Generate Order Fields based on sanitized version of original fields

model/mediafile.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type MediaFile struct {
 	SortArtistName       string    `json:"sortArtistName"`
 	SortAlbumArtistName  string    `json:"sortAlbumArtistName"`
 	OrderAlbumName       string    `json:"orderAlbumName"`
+	OrderArtistName      string    `json:"orderArtistName"`
 	OrderAlbumArtistName string    `json:"orderAlbumArtistName"`
 	Compilation          bool      `json:"compilation"`
 	CreatedAt            time.Time `json:"createdAt"`

scanner/tag_scanner.go

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/consts"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/log"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/model"
+	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/utils"
+	"github.com/kennygrant/sanitize"
 )
 
 type TagScanner struct {
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ func (s *TagScanner) loadTracks(filePaths []string) (model.MediaFiles, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *TagScanner) toMediaFile(md *Metadata) model.MediaFile {
-	mf := model.MediaFile{}
+	mf := &model.MediaFile{}
 	mf.ID = s.trackID(md)
 	mf.Title = s.mapTrackTitle(md)
 	mf.Album = md.Album()
@@ -266,12 +268,21 @@ func (s *TagScanner) toMediaFile(md *Metadata) model.MediaFile {
 	mf.SortAlbumName = md.SortAlbum()
 	mf.SortArtistName = md.SortArtist()
 	mf.SortAlbumArtistName = md.SortAlbumArtist()
+	mf.OrderAlbumName = sanitizeFieldForSorting(mf.Album)
+	mf.OrderArtistName = sanitizeFieldForSorting(mf.Artist)
+	mf.OrderAlbumArtistName = sanitizeFieldForSorting(mf.AlbumArtist)
 
 	// TODO Get Creation time. https://github.com/djherbis/times ?
 	mf.CreatedAt = md.ModificationTime()
 	mf.UpdatedAt = md.ModificationTime()
 
-	return mf
+	return *mf
+}
+
+func sanitizeFieldForSorting(originalValue string) string {
+	v := utils.NoArticle(originalValue)
+	v = strings.TrimSpace(sanitize.Accents(v))
+	return utils.NoArticle(v)
 }
 
 func (s *TagScanner) mapTrackTitle(md *Metadata) string {

scanner/tag_scanner_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package scanner
+
+import (
+	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/conf"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("TagScanner", func() {
+	Describe("sanitizeFieldForSorting", func() {
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			conf.Server.IgnoredArticles = "The"
+		})
+		It("sanitize accents", func() {
+			Expect(sanitizeFieldForSorting("Céu")).To(Equal("Ceu"))
+		})
+		It("removes articles", func() {
+			Expect(sanitizeFieldForSorting("The Beatles")).To(Equal("Beatles"))
+		})
+	})
+})