Made changes to ensure publishing is done correctly, and also added a pause between publishes to prevent 'TOO_MANY_UNCONFIRMED' error.

re-encode-publish-Q-Tube.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ SIZE_LIMIT_MB = 410
 DEFAULT_CODEC = 'h264'
 DEFAULT_USE_NVIDIA = False
 LOG_FILE = "video-encode-and-publish.log"
+BATCH_SIZE = 5
+WAIT_SECONDS = 120
 
 # Logging
 def log(msg):
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ def generate_all_thumbnails(video_path, duration):
             thumbnails.append(f"data:image/webp;base64,{base64_encode_file(thumb_path)}")
     return thumbnails
     
+ 
+
 def base64_encode_file(path):
     with open(path, 'rb') as f:
         return base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode('utf-8')
@@ -118,6 +122,34 @@ def get_api_key():
     return input("Enter your Qortal API key: ").strip()
     
     
+def generate_identifier_from_filename(filepath):
+    base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filepath))[0]
+    slug = slugify(base)
+    return f"qtube_vid_{slug}"
+
+def check_existing_identifier(base_identifier, channel_name):
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(
+            f"{API_URL}/arbitrary/resources/searchsimple",
+            params={
+                "service": "DOCUMENT",
+                "name": channel_name,
+                "limit": 0,
+                "reverse": "true"
+            },
+            headers={"accept": "application/json"}
+        )
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        entries = response.json()
+        for entry in entries:
+            if entry["identifier"].startswith(base_identifier):
+                return entry["identifier"].replace("_metadata", "")
+    except Exception as e:
+        log(f"[WARNING] Could not check existing identifiers: {e}")
+    return None
+
+
+
 def build_sign_publish_from_file(service, identifier, name, file_path, private_key, dry_run=False, metadata={}):
     """
     Publishes a file to QDN with metadata and signs it locally.
@@ -372,9 +404,16 @@ def publish_qtube(video_path, private_key, mode='auto', dry_run=False):
         if use_auto != 'yes':
             title, fullDescription, htmlDescription, category, codec, use_nvidia = prompt_for_metadata()
 
-    slug = slugify(title)
-    base_slug = f"qtube_vid_{slug}"
-    identifier = None
+    base_identifier = generate_identifier_from_filename(video_path)
+    existing = check_existing_identifier(base_identifier, name)
+
+    if existing:
+        identifier = existing
+        log(f"[INFO] Reusing existing identifier: {identifier}")
+    else:
+        short_id = generate_short_id()
+        identifier = f"{base_identifier}_{short_id}"
+        log(f"[INFO] Using new identifier: {identifier}")
         short_id = None
 
     try:
@@ -452,6 +491,24 @@ def publish_qtube(video_path, private_key, mode='auto', dry_run=False):
     log(f"Publishing METADATA: {metadata_identifier}")
     build_sign_publish_from_file("DOCUMENT", metadata_identifier, name, metadata_file_path, private_key, dry_run)
 
+def process_video_batch(video_paths, private_key, mode='auto', dry_run=False):
+    batch = []
+    for video_path in video_paths:
+        batch.append(video_path)
+        if len(batch) >= BATCH_SIZE:
+            process_and_wait(batch, private_key, mode, dry_run)
+            batch = []
+    if batch:
+        process_and_wait(batch, private_key, mode, dry_run)
+
+def process_and_wait(batch, private_key, mode, dry_run):
+    for video_path in batch:
+        try:
+            publish_qtube(video_path, private_key, mode=mode, dry_run=dry_run)
+        except Exception as e:
+            log(f"[ERROR] Failed to publish {video_path}: {e}")
+    log(f"[WAIT] Waiting {WAIT_SECONDS} seconds before next batch...")
+    time.sleep(WAIT_SECONDS)
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -460,9 +517,9 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     private_key = get_private_key()
+    video_paths = []
 
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
-        # Skip folders we don't want to process
         if 'ORIGINALS' in dirs:
             dirs.remove('ORIGINALS')
         if 'too_large' in dirs:
@@ -476,7 +533,6 @@ def main():
                 try:
                     full_path = os.path.join(root, file)
 
-                    # Per-folder QDN.json check
                     if not qdn_template_cache:
                         metadata_path = os.path.join(root, 'QDN.json')
                         if os.path.exists(metadata_path):
@@ -493,16 +549,13 @@ def main():
                     if should_reencode(full_path):
                         reencoded_path = reencode_video(full_path, codec=codec, use_nvidia=use_nvidia)
                         if reencoded_path:
-                            publish_qtube(reencoded_path, private_key, mode=args.mode, dry_run=args.dry_run)
+                            video_paths.append(reencoded_path)
                     else:
-                        publish_qtube(full_path, private_key, mode=args.mode, dry_run=args.dry_run)
-
+                        video_paths.append(full_path)
                 except Exception as e:
                     log(f"Failed to process {file}: {e}")
 
-
-
+    process_video_batch(video_paths, private_key, mode=args.mode, dry_run=args.dry_run)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
-