RSS Feeds Filter - "Requires"

[airguy]

I am not sure if this is a bug, or is intended to operate this way.

I have an "accept" filter for a tv show called The.Spencer.Sisters.s??e??.*1080p*

But I was also getting downloads of Sisters.Feud. Rather than set another reject filter I decided to try the "Requires" filter for the show. However the result was all my other shows downstream of this filter were completely rejected by this filter in the not matched list.

Is this how the "Requires" filter is supposed to work?

The WIKI says: Require job title to contain this expression.
If matched, go to next filter. If not matched, reject job.

By rejecting job, does that mean everything else downstream?
That is what is happening when I try to use it.

How else can I specify I only want that exact show name download only?

I am running SABnzbd 4.3.3 on Windows Server 2016 Essentials (Win 10).

[sander]

I don't know if the below is the correct way, but this works for me:

Let your indexer do the heavy lifting: only get "spencer.sisters" via RSS. Use that as your base RSS URL, for example:

https://api.nzb.su/api?apikey=BLABLABLA ... er.sisters

(or drunkenslug ... same format ... https://drunkenslug.com/api?apikey=BLAB ... er.sisters )

EDIT: so

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https://api.nzb.su/api?apikey=BLABLABLA&t=search&extended=1&q=spencer.sisters

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https://drunkenslug.com/api?apikey=BLABLA&t=search&q=spencer.sisters

/EDIT



Then in the RSS filtering, in this order:

Requires S??E??
Requires 1080p
Reject german
Accept *

Works for me.

[safihre]

This is how that filter is supposed to work. It stops if not matches that line.

[airguy]

This is how that filter is supposed to work. It stops if not matches that line.

Thanks for the replies.

Wouldn't it be more useful if it would just go to the next line (next filter), instead of aborting all other lines below it? I have 670 lines of filters in my RSS feed config screen. As it stands, this "requires" filter is then useless. If I put it first, everything else below is aborted. If I put it last, then it would work, but I would have to remember to keep moving it to last if I add more filters. And then, what if I decide to use another "requires" filter. That would nullify the 2nd one (below it) completely.

I guess it's also fine if you only have it and no other filter in your RSS line.

I get what sander is demonstrating, but that seems like a lot of work for each show, especially with all the lines I have in my RSS config.

Sorry, but I fail to see the usefulness or the intended purpose of this "requires" filter.

I guess I will have to use another "reject" filter above for the time being.

I do appreciate your feedback and help.

[sander]

> I have 670 lines of filters

Wow! Isn't an *arr app better for you?

[airguy]

Maybe. But I'm old , and probably old school. And it's been working great for years (I love SABnzbd!) . But yes, the RSS config page also takes minutes to load. And it has to refresh after every change/update of a line. I've tried many different browsers, but all the same. I usually just open it in another tab and come back to it in a few minutes. I presently use Firefox, but it is starting to get pretty annoying, waiting a couple of minutes just to make 1 change or addition.

I can see that not many do it the way I do.

Oh well, I can only hope that maybe the "requires" filter would eventually work like the others.

I may end up looking into some *arr apps down the road.

Thanks again.