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Sonarr Attributes

Configuring Sonarr is optional but will allow you to send shows to a Sonarr instance when they're found missing while updating a library's collections.

Warning

Sonarr V2 may work, but it is not supported please upgrade to V3 if you can.

Items in your List Exclusions will be ignored by Kometa.

A sonarr mapping can be either in the root of the config file as global mapping for all libraries, or you can specify the sonarr mapping individually per library.

At the library level, only those settings which are different to the global settings need to be specified; there is an example of this at the end of the page.

Below is a sonarr mapping example and the full set of attributes:

sonarr:
  url: http://192.168.1.12:32789
  token: ################################
  add_missing: false
  add_existing: false
  upgrade_existing: false
  monitor_existing: false
  root_folder_path: S:/Shows
  monitor: all
  quality_profile: HD-1080p
  language_profile: English
  series_type: standard
  season_folder: true
  tag: kometa
  search: false
  cutoff_search: false
  sonarr_path: /media
  plex_path: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia

Attribute Allowed Values Default Required
url Sonarr URL (Including URL Base if set).
Example: http://192.168.1.12:32788
N/A
token Sonarr API Token. N/A
add_missing Adds all missing shows found from all collections to Sonarr.
Use the sonarr_add_missing Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to add missing per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
add_existing Adds all existing shows in collections to Sonarr.
Use the sonarr_add_existing Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to add existing per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
upgrade_existing Upgrades all existing shows in collections to match the Quality Profile of the collection.
Use the sonarr_upgrade_existing Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to upgrade the Quality Profile per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
monitor_existing Ensures all existing shows in collections match your monitor setting.
Use the sonarr_monitor_existing Sonarr Setting in the collection definition to match the monitor setting per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
ignore_cache Ignores Kometa's cache when adding items to Sonarr.
Use the sonarr_ignore_cache Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to ignore per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
root_folder_path Default Root Folder Path to use when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_folder Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the Root Folder per collection.
N/A
monitor Default Monitor to use when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_monitor Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the Monitor value per collection.
Values:
allAll episodes except specials
futureEpisodes that have not aired yet
missingEpisodes that do not have files or have not aired yet
existingEpisodes that have files or have not aired yet
pilotThe first episode, all others will be ignored
firstAll episodes of the first season, all others will be ignored
latestAll episodes of the latest season and future seasons
noneNo episodes
all
quality_profile Default Quality Profile to use when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_quality Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the Quality Profile per collection.
N/A
language_profile Default Language Profile to use when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_language Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the Language Profile per collection.
First Profile
series_type Default Series Type to use when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_series Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the Series Type per collection.
Values:
standardEpisodes released with SxxEyy pattern
dailyEpisodes released daily that use year-month-day pattern (2017-05-25)
animeEpisodes released using an absolute episode number
standard: Episodes released with SxxEyy pattern
daily: Episodes released daily or less frequently that use year-month-day (2017-05-25)
anime: Episodes released using an absolute episode number
standard
season_folder Use the Season Folder Option when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_season Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the season folder value per collection.
boolean: true or false
true
tag Default list or comma-separated string of tags to use when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_tag Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the tags per collection.
search Start search for missing episodes when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_search Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the search value per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
cutoff_search Start search for cutoff unmet episodes when adding new shows.
Use the sonarr_cutoff_search Sonarr Settings in the collection definition to set the cutoff search value per collection.
boolean: true or false
false
plex_path When using add_existing or sonarr_add_all Convert this part of the path to sonarr_path.
sonarr_path When using add_existing or sonarr_add_all Convert the plex_path part of the path to this.
Tip

The token can be found by going to Sonarr > Settings > General > Security > API Key

The quality_profile and language_profile must be the exact name of the desired quality profile, including all spaces and capitalization.

  • You can set most attributes per collection by using the Sonarr Settings in the collection definition.

Sonarr Details

Based on that UI, the settings would be [settings not based on things in this image are shown as #; url and token are of course required they are not shown here to focus on the settings that are shown above]:

sonarr:
  url: #
  token: #
  add_missing: #
  add_existing: #
  upgrade_existing: #
  monitor_existing: #
  root_folder_path: /share
  monitor: all
  quality_profile: Any
  language_profile: English
  series_type: standard
  season_folder: true
  tag: 
  search: false
  cutoff_search: false
  sonarr_path: #
  plex_path: #

Other examples:

Specifying a second Sonarr instance for a specific library:

In this example we have two Sonarr instances, standard and 4K, with five libraries that override various details. Also, shows are being added to the "Library05" library outside Sonarr via a custom script and I want those new shows added to Sonarr for tracking.

libraries:
  Library01:     # this library uses the default sonarr config
    collection_files:
      - file: config/TV.yml

  Library02:     # this library overrides sonarr root path and profile
    collection_files:
      - file: config/TV.yml
    sonarr:
      root_folder_path: /data/media/shows/tony
      quality_profile: Better

  Library03:      # this library overrides sonarr quality profile
    collection_files:
      - file: config/TV.yml
    sonarr:
      quality_profile: Best

  Library04:      # this library uses the 4K sonarr instance
    collection_files:
      - file: config/TV.yml
    sonarr:
      url: https://sonarr-4k.bing.bang
      token: SOME_OTHER_TOKEN
      root_folder_path: /data/media/shows/geezer
      quality_profile: Bestest

  Library05:      # shows get added by a custom script so they should get added to sonarr-4k
    collection_files:
      - file: config/TV.yml
    sonarr:
      url: https://sonarr-4k.bing.bang
      token: SOME_OTHER_TOKEN
      root_folder_path: /data/media/shows/bill
      quality_profile: Bestest
      add_existing: true
      sonarr_path: /data/media/shows/bill
      plex_path: /mnt/unionfs/shows/bill

...
sonarr:
  url: https://sonarr.bing.bang
  token: SOME_TOKEN
  add_missing: false
  add_existing: false
  upgrade_existing: false
  monitor_existing: false
  root_folder_path: /data/media/shows/ozzy
  monitor: all
  quality_profile: Good
  language_profile: English
  series_type: standard
  season_folder: true
  tag:
  search: false
  cutoff_search: false
  sonarr_path:
  plex_path:
...