By released I mean when the movie becomes available as a WEB-RIP, WEB-DL or a BluRay rip. I don’t wanna set up Radarr because I am not that invested in movies. But there are some movies that I would like to watch. So being able to come to know when a movie is available in good quality would be nice.
I actually have Radarr installed but I only use it to get metadata. Radarr knows when a “not available” vs. when it is “missing”. I am thinking of leveraging that to write a script that runs once a day and notify me about change from “not available” to “missing” using ntfy.
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You’re basically asking Radarr to do something it already does.
You say you “don’t want to set up Radarr”, but you already have Radarr installed and running for metadata. Radarr has:
• a built-in calendar showing upcoming releases
• quality profiles that let you define exactly what counts as a “good” WEB-DL/WEB-Rip/BDRip
• native notifications, webhooks, and external services like ntfy
• the ability to automatically grab the movie the second your preferred quality becomes available
If all you want is “tell me when this movie is available in proper quality”, Radarr already tracks that state change internally. You don’t need a custom script. Just enable notifications or a webhook and let Radarr tell you when the movie switches from “unavailable” to “downloadable” in your chosen profile.
You’re already using the exact tool designed for the job. No need to reinvent it.
Where’s the webhook option? I have ntfy integration enabled but there’s no option to notify about this specific state change (aa far as I can tell). I don’t wanna set up grabbing because it messes with directory structure I have for my media.
Just read the docs or browse the settings. I’m sure you can find it :)
Yeah but it doesn’t support webhooking or notifying for what I want to be notified about.
Ah, now I see what you’re after. Radarr itself doesn’t send a notification just because a movie goes from “not available” to “missing.” To get that alert, you’ll need a workaround.
You could indeed write a simple script that checks Radarr’s API daily and shoots you a notification via ntfy if the status flips to “missing.” Or, if you’d rather not code, you could use something like Prowlarr to watch tracker RSS feeds and alert you when a matching release pops up.
The easiest way without extra tools? Just enable Radarr’s “Download” notifications. When a movie hits “missing,” Radarr will try to grab it and notify you of the attempt. If you don’t want it to actually download, you can disable the download client but then you’ll miss the notification too.
So yeah, no perfect built-in solution, but those are your best bets.
Thank you
