[TPDBMarkers] KeyError: 'groups'

[Splash4K]

Getting this error when tpdbmarkers runs. Currently on stash v0.28.1

time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] Traceback (most recent call last):"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File \"/root/.stash/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py\", line 206, in <module>"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     processScene(scene)"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File \"/root/.stash/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py\", line 64, in processScene"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     for g in data[\"groups\"]:"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]              ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] KeyError: 'groups'"
time="2025-09-02 14:53:10" level=error msg="Plugin returned error: exit status 1"

I believe all of my packages should be up to date as well

Package            Version
------------------ ---------
requests           2.32.3
stashapp-tools     0.2.58

[Splash4K]

Confirming this issue is still appearing after the latest tpdbmarkers update (0.4.1-377ba6d 9/3/2025 2:23:49 AM)

time="2025-09-02 22:26:31" level=info msg="Updating package timestampTrade"
time="2025-09-02 22:26:36" level=info msg="Finished updating packages"
time="2025-09-02 22:26:36" level=info msg="Updating package TPDBMarkers"
time="2025-09-02 22:26:36" level=info msg="Finished updating packages"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] Traceback (most recent call last):"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File \"/root/.stash/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py\", line 208, in <module>"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     processScene(scene)"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File \"/root/.stash/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py\", line 64, in processScene"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     for g in data[\"groups\"]:"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]              ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] KeyError: 'groups'"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="Plugin returned error: exit status 1"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] Traceback (most recent call last):"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File \"/root/.stash/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py\", line 208, in <module>"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     processScene(scene)"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File \"/root/.stash/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py\", line 64, in processScene"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     for g in data[\"groups\"]:"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]              ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] KeyError: 'groups'"
time="2025-09-02 22:28:36" level=error msg="Plugin returned error: exit status 1"

[zaphod82]

I'm seeing the same thing. Same python packages too. Running this in Docker. The Porn DB Markers (0.4.1-377ba6d).

time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] Traceback (most recent call last):"
time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] File "/config/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py", line 208, in "
time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] processScene(scene)"
time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] File "/config/plugins/community/TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py", line 64, in processScene"
time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] for g in data["groups"]:"
time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^"
time="2025-09-02 21:41:06" level=error msg="[Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] KeyError: 'groups'"

[Psychoholic]

Just to test it out I add some if logic on line 64 (right after groups=[] )

Replaced:

                 for g in data["groups"]:
                            group=processGroup(g)
                            if group:
                                groups.append({"group_id": group["id"],"scene_index":None})
                        log.debug(groups)
                        if len(groups) > 0:
                           stash.update_scene({'id':scene["id"],"groups":groups})

With (line the if up with groups):

if "groups" in data and data["groups"]:
                            for g in data["groups"]:
                                group=processGroup(g)
                                if group:
                                    groups.append({"group_id": group["id"],"scene_index":None})
                            log.debug(groups)
                            if len(groups) > 0:
                               stash.update_scene({'id':scene["id"],"groups":groups})
            else:

[FusionOpz]

Looks like the change to groups from movies did it, I reverted the changes in a313a93 and it started working for me

[FusionOpz]

Looks like the change to groups from movies did it, I reverted the changes in a313a93 and it started working for me

Actually, looking at the Python, the problem is further up in the file, the conversion missed a bunch of movies... namely in processScene...

[Lurking987]

Is it possible that the parameters that are supposed to be passed in from the UI are not making its way over to the python script?
I noticed that in my selection I have "Create Group from scene" as FALSE for the BOOLEAN but these logs indicate that the script still tried to run it.

UI selections:

YML:

exec:
  - python
  - "{pluginDir}/tpdbMarkers.py"
interface: raw

hooks:
  - name: Add Marker to Scene
    description: Makes Markers checking against The Porn DB aka theporndb.net
    triggeredBy:
      - Scene.Update.Post

settings:
  disableSceneMarkerHook:
    displayName: Disable the Scene Markers hook
    type: BOOLEAN
  createMovieFromScene:
    displayName: Create Group from scene
    description: If there is a Group linked to the scene in the timestamp.trade database automatically create a group in stash with that info
    type: BOOLEAN
  runOnScenesWithMarkers:
    displayName: Run on scenes that already have markers.
    type: BOOLEAN
  addTPDBMarkerTag:
    displayName: Add the [TPDBMarker] tag to created markers.
    type: BOOLEAN
  addTPDBMarkerTitle:
    displayName: Add "[TPDBMarker]" to the start of generated marker titles.
    type: BOOLEAN
  overwriteMarkers:
    displayName: Overwrite Markers
    type: BOOLEAN
  mergeMarkers:
    displayName: Merge Markers
    type: BOOLEAN
tasks:
  - name: "Sync"
    description: Get markers for all scenes with a stashid from theporndb.net and no markers
    defaultArgs:
      mode: processScene

.py lines 61-72

                    if settings["createMovieFromScene"] and len(scene.get("groups", [])) == 0:
                        groups=[]
                        for g in data["groups"]:
                            group=processGroup(g)
                            if group:
                                groups.append({"group_id": group["id"],"scene_index":None})
                        log.debug(groups)
                        if len(groups) > 0:
                           stash.update_scene({'id':scene["id"],"groups":groups})
            else:
                log.error('bad response from tpdb: %s' % (res.status_code,))

.py lines 174-191

FRAGMENT_SERVER = json_input["server_connection"]
stash = StashInterface(FRAGMENT_SERVER)

config = stash.get_configuration()["plugins"]
settings = {
    "disableSceneMarkerHook": False,
    "createMovieFromScene":True,
    "addTPDBMarkerTag": False,
    "addTPDBMarkerTitle": False,
    "runOnScenesWithMarkers": False,
    "overwriteMarkers": False,
    "mergeMarkers": False,
}
if "tPdBmarkers" in config:
    settings.update(config["tPdBmarkers"])
log.debug("settings: %s " % (settings,))```

[DogmaDragon]

@heeroyuy852 you can check what the value is actually set in your config.yml for Stash.

[Lurking987]

@heeroyuy852 you can check what the value is actually set in your config.yml for Stash.

the config.yml was correctly reflecting but I was misunderstanding the section of the code that utilizes the createMovieFromScene. sorry about that.

[Lurking987]

@DogmaDragon follow up:

I switched the code in lines 179 - 188 to match what I had in the GUI and config.yml. The plugin is running with no errors:

config = stash.get_configuration()["plugins"]
settings = {
    "disableSceneMarkerHook": False,
    "createMovieFromScene":False,
    "addTPDBMarkerTag": False,
    "addTPDBMarkerTitle": False,
    "runOnScenesWithMarkers": True,
    "overwriteMarkers": True,
    "mergeMarkers": True,
}

I'm now pretty convinced that the issue is with these parameters. Though I'm not sure yet what the connection is between here and the groups array. Though I suspect that the following IF statement on line 62: if settings["createMovieFromScene"] and len(scene.get("groups", [])) == 0: is part of the problem.

Could the issue be with the length? The script is finding a length but the for loop is failing because it's trying to iterate over something that it can't?

[planetrocky]

Saw on discourse if anyone else can reproduce; well unfortunately I can:

Windows 11

stash version: v0.28.1-101-gedcc4e89 - Official Build - 2025-09-16 04:31:36

ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] Traceback (most recent call last):
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File "C:\Applications\Stash\plugins\community\TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py", line 208, in <module>
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     processScene(scene)
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File "C:\Applications\Stash\plugins\community\TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py", line 64, in processScene
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     for g in data["groups"]:
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]              ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] KeyError: 'groups'
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] Plugin returned error: exit status 1

[Lurking987]

Saw on discourse if anyone else can reproduce; well unfortunately I can:

Windows 11

stash version: v0.28.1-101-gedcc4e89 - Official Build - 2025-09-16 04:31:36

ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] Traceback (most recent call last):
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File "C:\Applications\Stash\plugins\community\TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py", line 208, in <module>
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     processScene(scene)
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]   File "C:\Applications\Stash\plugins\community\TPDBMarkers/tpdbMarkers.py", line 64, in processScene
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]     for g in data["groups"]:
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers]              ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] [Plugin / The Porn DB Markers] KeyError: 'groups'
ERRO[2025-09-17 04:39:11] Plugin returned error: exit status 1

hello @planetrocky,

I am reproducing after the update as well. I was able to get around it by applying the edits to the .py file I mentioned in my previous comment. I hope this helps!

[planetrocky]

@Lurking987 it may fix the above groups problem, but then it fails on GraphQL #599

[Lurking987]

@planetrocky interesting. I don't receive any issues without timestamp.trade, my markers come in from TPDB just fine after I make my adjustment to address the groups problem.

[PslkRdgn]

I believe the error is coming from the data flowing from api itself., i.e. when we run a query against https://api.theporndb.net/scenes/38b2b021-38ba-4daf-8c43-8a71fe3a9ca0 result contains the key movies not the groups { "data": { "id": "38b2b021-38ba-4daf-8c43-8a71fe3a9ca0", "_id": 8114640, "title": ... ........ "scenes": [ ], "movies": [ { "id": "c5b612db-dd4a-41f5-9d02-f73a543e60b5", "_id": 8114638, "title": ".... quick solution suggestion for the plug-in might be is reverting line 64 to data["movies"] for the time being ...