Sonarr_Example_API_get_and_post.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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### SONARR POST-PROCESSING SCRIPT                                                               ###
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# Script to force a rescanSeries on an 2nd instance of Sonarr.                                  ###
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# Example usecases are:                                                                         ###
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# 1) Fire & forget dual deployments                                                             ###
#       This bypasses the 12 hour discscan cycle and checks if new files are present on         ###                                                                                             ###
#       the disc. This decreases unneeded grabs by the 2nd Sonarr instance.                     ###
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#                       !!! Make sure to alter your log file location !!!                       ###
#                           !!! Make sure to alter your API key !!!                             ###
#                         !!! Make sure to alter your IP/port config !!!                        ###
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from datetime import datetime
from os import environ, path
from sys import argv
import json
import urllib2

                        ### Variables ###

    # Get the SeriesID from the environment variables or argv
    # Manual troubleshoot mode example command: python scriptname.py Arrow
if len(argv) >= 2:
    sonarr_series_title = argv[1]
else:
    sonarr_series_title = environ.get('sonarr_series_title')

    #Logfile location and open it unbuffered so you can read it during execution.
fp = open('/volume1/Sonarr/update_2nd_sonarr.log', 'a',0)

                        ### Processing script ###

        ### Grab the series ID from 2nd Sonarr instance ###

    #Accessing the URL and GET the series information from the 2nd Sonarr instance
SeriesDump = json.load(urllib2.urlopen('http://192.168.0.1:8989/api/series?apikey=Your_API_Key'))

    #Extract the SeriesID from the API response
for ID in SeriesDump:
    if ID["title"] == sonarr_series_title:
        SeriesID = ID["id"]
        break

        ### Trigger disc rescan on 2nd Sonarr Instance ###

    #JSON payload which command to perform
data = {'name': 'rescanSeries', 'seriesId' : SeriesID}

    #Accessing the URL en POSTing the command
req = urllib2.Request('http://192.168.0.1:8989/api/command?apikey=Your_API_Key')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')

response = urllib2.urlopen(req, json.dumps(data))

    #Timestamp variable for logfile
sttime = datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S - ')

    #Write to logfile
fp.write(sttime + sonarr_series_title + ' was rescanned due to grab on 1st Sonarr instance.\n\n')

fp.close()
raise SystemExit