Cargo.lock

@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify",
  "path-absolutize",
  "prometheus",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",

Cargo.toml

@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ actix-web-prom = "0.9.0"
 prometheus = "0.13"
 lazy_static = "1.5"
 anyhow = "1.0"
+rand = "0.8.5"

src/data/mod.rs

@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ pub struct PhotosResponse {
     pub dirs: Vec<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum SortType {
+    Shuffle,
+    NameAsc,
+    NameDesc,
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct FilesRequest {
     pub path: String,
@@ -107,6 +115,7 @@ pub struct FilesRequest {
     pub tag_ids: Option<String>,
     pub tag_filter_mode: Option<FilterMode>,
     pub recursive: Option<bool>,
+    pub sort: Option<SortType>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]

src/files.rs

@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ use actix_web::{
 };
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace};
 
-use crate::data::{Claims, FilesRequest, FilterMode, PhotosResponse};
+use crate::data::{Claims, FilesRequest, FilterMode, PhotosResponse, SortType};
 use crate::{create_thumbnails, AppState};
 
 use crate::error::IntoHttpError;
 use crate::tags::TagDao;
 use crate::video::StreamActor;
 use path_absolutize::*;
+use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
+use rand::{random, thread_rng};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 pub async fn list_photos<TagD: TagDao, FS: FileSystemAccess>(
@@ -52,6 +54,14 @@ pub async fn list_photos<TagD: TagDao, FS: FileSystemAccess>(
             return dao
                 .get_files_with_any_tag_ids(tag_ids.clone())
                 .context(format!("Failed to get files with tag_ids: {:?}", tag_ids))
+                .map(|mut tagged_files| {
+                    return if let Some(sort_type) = req.sort {
+                        debug!("Sorting files: {:?}", sort_type);
+                        sort(tagged_files, sort_type)
+                    } else {
+                        tagged_files
+                    };
+                })
                 .map(|tagged_files| match filter_mode {
                     FilterMode::Any => tagged_files
                         .iter()
@@ -89,7 +99,7 @@ pub async fn list_photos<TagD: TagDao, FS: FileSystemAccess>(
     if let Ok(files) = file_system.get_files_for_path(search_path) {
         debug!("Valid search path: {:?}", search_path);
 
-        let photos = files
+        let mut photos = files
             .iter()
             .filter(|&f| {
                 f.metadata().map_or_else(
@@ -127,6 +137,11 @@ pub async fn list_photos<TagD: TagDao, FS: FileSystemAccess>(
             })
             .collect::<Vec<String>>();
 
+        if let Some(sort_type) = req.sort {
+            debug!("Sorting files: {:?}", sort_type);
+            photos = sort(photos, sort_type)
+        }
+
         let dirs = files
             .iter()
             .filter(|&f| f.metadata().map_or(false, |md| md.is_dir()))
@@ -144,6 +159,20 @@ pub async fn list_photos<TagD: TagDao, FS: FileSystemAccess>(
     }
 }
 
+fn sort(mut files: Vec<String>, sort_type: SortType) -> Vec<String> {
+    match sort_type {
+        SortType::Shuffle => files.shuffle(&mut thread_rng()),
+        SortType::NameAsc => {
+            files.sort_by(|l, r| l.cmp(&r));
+        }
+        SortType::NameDesc => {
+            files.sort_by(|l, r| r.cmp(&l));
+        }
+    }
+
+    files
+}
+
 pub fn list_files(dir: &Path) -> io::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
     let files = read_dir(dir)?
         .filter_map(|res| res.ok())
@@ -425,7 +454,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             let body: PhotosResponse = serde_json::from_str(&response.read_to_str()).unwrap();
             debug!("{:?}", body);
-            
+
             assert!(body.photos.contains(&String::from("photo.jpg")));
             assert!(body.dirs.contains(&String::from("test-dir")));
             assert!(body