Always select the first custom category when no category parameter is send

couchpotato/core/media/movie/_base/main.py

@@ -87,11 +87,21 @@ class MovieBase(MovieTypeBase):
         # Set default title
         def_title = self.getDefaultTitle(info)
 
-        # Default profile and category
+        # Default profile
         default_profile = {}
         if (not params.get('profile_id') and status != 'done') or params.get('ignore_previous', False):
             default_profile = fireEvent('profile.default', single = True)
+
+        # Set category
         cat_id = params.get('category_id')
+        if cat_id == '-1':
+            cat_id = None
+        elif (cat_id is None or len(cat_id) == 0) and (status != 'done' or params.get('ignore_previous', False)):
+            default_category = fireEvent('category.default', single = True)
+            if default_category is not None:
+                cat_id = default_category.get('_id')
+            else:
+                cat_id = None
 
         try:
             db = get_db()
@@ -105,7 +115,7 @@ class MovieBase(MovieTypeBase):
                 },
                 'status': status if status else 'active',
                 'profile_id': params.get('profile_id') or default_profile.get('_id'),
-                'category_id': cat_id if cat_id is not None and len(cat_id) > 0 and cat_id != '-1' else None,
+                'category_id': cat_id,
             }
 
             # Update movie info

couchpotato/core/plugins/category/main.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class CategoryPlugin(Plugin):
         })
 
         addEvent('category.all', self.all)
+        addEvent('category.default', self.default)
 
     def allView(self, **kwargs):
 
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ class CategoryPlugin(Plugin):
 
         return [x['doc'] for x in categories]
 
+    def default(self):
+        db = get_db()
+        return list(db.all('category', limit = 1, with_doc = True))[0]['doc']
+
     def save(self, **kwargs):
 
         try: