Support for catalog-only mode

include/name_mapper.h

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class HumanReadableNameMapper : public NameMapper {
     std::map<std::string, std::string> m_nameToId;
 
   public:
-    HumanReadableNameMapper(kiwix::Library& library, bool withAlias);
+    HumanReadableNameMapper(const kiwix::Library& library, bool withAlias);
     virtual ~HumanReadableNameMapper() = default;
     virtual std::string getNameForId(const std::string& id) const;
     virtual std::string getIdForName(const std::string& name) const;

include/server.h

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace kiwix
         { m_withTaskbar = withTaskbar; m_withLibraryButton = withLibraryButton; }
        void setBlockExternalLinks(bool blockExternalLinks)
         { m_blockExternalLinks = blockExternalLinks; }
+       void setCatalogOnlyMode(bool enable) { m_catalogOnlyMode = enable; }
        void setIpMode(IpMode mode) { m_ipMode = mode; }
        int getPort() const;
        IpAddress getAddress() const;
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ namespace kiwix
        bool m_blockExternalLinks = false;
        IpMode m_ipMode = IpMode::AUTO;
        int m_ipConnectionLimit = 0;
+       bool m_catalogOnlyMode = false;
        std::unique_ptr<InternalServer> mp_server;
   };
 }

src/name_mapper.cpp

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 namespace kiwix {
 
-HumanReadableNameMapper::HumanReadableNameMapper(kiwix::Library& library, bool withAlias) {
+HumanReadableNameMapper::HumanReadableNameMapper(const kiwix::Library& library, bool withAlias) {
-  for (auto& bookId: library.filter(kiwix::Filter().local(true).valid(true))) {
+  for (auto& bookId: library.filter(kiwix::Filter())) {
     auto& currentBook = library.getBookById(bookId);
     auto bookName = currentBook.getHumanReadableIdFromPath();
     m_idToName[bookId] = bookName;

src/server.cpp

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ bool Server::start() {
     m_blockExternalLinks,
     m_ipMode,
     m_indexTemplateString,
-    m_ipConnectionLimit));
+    m_ipConnectionLimit,
+    m_catalogOnlyMode));
   return mp_server->start();
 }
 

src/server/internalServer.cpp

@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ std::string getSearchComponent(const RequestContext& request)
     return query.empty() ? query : "?" + query;
 }
 
-Filter get_search_filter(const RequestContext& request, const std::string& prefix="")
+Filter get_search_filter(const RequestContext& request, const std::string& prefix="", bool catalogOnlyMode = false)
 {
-    auto filter = kiwix::Filter().valid(true).local(true);
+    auto filter = kiwix::Filter();
+    if ( !catalogOnlyMode ) {
+      filter.valid(true).local(true);
+    }
     try {
       filter.query(request.get_argument(prefix+"q"));
     } catch (const std::out_of_range&) {}
@@ -432,7 +435,8 @@ InternalServer::InternalServer(LibraryPtr library,
                                bool blockExternalLinks,
                                IpMode ipMode,
                                std::string indexTemplateString,
-                               int ipConnectionLimit) :
+                               int ipConnectionLimit,
+                               bool catalogOnlyMode) :
   m_addr(addr),
   m_port(port),
   m_root(normalizeRootUrl(root)),
@@ -451,7 +455,8 @@ InternalServer::InternalServer(LibraryPtr library,
   mp_nameMapper(nameMapper ? nameMapper : std::shared_ptr<NameMapper>(&defaultNameMapper, NoDelete())),
   searchCache(getEnvVar<int>("KIWIX_SEARCH_CACHE_SIZE", DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE)),
   suggestionSearcherCache(getEnvVar<int>("KIWIX_SUGGESTION_SEARCHER_CACHE_SIZE", std::max((unsigned int) (mp_library->getBookCount(true, true)*0.1), 1U))),
-  m_customizedResources(new CustomizedResources)
+  m_customizedResources(new CustomizedResources),
+  m_catalogOnlyMode(catalogOnlyMode)
 {
   m_root = urlEncode(m_root);
 }
@@ -1103,7 +1108,7 @@ std::vector<std::string>
 InternalServer::search_catalog(const RequestContext& request,
                                kiwix::OPDSDumper& opdsDumper)
 {
-    const auto filter = get_search_filter(request);
+    const auto filter = get_search_filter(request, "", m_catalogOnlyMode);
     std::vector<std::string> bookIdsToDump = mp_library->filter(filter);
     const auto totalResults = bookIdsToDump.size();
     const long count = request.get_optional_param("count", 10L);

src/server/internalServer.h

@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ class InternalServer {
                    bool blockExternalLinks,
                    IpMode ipMode,
                    std::string indexTemplateString,
-                   int ipConnectionLimit);
+                   int ipConnectionLimit,
+                   bool catalogOnlyMode);
     virtual ~InternalServer();
 
     MHD_Result handlerCallback(struct MHD_Connection* connection,
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ class InternalServer {
 
     class CustomizedResources;
     std::unique_ptr<CustomizedResources> m_customizedResources;
+
+    const bool m_catalogOnlyMode;
 };
 
 }

test/library_server.cpp

@@ -150,6 +150,30 @@ std::string maskVariableOPDSFeedData(std::string s)
   "125952"\
 )
 
+#define INACCESSIBLEZIMFILE_CATALOG_ENTRY \
+"  <entry>\n" \
+"    <id>urn:uuid:inaccessiblezim</id>\n" \
+"    <title>Catalog of all catalogs</title>\n" \
+"    <updated>YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ</updated>\n" \
+"    <summary>Testing that running kiwix-serve without access to ZIM files doesn&apos;t lead to a catastrophe</summary>\n" \
+"    <language>cat</language>\n" \
+"    <name>catalog_of_all_catalogs</name>\n" \
+"    <flavour></flavour>\n" \
+"    <category>cats</category>\n" \
+"    <tags>unittest;_category:cats</tags>\n" \
+"    <articleCount>12107</articleCount>\n" \
+"    <mediaCount>8</mediaCount>\n" \
+"    <link type=\"text/html\" href=\"/ROOT%23%3F/content/nosuchzimfile\" />\n" \
+"    <author>\n" \
+"      <name>Catherine of Catalonia</name>\n" \
+"    </author>\n" \
+"    <publisher>\n" \
+"      <name>Caterpillar</name>\n" \
+"    </publisher>\n" \
+"    <dc:issued>2025-09-04T00:00:00Z</dc:issued>\n" \
+"    <link rel=\"http://opds-spec.org/acquisition/open-access\" type=\"application/x-zim\" href=\"https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/raw/master/test/data/nosuchzimfile.zim\" length=\"20736925696\" />\n" \
+"  </entry>\n"
+
 TEST_F(LibraryServerTest, catalog_root_xml)
 {
   const auto r = zfs1_->GET("/ROOT%23%3F/catalog/root.xml");
@@ -697,6 +721,24 @@ TEST_F(LibraryServerTest, catalog_v2_entries)
   );
 }
 
+TEST_F(LibraryServerTest, catalog_v2_entries_catalog_only_mode)
+{
+  resetServer(ZimFileServer::CATALOG_ONLY_MODE);
+  const auto r = zfs1_->GET("/ROOT%23%3F/catalog/v2/entries");
+  EXPECT_EQ(r->status, 200);
+  EXPECT_EQ(maskVariableOPDSFeedData(r->body),
+    CATALOG_V2_ENTRIES_PREAMBLE("")
+    "  <title>All Entries</title>\n"
+    "  <updated>YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ</updated>\n"
+    "\n"
+    CHARLES_RAY_CATALOG_ENTRY
+    INACCESSIBLEZIMFILE_CATALOG_ENTRY
+    RAY_CHARLES_CATALOG_ENTRY
+    UNCATEGORIZED_RAY_CHARLES_CATALOG_ENTRY
+    "</feed>\n"
+  );
+}
+
 TEST_F(LibraryServerTest, catalog_v2_entries_filtered_by_range)
 {
   {

test/server_testing_tools.h

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public: // types
     WITH_LIBRARY_BUTTON  = 1 << 2,
     BLOCK_EXTERNAL_LINKS = 1 << 3,
     NO_NAME_MAPPER       = 1 << 4,
+    CATALOG_ONLY_MODE    = 1 << 5,
 
     WITH_TASKBAR_AND_LIBRARY_BUTTON = WITH_TASKBAR | WITH_LIBRARY_BUTTON,
 
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ void ZimFileServer::run(int serverPort, std::string indexTemplateString)
   server->setTaskbar(cfg.options & WITH_TASKBAR, cfg.options & WITH_LIBRARY_BUTTON);
   server->setBlockExternalLinks(cfg.options & BLOCK_EXTERNAL_LINKS);
   server->setMultiZimSearchLimit(3);
+  server->setCatalogOnlyMode(cfg.options & CATALOG_ONLY_MODE);
   if (!indexTemplateString.empty()) {
     server->setIndexTemplateString(indexTemplateString);
   }