Import episodes to The Movie Database

tmdb_importer.js

/*
The Movie Database Episode Importer

This is a small script that can be run in the console of https://www.themoviedb.org/ to create episodes for a show.
*/

function buildFormData(dateString, title, episodeNumber) {
    const formData = new FormData();
    const air_date = (new Date(dateString)).toISOString();
    const data = {
        "id": null,
        "episode_number": episodeNumber,
        "name": title,
        "overview": "",
        "air_date": air_date,
        "locked_fields": ""
    }
    formData.append('data', JSON.stringify(data));
    return new URLSearchParams(formData);
}

async function addNewEpisode(date, title, episodeNumber, seasonNumber) {
    console.log(episodeNumber, title, date)
    const data = buildFormData(date, title, episodeNumber)
    postURL = `https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/106428-the-coolest-places-on-earth/season/${seasonNumber}/remote/episodes?timezone=America/New_York&translate=false`
    return fetch(postURL, { method: 'POST', body: data, })
        .then(response => { console.log(response.json()) })
        .catch(e => { console.log(e) })
}

async function main() {
    console.log('main starting');
    for (episode of episodes) {
        const title = episode[0];
        const date = episode[1];
        const number = episode[2];
        console.log(episode['date'], episode['title'], episode['episodeNumber'], episode['season']);
        await addNewEpisode(episode['date'], episode['title'], episode['episodeNumber'], episode['season']);
    }
}

let episodes = [] // need to replace this with the output from below script

main()


/*
// Run this script to get a list of episodes from an IMDB page and copy them to your clipboard

outArray = []
document.querySelectorAll(".list_item").forEach(function (div) {
    const out = {
        date: div.querySelector(".airdate").innerText.replace(".", ""),
        title: div.querySelector("strong").innerText,
        season: document.querySelector("#episode_top").innerText.replace("Season", "").trim(),
        episodeNumber: div.querySelector(".image").innerText.replace(/.*Ep/s, "")
    }
    outArray.push(out)
})
console.log(outArray)
copy(outArray) // copies to clipboard
*/