Sickbeard adding repeat duplicate nzbs to sabnzbd

[zeus65]

For some reason since upgrading to 20.04 ubuntu I notice sickbeard struggles to add nzbs to sabnzbd, It actually does it but for some reason doesn't think the response was correct?

e.g.
2020-07-27 22:38:30 SEARCHQUEUE-BACKLOG-295647 :: Unknown failure sending NZB to sab. Return text is: {'status': True, 'nzo_ids': ['SABnzbd_nzo_fhfyge7e']}

This is causing my sabnzbd to download multiple copies of the same thing.

I even tried to switch the connection to https. That hasn't helped

Just wondering if the sabnzbd response has change or some such?

[sanderjo]

Ubuntu 20.04 uses a pre-alpha version of SAB 3.
SAB 3 is more strict on the API
https://github.com/midgetspy/Sick-Beard/ is 8 years old.

Anyway: use the PPA of SABnzbd to get a more recent version of SAB 3. Then test again.

[zeus65]

Ubuntu 20.04 uses a pre-alpha version of SAB 3.
SAB 3 is more strict on the API
https://github.com/midgetspy/Sick-Beard/ is 8 years old.

Anyway: use the PPA of SABnzbd to get a more recent version of SAB 3. Then test again.

Thanks Sanderjo

just mentioning I have the ppa installed and currently using
3.0.0RC2 [aabb709]

Understood that Sickbeard is very old but its served me well over the years. I have heard of a few alternatives like sickrage but never bothered as sickbeard was working so well.

Any other project you would suggest?

[zeus65]

Ps think I found the code spot :), sab.py was expecting a response of ok. I'll try change it...

[zeus65]

Fixed in .sickbeard/sickbeard/sab.py

From:

# do some crude parsing of the result text to determine what SAB said
if "sabText == "ok":
    logger.log(u"NZB sent to SAB successfully", logger.DEBUG)
    return True
elif sabText == "Missing authentication":
    logger.log(u"Incorrect username/password sent to SAB, NZB not sent", logger.ERROR)
    return False
else:
    logger.log(u"Unknown failure sending NZB to sab. Return text is: " + sabText, logger.ERROR)
    return False

To:

# do some crude parsing of the result text to determine what SAB said
if "True" in sabText:
    logger.log(u"NZB sent to SAB successfully", logger.DEBUG)
    return True
elif "Missing authentication" in sabText:
    logger.log(u"Incorrect username/password sent to SAB, NZB not sent", logger.ERROR)
    return False
else:
    logger.log(u"Unknown failure sending NZB to sab. Return text is: " + sabText, logger.ERROR)
    return False

[thezoggy]

You would be better off switching to any of the maintained sickbeard forks

[zeus65]

You would be better off switching to any of the maintained sickbeard forks

Thanks Any suggestions before I go and start my research?

[thezoggy]

@zeus65 sickchill or sickgear are probably your best bet if you want to stay in the sb family. lots of people switched to sonarr for various other reasons+features that depending on your needs may be better suited.