Stash_Group_ADVE_Movie_Plugin

Stash Group ADVE Movie Checker

Compares the scenes inside a Stash Group (Movie) against the scene listing on AdultDVDEmpire, so you can see at a glance which scenes you own and which you're still missing.

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Requirements

Requirement	Notes
Stash v0.25+	Plugin API + patch system
Python 3.10+	Backend scraper
requests, beautifulsoup4, stashapp-tools	pip install -r requirements.txt

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Installation

1. Install via manager or manually pasting the folder into Stash's plugin directory. Installation documentation found here: https://discourse.stashapp.cc/t/how-to-install-a-plugin/1015

2. Edit config.json with your settings (see Configuration below).

3. In Stash → Settings → Plugins, click Reload Plugins. You should see Stash Group ADVE Movie Checker appear in the list.

4. Open any Group page — a 🎬 Scene Checker button will appear below the Edit/Delete buttons.

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Configuration

All settings live in config.json inside the plugin folder. Open it in any text editor and fill in the three values:

{
  "adve_session_cookie": "ageConfirmed=true; defaults={}; etoken=PASTE_YOUR_ETOKEN_HERE"
}

Key	Description
adve_session_cookie	Your AdultDVDEmpire session cookie string. See instructions below.

How to get your AdultDVDEmpire session cookie

The plugin needs a valid session cookie to access ADVE movie pages. You only need to do this once — the etoken cookie persists until you log out.

1. Open your browser and log into adultdvdempire.com.

2. Open Developer Tools:

   • Chrome / Edge: press F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I (Mac: Cmd+Option+I)
   • Firefox: press F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I

3. Click the Application tab (Chrome/Edge) or Storage tab (Firefox).

4. In the left sidebar, expand Cookies and click https://www.adultdvdempire.com.

5. You will see a table of cookies. Locate these three:

   Cookie name	Example value
   ageConfirmed	true
   defaults	{}
   etoken	a1=abc123...&a2=def456...&a3=789...

6. Build the cookie string by combining all three in this format:

   ageConfirmed=true; defaults={}; etoken=PASTE_FULL_ETOKEN_VALUE_HERE
   

   Paste the full value of etoken exactly as shown in DevTools — it is a long string containing a1=, a2=, and a3= parts.

7. Paste the complete string as the value of adve_session_cookie in config.json and save the file. No plugin reload required.

Note: If the scraper ever stops getting through to ADVE, your etoken may have expired. Repeat steps 1–7 with a freshly logged-in session.

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Usage

Per-Group check (normal use)

1. Open any Group (movie) page in Stash.
2. Click the 🎬 Scene Checker button below the Edit/Delete buttons. The panel expands showing a Check Scenes button.
3. The Group must have an adultdvdempire.com URL in its URL list. Click Check Scenes — the plugin scrapes ADVE and compares the results against scenes already linked to this Group in Stash.
4. Use the All / Missing / In Library filter buttons to narrow the view.
5. Click ✕ to collapse the panel back to button mode. Results are saved to disk and will restore automatically the next time you open the page.

No ADVE URL

If the Group does not have an adultdvdempire.com URL in its URL list, the panel shows a warning. Edit the Group, paste the ADVE movie page URL into the URL field, save, then click Check Scenes.

Bulk scrape (background task)

In Settings → Tasks, run "Scrape ADVE Scenes for All Groups" to pre-cache scene data for every Group that already has an ADVE URL. Note: this task can take awhile, plan accordingly.

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How Matching Works

Each ADVE scene is matched to a Stash scene using these strategies in order:

1. Performer + duration (primary) — all performers listed on ADVE must be present in the Stash scene, AND the duration must be within tolerance (120 sec base + 10 sec per performer, to account for ADVE's rounded whole-minute durations).
2. Performer match alone — used when ADVE has no duration listed.
3. Duration match alone — used when ADVE has no performers listed.
4. Title match (fallback) — normalized exact title comparison. Generic titles like "Scene 1" are skipped to avoid false positives.

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Data Persistence & Caching

• Results are written to results/group_<id>.json after every run and persist across page navigations and Stash restarts. The 🎬 Scene Checker button shows a completion badge (e.g. 2 / 4) without needing to re-run.
• ADVE pages are cached in .cache/ for 24 hours.
• Click Re-check to force a fresh scrape and overwrite stored results.

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File Structure

Stash_Group_ADVE_Movie_Plugin/
├── Stash_Group_ADVE_Movie_Plugin.yml   ← Plugin manifest
├── checker.py                          ← Backend: scraper + GraphQL + matching
├── config.json                         ← Your settings (AdultDVDEmpire session cookie)
├── requirements.txt                    ← Python dependencies
├── panel.js                            ← Frontend UI injected into Group pages
├── results/                            ← Auto-created; persisted result JSON files
└── .cache/                             ← Auto-created; cached ADVE HTML (24 hr TTL)

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⚠️ Scraper Fragility Note

The plugin scrapes AdultDVDEmpire's HTML. If ADVE changes their page markup, the selectors in checker.py → scrape_adve() may need updating. The key pattern to check is the scene anchor:

soup.find_all("a", attrs={"name": re.compile(r"^scene_\d+$")})