JSON metadata files are no longer kept if the associated setting is not enabled

backend/db.js

@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ function registerFileDB(file_path, type, multiUserMode = null, sub = null) {
 
     utils.fixVideoMetadataPerms(file_id, type, multiUserMode && multiUserMode.file_path);
 
-    // add additional info
-    file_object['uid'] = uuid();
-    file_object['registered'] = Date.now();
-    file_object['path'] = path.format(path.parse(file_object['path']));
+    // add thumbnail path
     file_object['thumbnailPath'] = utils.getDownloadedThumbnail(file_id, type, multiUserMode && multiUserMode.file_path);
 
     if (!sub) {
@@ -48,7 +45,13 @@ function registerFileDB(file_path, type, multiUserMode = null, sub = null) {
         }
     }
 
-    const file_uid = registerFileDBManual(db_path, file_object)
+    const file_uid = registerFileDBManual(db_path, file_object);
+
+    // remove metadata JSON if needed
+    if (!config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_include_metadata')) {
+        utils.deleteJSONFile(file_id, type, multiUserMode && multiUserMode.file_path)
+    }
+
     return file_uid;
 }
 

backend/utils.js

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function getExpectedFileSize(info_json) {
             }
         });
     });
-    
+
     return expected_filesize;
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@ function fixVideoMetadataPerms(name, type, customPath = null) {
     }
 }
 
+function deleteJSONFile(name, type, customPath = null) {
+    if (!customPath) customPath = type === 'audio' ? config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_audio_folder_path')
+                                                   : config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_video_folder_path');
+
+    const ext = type === 'audio' ? '.mp3' : '.mp4';
+    let json_path = path.join(customPath, name + '.info.json');
+    let alternate_json_path = path.join(customPath, name + ext + '.info.json');
+
+    if (fs.existsSync(json_path)) fs.unlinkSync(json_path);
+    if (fs.existsSync(alternate_json_path)) fs.unlinkSync(alternate_json_path);
+}
+
+
 function recFindByExt(base,ext,files,result)
 {
     files = files || fs.readdirSync(base)
@@ -191,6 +204,7 @@ module.exports = {
     getDownloadedThumbnail: getDownloadedThumbnail,
     getExpectedFileSize: getExpectedFileSize,
     fixVideoMetadataPerms: fixVideoMetadataPerms,
+    deleteJSONFile: deleteJSONFile,
     getDownloadedFilesByType: getDownloadedFilesByType,
     recFindByExt: recFindByExt,
     File: File