Fixed post install step

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.idea
+.vscode
+
+logs
+*.log
+
+bin/*.dll
+bin/kiwix*
+node_modles
+zims

bin/install-kwix.js

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import https from 'node:https';
+import {execFileSync} from 'node:child_process';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+const VERSION = '3.8.1';
+const BASE_URL = 'https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools';
+const PLATFORM_MAP = {linux: 'linux', darwin: 'macos', win32: 'win'};
+
+const BIN_NAME = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'kiwix-search.exe' : 'kiwix-search';
+const BIN_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'bin'); // project root/bin
+const BIN_PATH = path.join(BIN_DIR, BIN_NAME);
+
+/** Download a file, following redirects. */
+function download(url, dest) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		const file = fs.createWriteStream(dest);
+		https.get(url, res => {
+			if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
+				file.close();
+				return resolve(download(res.headers.location, dest));
+			}
+			if (!res.statusCode || res.statusCode >= 400) {
+				return reject(new Error(`Download failed: ${res.statusCode} ${res.statusMessage}`));
+			}
+			res.pipe(file);
+			file.on('finish', () => file.close(resolve));
+		}).on('error', err => fs.unlink(dest, () => reject(err)));
+	});
+}
+
+/** Recursively search a directory for a file by name. */
+function findFile(dir, name) {
+	for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(dir, {withFileTypes: true})) {
+		const full = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+		if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+			const found = findFile(full, name);
+			if (found) return found;
+		} else if (entry.name === name) {
+			return full;
+		}
+	}
+	return null;
+}
+
+async function downloadAndExtract() {
+	const platformName = PLATFORM_MAP[process.platform];
+	if (!platformName) throw new Error(`Unsupported platform: ${process.platform}`);
+
+	const ext = platformName === 'win' ? 'zip' : 'tar.gz';
+	const archiveName = `kiwix-tools_${platformName}-x86_64-${VERSION}.${ext}`;
+	const url = `${BASE_URL}/${archiveName}`;
+	const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'kiwix-tools-'));
+	const archivePath = path.join(tmpDir, archiveName);
+
+	console.log('Downloading kiwix-tools from:', url);
+	await download(url, archivePath);
+
+	console.log('Extracting...');
+	execFileSync('tar', ['-xf', archivePath, '-C', tmpDir]); // bsdtar handles zip too
+
+	const extractedBin = findFile(tmpDir, BIN_NAME);
+	if (!extractedBin) throw new Error(`Could not find ${BIN_NAME} in extracted archive`);
+	const extractedDir = path.dirname(extractedBin);
+
+	await fs.promises.mkdir(BIN_DIR, {recursive: true});
+
+	// Copy the binary plus any DLLs sitting alongside it (Windows deps)
+	for (const entry of await fs.promises.readdir(extractedDir)) {
+		if (entry === BIN_NAME || entry.toLowerCase().endsWith('.dll')) {
+			await fs.promises.copyFile(path.join(extractedDir, entry), path.join(BIN_DIR, entry));
+		}
+	}
+	if (process.platform !== 'win32') await fs.promises.chmod(BIN_PATH, 0o755);
+
+	await fs.promises.rm(tmpDir, {recursive: true, force: true});
+	console.log('Installed to:', BIN_PATH);
+}
+
+downloadAndExtract().catch(err => {
+	console.error(err);
+	process.exit(1)
+}).finally(() => process.exit());

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/zim-utils",
-	"version": "0.2.3",
+	"version": "0.2.4",
 	"description": "Native, dependency-light ZIM archive reader/searcher and Kiwix catalog downloader for Node.js",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 		"url": "https://git.zakscode.com/ztimson/zim-utils"
 	},
 	"main": "src/index.js",
+	"scripts": {
+		"postinstall": "node ./bin/install-kwix.js"
+	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@ztimson/utils": "^0.30.7",
 		"lzma1": "^0.3.0",

src/reader.js

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import fs from 'node:fs';
-import path from 'node:path';
 import {decompressPool} from './decompress.js';
-import {fuzzyMatch, titleFromUrl} from './utils.js';
+import {fuzzyMatch, titleFromUrl, kiwixSearch} from './utils.js';
 
-const INDEX_VERSION = 1;
 const HEADER_SIZE = 80;
 const NS_CONTENT = 'C';
 const NS_METADATA = 'M';
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ export class ZimReader {
 	#header = null;
 	#mimeTypes = [];
 	#hasTitleListing = false;
-	#index;
 	#clusterCache = new Map(); // clusterNumber -> {data, extended, timer}
 	#pending = new Map();      // clusterNumber -> Promise, dedupes concurrent misses
 	#clusterCacheMax;
@@ -36,15 +33,6 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		this.#clusterTTL = clusterTTL;
 	}
 
-	/** Full O(n) scan over the URL pointer list, used when there's no title index. */
-	async #allDirents() {
-		const dirents = [];
-		for (let i = 0; i < this.#header.articleCount; i++) {
-			dirents.push(await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, i)));
-		}
-		return dirents;
-	}
-
 	/** Binary search the URL pointer list for namespace+url. */
 	async #findByUrl(url, namespace) {
 		const key = namespace + url;
@@ -60,6 +48,22 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/** Binary search the title index for an exact title match. */
+	async #findByTitle(title) {
+		if (!this.#hasTitleListing) return null;
+		const q = title.toLowerCase();
+		let lo = 0, hi = this.#header.articleCount - 1;
+		while (lo <= hi) {
+			const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
+			const urlIdx = (await this.#read(this.#header.titlePtrPos + mid * 4, 4)).readUInt32LE(0);
+			const dirent = await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, urlIdx));
+			const t = dirent.title.toLowerCase();
+			if (t === q) return dirent;
+			if (t < q) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid - 1;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/** Resets a cluster's idle-eviction timer. No-op when TTL disabled. */
 	#touch(clusterNumber, entry) {
 		if (!this.#clusterTTL) return;
@@ -185,68 +189,6 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		return this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, dirent.redirectIndex));
 	}
 
-	/** Narrows to dirents near the term's alphabetical position in the title index. */
-	async #titleIndexCandidates(term) {
-		const q = term.toLowerCase();
-		let lo = 0, hi = this.#header.articleCount - 1;
-		while (lo < hi) {
-			const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-			const urlIdx = (await this.#read(this.#header.titlePtrPos + mid * 4, 4)).readUInt32LE(0);
-			const dirent = await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, urlIdx));
-			if (dirent.title.toLowerCase() < q) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid;
-		}
-		// Widen around the prefix match since fuzzy scoring isn't purely alphabetical.
-		const start = Math.max(0, lo - 50), end = Math.min(this.#header.articleCount, lo + 200);
-		const dirents = [];
-		for (let i = start; i < end; i++) {
-			const urlIdx = (await this.#read(this.#header.titlePtrPos + i * 4, 4)).readUInt32LE(0);
-			dirents.push(await this.#readDirent(await this.#ptr64(this.#header.urlPtrPos, urlIdx)));
-		}
-		return dirents;
-	}
-
-	/** Path of the cached word index, kept in an `index/` subdirectory next to the archive. */
-	#indexPath() {
-		return path.join(path.dirname(this.path), 'index', `${path.basename(this.path)}.idx.json`);
-	}
-
-	/** Builds (or loads a cached) word -> entry index, avoiding a re-scan on every search. */
-	async #wordIndex() {
-		if (this.#index) return this.#index;
-		const cachePath = this.#indexPath();
-		const stat = await fs.promises.stat(this.path);
-
-		if (fs.existsSync(cachePath)) {
-			try {
-				const cached = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(cachePath, 'utf8'));
-				// Rebuild if stale: index predates the archive's current mtime (e.g. a re-download).
-				if (cached.version === INDEX_VERSION && cached.mtimeMs >= stat.mtimeMs) {
-					return (this.#index = cached);
-				}
-			} catch {}
-		}
-
-		// Expensive full scan — only happens once per archive (or after it changes).
-		const dirents = await this.#allDirents();
-		const entries = [];
-		const words = new Map(); // word -> [entryIndex, ...]
-		for (const d of dirents) {
-			if (d.namespace !== NS_CONTENT) continue;
-			const idx = entries.length;
-			entries.push({url: d.url, title: d.title, mimetype: d.mimetype});
-			const text = `${d.title} ${titleFromUrl(d.url)}`.toLowerCase();
-			for (const w of text.split(/\W+/).filter(Boolean)) {
-				if (!words.has(w)) words.set(w, []);
-				words.get(w).push(idx);
-			}
-		}
-
-		const index = {version: INDEX_VERSION, size: stat.size, mtimeMs: stat.mtimeMs, entries, words: Object.fromEntries(words)};
-		await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(cachePath), {recursive: true});
-		await fs.promises.writeFile(cachePath, JSON.stringify(index));
-		return (this.#index = index);
-	}
-
 	async close() {
 		if (this.#fd) await this.#fd.close();
 		this.#fd = null;
@@ -255,12 +197,10 @@ export class ZimReader {
 		this.#pending.clear();
 	}
 
-	/** Deletes the zim archive and its cached index (if any). Safe to call on unopened readers. */
+	/** Deletes the zim archive. Safe to call on unopened readers. */
 	async delete() {
 		await this.close();
-		this.#index = null;
 		await fs.promises.rm(this.path, {force: true});
-		await fs.promises.rm(this.#indexPath(), {force: true});
 	}
 
 	/** Reads an 'M' namespace metadata value (e.g. Name, Date, Title). Returns null if missing. */
@@ -325,27 +265,15 @@ export class ZimReader {
 
 	/**
 	 * Fuzzy-ranked title search. Accepts comma-separated `terms` the same way the
-	 * catalog search does. Uses the sorted title index when present (binary search
-	 * narrows the candidate window); falls back to a full linear scan otherwise
-	 * (common on ZIM v6+/zimit-generated archives with no title index).
+	 * catalog search does. Uses kiwix-search's embedded fulltext index as a prefilter
+	 * to narrow candidates before fuzzy scoring.
 	 */
 	async search(terms, {limit = 20, htmlOnly = true} = {}) {
 		const termList = String(terms).split(',').map(t => t.trim()).filter(Boolean);
 		if (!termList.length) return [];
 
-		let candidates;
-		if (this.#hasTitleListing && this.#header.articleCount > 5000) {
-			candidates = await this.#titleIndexCandidates(termList[0]);
-		} else {
-			const {entries, words} = await this.#wordIndex();
-			// Pull candidates from postings of any word that starts with (or contains) the search term.
-			const q = termList[0].toLowerCase();
-			const idxSet = new Set();
-			for (const [word, postings] of Object.entries(words)) {
-				if (word.includes(q) || q.includes(word)) postings.forEach(i => idxSet.add(i));
-			}
-			candidates = [...idxSet].map(i => ({...entries[i], namespace: NS_CONTENT}));
-		}
+		const titles = await kiwixSearch(this.path, termList.join(' '));
+		const candidates = (await Promise.all(titles.map(t => this.#findByTitle(t)))).filter(Boolean);
 
 		const scored = [];
 		for (const dirent of candidates) {

src/utils.js

@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+import {execFile} from 'node:child_process';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {promisify} from 'node:util';
+
+/**
+ * Search a ZIM file's fulltext index.
+ * @param {string} zimPath - Path to the .zim file
+ * @param {string} pattern - Search terms
+ * @param {object} [opts]
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.suggestion] - Suggest titles from partial pattern (completion-style)
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.spelling] - Suggest spelling-corrected titles
+ * @returns {Promise<string[]>} Matching article/tag titles
+ */
+export async function kiwixSearch(zimPath, pattern, opts = {}) {
+	const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+	const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+	const BIN_NAME = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'kiwix-search.exe' : 'kiwix-search';
+	const BIN_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'bin', BIN_NAME);
+
+	const args = [];
+	if (opts.suggestion) args.push('-s');
+	if (opts.spelling) args.push('--spelling');
+	args.push(zimPath, pattern);
+
+	const {stdout} = await execFileAsync(BIN_PATH, args);
+	return stdout.split('\n').map(line => line.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
 export function levenshtein(a, b) {
 	const m = a.length, n = b.length;
 	if (!m) return n;