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[Bug]: iTunes match authors include & and not splitting correctly #666

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opened 2026-04-24 23:16:30 +02:00 by adam · 7 comments
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:30 +02:00
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Originally created by @Hallo951 on GitHub (Sep 29, 2022).

Describe the issue

If I scrape an audiobook and the authors are not separated by a comma but by a & (e.g. Author1 & Author2), it does not recognize the individual authors and interprets the expression as 1 author. If they are separated by a comma the interpretation works correctly. I noticed this especially with the itune scrapper.

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  1. scrapping a audiobook with 2 autors ans the itune scrapper

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Docker

Originally created by @Hallo951 on GitHub (Sep 29, 2022). ### Describe the issue If I scrape an audiobook and the authors are not separated by a comma but by a & (e.g. Author1 & Author2), it does not recognize the individual authors and interprets the expression as 1 author. If they are separated by a comma the interpretation works correctly. I noticed this especially with the itune scrapper. ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. scrapping a audiobook with 2 autors ans the itune scrapper ### Audiobookshelf version current ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker
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adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:31 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2022):

Do you have an example book where the author is separated by &?

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2022): Do you have an example book where the author is separated by &?
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:31 +02:00
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@Hallo951 commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2022):

Here is an example:

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@Hallo951 commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2022): Here is an example: ![Screenshot_20221003_213117_com brave browser](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40667862/193663406-8d35732a-7847-4dee-83e4-227a378b9b14.jpg) ![Screenshot_20221003_213132_com brave browser](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40667862/193663407-ebca675d-469a-430a-a140-9972c2a9e294.jpg)
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:31 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2022):

I don't think Audible or Google books formats their authors this way. With Audible/Google books they give us back an array of authors whereas iTunes gives us back one string with authors.
Were you able to come across this with Google books or Audible?

For iTunes I suppose we could add an additional step to split on the "&". Seems a bit scrappy though.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2022): I don't think Audible or Google books formats their authors this way. With Audible/Google books they give us back an array of authors whereas iTunes gives us back one string with authors. Were you able to come across this with Google books or Audible? For iTunes I suppose we could add an additional step to split on the "&". Seems a bit scrappy though.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:32 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2022):

I ended up just implementing the split on & for iTunes results. We'll see how that goes.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2022): I ended up just implementing the split on & for iTunes results. We'll see how that goes.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:32 +02:00
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@Hallo951 commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2022):

No, this does not apply in audible and google books. Everything works as it should. I only noticed this because I once did something with itunes and strange authors came out there.

Great, thank you very much. I still have a lot of audiobooks to scrap, so I'm happy to test that then. Can I download the new version somewhere?

@Hallo951 commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2022): No, this does not apply in audible and google books. Everything works as it should. I only noticed this because I once did something with itunes and strange authors came out there. Great, thank you very much. I still have a lot of audiobooks to scrap, so I'm happy to test that then. Can I download the new version somewhere?
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:32 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2022):

This will be in the next server release probably this weekend.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2022): This will be in the next server release probably this weekend.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:16:32 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2022):

Updated in v2.2.1

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2022): Updated in [v2.2.1](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.2.1)
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