From 09d44726a44d90e4b776e988d75a89149a5da95d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bogdan <mynameisbogdan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 11:41:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] New: Speed up API add by reworking AuthorExistsValidator

Co-authored-by: Qstick <qstick@gmail.com>
---
 src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/AuthorExistsValidator.cs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/AuthorExistsValidator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/AuthorExistsValidator.cs
index 6f28ff199..d7d7bbc07 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/AuthorExistsValidator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/AuthorExistsValidator.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ protected override bool IsValid(PropertyValidatorContext context)
                 return true;
             }
 
-            return !_authorService.GetAllAuthors().Exists(s => s.Metadata.Value.ForeignAuthorId == context.PropertyValue.ToString());
+            var foreignAuthorId = context.PropertyValue.ToString();
+
+            return _authorService.FindById(foreignAuthorId) == null;
         }
     }
 }