Sort by random plugin

[dannymichel 104]

Forgive my ignorance but I’d like to create a plug-in that sorts your library by random but I’m unsure where to start since this is closed sieve. How would I begin to go about this?

[TeamB 2438]

I dont think you need a plugin for that, the existing api allows you to specify random as the sort order when requesting items.

Each client will need to support that to display the items in that order.

[dannymichel 104]

4 hours ago, TeamB said:

I dont think you need a plugin for that, the existing api allows you to specify random as the sort order when requesting items.

Each client will need to support that to display the items in that order.

I see, so plugins here are built with api calls. I'm confused though. If I don't need a plugin for that, how would I accomplish sorting my library by random?

[TeamB 2438]

where you you want this to be viewed? In which client? Or are you building your own client?

[dannymichel 104]

33 minutes ago, TeamB said:

where you you want this to be viewed? In which client? Or are you building your own client?

Web at least but I’d love to be able to do this on mobile and firetv

[TeamB 2438]

the clients needs this support, the server can already do it but the clients would need to ask for the data to be randomized or random sort the data once they receive it.

[dannymichel 104]

55 minutes ago, TeamB said:

the clients needs this support, the server can already do it but the clients would need to ask for the data to be randomized or random sort the data once they receive it.

Since the clients don’t exist, what are my options? Build clients of my own for mobile firefv and web? Or a plug-in?

[Luke 42077]

On what screen exactly would you like to see random sorting?

[dannymichel 104]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

On what screen exactly would you like to see random sorting?

[ebr 16169]

FYI - there is an open FR for this: