better search term nomralization

backend/handler/filesystem/platforms_handler.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FSPlatformsHandler(FSHandler):
         )
 
         try:
-            platforms = [d for _, d in iter_directories(platforms_dir)]
+            platforms = sorted([d for _, d in iter_directories(platforms_dir)])
             return self._exclude_platforms(cnfg, platforms)
         except IndexError as exc:
             raise FolderStructureNotMatchException from exc

backend/handler/metadata/base_hander.py

@@ -56,16 +56,14 @@ COMMA_ARTICLE_PATTERN = re.compile(r",\s(a|an|the)\b$")
 NON_WORD_SPACE_PATTERN = re.compile(r"[^\w\s]")
 MULTIPLE_SPACE_PATTERN = re.compile(r"\s+")
 
-CHAR_REMOVAL_TABLE = str.maketrans("_'\"", "   ")
-
 
 # This caches results to avoid repeated normalization of the same search term
 @lru_cache(maxsize=1024)
 def _normalize_search_term(
     name: str, remove_articles: bool = True, remove_punctuation: bool = True
 ) -> str:
-    # Single translate operation
-    name = name.lower().translate(CHAR_REMOVAL_TABLE)
+    # Lower and replace underscores with spaces
+    name = name.lower().replace("_", " ")
 
     # Remove articles (combined if possible)
     if remove_articles:

backend/handler/metadata/igdb_handler.py

@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ class IGDBHandler(MetadataHandler):
         if not platform_igdb_id:
             return []
 
-        search_term = self.normalize_search_term(search_term)
         matched_roms = await self._request(
             self.games_endpoint,
             data=f'search "{uc(search_term)}"; fields {",".join(self.games_fields)}; where platforms=[{platform_igdb_id}];',

backend/handler/metadata/moby_handler.py

@@ -254,10 +254,9 @@ class MobyGamesHandler(MetadataHandler):
         if not platform_moby_id:
             return []
 
-        search_term = uc(search_term)
         matched_roms = await self.moby_service.list_games(
             platform_ids=[platform_moby_id],
-            title=quote(search_term, safe="/ "),
+            title=quote(uc(search_term), safe="/ "),
         )
 
         return [

backend/handler/metadata/ss_handler.py

@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ class SSHandler(MetadataHandler):
         if not platform_ss_id:
             return []
 
-        search_term = self.normalize_search_term(search_term)
         matched_roms = await self.ss_service.search_games(
             term=quote(uc(search_term), safe="/ "),
             system_id=platform_ss_id,