From 7201380504e9cde0dfc6e640de33778b2c78d59e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maurice <mauriceboe@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:36:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20paginate=20Immich=20photo=20search=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20no=20longer=20limited=20to=20200=20=E2=80=94=20clos?=
 =?UTF-8?q?es=20#137?=
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The Immich metadata search was hardcoded to size: 200. Now paginates
through all results (1000 per page, up to 20k photos max).
---
 server/src/routes/immich.ts | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/routes/immich.ts b/server/src/routes/immich.ts
index 4efc5ce..83b480d 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/immich.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/immich.ts
@@ -77,20 +77,32 @@ router.post('/search', authenticate, async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   if (!user?.immich_url || !user?.immich_api_key) return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Immich not configured' });
 
   try {
-    const resp = await fetch(`${user.immich_url}/api/search/metadata`, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: { 'x-api-key': user.immich_api_key, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        takenAfter: from ? `${from}T00:00:00.000Z` : undefined,
-        takenBefore: to ? `${to}T23:59:59.999Z` : undefined,
-        type: 'IMAGE',
-        size: 200,
-      }),
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15000),
-    });
-    if (!resp.ok) return res.status(resp.status).json({ error: 'Search failed' });
-    const data = await resp.json() as { assets?: { items?: any[] } };
-    const assets = (data.assets?.items || []).map((a: any) => ({
+    // Paginate through all results (Immich limits per-page to 1000)
+    const allAssets: any[] = [];
+    let page = 1;
+    const pageSize = 1000;
+    while (true) {
+      const resp = await fetch(`${user.immich_url}/api/search/metadata`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'x-api-key': user.immich_api_key, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          takenAfter: from ? `${from}T00:00:00.000Z` : undefined,
+          takenBefore: to ? `${to}T23:59:59.999Z` : undefined,
+          type: 'IMAGE',
+          size: pageSize,
+          page,
+        }),
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15000),
+      });
+      if (!resp.ok) return res.status(resp.status).json({ error: 'Search failed' });
+      const data = await resp.json() as { assets?: { items?: any[] } };
+      const items = data.assets?.items || [];
+      allAssets.push(...items);
+      if (items.length < pageSize) break; // Last page
+      page++;
+      if (page > 20) break; // Safety limit (20k photos max)
+    }
+    const assets = allAssets.map((a: any) => ({
       id: a.id,
       takenAt: a.fileCreatedAt || a.createdAt,
       city: a.exifInfo?.city || null,