Notify on Dupe

[Baswazz]

Notify is working on Success and Failure i would like to see the option to notify on duplicate. I am using Telegram notifications.

[caronc]

This is a great idea! I created a support ticket on the NZBGet Forums because that is uncharted waters for me.

When i get an answer, I'll see what i can do! :smile:

[hugbug]

Duplicate handling is complex and works on many stages. What exactly do you mean with notify on duplicate and why do you think you need this?

[caronc]

I can't speak for @Baswazz, but If I were to guess: I think he wants to be notified when an NZB-File was added to his queue but never download because the scoring applied deemed the file as a duplicate.

[Baswazz]

@carnoc You described exactly what i mean.

[caronc]

@hugbug do you think this is something you'd be able to hook into NZBGet? Perhaps through a PostScript or FeedScript?

For a PostScript, it might just be a health flag such as FAILURE/DUPE (or something like that)? I'm not sure the effort level involved vs the reward at the end of the day though. I also don't know the code base as well as you do, so i'm just polling for your feedback at this point.

What are your thoughts?

[hugbug]

It's possible that I don't understand the request correctly. That's why I've asked @Baswazz to explain what exactly he wants and why he thinks he needs this.

to be notified when an NZB-File was added to his queue but never download

Do you mean an nzb in history with status DUPE? When should the notification be sent? When nzb lands in history with status DUPE it still can be downloaded later if the corresponding download (which can be in queue at this moment) fails.

Postprocessing scripts cannot be used here (because there is nothing to post-process) but a new queue event (for queue-script) is possible.

[Baswazz]

It does happen i already downloaded a file with the same title but a better quality option appears. Then it is marked as dupe in History. Because of this i don't get any notification and have to check the histories dupe section often.

If it is possible i think the notification should be send after it is marked as dupe this way it can be identified as dupe in the notification itself.

[hugbug]

@Baswazz It seems you use automation software like Sonarr. In that case you don't need duplicate check in nzbget. Just switch option DupeCheck off and everything will be downloaded. Sonarr (or whatever tool you use) will decide what to download.

[Baswazz]

@hugbug I only use a RSS Feed with a filter no Sonarr.

[caronc]

Just to break the stalemate here, @hugbug are you kind of leaning to the thought that it would be very difficult to hook into and make scoring/dupe results available to external hooks?

@baswazz: is there a reason you're using the dupe check? It sounds like in your environment (based in what hugbug pointed out), the option is kind of working against you.

[hugbug]

@caronc: A new queue event shouldn't be difficult to implement. Still I think it's not necessary: if one needs a notification for DUPE then I think the system isn't setup properly 😉

@Baswazz: You should use score system in your rss filters. Then the better quality releases will be downloaded automatically when they appear in RSS. The documentation for RSS explains how to do that. If you need help configuring scores I'll be glad to assist (preferably on nzbget forum).

If you guys still need notification for DUPE this can also be implemented. Please create an issue on nzbget issue tracker; otherwise I may forget about this request.

[Baswazz]

@caronc @hugbug I don't have any scores configured, i was not aware of this possibility. If this works then dupe notifications should be unnecessary. If i have any problem configuring i will let you know on the nzbget forum. Thanks guys for the responses and help!