Update sorting and filtering for podcasts, add title ignore prefix to podcast metadata, check user permissions for podcast episode row UI

server/Server.js

@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ class Server {
       socket.on('set_log_listener', (level) => Logger.addSocketListener(socket, level))
       socket.on('fetch_daily_logs', () => this.logManager.socketRequestDailyLogs(socket))
 
+      socket.on('ping', () => {
+        var client = this.clients[socket.id] || {}
+        var user = client.user || {}
+        Logger.debug(`[Server] Received ping from socket ${user.username || 'No User'}`)
+        socket.emit('pong')
+      })
+
       socket.on('disconnect', () => {
         Logger.removeSocketListener(socket.id)
 

server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ class LibraryItemController {
     res.sendStatus(500)
   }
 
-
   // POST: api/items/:id/play
   startPlaybackSession(req, res) {
     if (!req.libraryItem.media.numTracks) {
@@ -338,7 +337,6 @@ class LibraryItemController {
     })
   }
 
-
   middleware(req, res, next) {
     var item = this.db.libraryItems.find(li => li.id === req.params.id)
     if (!item || !item.media) return res.sendStatus(404)

server/objects/mediaTypes/Podcast.js

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Podcast {
 
   toJSONMinified() {
     return {
-      metadata: this.metadata.toJSON(),
+      metadata: this.metadata.toJSONMinified(),
       coverPath: this.coverPath,
       tags: [...this.tags],
       numEpisodes: this.episodes.length,

server/objects/metadata/PodcastMetadata.js

@@ -53,14 +53,44 @@ class PodcastMetadata {
     }
   }
 
+  toJSONMinified() {
+    return {
+      title: this.title,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
+      author: this.author,
+      description: this.description,
+      releaseDate: this.releaseDate,
+      genres: [...this.genres],
+      feedUrl: this.feedUrl,
+      imageUrl: this.imageUrl,
+      itunesPageUrl: this.itunesPageUrl,
+      itunesId: this.itunesId,
+      itunesArtistId: this.itunesArtistId,
+      explicit: this.explicit,
+      language: this.language
+    }
+  }
+
   toJSONExpanded() {
-    return this.toJSON()
+    return this.toJSONMinified()
   }
 
   clone() {
     return new PodcastMetadata(this.toJSON())
   }
 
+  get titleIgnorePrefix() {
+    if (!this.title) return ''
+    var prefixesToIgnore = global.ServerSettings.sortingPrefixes || []
+    for (const prefix of prefixesToIgnore) {
+      // e.g. for prefix "the". If title is "The Book Title" return "Book Title, The"
+      if (this.title.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${prefix} `)) {
+        return this.title.substr(prefix.length + 1) + `, ${prefix.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + prefix.substr(1)}`
+      }
+    }
+    return this.title
+  }
+
   searchQuery(query) { // Returns key if match is found
     var keysToCheck = ['title', 'author', 'itunesId', 'itunesArtistId']
     for (var key of keysToCheck) {