Addon for Kodi providing widgets for all kinds of media types
I am very busy currently so I do not have a lot of time to work on this project or watch the forums. Be aware that this is a community driven project, so feel free to submit PR's yourself to improve the code and/or help others with support on the forums etc. If you're willing to really participate in the development, please contact me so I can give you write access to the repo. I do my best to maintain the project every once in a while, when I have some spare time left. Thanks for understanding!
The script implements a plugin entrypoint to provide some dynamic content that can be used for example in widgets.
use the parameter limit=[value] to define the number of items to show in the list. Defaults to the setting defined in the addon settings
All available methods can be explored by navigating to the addon in Kodi's video addons section. Most important/used methods are listed below:
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=next&mediatype=episodes&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload)]
Provides a list of the nextup episodes. Searches for next episode after the last played, otherwise returns the first unwatched episode. Note: the reload parameter is needed to auto refresh the widget when the content has changed.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recommended&mediatype=movies&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-movies)]
Provides a list of the in-progress movies AND movies sorted by rating. An alternate behavior for this widget is available in settings, which finds movies similar to all recently watched movies. Note: the reload parameter is needed to auto refresh the widget when the content has changed.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recommended&mediatype=media&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides a list of recommended media (movies, tv shows, music) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recent&mediatype=albums&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music)]
Provides a list of recently added albums, including the artwork provided by this script as ListItem.Art(xxxx) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
Optional argument: browse=true --> will open/browse the album instead of playing it
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recentplayed&mediatype=albums&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music)]
Provides a list of recently played albums, including the artwork provided by this script as ListItem.Art(xxxx) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
Optional argument: browse=true --> will open/browse the album instead of playing it
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recommended&mediatype=albums&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music)]
Provides a list of recommended albums, including the artwork provided by this script as ListItem.Art(xxxx) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
Optional argument: browse=true --> will open/browse the album instead of playing it
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recent&mediatype=songs&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music)]
Provides a list of recently added songs, including the artwork provided by this script as ListItem.Art(xxxx) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recentplayed&mediatype=songs&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music)]
Provides a list of recently played songs, including the artwork provided by this script as ListItem.Art(xxxx) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recommended&mediatype=songs&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music)]
Provides a list of recommended songs, including the artwork provided by this script as ListItem.Art(xxxx) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recent&mediatype=media&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides a list of recently added media (movies, tv shows, music, tv recordings, musicvideos) Note: You can optionally provide the reload= parameter if you want to refresh the widget on library changes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=similar&mediatype=movies&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
This will provide a list with unwatched movies that are similar to a random recently watched movie from the library (similarity is based on several factors, including matching genres, writers, directors, movie set & rating). TIP: The listitem provided by this list will have a property "similartitle" which contains the movie from which this list is generated. That way you can create a "Because you watched $INFO[Container.ListItem.Property(originaltitle)]" label.... Note: You can optionally provide the widgetreload2 parameter if you want to refresh the widget every 10 minutes. If you want to refresh the widget on other circumstances just provide any changing info with the reload parameter, such as the window title or some window Property which you change on X interval.
The above command will create a similar movies listing based on a random recently watched movie in the library. If you want to specify the movie to base the request on yourself you can optionally specify the imdb id to the script:
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=similar&mediatype=movies&imdbid=[IMDBID]
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=similarshows&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
This will provide a list with TV shows that are similar to a random in progress show from the library, sorted by number of matching genres, then rating. TIP: The listitem provided by this list will have a property "similartitle" which contains the movie from which this list is generated. That way you can create a "Because you watched $INFO[Container.ListItem.Property(originaltitle)]" label.... Note: You can optionally provide the widgetreload2 parameter if you want to refresh the widget every 10 minutes. If you want to refresh the widget on other circumstances just provide any changing info with the reload parameter, such as the window title or some window Property which you change on X interval.
The above command will create a similar shows listing based on a random in progress show in the library. If you want to specify the show to base the request on yourself you can optionally specify the imdb/tvdb id to the script:
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=similarshows&imdbid=[IMDBID]
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=similar&mediatype=media&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
This will provide a list with both Movies and TV shows that are similar to a random in progress movie or show from the library. TIP: The listitem provided by this list will have a property "similartitle" which contains the movie from which this list is generated. That way you can create a "Because you watched $INFO[Container.ListItem.Property(originaltitle)]" label.... Note: You can optionally provide the widgetreload2 parameter if you want to refresh the widget every 10 minutes. If you want to refresh the widget on other circumstances just provide any changing info with the reload parameter, such as the window title or some window Property which you change on X interval.
The above command will create a similar shows listing based on a random in progress show in the library. If you want to specify the movie/show to base the request on yourself you can optionally specify the imdb/tvdb id to the script:
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=similarshows&imdbid=[IMDBID]
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=forgenre&mediatype=movies&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
This will provide a list with movies that for a random genre from the library. TIP: The listitem provided by this list will have a property "genretitle" which contains the movie from which this list is generated. Note: You can optionally provide the widgetreload2 parameter if you want to refresh the widget every 10 minutes. If you want to refresh the widget on other circumstances just provide any changing info with the reload parameter, such as the window title or some window Property which you change on X interval.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=forgenre&mediatype=tvshows&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
This will provide a list with tvshows for a random genre from the library. TIP: The listitem provided by this list will have a property "genretitle" which contains the movie from which this list is generated. Note: You can optionally provide the widgetreload2 parameter if you want to refresh the widget every 10 minutes. If you want to refresh the widget on other circumstances just provide any changing info with the reload parameter, such as the window title or some window Property which you change on X interval.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=inprogress&mediatype=media&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload)]
Provides a list of all in progress media (movies, tv shows, music, musicvideos) Note: the reload parameter is needed to auto refresh the widget when the content has changed.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=inprogressandrecommended&mediatype=media&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload)]
This combines in progress media and recommended media, useful to prevent an empty widget when no items are in progress. Note: the reload parameter is needed to auto refresh the widget when the content has changed.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=favourite&mediatype=media&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides a list of all media items that are added as favourite (movies, tv shows, songs, musicvideos) Note: By providing the reload-parameter set to the widgetreload2 property, the widget will be updated every 10 minutes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=channels&mediatype=pvr&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides the Kodi TV channels as list content, enriched with the artwork provided by this script (where possible). Note: By providing the reload-parameter set to the widgetreload2 property, the widget will be updated every 10 minutes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=recordings&mediatype=pvr&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides the Kodi TV Recordings (sorted by date) as list content, enriched with the artwork provided by this script (where possible). Note: By providing the reload-parameter set to the widgetreload2 property, the widget will be updated every 10 minutes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?mediatype=favourites&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides the Kodi favourites as list content. Note: By providing the reload-parameter set to the widgetreload2 property, the widget will be updated every 10 minutes.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=unaired&mediatype=episodes&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides a listing for episodes for tvshows in the Kodi library that are airing within the next 2 months.
All listitem properties should be the same as any other episode listitem, all properties should be correctly filled with the correct info. Just treat the widget as any other episode widget and you should have all the details properly set. If not, let me know ;-)
Listitem.Title --> title of the episode Listitem.Season, ListItem.Episode --> season/episode of the episode ListItem.TvShowTitle --> Name of the show ListItem.Studio --> Network of the show ListItem.FirstAired --> Airdate for the episode ListItem.Art(fanart, poster etc.) --> Artwork from the TV show (in Kodi database) ListItem.Thumb or Listitem.Art(thumb) --> Episode thumb (if provided by tvdb)
Besides the default Kodi ListItem properties for episodes the following properties will exist:
ListItem.Property(airday) --> The weekday the show will air on the network (e.g. Monday) ListItem.Property(airtime) --> The time the show will air on the network (e.g. 8:00 PM) ListItem.Property(airdatetime) --> Combination of airdate and airtime ListItem.Property(airdatetime.label) --> Combination of airdate, airtime and network
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=nextaired&mediatype=episodes&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2)]
Provides the next unaired episode for each tvshow in the library which is airing within the next 2 months. Difference with the unaired episodes is that it will only show the first airing episode for each show while unaired episodes shows all airing episodes. Also, the next airing episodes looks 60 days ahead for airing episodes while the unaired episodes looks 120 days ahead.
For the listitem properties, see the "unaired episodes" plugin path.
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=browsegenres&mediatype=movies&limit=1000
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=browsegenres&mediatype=tvshows&limit=1000
Provides the genres listing for movies or tvshows with artwork properties from movies/shows with the genre so you can build custom genre icons.
ListItem.Art(poster.X) --> poster for movie/show X (start counting at 0) in the genre
ListItem.Art(fanart.X) --> fanart for movie/show X (start counting at 0) in the genre
For each genre, only 5 movies/tvshows are retrieved. Supported types: movie, tvshow (will return 5 items from the library for each genre) If you use randommovie or randomtvshow as type the library items will be randomized
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=playlist&mediatype=movies&tag=[playlistname]
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=playlist&mediatype=tvshows&tag=[playlistname]
plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=playlist&mediatype=media&movie_label=[movieplaylistname]&tv_label=[tvplaylistname]
Provides the specified playlist(s) with limited number of items, sorted by experimental recommendation score.
Supported types: movie, tvshow, media
If you need to refresh a widget automatically after the library is changed, you can append these to the widget path.
For example:
plugin://myvideoplugin/movies/?latest&reload=$INFO[Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-episodes)]
| property | description |
|---|---|
| Window(Home).Property(widgetreload) | will change if any video content is added/changed in the library or after playback stop of any video content (in- or outside of library) |
| Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-episodes) | will change if episodes content is added/changed in the library or after playback stop of episodes content (in- or outside of library) |
| Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-movies) | will change if movies content is added/changed in the library or after playback stop of movies content (in- or outside of library) |
| Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-tvshows) | will change if tvshows content is added/changed in the library |
| Window(Home).Property(widgetreload-music) | will change if any music content is added/changed in the library or after playback stop of music (in- or outside of library) |
| Window(Home).Property(widgetreload2) | will change every 10 minutes (e.g. for pvr widgets or favourites) |