reset sorttitle when user unmaps data

src/modules/games/files.service.ts

@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ export class FilesService implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
         gameToIndex.size = file.size;
         gameToIndex.file_path = `${file.path}`;
         gameToIndex.title = this.extractTitle(file.path);
-        gameToIndex.sort_title = this.createSortTitle(gameToIndex.title);
+        gameToIndex.sort_title = this.gamesService.generateSortTitle(
+          gameToIndex.title,
+        );
         gameToIndex.release_date = this.extractReleaseYear(file.path);
         gameToIndex.version = this.extractVersion(file.path);
         gameToIndex.early_access = this.extractEarlyAccessFlag(
@@ -191,7 +193,9 @@ export class FilesService implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
 
     gameToUpdate.file_path = updatesToApply.file_path;
     gameToUpdate.title = updatesToApply.title;
-    gameToUpdate.sort_title = this.createSortTitle(updatesToApply.title);
+    gameToUpdate.sort_title = this.gamesService.generateSortTitle(
+      updatesToApply.title,
+    );
     gameToUpdate.release_date = updatesToApply.release_date;
     gameToUpdate.size = updatesToApply.size;
     gameToUpdate.version = updatesToApply.version;
@@ -715,27 +719,4 @@ export class FilesService implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
       size: rangeSize,
     };
   }
-
-  private createSortTitle(title: string): string {
-    // List of leading articles to be removed
-    const articles: string[] = ["the", "a", "an"];
-
-    // Convert the title to lowercase
-    let sortTitle: string = toLower(title).trim();
-
-    // Remove any leading article
-    for (const article of articles) {
-      const articleWithSpace = `${article} `;
-      if (sortTitle.startsWith(articleWithSpace)) {
-        sortTitle = sortTitle.substring(articleWithSpace.length);
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Remove special characters except alphanumeric and spaces and Replace multiple spaces with a single space and trim
-    return sortTitle
-      .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/g, "")
-      .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
-      .trim();
-  }
 }

src/modules/games/games.service.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   Repository,
 } from "typeorm";
 
-import { isEmpty, kebabCase, sample } from "lodash";
+import { isEmpty, kebabCase, sample, toLower } from "lodash";
 import { FindOptions } from "../../globals";
 import { DeveloperMetadata } from "../metadata/developers/developer.metadata.entity";
 import { GameMetadata } from "../metadata/games/game.metadata.entity";
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class GamesService {
       this.logger.debug({
         message: "Updating User Metadata",
         game: game.getLoggableData(),
-        user_metadata: dto.user_metadata
+        user_metadata: dto.user_metadata,
       });
       const updatedUserMetadata = game.user_metadata || new GameMetadata();
 
@@ -407,4 +407,26 @@ export class GamesService {
 
     return [GameExistence.EXISTS, foundGame];
   }
+
+  public generateSortTitle(title: string): string {
+    // List of leading articles to be removed
+    const articles: string[] = ["the", "a", "an"];
+
+    // Convert the title to lowercase
+    let sortTitle: string = toLower(title).trim();
+
+    // Remove any leading article
+    for (const article of articles) {
+      const articleWithSpace = `${article} `;
+      if (sortTitle.startsWith(articleWithSpace)) {
+        sortTitle = sortTitle.substring(articleWithSpace.length);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    // Remove special characters except alphanumeric and spaces and Replace multiple spaces with a single space and trim
+    return sortTitle
+      .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/g, "")
+      .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+      .trim();
+  }
 }

src/modules/metadata/metadata.service.ts

@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
         game.user_metadata.id,
       );
       game.user_metadata = null;
+      game.sort_title = this.gamesService.generateSortTitle(game.title);
       this.logger.log({
         message: "Deleted user metadata from a game.",
         game: game.getLoggableData(),