Add 'Recursive' Feature Flag for Server and Client

[LordAndradus]

Summary

Whenever I go to view anything the Recursive option is always enabled no matter how many times I turn it off and I don't see a feature flag toggle in the settings to disable it. So, I have had to resort to a hacky method to turn it off by default for the WebGUI only, I am trying to figure it out for Android and AndroidTV.

Here is the snippet I use with Nginx:

# Fladder recursive fix — flip recursive=false on library browse calls
        # Only affects Fladder web; skips search (searchTerm=) so it stays recursive
        proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";
        sub_filter_types text/html;
        sub_filter_once on;
        sub_filter '</head>' '<script>(function(){var f=window.fetch;window.fetch=function(i,o){var u=typeof i==="string"?i:i instanceof Request?i.url:String(i);if(/\/Items\?/.test(u)&&u.includes("recursive=true")&&!u.includes("searchTerm=")){u=u.replace("recursive=true","recursive=false");return typeof i==="string"?f.call(this,u,o):f.call(this,new Request(u,i),o)}return f.call(this,i,o)}})();</script></head>';
    }

It's not elegant, but it works.

Basic Example

Add a feature flag for clients (Example: through localStorage or SharedPreferences) and the server to turn it off

Drawbacks

Requires coordination between the Fladder client and the Jellyfin server API. A server-side flag would need upstream changes in Jellyfin itself, which increases the scope beyond Fladder alone. If only Fladder implements the client-side flag, other clients won't benefit.

Unresolved questions

No response

Implementation

• I would like to implement this myself!