exception when exporting certain titles

[ensc]

Addon used

• Amazon VOD (plugin.video.amazon-test)
• Browser Launcher (plugin.program.browser.launcher)

• Addon version:

Account type

• primevideo.com
• amazon.(com/co.uk/de/jp)

System Setup (please provide the following information):

• Hardware: Amazon FireTV
• OS version:
• Kodi version number: 21.3

Upload Logs

2025-12-21 16:56:48.033 T:14727    info <general>: [Amazon VOD] Export: The Last of Us - S02E150 - The Last of Us: Ellie's Journey to Season 2
2025-12-21 16:56:48.152 T:14727   error <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                                    - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                                   Error Type: <class 'TypeError'>
                                                   Error Contents: fromisoformat: argument must be str
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/default.py", line 9, in <module>
                                                       EntryPoint(argv)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/startup.py", line 81, in EntryPoint
                                                       _g.pv.getPage(_g.watchlist, export=2)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/android_api.py", line 150, in getPage
                                                       addDir(k, 'getPage', page, opt=urlencode(v), export=export)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/itemlisting.py", line 50, in addDir
                                                       exec(f'_g.pv.{mode}("{url}", "{opt}", {page}, export={export})')
                                                     File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/android_api.py", line 257, in getPage
                                                       addDir(self.formatTitle(il), 'getPage', 'details', infoLabels=il, opt='itemId=' + il['asins'], cm=cm, page=pgnr, export=export)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/itemlisting.py", line 50, in addDir
                                                       exec(f'_g.pv.{mode}("{url}", "{opt}", {page}, export={export})')
                                                     File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/android_api.py", line 168, in getPage
                                                       addDir(self.formatTitle(il), 'getPage', 'details', il, 'itemId=' + il['asins'], cm=cm, export=export)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/itemlisting.py", line 50, in addDir
                                                       exec(f'_g.pv.{mode}("{url}", "{opt}", {page}, export={export})')
                                                     File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/android_api.py", line 174, in getPage
                                                       addVideo(self.formatTitle(il), il['asins'], il, cm=cm, export=export)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/itemlisting.py", line 117, in addVideo
                                                       Export(infoLabels, url)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/export.py", line 21, in Export
                                                       isAired = datetime.date.today() >= datetime.date.fromisoformat(infoLabels.get('premiered', '1970-01-01'))
                                                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   TypeError: fromisoformat: argument must be str
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--

Describe the bug

Trying to export certain titles fails with the exception above. This happens because the premiered field has a value of None; e.g. adding debugging at

https://github.com/Sandmann79/xbmc/blob/master/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/export.py#L21

shows that infoLabels has the content

{'plot': 'Bella ...', 'mpaa': None, 'cast': [], 'year': None, 'premiered': None, 'rating': None, 'votes': 0, 'isAdult': 0, 'director': None, 'genre': ['Drama', 'Fantasy', 'Sci-Fi/Fantasy'], 'studio': ['Discovery Global Drama'], 'thumb': 'https://... 'fanart': 'https://...', 'isHD': False, 'isUHD': False, 'audiochannels': 2, 'TrailerAvailable': False, 'asins': 'amzn1.dv.gti....', 'isPrime': False, 'title': 'The Last of Us: Character Featurette - Ellie', 'contentType': 'episode', 'mediatype': 'episode', 'tvshowtitle': 'The Last of Us', 'seriesasin': 'amzn1.dv.gti.....', 'totalseasons': 2, 'season': 2, 'duration': 49, 'episode': 153}

Writing

diff --git a/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/export.py b/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/export.py
index 85d5188..5c7a2d0 100644
--- a/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/export.py
+++ b/plugin.video.amazon-test/resources/lib/export.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ _g = Globals()
 def Export(infoLabels, url):
     isEpisode = infoLabels['contentType'] != 'movie'
     isEvent = 'tvshowtitle' not in infoLabels and isEpisode
-    isAired = datetime.date.today() >= datetime.date.fromisoformat(infoLabels.get('premiered', '1970-01-01'))
+    isAired = datetime.date.today() >= datetime.date.fromisoformat(infoLabels.get('premiered') or '1970-01-01')
     language = xbmc.convertLanguage(_s.Language, xbmc.ISO_639_2)
     ExportPath = _s.MOVIE_PATH
     nfoType = 'movie'

fixes it.

[Sandmann79]

Thanks for reporting. Will include it asap.

[Mnyut23]

I had this problem back in April, too, and now I've got the new update:
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=349255&pid=3231274#pid3231274
Sorry for not posting it here!

This issue seems to affect specific types of content rather than
In particular, bonus material such as featurettes, character specials, trailers or behind-the-scenes clips are often returned as regular episodes, but without a release date. In these cases the premiered field exists, buNone.
Because of this, the current fallback is not applied and fromisoformat() is called with None, which causes the export to fail.
So the problem is that premiered is not guaranteed to be a string for all valid exportable items and needs to be hand