tvdb-dl-nfo

Description

Download TV show .NFO files from TheTVDB.com.

Motivation

You've gone through all of the trouble of ripping your TV shows from the DVD/BluRay disks that you've purchased, and you want to organize your media for ingestion via popular media servers, like Plex, Kodi, or Emby -- commonly, .NFO files are used to store metadata about a TV show, which can be parsed and imported into the database of whichever media server solution you prefer. Unfortunately, the .NFO downloader you use failed to parse some of your directories. Rather than manually creating the .NFO file, this tool does it for you!

Environment

All code and commands below were tested in Ubuntu 18.04 and should work in other linux distributions. I do not develop for Windows. I cannot guarantee that any of this will work in Windows.

Dependencies

PHP:

    # PHP 7.2+
    sudo apt install php7.2-common
    
    # mbstring
    sudo apt install php7.2-mbstring
    
    # xml
    sudo apt install php7.2-xml

Composer:

    # Composer
    sudo apt install composer

Installation

    git clone https://github.com/meyersbs/tvdb-dl-nfo.git
    cd tvdb-dl-nfo
    chmod +x install.sh
    ./install.sh

Running ./install.sh will do the following:

    # Remove previous installation
    sudo rm -rf /opt/tvdb/

    # Copy executable to /usr/local/bin/
    sudo cp tvdb-dl-nfo.php /usr/local/bin/tvdb-dl-nfo
    sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tvdb-dl-nfo

    # Download dependencies
    composer require adrenth/thetvdb2

    # Move dependencies to /opt/tvdb/
    sudo mkdir /opt/tvdb/
    sudo mkdir /opt/tvdb/composer/
    sudo mv ./vendor /opt/tvdb/composer/vendor
    sudo chmod ug+r /opt/tvdb/composer/vendor

    # Create /opt/tvdb/apikey.txt
    sudo touch /opt/tvdb/apikey.txt

TheTVDB API Key

You need an API key from TheTVDB.com in order to use this script. You can obtain one by logging into TheTVDB.com, clicking on API ACCESS under your name, and following the directions. Once you have the key, copy it into /opt/tvdb/apikey.txt and save. Your key will look something like this: 0UPW4KREL4SYZJG2.

Usage

Simply run tvdb-dl-nfo <<SHOWID>>, where <<SHOWID>> is a show ID you grabbed from TheTVDB.com.

Example

Let's try downloading the .NFO file for The Office.

    tvdb-dl-nfo 73244

Running the command above will save a file called tvshow.nfo in your current working directory. The file will look something like the following, depending on the available metadata for the given show:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <tvshow>
      <status>Ended</status>
      <title>The Office (US)</title>
      <year>2005</year>
      <plot>A fresh and funny mockumentary-style glimpse into the daily interactions of the eccentric
            workers at the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company. This fast-paced comedy parodies
            contemporary American water-cooler culture.
      </plot>
      <episodeguide>
        <url>http://thetvdb.com/api/F9C450E78D99172E/series/73244/all/en.zip</url>
      </episodeguide>
      <mpaa>TV-14</mpaa>
      <id>73244</id>
      <genre>Comedy</genre>
      <premiered>2005-03-24</premiered>
      <studio>NBC</studio>
      <runtime>25</runtime>
    </tvshow>

License

See LICENSE.

Attribution

TV information is provided by TheTVDB.com, but we are not endorsed or certified by TheTVDB.com or its affiliates.

Contact

Benjamin S. Meyers < ben@lionlogic.dev >

Contributing

I welcome suggestions for features, but they are more likely to be accepted if you submit a pull-request.