Watched TV Shows

[Ryan M]

Playing around some more with Tap Forms’ scripting. I created a form that lets me pull a TV series from IMDB and then also creates a table within each record with a list of all of the episodes. I have a checkbox that I can check off whenever I watch an episode.

Couple of nice features:

• The “Completed” checkbox in the form will check off all of the episodes in the table</l1>
• If all of the episodes are marked as watched, the “Completed” checkbox will get checked
• You can add the same series twice. It won’t create a new record. If there are new episodes, it will automatically add them to the existing record.

To use this, you’ll need to create an API key at http://www.omdbapi.com

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[Ryan M]

For those curious, here is the script for pulling the TV show and its episodes from omdbapi.com

https://gist.github.com/rjames86/d29ae0de333a863c831a8f7379c973e3

[Brendan]

Hi Ryan,

That’s fantastic! Great job with the scripting!

Brendan

[Andrew Mead]

Hi Ryan,

This looks great but I’m a bit stuck on how to make it work. I have imported the template, but unsure how to generate the api key or where to put it

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Andrew

[Andrew Mead]

Hi

Ok I have now managed to generate an API key and have pasted that in the script in TF.
Now when I run the script it asks for a IMDB URL which I paste in (example for The 100 would be https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/ but then the script does not seem to do anything after that.

Is there something I am missing.?

Thanks
Andrew

[Ryan M]

Hey Andrew,

I just tried the script again in my own form and it worked fine. Do you see any errors or anything when clicking on the menu Scripts > Show Console Log? Keep that window open when running the script.

One thing I’ve noticed is that the TV show won’t automatically appear. You have to click out to another form and come back and it’ll be there.

– Ryan

[Andrew Mead]

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your response. Yes the clicking away from the form did resolve the issue of the script not appearing to run.

I have found one other oddity though if you wouldn’t mind checking it out. Again using the V series The 100 via https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/ if I run it now it does not pick up any new episodes since the first time the script was run.

In the case of the The 100 there are at least 9 new episodes list on imdb that the script is not picking up and adding to the table.

I have tried deleting the table and re running the script but I get the same result. In case you want to try he same I have added a screenshot showing what my most recent episodes are

Many Thanks for your help
Andrew

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[Ryan M]

Hey Andrew – Do you see any errors or anything when clicking on the menu Scripts > Show Console Log? Keep that window open when running the script.

[Yvette M]

Where do you use the API key? I’m a total newbie, so this is probably too advanced for me- BUT, I’d love help. I got the API key. And, I imported the form. Just don’t know where to go after that…

Thanks in advance,
Yvette

[Yvette M]

Hi, I figured out where to put the API key. Now, how do you make the script run? When I go to scripts/ show console log/ it stays blank

[Brendan]

Hi Yvette,

There’s a Run Script button on the Scripts tab for Mac. Click the Scripts tab, then select Import from imdb and then press the Run button. It looks like a black triangle. Like a play button on a video or an MP3 player.

On iOS, view the list of records in the form, then tap the action menu button, then tap on the Run Script command.

Thanks!

Brendan

[Peter Riley]

This is brilliant, thanks. Until now I have been tracking my TV show progress with a spreadsheet, but this script does a much better job.

One issue though – the table seems to miss some episodes, even though they’re there on IMDb (see attached).

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[Nacho Man]

It looks like my post didn’t show up. This is a test post to see if I should go through the trouble of posting again.

[Nacho Man]

Well that showed up… Ill ask my Question again.

I’m brand new to Tap Forms 5 – Still in the trial period – Using it on Mac

When I run the script to import a show it adds a record titled ‘No’ but no information is imported. If I try to run the script again on the script console log I get the error “series already exists undefined” regardless if it’s the same show or not.

URL Used: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3107288/

[Nacho Man]

I’m trying out Tap Forms 5 on MAC (Catalina), Still in the trial period. I imported this template but am unable to run it successfully.

When I run the script, it creates a new record (titled ‘No’), but it is blank. No information about the show is imported.

When I run the script again the script console gives this error “series already exists undefined”

When I run the script a third time with a different show URL I get the same error again. “series already exists undefined”

1st URL Provided: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/
2nd URL Provided: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3107288/

Do anybody have any suggestions?

[Sam Moffatt]

I did one change to the script that was imported to change line 26 which had apikey=BanMePlz or similar. I changed it to apikey=${apiKey} and it was able to import both of those links you provide.

You need to get an OMDB API key and set it at the top of the script and it looks like the source link that was posted is correct: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/rjames86/d29ae0de333a863c831a8f7379c973e3/raw/d5d6e39dc0f7177037ca0e2fe5e43f5cba37d76d/tvShows.js

If you copy and paste that in and then change the first line to include the API key from http://www.omdbapi.com like this:

var apiKey = 'YOURAPIKEYHERE';

I did try importing The Orville but it didn’t fully import properly for some reason (looks like the data is missing from the API). I also tried Star Trek Enterprise and that seemed to work properly.

[pierrot_rennes]

Hi,
I imported the Watched TV Show form but it doesn’t work.
Same problem as previous posts.
When we launch the script, it inserts a new recording only marked NO (example: the Band of Brothers file – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906).
No information from the chosen TV show on IMDB
In the script, I put my IMDb Api key in quotes otherwise there is an error in the script.
When we launch the script, no file is inserted except a “No”
See my screenshots in case I made a mistake.
thank you in advance

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[Sam Moffatt]

Looks like you’re missing the trailing slash. When I go to IMDB, it adds the slash for me and the regexp for the script is looking for the final slash. Try https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906/ instead.

[pierrot_rennes]

Hi,
I’ve tried with /… but no..

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[Sam Moffatt]

If you open the script up in the script editor, the text box on the bottom right is the console log. Can you share the output of that corner with the input?

[pierrot_rennes]

Hi,
Of course ;-))
See join, I numbered the actions and results in order

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[Sam Moffatt]

Try replacing the script with the contents of this gist: https://gist.github.com/pasamio/3086e8209676e956459f6325b38ab95d. It should output some debugging messages once you submit the input, e.g.:

11/6/20, 9:58:32 pm / TV Shows / Import from imdb
["/title/tt0185906/","tt0185906"]
Requesting: https://www.omdbapi.com/?i=tt0185906&apikey=???&type=series&r=json
series already exists Band of Brothers
getting season number 1
Requesting: https://www.omdbapi.com/?i=tt0185906&apikey=???&season=1
Getting episode 2
epsiode already exists: Day of Days
Getting episode 3
epsiode already exists: Carentan
Getting episode 5
epsiode already exists: Crossroads
Getting episode 6
epsiode already exists: Bastogne
Getting episode 7
epsiode already exists: The Breaking Point
Getting episode 8
epsiode already exists: The Last Patrol
Getting episode 9
epsiode already exists: Why We Fight
Getting episode 10
epsiode already exists: Points

[pierrot_rennes]

Hi,
Yeah !!! ? It works
Just to understand … Did you have an error in the script?
Another question :
Do you have an explanation for the fact that not all episodes are integrated?
For example, Band of Brothers (still ;-) but with others series too, there are missing episodes
See screenshots
Thank you very much for the correction

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[Sam Moffatt]

No idea if there was an error in the script, I might have fixed something but it wasn’t mine to begin with and to be honest I don’t actually generally use this template.

I don’t know why there are gaps, I noticed that earlier but I wonder if that is because it’s not actually IMDB but an open version.

[pierrot_rennes]

Hi,
What’s your model, please ? ;-))

[Sam Moffatt]

I don’t generally track my TV in TF, I have queues in various platforms with more than enough content to keep me busy.

[Daniel Leu]

I would copy the https://www.omdbapi.com/?i=tt0185906&apikey=???&type=series&r=json string into your browser and see if there is an episode 1. If there is, then there is an issue with the script, if there isn’t, then it is coming from ombpapi.com.

[pierrot_rennes]

Hi,
Thanks for your perseverance ;-))
No episode… only this

*******
{“Title”:”Band of Brothers”,”Year”:”2001″,”Rated”:”TV-MA”,”Released”:”09 Sep 2001″,”Runtime”:”594 min”,”Genre”:”Action, Drama, History, War”,”Director”:”N/A”,”Writer”:”N/A”,”Actors”:”Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor”,”Plot”:”The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day.”,”Language”:”English, Dutch, French, German, Lithuanian”,”Country”:”USA, UK”,”Awards”:”Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 25 nominations.”,”Poster”:”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI3ODc2ODc0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjgzNjc3._V1_SX300.jpg&#8221;,”Ratings”:[{“Source”:”Internet Movie Database”,”Value”:”9.4/10″}],”Metascore”:”N/A”,”imdbRating”:”9.4″,”imdbVotes”:”352,211″,”imdbID”:”tt0185906″,”Type”:”series”,”totalSeasons”:”1″,”Response”:”True”}

[Daniel Leu]

Oops, I copied the wrong line of code…. https://www.omdbapi.com/?i=tt0185906&apikey=???&season=1 should provide the season 1 results.

[Glen Forister]

This application seems to use a lot of graphics. So, does it take up a lot of space on an iPhone? I recently had to delete a bunch of programs and now have 5 GB of free space.

Also, reading about getting an API key seems to indicate that you get charged for what you download. Is that true?

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