# absdy — audiobookshelf provider

Mounts a self-hosted [audiobookshelf](https://www.audiobookshelf.org/) (ABS)
server at `/abs`, so you can browse, search, and play your audiobooks from
crabidy. See [the design doc](../architecture/audiobookshelf-provider.md) for
the design and decisions.

## Configuration — `~/.config/crabidy/abs.toml`

The provider needs your server URL and an API key. Without both, `/abs` does
not mount (the rest of the server is unaffected).

```toml
# Required.
base_url = "https://audiobookshelf.example.com"
api_key  = "<your audiobookshelf API key>"

# Optional (defaults shown).
items_per_library = 200   # books listed per library
search_results    = 50    # books listed per search term
call_timeout_secs = 30     # per-request timeout
```

Create an API key in audiobookshelf under **Settings → Users → (your user) →
API Keys** (or **Settings → API Keys** on older versions). The key is a
secret: it is redacted from logs and never printed, but keep `abs.toml`
private anyway.

## The library tree

```text
/abs
└── <library>                     one node per "book" library
    ├── search                    create a search term with `%`
    │   └── <term>                books matching the term
    │       └── <book>            the book's audio files as tracks
    └── <book>                    an audiobook; its files are tracks
        └── <file>                a track (one audio file)
```

- A **library** lists its books plus a creatable `search` node. Search is
  per-library — a term created under one library does not appear under
  another.
- A **book** lists its audio files as tracks; queue or capture (`W`) the whole
  book, or a single file. An ebook-only item (no audio) is shown but is not
  queueable.
- Podcast libraries are not shown (audiobooks only, for now).

## Notes

- Playback streams each file directly from ABS with a per-file token URL and
  HTTP range requests — no transcoding session.
- Listings are capped (see the config) and fetched fresh; only your typed
  search terms are remembered, in memory, until the server restarts.