Ecosyste.ms: Awesome

An open API service indexing awesome lists of open source software.

Awesome Lists | Featured Topics | Projects

https://github.com/dseomn/rock-paper-sand

text-based media tracker for TV shows, movies, books, plays, and other types of media
https://github.com/dseomn/rock-paper-sand

books justwatch media media-tracker movies reading-list self-hosted tv watchlist wikidata

Last synced: 30 days ago
JSON representation

text-based media tracker for TV shows, movies, books, plays, and other types of media

Awesome Lists containing this project

README 

        
# Rock, Paper, Sand! the Media Tracker



Rock, Paper, Sand! is a text-based media tracker for TV shows, movies, books,

plays, and other types of media. It supports advanced filtering for things like

showing which media is available for free at home (from streaming services,

physical copies, or whatever else), which is available elsewhere (e.g., at the

library or in a theater), and which is unavailable.



For an example of what it can do, see [an example config

file](examples/basic.config.yaml), the [output from that config

file](examples/basic.output.yaml), and other examples in the same directory. For

more documentation on the config file format, see [the schema

definition](rock_paper_sand/proto/config.proto).



## Installation



1.  Install the [protobuf compiler](https://grpc.io/docs/protoc-installation/)

    and [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/).

1.  `pipx install git+https://github.com/dseomn/rock-paper-sand.git`



## What's with the name?



Rock, paper, and sand are all used in different types of physical filters, and

filtering is one of the main focuses of this program.



## Supported use cases



*   Keep track of done, partially done, and to-do media, including obscure media

    that isn't in public databases.

*   Keep track of groups of media of different types. E.g., if you want to read

    a book series, watch the movie series and TV shows based on it, see the

    musical based on the first movie, and read the comic book continuation of

    the TV show, you can keep track of all of those in the same place.

*   Filter that media based on:

    *   Whether it's done, partially done, or to-do.

    *   Whether it's fully released, ongoing, or unreleased, using data from

        [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/).

    *   What streaming services it's available on or if it's currently in

        theaters, using [JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/)'s unofficial

        API. This filter also adds extra information to the output to show where

        the media is available, and if only some episodes are available, how

        many.

    *   Custom string field matching. E.g., you can put "borrow from the

        library" in the `customAvailability` field, and filter on that to show

        media that's at the library (possibly excluding media that's also on a

        streaming service you have). Or you can put an

        [archive.org](https://archive.org/) URL for an old public domain movie,

        and include that in a filter for content that's available for free. Or

        you can include the release year in the media name, and filter on media

        released in a range of years.

    *   Custom arbitrary JSON data matching, using

        [JMESPath](https://jmespath.org/) to select which data matches. The data

        can also optionally be validated with [JSON

        Schema](https://json-schema.org/) to catch typos.

    *   Logical combinations of any of the above, including `and`, `or`, and

        `not`.

*   Group results by keys provided by filters. E.g., it's possible to filter for

    media on streaming services that you don't already have, and group the

    result by streaming service, in order to see which streaming service it

    might make sense to subscribe to.

*   Find related media, using data from Wikidata. E.g., find out when a movie

    you liked has a new sequel/remake, or find the book it's based on. Or find

    all media within a media franchise or fictional universe.

*   Print the results to the console in reports.

*   Send email notifications when one of those reports changes.

*   Enforce some conditions on the list of media. E.g., if you want to keep the

    list sorted, that can be checked automatically. Or if you want to make sure

    that all media has a name ending in " (YYYY)" where "YYYY" is the release

    year, you can do that too. (Doing that can help prevent bugs in filters that

    try to parse the media name.)



## Wishlist



*   Better support for filtering based on completeness. E.g., filtering for a TV

    show where all episodes are available, or filtering for a book series where

    the final book has already been released.

*   Integration with public libraries' APIs if possible, to automatically find

    which media can be borrowed from the library.



## Disclaimers



*   This has not been designed to be secure against malicious config files or

    state files. If you write your config file yourself and run the code

    locally, it should hopefully be fine. But if you want to integrate this code

    into a web application or something where multiple remote users can create

    config files that are used by the same local user, it might be worth

    thinking through the security implications first.

*   This is not an officially supported Google product.

*   See also [a disclaimer about JustWatch's unofficial

    API](https://github.com/dawoudt/JustWatchAPI#disclaimer).