Add option to leave files where they are while importing library

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased] 
+
+### Added
+- **Library import:**
+  - Ability to add root folders while selecting the root folder from which we want to import files
+  - Ability to leave files in place when importing library
+  - Ability to set the desired monitoring for audiobooks added through library importation
+
 ## [0.2.70] - 2026-04-04
 
 ### Security

fe/src/__tests__/libraryImport.store.spec.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('library import store', () => {
     expect(startManualImport).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       path: 'C:\\incoming',
       mode: 'interactive',
-      inputMode: 'move',
+      action: 'move',
       includeCompanionFiles: true,
       cleanupEmptySourceFolders: true,
       items: [

fe/src/components/domain/audiobook/LibraryImportFooter.vue

@@ -2,20 +2,33 @@
   <div class="import-footer">
     <div class="footer-left">
       <label class="footer-label">
-        <select v-model="store.inputMode" class="mode-select" :disabled="isImporting">
+        Monitor:
+        <select v-model="store.monitor" class="mode-select" :disabled="isImporting">
+          <option value="all">All</option>
+          <option value="none">None</option>
+        </select>
+      </label>
+      <label class="footer-label">
+        On import:
+        <select v-model="store.action" class="mode-select" :disabled="isImporting">
+          <option value="none">Do nothing</option>
           <option value="move">Move</option>
           <option value="hardlink/copy">Hardlink / Copy</option>
         </select>
-        <span class="footer-to">to:</span>
-        <select
-          v-model="destinationFolderId"
-          class="mode-select destination-select"
-          :disabled="isImporting"
-        >
-          <option v-for="f in props.folders" :key="f.id" :value="f.id">
-            {{ f.path }}
-          </option>
-        </select>
+        <div v-if="store.action != 'none'">
+          <label class="footer-label">to
+            <select
+              v-model="destinationFolderId"
+              class="mode-select destination-select"
+              :disabled="isImporting"
+            >
+              <option v-for="f in props.folders" :key="f.id" :value="f.id">
+                {{ f.path }}
+              </option>
+            </select>
+          </label>
+        </div>
+        <span v-else>Imported files will be left where they are</span>
       </label>
 
       <div v-if="store.metadataFetchCount > 100" class="rate-limit-warning">
@@ -81,7 +94,10 @@ const isImporting = ref(false)
 const importingCount = ref(0)
 
 const destinationPath = computed(
-  () => props.folders.find((f) => f.id === destinationFolderId.value)?.path ?? '',
+  () => {
+    if (store.action == 'none') return '';
+    return props.folders.find((f) => f.id === destinationFolderId.value)?.path ?? ''
+  }
 )
 
 const displayImportCount = computed(() =>

fe/src/components/settings/RootFolderFormModal.vue

@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ import { useToast } from '@/services/toastService'
 import type { RootFolder } from '@/types'
 
 const { root } = defineProps<{ root?: RootFolder }>()
-const emit = defineEmits(['close', 'saved'])
+const emit = defineEmits<{
+  close: []
+  saved: [rootFolder: RootFolder]
+}>()
 
 const store = useRootFoldersStore()
 const toast = useToast()
@@ -93,28 +96,29 @@ async function save() {
     return
   }
   try {
+    var newRoot;
     if (root?.id) {
       // If path changed, show confirmation to choose whether to move files
       if (form.value.path !== root.path) {
         showConfirm.value = true
         return
       }
-      await store.update(root.id, {
+      newRoot = await store.update(root.id, {
         id: root.id,
         name: form.value.name,
         path: form.value.path,
         isDefault: form.value.isDefault,
       })
       toast.success('Success', 'Root folder updated')
     } else {
-      await store.create({
+      newRoot = await store.create({
         name: form.value.name,
         path: form.value.path,
         isDefault: form.value.isDefault,
       })
       toast.success('Success', 'Root folder created')
     }
-    emit('saved')
+    emit('saved', newRoot)
   } catch (e: unknown) {
     const error = e as Error
     toast.error('Error', error?.message || 'Failed to save root folder')

fe/src/stores/libraryImport.ts

@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ export const useLibraryImportStore = defineStore('libraryImport', () => {
   const scanStatus = ref<'idle' | 'scanning' | 'done' | 'error'>('idle')
   const scanError = ref<string | null>(null)
   const lastScannedAt = ref<string | null>(null)
-  const inputMode = ref<'move' | 'hardlink/copy'>('move')
+  const action = ref<'none' | 'move' | 'hardlink/copy'>('none')
+  const monitor = ref<'none' | 'all'>('all')
   const metadataFetchCount = ref(0)
   const importErrors = ref<string[]>([])
 
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ export const useLibraryImportStore = defineStore('libraryImport', () => {
               : match.series,
           }
           const { audiobook } = await apiService.addToLibrary(metadata, {
+            monitored: monitor.value != 'none',
             destinationPath: rootFolderPath,
             searchResult: sanitizedMatch,
           })
@@ -461,9 +463,9 @@ export const useLibraryImportStore = defineStore('libraryImport', () => {
         await apiService.startManualImport({
           path: item.folderPath,
           mode: 'interactive',
-          inputMode: inputMode.value,
-          includeCompanionFiles: true,
-          cleanupEmptySourceFolders: inputMode.value === 'move',
+          action: action.value,
+          includeCompanionFiles: action.value !== 'none',
+          cleanupEmptySourceFolders: action.value === 'move',
           items: item.sourceFiles.map((fullPath) => ({
             fullPath,
             matchedAudiobookId: audiobookId,
@@ -494,7 +496,8 @@ export const useLibraryImportStore = defineStore('libraryImport', () => {
     scanStatus,
     scanError,
     lastScannedAt,
-    inputMode,
+    action,
+    monitor,
     metadataFetchCount,
     importErrors,
     // Computed

fe/src/types/index.ts

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export interface ApplicationSettings {
   allowedFileExtensions: string[]
   importBlacklistExtensions?: string[]
   // Action to perform for completed downloads.
-  completedFileAction?: 'Move' | 'Copy' | 'Hardlink/Copy'
+  completedFileAction?: 'None' | 'Move' | 'Copy' | 'Hardlink/Copy'
   // Show completed external downloads (torrents/NZBs) in the Activity view
   showCompletedExternalDownloads?: boolean
   // Failed download handling
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ export interface ManualImportRequestItem {
 export interface ManualImportRequest {
   path: string
   mode?: 'automatic' | 'interactive'
-  inputMode?: 'move' | 'copy' | 'hardlink/copy'
+  action?: 'none' | 'move' | 'copy' | 'hardlink/copy'
   includeCompanionFiles?: boolean
   cleanupEmptySourceFolders?: boolean
   items?: ManualImportRequestItem[]

fe/src/views/library/LibraryImportView.vue

@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
         </select>
       </div>
 
+      <button
+        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm"
+        :disabled="store.scanStatus === 'scanning'"
+        @click="openAddRootFolder"
+      >
+        <PhFolderPlus :size="15" />
+        Choose another folder...
+      </button>
+
       <button
         class="btn btn-primary btn-sm"
         :disabled="!selectedFolderId || store.scanStatus === 'scanning'"
@@ -175,6 +184,12 @@
       :folders="rootFoldersStore.folders"
     />
   </div>
+
+  <RootFolderFormModal
+    v-if="addRootFolder"
+    @saved="refreshRootFolders"
+    @close="closeAddRootFolder"
+  />
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
@@ -187,6 +202,7 @@ import {
   PhArrowDown,
   PhArrowUp,
   PhArrowsDownUp,
+  PhFolderPlus,
 } from '@phosphor-icons/vue'
 import { useLibraryImportStore } from '@/stores/libraryImport'
 import { useRootFoldersStore } from '@/stores/rootFolders'
@@ -202,6 +218,8 @@ import {
   type LibraryImportSortDirection,
   type LibraryImportSortKey,
 } from '@/utils/libraryImportTable'
+import RootFolderFormModal from '@/components/settings/RootFolderFormModal.vue'
+import type { RootFolder } from '@/types'
 
 const COLUMN_WIDTH_STORAGE_KEY = 'listenarr.libraryImport.columnWidths.v1'
 const MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH = 960
@@ -216,6 +234,7 @@ const sortKey = ref<LibraryImportSortKey>('folder')
 const sortDirection = ref<LibraryImportSortDirection>('asc')
 const columnWidths = ref<LibraryImportColumnWidths>({ ...DEFAULT_LIBRARY_IMPORT_COLUMN_WIDTHS })
 const resizingColumn = ref<LibraryImportResizableColumnKey | null>(null)
+const addRootFolder = ref<boolean>(false)
 
 const sortOptions: Array<{ value: LibraryImportSortKey; label: string }> = [
   { value: 'folder', label: 'Book' },
@@ -271,18 +290,18 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     await store.initFromRootFolder(defaultFolder.id)
   }
 
-  const action = configStore.applicationSettings?.completedFileAction
-  store.inputMode = action === 'Move' || !action ? 'move' : 'hardlink/copy'
+  store.action = 'none'
 })
 
 onBeforeUnmount(() => {
   stopResize()
 })
 
 async function onFolderChange() {
-  if (!selectedFolderId.value) return
-  store.stopProcessing()
-  await store.initFromRootFolder(selectedFolderId.value)
+  if (selectedFolderId.value) {
+    store.stopProcessing()
+    await store.initFromRootFolder(selectedFolderId.value)
+  }
 }
 
 async function startScan() {
@@ -404,6 +423,25 @@ function persistColumnWidths() {
     // Non-fatal: resizing still works for the current session.
   }
 }
+
+function openAddRootFolder() {
+  addRootFolder.value = true
+}
+
+function closeAddRootFolder() {
+  addRootFolder.value = false
+}
+
+async function refreshRootFolders(newFolder: RootFolder) {
+  closeAddRootFolder()
+
+  await rootFoldersStore.load()
+
+  if (newFolder) {
+    selectedFolderId.value = newFolder.id
+    await store.initFromRootFolder(newFolder.id)
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>

listenarr.api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
+using Listenarr.Domain.Utils;
 
 namespace Listenarr.Api.Controllers
 {
@@ -2327,7 +2328,7 @@ private static bool PathsEqual(string? left, string? right)
 
         private static bool IsSamePathOrWithin(string path, string rootPath)
         {
-            return PathsEqual(path, rootPath) || FileUtils.IsPathWithinRoot(path, rootPath);
+            return PathsEqual(path, rootPath) || FileUtils.IsPathInsideOf(path, rootPath);
         }
 
         private static bool IsFilesystemRoot(string? path)
@@ -2776,7 +2777,7 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> ScanAudiobookFiles(int id, [FromBody] ScanReque
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    var jobId = await _scanQueueService.EnqueueScanAsync(id, request?.Path);
+                    var jobId = await _scanQueueService.EnqueueScanAsync(audiobook, request?.Path);
                     _logger.LogInformation("Enqueued scan job {JobId} for audiobook {AudiobookId}", jobId, id);
 
                     // Broadcast initial job status via SignalR so clients can show queued state