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# Adapter: Tautulli

Tautulli adapter is a **read-only history importer**. It pulls old Plex plays from an existing Tautulli database and normalizes them.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Tautulli is not a tracker and not a media server. Don’t use it to “sync” back into Plex/Trakt/SIMKL/etc.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
Connect Tautulli first. Use: [Tautulli (Authentication provider)](/crosswatch/providers/authentication/auth-others/auth-tautulli.md).
{% endhint %}

### What it supports

* Direction: **source-only**
* Features:
  * **History** (movies + episodes)
  * Watchlist / ratings / playlists (not supported)
* Writes: **not supported** (always read-only)

### How indexing works

1. Pull pages from `get_history` until the end or a safety stop.
2. Keep only `media_type` in `{movie, episode}`.
3. Extract IDs from GUIDs + Plex/Tautulli keys (`rating_key`, `grandparent_rating_key`).
4. If IDs are incomplete, call `get_metadata(rating_key)` to enrich external IDs.
5. Emit normalized items keyed by external IDs where possible.

{% hint style="info" %}
History is indexed as a de-duplicated snapshot. Newest entry wins per canonical key.
{% endhint %}

### Output shape

<details>

<summary>Movie example</summary>

```json
{
  "type": "movie",
  "ids": {
    "imdb": "tt123",
    "tmdb": "456",
    "tvdb": "0",
    "plex": "12345",
    "guid": "plex://movie/..."
  },
  "title": "…",
  "year": 2024,
  "watched_at": "2025-12-30T23:54:11Z"
}
```

</details>

<details>

<summary>Episode example</summary>

```json
{
  "type": "episode",
  "ids": {
    "imdb": "ttSHOW",
    "tmdb": "157741",
    "tvdb": "397424",
    "plex": "40759",
    "guid": "plex://show/..."
  },
  "title": "Episode title",
  "year": 2025,
  "season": 2,
  "episode": 4,
  "watched_at": "2025-12-30T23:54:11Z",
  "series_title": "Show title (when available)",
  "show_ids": {
    "imdb": "ttSHOW",
    "tmdb": "157741",
    "tvdb": "397424",
    "plex": "40759",
    "guid": "plex://show/..."
  }
}
```

</details>

### Workflows (recommended)

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### Import into CrossWatch (recommended)

Run a pair: **Tautulli → CrossWatch** with **History** enabled.

Then use **CrossWatch (CW)** as the source to seed Trakt/SIMKL/etc.

Related: [Adapter: CrossWatch](/crosswatch/providers/synchronization/adapter-crosswatch.md).
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Import into Editor dataset

Use this if you want to clean history before syncing it anywhere:

* fix wrong matches
* remove junk plays
* merge duplicates
* correct titles/years
  {% endstep %}
  {% endstepper %}

### Endpoints used (for debugging)

<details>

<summary>API calls</summary>

* History pages: `GET /api/v2?cmd=get_history`
* Metadata enrichment (optional): `GET /api/v2?cmd=get_metadata&rating_key=...`

</details>


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