Add deleting only collections that contains a substring

Author: chazlarson

Plex/.env.example

@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ POSTER_DEPTH=20                              # grab this many posters [0 grabs a
 KEEP_JUNK=0                                  # keep files that script would normally delete [incorrect filetypes, mainly]
 FIND_OVERLAID_IMAGES=0                       # check all downloaded images for overlays
 # RETAIN_OVERLAID_IMAGES=0                   # keep images that have an overlay EXIF tag [this will override the following two]
-RETAIN_KOMETA_OVERLAID_IMAGES=0              # keep images that have the Kometa overlay EXIF tag 
-RETAIN_TCM_OVERLAID_IMAGES=0                 # keep images that have the TCM overlay EXIF tag 
+RETAIN_KOMETA_OVERLAID_IMAGES=0              # keep images that have the Kometa overlay EXIF tag
+RETAIN_TCM_OVERLAID_IMAGES=0                 # keep images that have the TCM overlay EXIF tag
 
 ## where-to-put-it
 USE_ASSET_NAMING=1                           # should grab-all-posters name images to match Kometa's Asset Directory requirements?
 USE_ASSET_FOLDERS=1                          # should those Kometa-Asset-Directory names use asset folders?
 USE_ASSET_SUBFOLDERS=0                       # create asset folders in subfolders ["Collections", "Other", or [0-9, A-Z]] ]
 ASSETS_BY_LIBRARIES=1                        # should those Kometa-Asset-Directory images be sorted into library folders?
 ASSET_DIR=assets                             # top-level directory for those Kometa-Asset-Directory images
-                                             # if asset-directory naming is on, the next three are ignored                                            
+                                             # if asset-directory naming is on, the next three are ignored
 POSTER_DIR=extracted_posters                 # put downloaded posters here
 CURRENT_POSTER_DIR=current_posters           # put downloaded current posters and artwork here
 POSTER_CONSOLIDATE=0                         # if false, posters are separated into folders by library
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ ONLY_COLLECTION_MEMBERS=0
 
 # DELETE_COLLECTION ENV VARS
 KEEP_COLLECTIONS=bing,bang                   # List of collections to keep
+# DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING="- Saga"       # Substring; if a collection's title contains this string, it will be deleted
 
 # REMATCH-ITEMS ENV VARS
 UNMATCHED_ONLY=1                             # If 1, only rematch things that are currently unmatched

Plex/README.md

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ ONLY_COLLECTION_MEMBERS=0
 
 # DELETE_COLLECTION ENV VARS
 KEEP_COLLECTIONS=bing,bang                   # List of collections to keep
+# DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING="- Saga"     # Substring; if a collection's title contains this string, it will be deleted
 
 # REMATCH-ITEMS ENV VARS
 UNMATCHED_ONLY=1                             # If 1, only rematch things that are currently unmatched
@@ -778,8 +779,12 @@ This script will simply delete all collections from the libraries specified in t
 
 Script-specific variables in .env:
 ```shell
-KEEP_COLLECTIONS=bing,bang                      # comma-separated list of collections to keep
+KEEP_COLLECTIONS=bing,bang                   # comma-separated list of collections to keep
+# DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING="- Saga"     # Substring; if a collection's title contains this string, it will be deleted
 ```
+
+If `DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING` is not empty, then only collections containing that substring will be deleted.
+
 ****
 ### Usage
 1. setup as above

Plex/delete-collections.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 LIBRARY_NAMES = os.getenv("LIBRARY_NAMES")
 DELAY = int(os.getenv("DELAY"))
 KEEP_COLLECTIONS = os.getenv("KEEP_COLLECTIONS")
+DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING = os.getenv("DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING")
 
 if not DELAY:
     DELAY = 0
@@ -80,8 +81,9 @@ def get_sort_text(argument):
             if title in keeper_array:
                 bar.text = f"-> keeping: {title}"
             else:
-                bar.text = f"-> deleting: {title}"
-                item.delete()
+                if (DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING and title.find(DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING) > -1) or not DELETE_COLLECTIONS_CONTAINING:
+                    bar.text = f"-> deleting: {title}"
+                    item.delete()
 
             bar()