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kikootwo fcae3bcf09 Audible: HTML refresh, multi-narrator & works dedup
Switch nightly discovery refresh to scrape Audible's curated HTML storefronts (popular, new releases, category pages) while keeping real-time user paths on the JSON catalog API. Add robust HTML resilience knobs (increased retries, capped jittered backoff, AdaptivePacer changes and per-batch cooldowns) to avoid failing nightly jobs during 503 storms. Implement multi-narrator capture via a new extractAllNarrators helper and update parsers to preserve all narrator anchors. Introduce two-pass dedup: in-memory deduplicateAndCollectGroups + collapseByExistingWorks that consults the works table, export metadataScore for consistent representative selection, and persist dedup groups (fire-and-forget). Wire collapseByExistingWorks into search/author/series routes and make defensive dedup in the refresh processor. Add HTML parsing helpers, runtime/lang-aware parsing, jitteredBackoff cap, and tests for the new behaviors.
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ReadMeABook - Audiobook Library Management

Status: MVP Complete (Phases 1-4 ) | Docker deployment pending

Stack

  • Frontend: Next.js 14+, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
  • Backend: Node.js/Express via Next.js API routes
  • Database: PostgreSQL (Docker embedded)
  • Queue: Bull + Redis (Docker embedded)
  • Deployment: Single Docker image

Architecture

Docker Container
├── Next.js App (Frontend + Backend)
├── PostgreSQL (users, audiobooks, requests, config, jobs)
├── Bull Queue + Redis (background jobs)
└── Volumes: /config, /downloads, /media

External integrations: Plex (auth + library), Prowlarr/Jackett (indexers), qBittorrent/Transmission (downloads), Audible (metadata scraping)

Core Features (Implemented)

  • Plex OAuth authentication
  • Setup wizard (8 steps: admin, Plex, Prowlarr, download client, paths)
  • Audiobook discovery (popular, new releases via Audible scraping)
  • Request management with status tracking
  • Automation pipeline: search → download → organize → Plex scan
  • Admin dashboard with metrics, active downloads, recent requests
  • Settings pages (Plex, Prowlarr, download client, paths)
  • Scheduled jobs (Plex scan, Audible refresh, retry logic, cleanup)
  • User/admin RBAC

User Flow

  1. Login with Plex → 2. Search/browse audiobooks → 3. Request → 4. Auto: search indexers → download torrent → organize files → scan Plex → 5. Available in Plex library

Documentation Map

Backend:

Integrations:

Automation (Phase 3):

Frontend:

Admin:

Deployment:

Testing:

Development Phases

Phase 1: Foundation (auth, database, setup wizard) Phase 2: User features (discovery, requests, dashboard) Phase 3: Automation (search, download, organize, Plex integration) Phase 4: Admin tools (dashboard, settings, monitoring, scheduled jobs) Phase 5: Enhanced features (WebSockets, advanced search) Phase 6: Advanced admin (analytics, notifications, quality profiles)

Standards

  • Files ≤400 lines
  • File headers link to documentation
  • Update docs before/after code changes
  • Type-safe TypeScript throughout
  • Encrypted sensitive config (AES-256)