A quick python script using Sickbeard api to get what TV has downloaded today and format for mqttwarn (for mqtt message/topic). I run this via cron at 7pm (when i sit down for the night, hopefully!) and i can quickly see what to watch. If you are very clever you could have this delivered to your phone when you turn your TV on at night. (aka open…

sickbeard_history.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import json
import urllib2
import time
import datetime
import paho.mqtt.publish as publish

# Show's the last 10 episodes that have been downloaded using sickbeard recently
# working example; http://localhost:9002/api/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/?cmd=history&limit=10&type=downloaded

# Edit Settings
ip = "192.168.4.22:8081"
api = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
cmd = "history&limit=10&type=downloaded"

#mqtt broker settings
hostname = "127.0.0.1"
topic = "/house/messages"
#End Settings

# make url
sb = "http://%s/api/%s/?cmd=%s" % (ip, api, cmd)

response = urllib2.urlopen(sb)
jsonResponse = json.loads(response.read())
jsonData = jsonResponse["data"]
listofshows = ""

for item in jsonData:
    show_name = item.get("show_name")
    date_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(item.get("date"), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
    if date_object.timetuple().tm_mday == datetime.date.today().day:
        #print("%s" % (show_name))
        listofshows = show_name + "\n" + listofshows #add one per line

print(listofshows)

#format for mqttwarn message delivery
msgjson = json.dumps(dict(
                                lvl = "4",
                                sub = "NEW TV to Catch up on tonight",
                                txt = listofshows[:-1].encode('utf8'),
                                delay = "20000",
                                img = "info.png",
                                url = "http://" + ip
                            ))
                            
#print("JSON msg: %s" % (msgjson))

publish.single(topic, msgjson, hostname=hostname)

Great idea @matbor - what config are you using in mqttwarn for these messages?

Here is my openHAB rule for triggering the display;

rule "Living room AV activity"
when
    // 0="Off", 1="XBMC", 2="Blu-Ray", 3="Music", 4="AUX", 5="Sky"
    Item AvActivity_Living received command
then
    switch (receivedCommand) {
        case 1: {            
            // if it is in the evening (i.e. after 9pm) then reduce volume a bit
            var Number volumeDb = -30.0
            if (DayEvening.state == ON)
                volumeDb = -35.0

            YamahaMainZone_Power.sendCommand(ON)
            YamahaMainZone_Input.sendCommand("AV3")
            YamahaMainZone_VolumeDb.sendCommand(volumeDb)
            RedEyeCommand_TvPower.sendCommand(ON)
            RedEyeCommand_BlurayPower.sendCommand(OFF)

            if (AvActivity_Outside.state != 3)
                SqueezeboxLiving_Power.sendCommand(OFF)             

            // scene: normal (we adjust based on XBMC state - play/pause/stop)
            if (DayMorning.state != ON)
                Scene_Living.sendCommand(1)

            // clear the shutdown timer since there has been some activity
            if (xbmcLivingShutdownTimer != null)
                xbmcLivingShutdownTimer.cancel()

            // start a timer to shutdown the AV gear
            xbmcLivingShutdownTimer = createTimer(now.plusMinutes(10)) [|
                // check we are still in the XBMC activity
                if (AvActivity_Living.state == 1) {
                    Notify_Trace.postUpdate("Shutting down living room XBMC after 10 mins of no activity")
                    AvActivity_Living.sendCommand(0)
                }
            ]

            // after 10s get our script to publish any shows downloaded today so they are displayed
            createTimer(now.plusSeconds(10)) [|
                var String command = "/home/ben/openhab/publish_sickbeard_daily.py"
                executeCommandLine(command, 10000)
            ]
        }
    }
end

I have removed the code for the other scenes as it was a bit too much.

mqttwarn.ini settings;

[messages]
topic = /house/messages
targets = log:debug,pushover:message
title = {sub}
format = {txt}

also compatible with my mqtt2chrome notifications popups with this setup.

BTW - the wife loves this new 'feature'. Every time she fires up XBMC she gets the little notification listing the shows are have downloaded. Cheers!