Types return only Ids of related Entities

API/Schema/Chapter.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using API.Schema.Jobs;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace API.Schema;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class Chapter : IComparable<Chapter>
     public bool Downloaded { get; internal set; } = false;
 
     public string ParentMangaId { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public Manga? ParentManga { get; init; }
 
     public int CompareTo(Chapter? other)

API/Schema/Jobs/DownloadMangaCoverJob.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using API.MangaDownloadClients;
 using API.Schema.MangaConnectors;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ public class DownloadMangaCoverJob(string mangaId, string? parentJobId = null, I
 {
     [MaxLength(64)]
     public string MangaId { get; init; } = mangaId;
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public Manga? Manga { get; init; }
     
     protected override IEnumerable<Job> RunInternal(PgsqlContext context)

API/Schema/Jobs/DownloadNewChaptersJob.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using API.Schema.MangaConnectors;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace API.Schema.Jobs;
 
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ public class DownloadNewChaptersJob(ulong recurrenceMs, string mangaId, string?
 {
     [MaxLength(64)]
     public string MangaId { get; init; } = mangaId;
+    
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public Manga? Manga { get; init; }
     
     protected override IEnumerable<Job> RunInternal(PgsqlContext context)

API/Schema/Jobs/DownloadSingleChapterJob.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using API.MangaDownloadClients;
 using API.Schema.MangaConnectors;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ public class DownloadSingleChapterJob(string chapterId, string? parentJobId = nu
 {
     [MaxLength(64)]
     public string ChapterId { get; init; } = chapterId;
+    
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public Chapter? Chapter { get; init; }
     
     protected override IEnumerable<Job> RunInternal(PgsqlContext context)

API/Schema/Jobs/Job.cs

@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ public abstract class Job
     
     [MaxLength(64)]
     public string? ParentJobId { get; init; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public Job? ParentJob { get; init; }
     
     [MaxLength(64)]
     public ICollection<string>? DependsOnJobsIds { get; init; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public ICollection<Job>? DependsOnJobs { get; init; }
     
     public JobType JobType { get; init; }

API/Schema/Jobs/JobJsonDeserializer.cs

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-using JsonSerializer = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer;
-
-namespace API.Schema.Jobs;
-
-public class JobJsonDeserializer : JsonConverter<Job>
-{
-    public override bool CanWrite { get; } = false;
-
-    public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, Job? value, JsonSerializer serializer)
-    {
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
-
-    public override Job? ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Job? existingValue, bool hasExistingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
-    {
-        JObject j = JObject.Load(reader);
-        JobType? type = Enum.Parse<JobType>(j.GetValue("jobType")!.Value<string>()!);
-        return type switch
-        {
-            JobType.DownloadSingleChapterJob => j.ToObject<DownloadSingleChapterJob>(),
-            JobType.DownloadNewChaptersJob => j.ToObject<DownloadNewChaptersJob>(), 
-            JobType.UpdateMetaDataJob => j.ToObject<UpdateMetadataJob>(),
-            JobType.MoveFileOrFolderJob => j.ToObject<MoveFileOrFolderJob>(),
-            _ => null
-        };
-    }
-}

API/Schema/Jobs/UpdateMetadataJob.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using API.Schema.MangaConnectors;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace API.Schema.Jobs;
 
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ public class UpdateMetadataJob(ulong recurrenceMs, string mangaId, string? paren
 {
     [MaxLength(64)]
     public string MangaId { get; init; } = mangaId;
+    
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public virtual Manga? Manga { get; init; }
     
     /// <summary>

API/Schema/Manga.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Collections;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ using API.MangaDownloadClients;
 using API.Schema.Jobs;
 using API.Schema.MangaConnectors;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using static System.IO.UnixFileMode;
 
 namespace API.Schema;
@@ -30,15 +32,23 @@ public class Manga
     public float IgnoreChapterBefore { get; internal set; }
 
     public string MangaConnectorId { get; private set; }
-    
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public MangaConnector? MangaConnector { get; private set; }
     
+    public ICollection<string> AuthorIds { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public ICollection<Author>? Authors { get; internal set; }
     
+    public ICollection<string> TagIds { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public ICollection<MangaTag>? Tags { get; internal set; }
     
+    public ICollection<string> LinkIds { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public ICollection<Link>? Links { get; internal set; }
     
+    public ICollection<string> AltTitleIds { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
     public ICollection<MangaAltTitle>? AltTitles { get; internal set; }
 
     public Manga(string connectorId, string name, string description, string websiteUrl, string coverUrl,
@@ -48,9 +58,13 @@ public class Manga
         : this(connectorId, name, description, websiteUrl, coverUrl, coverFileNameInCache, year, originalLanguage,
             releaseStatus, ignoreChapterBefore, mangaConnector.Name)
     {
+        this.AuthorIds = authors.Select(a => a.AuthorId) as ICollection<string>;
         this.Authors = authors;
+        this.TagIds = tags.Select(t => t.Tag) as ICollection<string>;
         this.Tags = tags;
+        this.LinkIds = links.Select(l => l.LinkId) as ICollection<string>;
         this.Links = links;
+        this.AltTitleIds = altTitles.Select(t => t.AltTitleId) as ICollection<string>;
         this.AltTitles = altTitles;
     }