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[Enhancement]: implement "Faceted Search"/Multiple filters #2133

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opened 2026-02-20 02:12:23 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 02:12:23 -05:00

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Originally created by @Gru0810 on GitHub (May 6, 2024).

Describe the feature/enhancement

While looking for an audio book, I came across the website “archive.org” by chance.
There I saw the possibility of “faceted search” as in online shops for electronics:

Each selection in a block filters the entries in the other blocks.
In my opinion, the more objects there are, the better the ability to search and filter. I currently have over 3,000 audio books and filtering just by author, for example, is too rough.
For example, I have the author "Andrea Camilleri". He writes books that take place in different years (in German "Handlungzeit = HZ):

I see the following filter blocks:

block of authors
Block of Narrators
Limitation via “Publication year”
Limitation by length
block the genre
Block of TAGs
Blocks of Class (ePup, Audio...)
Block of Languages

additional it would be great to have "userdefined blocks". In my case:
- Blocks of Type

complete audio book
abridged audio book
radio play
Live act (comedy)

- scene of action (place or country)

USA
Greek
Germany
France
My items play on 114 different countries or regions:

- year of action
1913
100 BC
1984 (Georg Orwell)

- age rating

10 year
12 year
16 year

- target group

women
men
all

Originally created by @Gru0810 on GitHub (May 6, 2024). ### Describe the feature/enhancement While looking for an audio book, I came across the website “archive.org” by chance. There I saw the possibility of “faceted search” as in online shops for electronics: ![image](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/assets/72630160/0a346312-6279-4a8d-8df9-1c8d250cfebb) Each selection in a block filters the entries in the other blocks. In my opinion, the more objects there are, the better the ability to search and filter. I currently have over 3,000 audio books and filtering just by author, for example, is too rough. For example, I have the author "Andrea Camilleri". He writes books that take place in different years (in German "Handlungzeit = HZ): ![image](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/assets/72630160/4a907c0b-1443-4d05-bce7-ff86817b8bb7) I see the following filter blocks: - block of authors - Block of Narrators - Limitation via “Publication year” - Limitation by length - block the genre - Block of TAGs - Blocks of Class (ePup, Audio...) - Block of Languages additional it would be great to have "userdefined blocks". In my case: **- Blocks of Type** - complete audio book - abridged audio book - radio play - Live act (comedy) **- scene of action (place or country)** - USA - Greek - Germany - France My items play on 114 different countries or regions: ![image](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/assets/72630160/ec647013-5008-4871-8e22-a334d347305f) **- year of action** - 1913 - 100 BC - 1984 (Georg Orwell) **- age rating** - 10 year - 12 year - 16 year - **- target group** - women - men - all

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deekerman commented

2026-02-20 02:12:24 -05:00

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@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

I think this can be grouped with https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1465 and https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/2197

This is more filtering and not searching so I think #1465 can be used for this, what do you think?

@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): I think this can be grouped with https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1465 and https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/2197 This is more filtering and not searching so I think #1465 can be used for this, what do you think?

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 02:12:25 -05:00

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@Gru0810 commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

I agree it's more filtering but i know it under the technical name "faceted search"
Okay ... i found it also unter "https://www.prefixbox.com/blog/faceted-filtering/"

@Gru0810 commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): I agree it's more filtering but i know it under the technical name "faceted search" Okay ... i found it also unter "https://www.prefixbox.com/blog/faceted-filtering/"

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 02:12:25 -05:00

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@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

I was going to make this the primary thread for multiple filters since it is more detailed but realized that #1465 already has a bunch of support on it. I'll mention this thread over there and mark this as duplicate

@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): I was going to make this the primary thread for multiple filters since it is more detailed but realized that #1465 already has a bunch of support on it. I'll mention this thread over there and mark this as duplicate

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 02:12:25 -05:00

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@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

Duplicate of #1465

@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): Duplicate of #1465