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Use an external movies.json file
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‎addon.xml‎

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<addon id="plugin.video.example"
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version="3.0.1"
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version="3.0.2"
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name="Example Kodi Video Plugin"
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provider-name="Roman_V_M">
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<requires>

‎main.py‎

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"""
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Example video plugin that is compatible with Kodi 20.x "Nexus" and above
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"""
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import os
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import json
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import sys
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from pathlib import Path
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from urllib.parse import urlencode, parse_qsl
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import xbmcgui
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URL = sys.argv[0]
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# Get a plugin handle as an integer number.
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HANDLE = int(sys.argv[1])
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# Get addon base path
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ADDON_PATH = translatePath(Addon().getAddonInfo('path'))
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ICONS_DIR = os.path.join(ADDON_PATH, 'resources', 'images', 'icons')
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FANART_DIR = os.path.join(ADDON_PATH, 'resources', 'images', 'fanart')
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# Get the addon base path. Here we use pathlib.Path for convenient path handling
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ADDON_PATH = Path(translatePath(Addon().getAddonInfo('path')))
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ICONS_DIR = ADDON_PATH / 'resources' / 'images' / 'icons'
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FANART_DIR = ADDON_PATH / 'resources' / 'images' / 'fanart'
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# Public domain movies are from https://publicdomainmovie.net
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# Here we use a hardcoded list of movies simply for demonstrating purposes
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# Here we use a hardcoded list of movies from a JSON file simply for demonstrating purposes
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# In a "real life" plugin you will need to get info and links to video files/streams
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# from some website or online service.
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VIDEOS = [
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{
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'genre': 'Drama',
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'icon': os.path.join(ICONS_DIR, 'Drama.png'),
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'fanart': os.path.join(FANART_DIR, 'Drama.jpg'),
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'movies': [
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{
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'title': 'The Stranger',
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'url': 'https://ia800908.us.archive.org/30/items/TheStranger_0/The_Stranger_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Movie-Mystery-Magazine-July-1946.jpg',
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'plot': 'In 1946, Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for '
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'a Nazism fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a war criminal who has erased all evidence which '
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'might identify him. Kindler has assumed a new identity, Charles Rankin, '
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'and has become a University-preparatory school#United States and Canada teacher '
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'in a small town in the United States. ',
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'year': 1946,
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},
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{
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'title': 'The Iron Mask',
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'url': 'https://ia600702.us.archive.org/3/items/iron_mask/iron_mask_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Ironmaskposter.jpg',
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'plot': 'The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. '
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'It is an adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by '
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'Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of The Man in the Iron Mask.',
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'year': 1929,
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},
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{
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'title': 'Meet John Doe',
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'url': 'https://ia804707.us.archive.org/30/items/meet_john_doe_ipod/video_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Poster_-_Meet_John_Doe_01.jpg',
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'plot': 'Meet John Doe is a 1941 in film United States comedy film drama film film directed and produced '
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'by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" '
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'political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman.',
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'year': 1941,
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},
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],
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},
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{
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'genre': 'Horror',
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'icon': os.path.join(ICONS_DIR, 'Horror.png'),
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'fanart': os.path.join(FANART_DIR, 'Horror.jpg'),
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'movies': [
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{
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'title': 'House on Haunted Hill',
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'url': 'https://ia800203.us.archive.org/18/items/house_on_haunted_hill_ipod/house_on_haunted_hill_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=House_on_Haunted_Hill.jpg',
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'plot': 'Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) invites five people to a "party" '
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'he is throwing for his fourth wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), '
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'in an allegedly haunted house he has rented, promising to give them each $10,000 '
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'with the stipulation that they must stay the entire night in the house after '
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'the doors are locked at midnight.',
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'year': 1959,
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},
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{
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'title': 'Carnival of Souls',
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'url': 'https://ia600301.us.archive.org/8/items/CarnivalofSouls/CarnivalOfSouls_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Carnival_of_Souls_%25281962_pressbook_cover%2529.jpg',
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'plot': 'Carnival of Souls is a 1962 Independent film horror film starring Candace Hilligoss. Produced and directed by Herk Harvey '
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'for an estimated $33,000, the film did not gain widespread attention when originally released, '
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'as a B-movie; today, however, it is a cult classic.',
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'year': 1962,
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},
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{
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'title': 'The Screaming Skull',
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'url': 'https://ia801603.us.archive.org/10/items/TheScreamingSkull/TheScreamingSkull.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Poster_for_The_Screaming_Skull.jpg',
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'plot': 'A widower remarries and the couple move into the house he shared with his previous wife. '
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'Only the ghost of the last wife might still be hanging around.',
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'year': 1958,
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},
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],
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},
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{
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'genre': 'Comedy',
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'icon': os.path.join(ICONS_DIR, 'Comedy.png'),
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'fanart': os.path.join(FANART_DIR, 'Comedy.jpg'),
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'movies': [
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{
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'title': 'Charlie Chaplin\'s "The Vagabond"',
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'url': 'https://ia904601.us.archive.org/16/items/CC_1916_07_10_TheVagabond/CC_1916_07_10_TheVagabond.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=The_Vagabond_%25281916%2529.jpg',
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'plot': 'Charlie Chaplins 53rd Film Released July 10 1916 The Vagabond was a silent '
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'film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released in 1916, '
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'it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon. '
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'This film echoed Chaplin\'s work on The Tramp, with more drama mixed in with comedy.',
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'year': 1916,
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},
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{
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'title': 'Sing A Song of Six Pants',
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'url': 'https://ia601508.us.archive.org/26/items/sing_a_song_of_six_pants/sing_a_song_of_six_pants_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=SingSong6PantsOneSheet47.JPG',
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'plot': 'The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) are tailors and are heavily in debt. '
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'Could a big reward for the capture of a fugitive bank robber answer their financial prayers?',
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'year': 1947,
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},
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{
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'title': 'Steamboat Bill, Jr.',
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'url': 'https://ia904501.us.archive.org/32/items/SteamboatBillJr/Steamboat_Bill.Jr_512kb.mp4',
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'poster': 'https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Steamboat_bill_poster.jpg',
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'plot': 'Steamboat Bill, Jr. is the story of a naive, college-educated dandy who must prove himself '
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'to his working-class father, a hot-headed riverboat captain, while courting the daughter of '
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'his father\'s rival, who threatens to put Steamboat Bill, Sr. '
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'and his paddle-wheeler out of business.',
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'year': 1928,
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},
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],
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},
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]
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MOVIES_INFO_PATH = ADDON_PATH / 'movies.json'
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def get_url(**kwargs):
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:return: plugin call URL
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:rtype: str
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"""
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return '{}?{}'.format(URL, urlencode(kwargs))
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return f'{URL}?{urlencode(kwargs)}'
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def get_genres():
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:return: The list of video genres
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"""
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return VIDEOS
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with MOVIES_INFO_PATH.open('r', encoding='utf-8') as fo:
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return json.load(fo)
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def get_videos(genre_index):
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return VIDEOS[genre_index]
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return get_genres()[genre_index]
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def list_genres():
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list_item = xbmcgui.ListItem(label=genre_info['genre'])
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# Set images for the list item.
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list_item.setArt({'icon': genre_info['icon'], 'fanart': genre_info['fanart']})
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# Convert Path objects to str because Kodi API accepts only str.
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list_item.setArt({
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'icon': str(ICONS_DIR / genre_info['icon']),
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'fanart': str(FANART_DIR / genre_info['fanart']),
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})
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# Set additional info for the list item using its InfoTag.
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# InfoTag allows to set various information for an item.
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# For available properties and methods see the following link:

‎movies.json‎

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[
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{
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"genre": "Drama",
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"icon": "Drama.png",
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"fanart": "Drama.jpg",
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"movies": [
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{
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"title": "The Stranger",
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"url": "https://ia800908.us.archive.org/30/items/TheStranger_0/The_Stranger_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Movie-Mystery-Magazine-July-1946.jpg",
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"plot": "In 1946, Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for a Nazism fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a war criminal who has erased all evidence which might identify him. Kindler has assumed a new identity, Charles Rankin, and has become a University-preparatory school#United States and Canada teacher in a small town in the United States. ",
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"year": 1946
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},
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{
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"title": "The Iron Mask",
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"url": "https://ia600702.us.archive.org/3/items/iron_mask/iron_mask_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Ironmaskposter.jpg",
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"plot": "The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. It is an adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, p\u00e8re, which is itself based on the French legend of The Man in the Iron Mask.",
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"year": 1929
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},
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{
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"title": "Meet John Doe",
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"url": "https://ia804707.us.archive.org/30/items/meet_john_doe_ipod/video_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Poster_-_Meet_John_Doe_01.jpg",
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"plot": "Meet John Doe is a 1941 in film United States comedy film drama film film directed and produced by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a \"grassroots\" political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman.",
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"year": 1941
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}
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]
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},
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{
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"genre": "Horror",
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"icon": "Horror.png",
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"fanart": "Horror.jpg",
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"movies": [
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{
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"title": "House on Haunted Hill",
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"url": "https://ia800203.us.archive.org/18/items/house_on_haunted_hill_ipod/house_on_haunted_hill_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=House_on_Haunted_Hill.jpg",
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"plot": "Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) invites five people to a \"party\" he is throwing for his fourth wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), in an allegedly haunted house he has rented, promising to give them each $10,000 with the stipulation that they must stay the entire night in the house after the doors are locked at midnight.",
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"year": 1959
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},
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{
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"title": "Carnival of Souls",
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"url": "https://ia600301.us.archive.org/8/items/CarnivalofSouls/CarnivalOfSouls_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Carnival_of_Souls_%25281962_pressbook_cover%2529.jpg",
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"plot": "Carnival of Souls is a 1962 Independent film horror film starring Candace Hilligoss. Produced and directed by Herk Harvey for an estimated $33,000, the film did not gain widespread attention when originally released, as a B-movie; today, however, it is a cult classic.",
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"year": 1962
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},
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"title": "The Screaming Skull",
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"url": "https://ia801603.us.archive.org/10/items/TheScreamingSkull/TheScreamingSkull.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Poster_for_The_Screaming_Skull.jpg",
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"plot": "A widower remarries and the couple move into the house he shared with his previous wife. Only the ghost of the last wife might still be hanging around.",
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"year": 1958
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}
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]
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},
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"genre": "Comedy",
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"icon": "Comedy.png",
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"fanart": "Comedy.jpg",
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"movies": [
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{
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"title": "Charlie Chaplin's \"The Vagabond\"",
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"url": "https://ia904601.us.archive.org/16/items/CC_1916_07_10_TheVagabond/CC_1916_07_10_TheVagabond.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=The_Vagabond_%25281916%2529.jpg",
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"plot": "Charlie Chaplins 53rd Film Released July 10 1916 The Vagabond was a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released in 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon. This film echoed Chaplin's work on The Tramp, with more drama mixed in with comedy.",
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"year": 1916
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},
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"title": "Sing A Song of Six Pants",
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"url": "https://ia601508.us.archive.org/26/items/sing_a_song_of_six_pants/sing_a_song_of_six_pants_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=SingSong6PantsOneSheet47.JPG",
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"plot": "The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) are tailors and are heavily in debt. Could a big reward for the capture of a fugitive bank robber answer their financial prayers?",
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"year": 1947
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},
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"title": "Steamboat Bill, Jr.",
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"url": "https://ia904501.us.archive.org/32/items/SteamboatBillJr/Steamboat_Bill.Jr_512kb.mp4",
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"poster": "https://publicdomainmovie.net/wikimedia.php?id=Steamboat_bill_poster.jpg",
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"plot": "Steamboat Bill, Jr. is the story of a naive, college-educated dandy who must prove himself to his working-class father, a hot-headed riverboat captain, while courting the daughter of his father's rival, who threatens to put Steamboat Bill, Sr. and his paddle-wheeler out of business.",
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"year": 1928
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}
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]
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}
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]

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