From 944e33f24bb32fbc2822837394b4e0fbc4c426a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark McDowall <mark@mcdowall.ca>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 19:20:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Convert getLanguageName to hook

---
 frontend/src/Episode/Summary/MediaInfo.tsx    |  4 +-
 frontend/src/EpisodeFile/MediaInfo.tsx        | 18 +++++--
 frontend/src/Helpers/Hooks/useAppPage.ts      |  2 +
 frontend/src/Language/useLanguageName.ts      | 53 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/Utilities/String/getLanguageName.ts   | 41 --------------
 5 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/Language/useLanguageName.ts
 delete mode 100644 frontend/src/Utilities/String/getLanguageName.ts

diff --git a/frontend/src/Episode/Summary/MediaInfo.tsx b/frontend/src/Episode/Summary/MediaInfo.tsx
index ef5eb499a..d9c80db69 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Episode/Summary/MediaInfo.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Episode/Summary/MediaInfo.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import DescriptionList from 'Components/DescriptionList/DescriptionList';
 import DescriptionListItem from 'Components/DescriptionList/DescriptionListItem';
+import useLanguageName from 'Language/useLanguageName';
 import MediaInfoProps from 'typings/MediaInfo';
 import formatBitrate from 'Utilities/Number/formatBitrate';
 import getEntries from 'Utilities/Object/getEntries';
-import getLanguageName from 'Utilities/String/getLanguageName';
 import translate from 'Utilities/String/translate';
 
 function MediaInfo(props: MediaInfoProps) {
+  const getLanguageName = useLanguageName();
+
   return (
     <DescriptionList>
       {getEntries(props).map(([key, value]) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/EpisodeFile/MediaInfo.tsx b/frontend/src/EpisodeFile/MediaInfo.tsx
index f737e6fb4..de137f0d2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/EpisodeFile/MediaInfo.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/EpisodeFile/MediaInfo.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import getLanguageName from 'Utilities/String/getLanguageName';
+import useLanguageName from 'Language/useLanguageName';
 import translate from 'Utilities/String/translate';
 import { useEpisodeFile } from './EpisodeFileProvider';
 
-function formatLanguages(languages: string[] | undefined) {
+function formatLanguages(
+  languages: string[] | undefined,
+  getLanguageName: (code: string) => string
+) {
   if (!languages) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ interface MediaInfoProps {
 }
 
 function MediaInfo({ episodeFileId, type }: MediaInfoProps) {
+  const getLanguageName = useLanguageName();
   const episodeFile = useEpisodeFile(episodeFileId);
 
   if (!episodeFile?.mediaInfo) {
@@ -76,11 +80,17 @@ function MediaInfo({ episodeFileId, type }: MediaInfoProps) {
   }
 
   if (type === 'audioLanguages') {
-    return formatLanguages(audioStreams.map(({ language }) => language));
+    return formatLanguages(
+      audioStreams.map(({ language }) => language),
+      getLanguageName
+    );
   }
 
   if (type === 'subtitles') {
-    return formatLanguages(subtitleStreams.map(({ language }) => language));
+    return formatLanguages(
+      subtitleStreams.map(({ language }) => language),
+      getLanguageName
+    );
   }
 
   if (type === 'video') {
diff --git a/frontend/src/Helpers/Hooks/useAppPage.ts b/frontend/src/Helpers/Hooks/useAppPage.ts
index cd554f188..dfd069bd1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Helpers/Hooks/useAppPage.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/Helpers/Hooks/useAppPage.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import AppState from 'App/State/AppState';
 import { useTranslations } from 'App/useTranslations';
 import useCommands from 'Commands/useCommands';
 import useCustomFilters from 'Filters/useCustomFilters';
+import { useInitializeLanguage } from 'Language/useLanguageName';
 import useSeries from 'Series/useSeries';
 import { useQualityProfiles } from 'Settings/Profiles/Quality/useQualityProfiles';
 import { useUiSettings } from 'Settings/UI/useUiSettings';
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ const useAppPage = () => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   useCommands();
+  useInitializeLanguage();
 
   const { isFetched: isCustomFiltersFetched, error: customFiltersError } =
     useCustomFilters();
diff --git a/frontend/src/Language/useLanguageName.ts b/frontend/src/Language/useLanguageName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b451ccd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/Language/useLanguageName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import useApiQuery from 'Helpers/Hooks/useApiQuery';
+
+interface LanguageResponse {
+  identifier: string;
+}
+
+function getDisplayName(code: string) {
+  return Intl.DisplayNames
+    ? new Intl.DisplayNames([code], { type: 'language' })
+    : null;
+}
+
+const useLanguage = () => {
+  return useApiQuery<LanguageResponse>({
+    path: '/localization/language',
+    queryOptions: {
+      staleTime: Infinity,
+      gcTime: Infinity,
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+export const useInitializeLanguage = () => {
+  useLanguage();
+};
+
+const useLanguageName = () => {
+  const { data } = useLanguage();
+
+  const getLanguageName = useCallback(
+    (code: string): string => {
+      const languageNames = data?.identifier
+        ? getDisplayName(data.identifier)
+        : getDisplayName('en');
+
+      if (!languageNames) {
+        return code;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        return languageNames.of(code) ?? code;
+      } catch {
+        return code;
+      }
+    },
+    [data]
+  );
+
+  return getLanguageName;
+};
+
+export default useLanguageName;
diff --git a/frontend/src/Utilities/String/getLanguageName.ts b/frontend/src/Utilities/String/getLanguageName.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bbaf3252..000000000
--- a/frontend/src/Utilities/String/getLanguageName.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import createAjaxRequest from 'Utilities/createAjaxRequest';
-
-interface LanguageResponse {
-  identifier: string;
-}
-
-function getLanguage() {
-  return createAjaxRequest({
-    global: false,
-    dataType: 'json',
-    url: '/localization/language',
-  }).request;
-}
-
-function getDisplayName(code: string) {
-  return Intl.DisplayNames
-    ? new Intl.DisplayNames([code], { type: 'language' })
-    : null;
-}
-
-let languageNames = getDisplayName('en');
-
-getLanguage().then((data: LanguageResponse) => {
-  const names = getDisplayName(data.identifier);
-
-  if (names) {
-    languageNames = names;
-  }
-});
-
-export default function getLanguageName(code: string) {
-  if (!languageNames) {
-    return code;
-  }
-
-  try {
-    return languageNames.of(code) ?? code;
-  } catch {
-    return code;
-  }
-}