remove year at the end of directory name in order to improve search results

media_manager/torrent/utils.py

@@ -176,3 +176,10 @@ def remove_special_characters(filename: str) -> str:
     sanitized = sanitized.strip(" .")
 
     return sanitized
+
+
+def strip_trailing_year(title: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Removes a trailing space + (4-digit year) at end of string
+    """
+    return re.sub(r"\s*\(\d{4}\)\s*$", "", title).strip()

media_manager/tv/service.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from media_manager.torrent.utils import (
     import_file,
     get_files_for_import,
     remove_special_characters,
+    strip_trailing_year,
 )
 from media_manager.indexer.service import IndexerService
 from media_manager.metadataProvider.abstractMetaDataProvider import (
@@ -853,7 +854,9 @@ class TvService:
     def get_import_candidates(
         self, tv_show: Path, metadata_provider: AbstractMetadataProvider
     ) -> TvShowImportSuggestion:
-        search_result = self.search_for_show(tv_show.name, metadata_provider)
+        search_result = self.search_for_show(
+            strip_trailing_year(tv_show.name), metadata_provider
+        )
         import_candidates = TvShowImportSuggestion(
             directory=tv_show, candidates=search_result
         )