Sync history containing episode with absolute numbering

[iamkroot]

I'm trying to add support for absolute numbered episodes in my scrobbler, and got it working for the /scrobble endpoint by using the docs. Now I'm trying to figure out how to add such an episode to watched history, using the /sync/history endpoint.

My normal flow involves finding the trakt id for the show using the /search endpoint, and then constructing the json request body like so:

request_json = {
    'shows': [{
        'ids': {'trakt': trakt_id}, 
        'seasons': [{
            'number': season,
            'episodes': [{'number': episode, 'watched_at': watched_at}]
        }]
    }]
}

But for absolute numbered episodes, we don't have a season number. I tried directly putting the episodes inside the show object, but the server ignored it and instead synced the whole show:

request_json = {
    'shows': [{
        'ids': {'trakt': trakt_id}, 
        'episodes': [{'number_abs': episode, 'watched_at': watched_at}]
    }]
}

In my opinion, this should be supported by the server. Am I doing something wrong?

[iamkroot]

@rectifyer Anything to add?

[iamkroot]

@rectifyer Has this been fixed? Does /sync/history support number_abs now? Or put another way, given a show slug and an absolute episode number, how do we add it to history?

The only option I could come up with was:

1. Query /shows/$SHOW_SLUG/seasons?extended=episodes to get a list of all the episodes
2. For every episode in the previous list, query /shows/$SHOW_SLUG/seasons/$SEASON/episodes/$EPISODE?extended=full
3. Check the number_abs field to find matching episode

As you can see, this seems extremely wasteful, especially for shows with lots of episodes. Is there a better way?

[rectifyer]

We don't have enough data to make the number_abs field useful. We got that info from TVDB in the past, but since we've moved to TMDB several years ago they don't include the absolute number field.

[iamkroot]

That is a bit sad. But if TMDB doesn't provide the abs number, how are they shown for the existing shows? Imported from TVDB, and not updated anymore?

[rectifyer]

Correct. It’s old data from TVDB.