Metadata Downloading

[majora2007]

When I first envisioned Kavita, I had always imagined it would download metadata like Plex does. However, as I started developing it and it expanded beyond just a manga server, that feature seemed too distant to make it into the code base. Thankfully, Kavita+ exists to enable such a feature and here we are, 3+ years later, delivering my vision.

Under Kavita+ -> Manage Metadata you can find the metadata subsystem where you can turn it on/off and configure with a number of controls. The setting is on by default.

Simple Controls

• Summary
• Publication Status (derived from total counts and counts on disk)
• Relationships (add only, will not remove)
• Start Date (release year on series)
• People (also can toggle first-last naming convention)
  • Writer
  • Artist
  • Character
• Genres
• Tags

Advanced Controls

• Blacklist any Genre/Tag
• Whitelist only certain Tags.
• Derive an Age Rating from certain genres/tags being found
• Map individual genre/tags to another genre/tag and optionally remove it from the source list

I'm confident this will provide enough flexibility for this feature to be useful to many people with different situations. As always, I'm open to feedback.

In Action

Disclaimer

This is using a dedicated API for nightly testing to ensure maximum benefit. If you signup for Kavita+ on this nightly, you need to reach out to me to migrate your license to this instance.

This is a basic implementation of metadata. This is not a full replacement to komf and does not aim to cover multiple sites. This will only use AniList (and potentially Hardcover in the future).

You can find the Genres/Tags from AniList here for setting up your metadata. The setting is on by default.

Added

• Added: (Kavita+) Added the ability for individual users to turn on/off scrobbling to anilist and the want to read sync.
• Added: (Kavita+) Kavita can now download metadata upon add and via the Match action. Metadata covers summary, age rating, publication status, relationships (assuming already owned), release year, people (writer, artist, character) - including cover images, genres, and tags. Provides a flexible system to customize to your needs or disable altogether.
• Added: (Kavita+) New Library setting to opt a whole library out of being matched.

Changed

• Changed: (Kavita+) Switched to a Stage API until Stable is released

Fixed

• Fixed: (Kavita+) Fixed a bug with last PR where some series can be in a weird state 'needs manual match' but actually have valid data. (develop)
• Fixed: (Kavita+) Fixed a bug where want to read was scrobbling from libraries where AllowScrobbling is off. (Fixes [Kavita +] Plan to read sync doesnt respect library scobble rules #3517)
• Fixed: (Kavita+) Fixed a bug where Want to Read scrobbling was not respecting library rules (Fixes [Kavita +] Plan to read sync doesnt respect library scobble rules #3517)

Developer

• Moved the migrations into release folders. It was getting crazy navigating.
• Removed container-fluid from all settings items to help with alignment. Parent component can now fix with adding container-fluid to it's component. (some screens may look off, I will fix them before next stable release)

Part of #2979