use the same data file at this point in time. You may prefer to use the revision number of the FileBot release you are using just to ensure that you always get exactly the same file, as CloudFlare edge caching my introduce time lags (that can differ per url) from server-side update to CloudFlare actually serving the latest files. That said, probably doesn't make a difference.

[Abu3safeer]

I updated my filebot to the latest version, then used the same command you give me, but I didn't get any results, I wonder if there is something wrong in my environment.

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filebot -script fn:explain --q '18901'
Current application revision (r10907) does not match cache revision (r10683)
Initialize new disk cache: C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\cache\0
Done عâ╛(ي╝بظîْعâ╝ظîْي╝ب)عâ

[rednoah]

That makes no sense to me...

You could try a -clear-cache and then run with full debug logging so we can see the data files FileBot is fetching from the server, just to confirm that we're on the same page, and you're not somehow blocked by CloudFlare and getting empty responses:

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$ filebot -clear-cache
...

$ filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.logging.debug=ALL
...

$ filebot -script fn:explain --q '18901'
...
[GET https://api.filebot.net/10905/data/anidb.txt.xz] => [200 OK]
Received 391 KB
"Oshi no Ko" (2026) [AniDB::18901]
"Oshi no Ko" [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[推しの子] (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[推しの子] [AniDB::18901]
推しの子 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko S3 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko 3 [AniDB::18901]
...
[GET https://api.filebot.net/10905/data/anime-list.xml.xz] => [200 OK]
Received 164 KB
<anime anidbid="18901" tvdbid="421069" tmdbtv="203737" tmdbid="203737" defaulttvdbseason="3" tmdbseason="1" tmdboffset="24"><name>"Oshi no Ko" (2026)</name><tvdbname>Oshi No Ko</tvdbname></anime>
...

[Abu3safeer]

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C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE>filebot -clear-cache
Clear cache
* Delete C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\cache\0 (6 MB)

C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE>filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.logging.debug=ALL
Initialize new disk cache: C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\cache\0
Update user-defined System Properties
* Set net.filebot.logging.debug = ALL
Store user-defined System Properties
* Write C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\system.properties
#FileBot System Properties
#Fri Jan 30 18:55:07 AST 2026
net.filebot.logging.debug=ALL

Done عâ╛(ي╝بظîْعâ╝ظîْي╝ب)عâ

C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE>filebot -script fn:explain --q '18901'
# Application Bundle
FileBot 5.2.1 (r10907) / Groovy 4.0.28 / OpenJDK Runtime Environment 21.0.9 / Windows 10 10.0 (amd64)
# Local Time
Fri Jan 30 18:55:14 AST 2026
# Process Tree
ظ¤¤ظ¤ C:\Windows\explorer.exe
ظ¤¤ظ¤ C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
ظ¤¤ظ¤ C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\filebot.exe
ظ¤¤ظ¤ C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\jre\bin\java.exe
# Environment Variables
=:: = ::\
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=ExitCode = 00000000
ALLUSERSPROFILE = C:\ProgramData
APPDATA = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\AppData\Roaming
COMPUTERNAME = USERNAME_GOES_HERE
ComSpec = C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
CommonProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86) = C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432 = C:\Program Files\Common Files
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ProgramData = C:\ProgramData
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# Java System Properties
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java.library.path = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\lib
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java.runtime.name = OpenJDK Runtime Environment
java.runtime.version = 21.0.9+10-LTS
java.specification.name = Java Platform API Specification
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java.specification.version = 21
java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory = net.filebot.util.prefs.FilePreferencesFactory
java.vendor = Eclipse Adoptium
java.vendor.url = https://adoptium.net/
java.vendor.url.bug = https://github.com/adoptium/adoptium-support/issues
java.vendor.version = Temurin-21.0.9+10
java.version = 21.0.9
java.version.date = 2025-10-21
java.vm.compressedOopsMode = 32-bit
java.vm.info = mixed mode
java.vm.name = OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
java.vm.specification.name = Java Virtual Machine Specification
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java.vm.specification.version = 21
java.vm.vendor = Eclipse Adoptium
java.vm.version = 21.0.9+10-LTS
jdk.debug = release
jdk.logger.packages = net.filebot.Logging
jna.boot.library.path = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\lib
jna.library.path = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\lib
jna.loaded = true
jna.noclasspath = true
jna.nosys = true
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jnidispatch.path = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\lib\jnidispatch.dll
line.separator = ظ▓
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net.filebot.util.prefs.file = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\settings.properties
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sun.cpu.endian = little
sun.cpu.isalist = amd64
sun.io.unicode.encoding = UnicodeLittle
sun.java.command = C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\jar\filebot.jar -script fn:explain --q '18901'
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swing.crossplatformlaf = javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel
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user.script =
user.timezone = Asia/Riyadh
user.variant =
# Arguments
ظ¤¤ظ¤ -script
ظ¤¤ظ¤ fn:explain
ظ¤¤ظ¤ --q
ظ¤¤ظ¤ '18901'
Using persistent disk cache: C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\cache\0
Script Bundle: 2025-09-04 (r1016)
Fetch resource: https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/seriesdb.txt.xz []
[GET https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/seriesdb.txt.xz] => [200 OK]
Received 1.8 MB
Fetch resource: https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/anidb.txt.xz []
[GET https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/anidb.txt.xz] => [200 OK]
Received 391 KB
Fetch resource: https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/moviedb.txt.xz []
[GET https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/moviedb.txt.xz] => [200 OK]
Received 1.9 MB
Fetch resource: https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/anime-list.xml.xz []
[GET https://api.filebot.net/10907/data/anime-list.xml.xz] => [200 OK]
Received 164 KB
Done عâ╛(ي╝بظîْعâ╝ظîْي╝ب)عâ
C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\cache\0: shutdown: [script_classes_0, script_bundle_0_0, data_1]

[rednoah]

I think there's something strange going on with the Arabian locale...

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# Arguments
└─ -script
└─ fn:explain
└─ --q
└─ 18901

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# Arguments
ظ¤¤ظ¤ -script
ظ¤¤ظ¤ fn:explain
ظ¤¤ظ¤ --q
ظ¤¤ظ¤ '18901'

The └─ marker is getting decoded with different characters, that's fine. But notice how the query argument is RTL and still has the '...' characters there as well. I guess fn:explain doesn't find anything because you're not actually searching for 18901 but something else. Maybe you are typing some special RTL ' look-a-like character that's not actually a ' character?

Try this instead:

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filebot -script fn:explain --q 18901

UPDATE

If you're using plain old CMD (and not PowerShell) then '...' isn't an allowed form of quotation I suppose. I strongly recommend using Windows Terminal (with a PowerShell tab) if you're doing commands on Windows.

[Abu3safeer]

That worked, thank

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Script Bundle: 2025-09-04 (r1016)
"Oshi no Ko" (2026) [AniDB::18901]
"Oshi no Ko" [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[µذعùع«فص] (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[µذعùع«فص] [AniDB::18901]
µذعùع«فص [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko S3 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko 3 [AniDB::18901]
<anime anidbid="18901" tvdbid="421069" tmdbtv="203737" tmdbid="203737" defaulttvdbseason="3" tmdbseason="1" tmdboffset="24"><name>"Oshi no Ko" (2026)</name><tvdbname>Oshi No Ko</tvdbname></anime>
Done عâ╛(ي╝بظîْعâ╝ظîْي╝ب)عâ

[Abu3safeer]

I used this command, and now everything works just fine:

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chcp 65001

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# Arguments
└─ -script
└─ fn:explain
└─ --q
└─ 18901
Using persistent disk cache: C:\Users\USERNAME_GOES_HERE\Documents\apps\FileBot_portable\data\cache\0
Script Bundle: 2025-09-04 (r1016)
"Oshi no Ko" (2026) [AniDB::18901]
"Oshi no Ko" [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[推しの子] (2026) [AniDB::18901]
[推しの子] [AniDB::18901]
推しの子 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko S3 [AniDB::18901]
Oshi no Ko 3 [AniDB::18901]
<anime anidbid="18901" tvdbid="421069" tmdbtv="203737" tmdbid="203737" defaulttvdbseason="3" tmdbseason="1" tmdboffset="24"><name>"Oshi no Ko" (2026)</name><tvdbname>Oshi No Ko</tvdbname></anime>
Done ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ