MediaContainer class is now a list (#1373)

* MediaContainer class is now a list

- can now support totalSize as returned from server

* add tests for media container

* Update MediaContainer attributes if previously None when extending

plexapi/base.py

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import re
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Generic, Iterable, List, Optional, TypeVar, Union
 import weakref
 from functools import cached_property
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element
 
 from plexapi import CONFIG, X_PLEX_CONTAINER_SIZE, log, utils
 from plexapi.exceptions import BadRequest, NotFound, UnknownType, Unsupported
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from plexapi.server import PlexServer
+
+PlexObjectT = TypeVar("PlexObjectT", bound='PlexObject')
+MediaContainerT = TypeVar("MediaContainerT", bound="MediaContainer")
+
 USER_DONT_RELOAD_FOR_KEYS = set()
 _DONT_RELOAD_FOR_KEYS = {'key'}
 OPERATORS = {
@@ -253,8 +261,7 @@ class PlexObject:
         if maxresults is not None:
             container_size = min(container_size, maxresults)
 
-        results = []
+        results = MediaContainer[cls](self._server, Element('MediaContainer'), initpath=ekey)
-        subresults = []
         headers = {}
 
         while True:
@@ -332,7 +339,7 @@ class PlexObject:
         if rtag:
             data = next(utils.iterXMLBFS(data, rtag), [])
         # loop through all data elements to find matches
-        items = []
+        items = MediaContainer[cls](self._server, data, initpath=initpath) if data.tag == 'MediaContainer' else []
         for elem in data:
             if self._checkAttrs(elem, **kwargs):
                 item = self._buildItemOrNone(elem, cls, initpath)
@@ -1011,7 +1018,11 @@ class PlexHistory(object):
         return self._server.query(self.historyKey, method=self._server._session.delete)
 
 
-class MediaContainer(PlexObject):
+class MediaContainer(
+    Generic[PlexObjectT],
+    List[PlexObjectT],
+    PlexObject,
+):
     """ Represents a single MediaContainer.
 
         Attributes:
@@ -1024,11 +1035,71 @@ class MediaContainer(PlexObject):
             librarySectionUUID (str): :class:`~plexapi.library.LibrarySection` UUID.
             mediaTagPrefix (str): "/system/bundle/media/flags/"
             mediaTagVersion (int): Unknown
+            offset (int): The offset of current results.
             size (int): The number of items in the hub.
+            totalSize (int): The total number of items for the query.
 
     """
     TAG = 'MediaContainer'
 
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        server: "PlexServer",
+        data: Element,
+        *args: PlexObjectT,
+        initpath: Optional[str] = None,
+        parent: Optional[PlexObject] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        # super calls Generic.__init__ which calls list.__init__ eventually
+        super().__init__(*args)
+        PlexObject.__init__(self, server, data, initpath, parent)
+
+    def extend(
+        self: MediaContainerT,
+        __iterable: Union[Iterable[PlexObjectT], MediaContainerT],
+    ) -> None:
+        curr_size = self.size if self.size is not None else len(self)
+        super().extend(__iterable)
+        # update size, totalSize, and offset
+        if not isinstance(__iterable, MediaContainer):
+            return
+
+        # prefer the totalSize of the new iterable even if it is smaller
+        self.totalSize = (
+            __iterable.totalSize
+            if __iterable.totalSize is not None
+            else self.totalSize
+        )  # ideally both should be equal
+
+        # the size of the new iterable is added to the current size
+        self.size = curr_size + (
+            __iterable.size if __iterable.size is not None else len(__iterable)
+        )
+
+        # the offset is the minimum of the two, prefering older values
+        if self.offset is not None and __iterable.offset is not None:
+            self.offset = min(self.offset, __iterable.offset)
+        else:
+            self.offset = (
+                self.offset if self.offset is not None else __iterable.offset
+            )
+
+        # for all other attributes, overwrite with the new iterable's values if previously None
+        for key in (
+            "allowSync",
+            "augmentationKey",
+            "identifier",
+            "librarySectionID",
+            "librarySectionTitle",
+            "librarySectionUUID",
+            "mediaTagPrefix",
+            "mediaTagVersion",
+        ):
+            if (not hasattr(self, key)) or (getattr(self, key) is None):
+                if not hasattr(__iterable, key):
+                    continue
+                setattr(self, key, getattr(__iterable, key))
+
     def _loadData(self, data):
         self._data = data
         self.allowSync = utils.cast(int, data.attrib.get('allowSync'))
@@ -1039,4 +1110,6 @@ class MediaContainer(PlexObject):
         self.librarySectionUUID = data.attrib.get('librarySectionUUID')
         self.mediaTagPrefix = data.attrib.get('mediaTagPrefix')
         self.mediaTagVersion = data.attrib.get('mediaTagVersion')
+        self.offset = utils.cast(int, data.attrib.get("offset"))
         self.size = utils.cast(int, data.attrib.get('size'))
+        self.totalSize = utils.cast(int, data.attrib.get("totalSize"))

tests/test_fetch_items.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from plexapi.audio import Track
+from plexapi.base import MediaContainer
+
+
+def test_media_container_is_list():
+    container = MediaContainer(None, None, Track(None, None))
+    assert isinstance(container, list)
+    assert len(container) == 1
+    container.append(Track(None, None))
+    assert len(container) == 2
+
+
+def test_media_container_extend():
+    container_1 = MediaContainer(None, None, Track(None, None))
+    container_2 = MediaContainer(
+        None, None, [Track(None, None), Track(None, None)]
+    )
+    container_1.size, container_2.size = 1, 2
+    container_1.offset, container_2.offset = 3, 4
+    container_1.totalSize = container_2.totalSize = 10
+    container_1.extend(container_2)
+    assert container_1.size == 1 + 2
+    assert container_1.offset == min(3, 4)
+    assert container_1.totalSize == 10
+
+
+def test_fetch_items_with_media_container(show):
+    all_episodes = show.episodes()
+    some_episodes = show.episodes(maxresults=2)
+    assert some_episodes.size == 2
+    assert some_episodes.offset == 0
+    assert some_episodes.totalSize == len(all_episodes)