
Command line application that can sync IMDb and Trakt user data - watchlist, lists, ratings and history.
To achieve its goals the application is using the Trakt API and web scraping.
Keep in mind that this application is performing one-way sync from IMDb to Trakt. This means that any changes made on IMDb will be reflected on Trakt, but not the other way around.
| FIELD NAME | DEFAULT VALUE | ALLOWED VALUES | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMDB_AUTH | cookies | credentials cookies none |
Authentication method to be used for IMDb:
credentials => IMDB_EMAIL + IMDB_PASSWORD fields required
cookies => IMDB_COOKIEATMAIN field required
none => IMDB_LISTS field required
|
| IMDB_EMAIL | - | - | IMDb account email address. Only required when IMDB_AUTH => credentials |
| IMDB_PASSWORD | - | - | IMDb account password. Only required when IMDB_AUTH => credentials |
| IMDB_COOKIEATMAIN | - | - |
Cookie value only required when IMDB_AUTH => cookies. Get the following cookie information from
your browser:
name: at-main | domain: .imdb.com
|
| IMDB_LISTS | - | - |
Array of IMDb list IDs that you would like synced to Trakt. If this array is not specified or empty, all
IMDb lists on your account will be synced to Trakt. In order to get the ID of an IMDb list, open it from a
browser - the ID is in the URL with format ls#########. If provided as GitHub secret or
environment variable, define its values as comma-separated list. Keep in mind the Trakt list limits!
|
| IMDB_IGNOREDLISTS | - | - |
Array of IMDb list IDs that you do NOT want synced to Trakt. This is useful if you would like to
sync all your lists, but ignore some. In order to get the ID of an IMDb list, open it from a browser - the
ID is in the URL with format ls#########. If provided as GitHub secret or environment variable,
define its values as comma-separated list.
|
| IMDB_TRACE | false | true false | Print tracing logs related to browser activities. Can be useful for debugging purposes |
| IMDB_HEADLESS | true | true false | Whether to run the browser in headless mode or not. Only set this to false when running the syncer locally |
| IMDB_BROWSERPATH | - | - | The location of your preferred web browser. If you leave this value empty, the syncer will attempt to lookup common browser locations. You can optionally override its value to use a specific browser |
| SYNC_MODE | dry-run | full add-only dry-run |
Sync mode to be used when running the application:
full => add Trakt items that don't exist, delete Trakt items that don't exist on IMDb,
update
Trakt items by treating IMDb as the source of truth
add-only => add Trakt items that do not exist, but do not delete anything
dry-run => identify what Trakt items would be added / deleted / updated
|
| SYNC_HISTORY | false | true false | Whether to sync history or not. When IMDB_AUTH => none, history sync will be skipped |
| SYNC_RATINGS | true | true false | Whether to sync ratings or not. When IMDB_AUTH => none, ratings sync will be skipped |
| SYNC_WATCHLIST | true | true false | Whether to sync watchlist or not. When IMDB_AUTH => none, watchlist sync will be skipped |
| SYNC_LISTS | true | true false | Whether to sync lists or not. This provides the option to disable syncing of lists |
| SYNC_TIMEOUT | 15m | - | Maximum duration to run the syncer. Users with large libraries might have to increase the timeout value accordingly. Valid time units are: ns, us (or µs), ms, s, m, h |
| TRAKT_CLIENTID | - | - | Trakt app client ID |
| TRAKT_CLIENTSECRET | - | - | Trakt app client secret |
| TRAKT_EMAIL | - | - | Trakt account email address (do NOT confuse with username) |
| TRAKT_PASSWORD | - | - | Trakt account password |
The application can be setup to run automatically, based on a custom schedule (default: once every 12 hours) using GitHub Actions, in a container, or locally on your machine.
Workflow schedules can be tweaked by editing the .github/workflows/sync.yaml file and committing the changes.
Please configure the application to suits your needs, by referring to the Configuration section, before running it.
Follow the relevant section below, based on how you want to use the application.
Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions > New repository secretSettings > Actions > General > Allow all actions and reusable workflowsActions > Workflows > sync > Enable workflowActions > Workflows > sync > Run workflowgit clone git@github.com:cecobask/imdb-trakt-sync.git.env file with the same contents as .env.example.env file with your own secret valuesITS_ prefixmake packagemake sync-containergit clone git@github.com:cecobask/imdb-trakt-sync.gitmake buildmake configuremake sync$ claude mcp add imdb-trakt-sync \
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