Send a PlexPy notification with the movie directors' IMDB page

notify_imdb_director.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Description:  Send a PlexPy notification with the directors' IMDB page.
# Author:       /u/SwiftPanda16
# Requires:     requests, imdbpie
# PlexPy script trigger:    Playback stop
# PlexPy script arguments:  "{title}" {imdb_id}


import requests
import sys
from imdbpie import Imdb


### EDIT SETTINGS ###

PLEXPY_URL = 'http://localhost:8181'
PLEXPY_APIKEY = 'xxxxxxxx'
AGENT_ID = 10  # The PlexPy notifier agent id found here: https://github.com/JonnyWong16/plexpy/blob/master/API.md#notify
NOTIFY_SUBJECT = 'Movie Directors for {title}'  # The notification subject
NOTIFY_BODY = '{name}: {url}'  # The notification body


### CODE BELOW ###
def main():
    try:
        title = sys.argv[1]
        imdb_id = sys.argv[2]
    except:
        print("Invalid PlexPy script argument passed.")
        return

    if imdb_id:
        try:
            imdb = Imdb()
            imdb_result = imdb.get_title_by_id(imdb_id)
        except:
            print("IMDB request failed.")
            return
    else:
        print("No IMDB ID passed.")
        print("Exiting script.")
        return

    directors = imdb_result.directors_summary

    if directors:
        print("Movie directors found on IMDB.")

        body_text = []
        for d in directors:
            url = 'http://www.imdb.com/name/{imdb_id}'.format(imdb_id=d.imdb_id)
            body_text.append(NOTIFY_BODY.format(name=d.name, url=url))

        print("Sending PlexPy notification to agent ID: {agent_id}.".format(agent_id=AGENT_ID))

        params = {'apikey': PLEXPY_APIKEY,
                  'cmd': 'notify',
                  'agent_id': AGENT_ID,
                  'subject': NOTIFY_SUBJECT.format(title=title),
                  'body': '\n'.join(body_text)}

        r = requests.post(PLEXPY_URL.rstrip('/') + '/api/v2', params=params)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()