Add:Server setting to set custom sorting prefixes to ignore #358

server/objects/ServerSettings.js

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class ServerSettings {
     this.podcastEpisodeSchedule = '0 * * * *' // Every hour
 
     this.sortingIgnorePrefix = false
+    this.sortingPrefixes = ['the', 'a']
+
     this.chromecastEnabled = false
     this.logLevel = Logger.logLevel
     this.version = null
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ class ServerSettings {
     this.bookshelfView = settings.bookshelfView || BookshelfView.STANDARD
 
     this.sortingIgnorePrefix = !!settings.sortingIgnorePrefix
+    this.sortingPrefixes = settings.sortingPrefixes || ['the', 'a']
     this.chromecastEnabled = !!settings.chromecastEnabled
     this.logLevel = settings.logLevel || Logger.logLevel
     this.version = settings.version || null
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ class ServerSettings {
       coverAspectRatio: this.coverAspectRatio,
       bookshelfView: this.bookshelfView,
       sortingIgnorePrefix: this.sortingIgnorePrefix,
+      sortingPrefixes: [...this.sortingPrefixes],
       chromecastEnabled: this.chromecastEnabled,
       logLevel: this.logLevel,
       version: this.version
@@ -123,7 +127,13 @@ class ServerSettings {
   update(payload) {
     var hasUpdates = false
     for (const key in payload) {
-      if (this[key] !== payload[key]) {
+      if (key === 'sortingPrefixes' && payload[key] && payload[key].length) {
+        var prefixesCleaned = payload[key].filter(prefix => !!prefix).map(prefix => prefix.toLowerCase())
+        if (prefixesCleaned.join(',') !== this[key].join(',')) {
+          this[key] = [...prefixesCleaned]
+          hasUpdates = true
+        }
+      } else if (this[key] !== payload[key]) {
         if (key === 'logLevel') {
           Logger.setLogLevel(payload[key])
         }

server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Book {
 
   toJSONMinified() {
     return {
-      metadata: this.metadata.toJSON(),
+      metadata: this.metadata.toJSONMinified(),
       coverPath: this.coverPath,
       tags: [...this.tags],
       numTracks: this.tracks.length,

server/objects/metadata/BookMetadata.js

@@ -59,9 +59,31 @@ class BookMetadata {
     }
   }
 
+  toJSONMinified() {
+    return {
+      title: this.title,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
+      subtitle: this.subtitle,
+      authorName: this.authorName,
+      authorNameLF: this.authorNameLF,
+      narratorName: this.narratorName,
+      seriesName: this.seriesName,
+      genres: [...this.genres],
+      publishedYear: this.publishedYear,
+      publishedDate: this.publishedDate,
+      publisher: this.publisher,
+      description: this.description,
+      isbn: this.isbn,
+      asin: this.asin,
+      language: this.language,
+      explicit: this.explicit
+    }
+  }
+
   toJSONExpanded() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
       subtitle: this.subtitle,
       authors: this.authors.map(a => ({ ...a })), // Author JSONMinimal with name and id
       narrators: [...this.narrators],
@@ -88,8 +110,12 @@ class BookMetadata {
 
   get titleIgnorePrefix() {
     if (!this.title) return ''
-    if (this.title.toLowerCase().startsWith('the ')) {
-      return this.title.substr(4) + ', The'
+    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
   }