Send better data to Kavita+ related to AltNames and Year.

Fixed a localization issue which prevented issue count showing on Series Match Result.

API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs

@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ public class ExternalMetadataService : IExternalMetadataService
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns the match results for a Series from UI Flow
     /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Will extract alternative names like Localized name, year will send as ReleaseYear but fallback to Comic Vine syntax if applicable
+    /// </remarks>
     /// <param name="dto"></param>
     /// <returns></returns>
     public async Task<IList<ExternalSeriesMatchDto>> MatchSeries(MatchSeriesDto dto)
@@ -212,19 +215,22 @@ public class ExternalMetadataService : IExternalMetadataService
         var potentialAnilistId = ScrobblingService.ExtractId<int?>(dto.Query, ScrobblingService.AniListWeblinkWebsite);
         var potentialMalId = ScrobblingService.ExtractId<long?>(dto.Query, ScrobblingService.MalWeblinkWebsite);
 
-        List<string> altNames = [series.LocalizedName, series.OriginalName];
+        var format = series.Library.Type.ConvertToPlusMediaFormat(series.Format);
-        if (potentialAnilistId == null && potentialMalId == null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(dto.Query))
+        var otherNames = ExtractAlternativeNames(dto, series);
+
+        var year = series.Metadata.ReleaseYear;
+        if (year == 0 && format == PlusMediaFormat.Comic)
         {
-            altNames.Add(dto.Query);
+            year = int.Parse(Parser.ParseYear(series.Name));
         }
 
         var matchRequest = new MatchSeriesRequestDto()
         {
-            Format = series.Library.Type.ConvertToPlusMediaFormat(series.Format),
+            Format = format,
             Query = dto.Query,
             SeriesName = series.Name,
-            AlternativeNames = altNames.Where(s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)).ToList(),
+            AlternativeNames = otherNames,
-            Year = series.Metadata.ReleaseYear,
+            Year = year,
             AniListId = potentialAnilistId ?? ScrobblingService.GetAniListId(series),
             MalId = potentialMalId ?? ScrobblingService.GetMalId(series)
         };
@@ -254,6 +260,18 @@ public class ExternalMetadataService : IExternalMetadataService
         return ArraySegment<ExternalSeriesMatchDto>.Empty;
     }
 
+    private static List<string> ExtractAlternativeNames(MatchSeriesDto dto, Series series)
+    {
+        List<string> altNames = [series.LocalizedName, series.OriginalName];
+        // if (potentialAnilistId == null && potentialMalId == null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(dto.Query))
+        // {
+        //     altNames.Add(dto.Query);
+        // }
+
+        var otherNames = altNames.Where(s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)).Distinct().ToList();
+        return otherNames;
+    }
+
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves Metadata about a Recommended External Series

API/Services/Tasks/Scanner/Parser/Parser.cs

@@ -1159,6 +1159,12 @@ public static partial class Parser
         return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) && SeriesAndYearRegex.IsMatch(name);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parse a Year from a Comic Series: Series Name (YEAR)
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <example>Harley Quinn (2024) returns 2024</example>
+    /// <param name="name"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static string ParseYear(string? name)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) return string.Empty;

UI/Web/src/app/_single-module/match-series-result-item/match-series-result-item.component.html

@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
   } @else {
     <div class="d-flex pt-3 justify-content-between">
       @if ((item.series.volumes || 0) > 0 || (item.series.chapters || 0) > 0) {
-        <span class="me-1">{{t('volume-count', {num: item.series.volumes})}}</span>
         @if (item.series.plusMediaFormat === PlusMediaFormat.Comic) {
           <span class="me-1">{{t('issue-count', {num: item.series.chapters})}}</span>
         } @else {
+          <span class="me-1">{{t('volume-count', {num: item.series.volumes})}}</span>
           <span class="me-1">{{t('chapter-count', {num: item.series.chapters})}}</span>
         }
       } @else {

UI/Web/src/assets/langs/en.json

@@ -2911,6 +2911,7 @@
         "author-count": "{{num}} Authors",
         "item-count": "{{num}} Items",
         "chapter-count": "{{num}} Chapters",
+        "issue-count": "{{num}} Issues",
         "no-data": "No Data",
 
         "book-num": "Book",