From 7df1fffdcada1dd145faa64394224887a3327115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Wampler <james@wamp.dev>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:21:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Tweaks to Import

---
 .gitignore                                    |  3 +++
 src/Novelly.Api/Imports/ImportZipExtractor.cs | 17 ++++++-----------
 src/Novelly.Api/appsettings.Development.json  |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0217999..69b84c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 *.env
 .env.deploy
 
+# Local outline drop-box for the import feature (Imports:RootPath)
+/imports/
+
 # User-specific files (MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio)
 *.userprefs
 
diff --git a/src/Novelly.Api/Imports/ImportZipExtractor.cs b/src/Novelly.Api/Imports/ImportZipExtractor.cs
index 8a824e0..5e37fd4 100644
--- a/src/Novelly.Api/Imports/ImportZipExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/Novelly.Api/Imports/ImportZipExtractor.cs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ public class ImportZipExtractor(ILogger<ImportZipExtractor> logger)
 
     private static readonly string[] AllowedFileNames = [".novelly-import.json"];
 
-    public void Extract(Stream zipStream, string stagingDir)
+    public void Extract(Stream zipStream, string stagingDirectory)
     {
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(stagingDir);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(stagingDirectory);
 
         try
         {
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ public class ImportZipExtractor(ILogger<ImportZipExtractor> logger)
                     ? entry.FullName
                     : entry.FullName[(stripPrefix.Length + 1)..];
 
-                if (relativePath.Length == 0)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
+                if (relativePath.Length == 0) continue;
 
                 if (!relativePath.EndsWith(".md", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !AllowedFileNames.Contains(entry.Name))
                     throw new ArgumentException($"'{entry.FullName}' is not a markdown file. Only .md files (and .novelly-import.json) are allowed.");
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ public class ImportZipExtractor(ILogger<ImportZipExtractor> logger)
                 if (totalBytes > MaxTotalUncompressedBytes)
                     throw new ArgumentException($"The zip file is too large uncompressed (max {MaxTotalUncompressedBytes / (1024 * 1024)} MB).");
 
-                var destination = ImportPaths.ResolveWithin(stagingDir, relativePath);
+                var destination = ImportPaths.ResolveWithin(stagingDirectory, relativePath);
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(destination)!);
 
                 using var entryStream = entry.Open();
@@ -66,10 +63,8 @@ public class ImportZipExtractor(ILogger<ImportZipExtractor> logger)
         }
         catch
         {
-            if (Directory.Exists(stagingDir))
-            {
-                Directory.Delete(stagingDir, recursive: true);
-            }
+            if (Directory.Exists(stagingDirectory))
+                Directory.Delete(stagingDirectory, recursive: true);
 
             throw;
         }
diff --git a/src/Novelly.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Novelly.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index 2026d5b..b08b08c 100644
--- a/src/Novelly.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/src/Novelly.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
         "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.ExceptionHandlerMiddleware": "Fatal"
       }
     }
+  },
+  "Imports": {
+    "RootPath": "../../imports"
   }
 }