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Fix Sonarr series-title matching for ampersand vs "and" (e.g. "Pam & Tommy") #86

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Fix Sonarr series-title matching for ampersand vs "and" (e.g. "Pam & Tommy") #86

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18 changes: 12 additions & 6 deletions media_processor.py
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Expand Up @@ -558,25 +558,31 @@ def get_series_id(series_name, thetvdb_id=None, themoviedb_id=None):
if series['title'].lower() == series_name.lower():
logger.info(f"Found exact match: {series['title']}")
return series['id']

# 4. Match without year suffixes
webhook_title_clean = re.sub(r'\s*\(\d{4}\)$', '', series_name).strip()
for series in series_list:
sonarr_title_clean = re.sub(r'\s*\(\d{4}\)$', '', series['title']).strip()
if sonarr_title_clean.lower() == webhook_title_clean.lower():
logger.info(f"Found match ignoring year: '{series['title']}' matches '{series_name}'")
return series['id']



# 5. Alternate title match (covers localized titles, e.g. Plex "Es - Welcome to Derry")

# 4.5 Normalized title match (treats "&" and "and" as equivalent, strips punctuation)
def _norm(s):
s = s.lower()
s = s.replace('&', ' and ')
s = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', s)
s = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', s).strip()
return s

incoming_norm = _norm(series_name)
webhook_norm = _norm(series_name)
for series in series_list:
if _norm(series['title']) == webhook_norm:
logger.info(f"Found normalized title match: '{series['title']}' matches '{series_name}'")
return series['id']

# 5. Alternate title match (covers localized titles, e.g. Plex "Es - Welcome to Derry")
incoming_norm = webhook_norm
for series in series_list:
for alt in series.get('alternateTitles', []):
alt_title = alt.get('title', '')
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