Mdblist collection creator and manager

[RenewedKeys]

Hi! I saw your posts from a few years back and got super excited. I hope you’re still active.

I'm trying to get this Plex mdblist Custom Collection Script going. Almost got it there, just need a little push. I can get the Collection manager script working well. It will create and collections, etc. But it’s the sorting script I'm having trouble with. Not quite following the Plex API there.

The flow is: open manager script and choose add or edit collection. Name it, provide mdblist URL, and select library location, visibility, sync, and sort options (all mentioned in script).

Basically, i want the manager script to create the collections,,,,probably save sort and sync options and mdblist urls to a config file that the sorting script can pick up and know what to do with each collection based on the sorting options stored in the config file from when it was created. Make sense? Thanks!

Plex-Collections.zip

[RenewedKeys]

Trying to clarify flow:

Script 1 [manager script working]: Open manager script —> choose add new or edit collection —> Name it, provide mdblist URL (script adds /json to the end of url to get item list ) —> and desired plex library location —> select desired visibility options (Recommended, Home, Friends Home) —> Select sync option (Add only or Sync) —> select item sort option (Follow mdblist order, none, A-Z, Z-A, release descending, release ascending) —> Create collection —> Save selected options to .json for script 2 to use.

Script 2: [sorter script not working] I want this script to take the collections created with Script 1 and perform syncing and sorting. Will cron job it so it runs daily. Pulls the mdblist url and sync/sort options of a created collection if needed for item ordering.

[Casvt]

Okay but what do you actually want me to do? You've described what your scripts do. What's erroneous or missing that you want me to fulfil?

[RenewedKeys]

Okay but what do you actually want me to do? You've described what your scripts do. What's erroneous or missing that you want me to fulfil?

Hi and thanks for your reply. I mostly just included what I had as a reference for you to have a better idea of what I was trying to achieve. My scripts are actually no good I discovered. The matching with plex items is bad and the sorting was broken. The only thing good was the prompt flow.