add contextual menu for search item on KOD via tmdb_id

externalsearch.py

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+import xbmc, sys, xbmcgui, os
+from platformcode import config, logger
+
+# incliuding folder libraries
+librerias = xbmc.translatePath(os.path.join(config.get_runtime_path(), 'lib'))
+sys.path.insert(0, librerias)
+
+
+from core.item import Item
+
+
+def execute_search():
+  """
+  Gather the selected ListItem's attributes in order to compute the `Item` parameters
+  and perform the KOD's globalsearch.
+  Globalsearch will be executed specifing the content-type of the selected ListItem
+
+  NOTE: this method needs the DBTYPE and TMDB_ID specified as ListItem's properties
+  """
+
+  # These following lines are commented and keep in the code just as reminder.
+  # In future, they could be used to filter the search outcome
+
+  # IMDB: the imdb of the selected ListItem
+  # this field is the Kodi's core field (not TMDB)
+  #
+  # imdb = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.IMDBNumber')
+
+  # ADDON: maybe can we know if the current windows is related to a specific addon?
+  # we could skip the ContextMenu if we already are in KOD's window
+  #
+  # addon = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.Property(Addon.ID)')
+
+  # YEAR: the year of the selected ListItem
+  # this field is the Kodi's core field
+  #
+  # year = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.Year')
+
+
+  tmdb = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.Property(tmdb_id)')
+  mediatype = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.DBTYPE')
+  title = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.Title')
+
+
+  logstr = "Selected ListItem is: 'TMDB: {}' - 'Title: {}' - 'Type: {}'".format(tmdb, title, mediatype)
+  logger.info(logstr)
+
+  item = Item(
+    action="Search",
+    channel="globalsearch",
+    contentType= mediatype,
+    mode="search",
+    text= title,
+    type= mediatype,
+    infoLabels= {
+      'tmdb_id': tmdb
+    },
+    folder= False
+  )
+
+  logger.info("Invoking Item: {}".format(item.tostring()))
+
+  itemurl = item.tourl()
+  xbmc.executebuiltin("RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.kod/?" + itemurl + ")")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  execute_search()