"no attribute year" in sort_by_dates when trying to create playlist

[minorsecond]

Getting the following error when trying to create an "aired today" playlist. This is with the latest edit to playlist_manager.py. I've gone through and made sure that I haven't forgotten anything a few times and got the same result each time.

python playlist_manager.py --jbop historyToday --libraries Movies --action add

'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year' Traceback (most recent call last): File "playlist_manager.py", line 282, in sort_by_dates ad_year = video.originallyAvailableAt.year AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'

[blacktwin]

Do you have any recently deleted Movies that have not been clean out? Trying Cleaning Trashcan. That or the Movie doesn't have that metadata field. You should have a log file now, can you share that?

[minorsecond]

Here's the log contents. Interestingly, it's also not picking up "TV Shows" at all.

I'll try cleaning the trash.

2019-09-05 07:56:47,526:playlist_manager:build_playlist:Libraries are not defined for historyToday. Use --libraries.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 513, in build_playlist
    keys_list = get_content(libraries, jbop, filters, search, limit)
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 463, in get_content
    child_lst += item_date
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
2019-09-05 07:57:30,933:playlist_manager:build_playlist:Libraries are not defined for historyToday. Use --libraries.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 513, in build_playlist
    keys_list = get_content(libraries, jbop, filters, search, limit)
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 463, in get_content
    child_lst += item_date
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
2019-09-05 07:58:09,952:playlist_manager:sort_by_dates:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 282, in sort_by_dates
    ad_year = video.originallyAvailableAt.year
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'
2019-09-05 08:01:47,730:playlist_manager:build_playlist:Libraries are not defined for historyToday. Use --libraries.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 513, in build_playlist
    keys_list = get_content(libraries, jbop, filters, search, limit)
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 463, in get_content
    child_lst += item_date
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
2019-09-05 08:01:57,780:playlist_manager:build_playlist:Libraries are not defined for historyToday. Use --libraries.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 513, in build_playlist
    keys_list = get_content(libraries, jbop, filters, search, limit)
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 463, in get_content
    child_lst += item_date
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
2019-09-05 08:02:50,932:playlist_manager:build_playlist:Libraries are not defined for historyToday. Use --libraries.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 513, in build_playlist
    keys_list = get_content(libraries, jbop, filters, search, limit)
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 463, in get_content
    child_lst += item_date
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
2019-09-05 08:03:10,788:playlist_manager:sort_by_dates:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 282, in sort_by_dates
    ad_year = video.originallyAvailableAt.year
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'
2019-09-05 08:08:32,969:playlist_manager:sort_by_dates:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 282, in sort_by_dates
    ad_year = video.originallyAvailableAt.year
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'

[minorsecond]

Cleaning trash didn't work.

[blacktwin]

What are you using for your media agents for Plex?

[minorsecond]

For both plex movie and the movie database, I have

• Sub-Zero Subtitles
• OpenSubtitles.org
• Local Media Assets

[blacktwin]

Check a Movie's XML for addedAt? You may need to refresh metadata if it's not there.

Also, what agent are you using for your Movies library?

[minorsecond]

Refreshing metadata didn't help. I checked a few movies and the addedAt value was present.

I'm using Plex Movie.

[blacktwin]

Edit the following to:

    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(vars(video))
        logger.exception(e)
        # exit()

This will output the video object attributes as well as attempt to continue processing after an error is found.

[minorsecond]

Good idea. Here's what I got:

{'librarySectionID': '20', 'art': '/library/metadata/60146/art/1564177670', 'rating': None, 'addedAt': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 26, 16, 31, 36), 'year': 2017, 'ratingKey': 60146, 'chapters': [], 'session': [], 'userRating': None, 'updatedAt': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 26, 16, 47, 50), 'duration': 5797166, 'guid': 'com.plexapp.agents.imdb://tt5710514?lang=en', 'usernames': [], 'lastViewedAt': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 29, 12, 43, 1), 'thumb': '/library/metadata/60146/thumb/1564177670', 'title': "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore", 'tagline': None, 'contentRating': None, 'audienceRatingImage': None, 'sessionKey': None, 'collections': [], 'listType': 'video', '_server': <PlexServer:http://192.168.3.26:>, 'type': 'movie', 'transcodeSessions': [], 'ratingImage': None, 'playlistItemID': None, 'audienceRating': None, 'genres': [], 'originalTitle': None, 'producers': [], '_details_key': '/library/metadata/60146?checkFiles=1&includeExtras=1&includeRelated=1&includeOnDeck=1&includeChapters=1&includePopularLeaves=1&includeConcerts=1&includePreferences=1', 'studio': None, 'key': '/library/metadata/60146', 'originallyAvailableAt': None, '_data': <Element 'Video' at 0x7f9d12343510>, 'titleSort': "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore", '_initpath': '/library/metadata/60146?checkFiles=1&includeExtras=1&includeRelated=1&includeOnDeck=1&includeChapters=1&includePopularLeaves=1&includeConcerts=1&includePreferences=1', 'viewOffset': 542000, 'viewCount': 0, 'roles': [], 'countries': [], 'fields': [<Field:thumb>, <Field:art>], 'viewedAt': None, 'summary': '', 'labels': [], 'players': [], 'directors': [], 'chapterSource': None, 'media': [<Media:110913>], 'writers': [], 'similar': [], 'primaryExtraKey': None}

and then

'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playlist_manager.py", line 282, in sort_by_dates
    ad_year = video.originallyAvailableAt.year
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'year'

the originallyAvalableAt value is None. I checked the xml in Plex for that movie and the values are all there too.

[blacktwin]

Sorry originallyAvalableAt is what we're looking for, I misspoke before.

Edit these lines to:

    try:
        if video.isPartialObject():
            video = plex.fetchItem(video.ratingKey)
        ad_year = video.originallyAvailableAt.year

This will check if the video object is a Partial or Full object. It might be that for some reason the items that are failing don't have that originallyAvalableAt due to being a Partial object. Although it doesn't seem to matter on my end.

Also, with the previous edit, is there more than one item that was failing before? Anything special about the item that failed? Any difference with TV Shows vs Movies? I'm assuming that a Playlist was created, if you were using that command.

[minorsecond]

I got the same result after making that edit, unfortunately.

I'm getting that with more than one movie. It won't work with TV Shows for some reason, not even recognizing the option ("Libraries are not defined..").

No playlist is being created.

[minorsecond]

I should add that I updated Plex recently. Do you think it's possible that they made a change that's breaking something?

[blacktwin]

Show me your command string for TV Shows. Update shouldn't matter. Mine is set to auto update and I'm not seeing an issue.

[minorsecond]

python playlist_manager.py --jbop historyToday --libraries "TV Shows" --action add

By the way, thanks for taking the time to help me through this. It's greatly appreciated.

[minorsecond]

originallyAvailableAt isn't present in the Plex XML. I don't know what I thought I saw earlier, but it's not there.

Issue was fixed by rerunning the metadata. I guess it was stopped prematurely somehow the first time.

[blacktwin]

So can I close this issue? It's resolved?

[minorsecond]

I'm still trying to figure out why TV Shows isn't working, but that's a different issue. So I think so.

[blacktwin]

Fix incoming.

[blacktwin]

@minorsecond Please download the latest version and try again with TV shows.

[minorsecond]

Looks like that fixed it. Thank you!