jellyfin-imdb-cli

A simple Python CLI tool to quickly fetch IMDb IDs for movies and shows, making it easier to fix metadata issues in Jellyfin.

Features

• Fetch IMDb ID by exact title
• Interactive search with multiple matches (--list)
• Year filter (--year YYYY)
• Lightweight and fast (only requires Python and requests)

Requirements

• Python 3
• OMDb API key (get a free key from OMDb)
• Python dependency: [requests]

Install requests with: pip3 install requests

Examples:

• python3 jellyfin-imdb-cli.py "Breaking Bad"

• python3 jellyfin-imdb-cli.py "Batman" --list

• python3 jellyfin-imdb-cli.py "Batman" --list --year 2005

🍻 Support / Tip Jar

This project is free and will always be free — enjoy! 🙂
If it saved you time or made Jellyfin a little better, and you’d like to buy me a beer (totally optional), you can tip using open source money:

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