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+import { invoke } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
+import { open } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog";
+import type { JSONContent } from "@tiptap/core";
+import type { Book, BookMetadata, Chapter } from "../model/book";
+
+export interface RawFile {
+  path: string;
+  data: string;
+  encoding: "utf8" | "base64";
+}
+
+type Mark = { type: string };
+
+const BLOCK_TAGS = new Set([
+  "p", "div", "section", "article", "main", "header", "footer", "aside",
+  "blockquote", "ul", "ol", "li", "figure", "img", "hr", "table", "tr",
+  "td", "th", "thead", "tbody", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6",
+]);
+
+function normalize(path: string): string {
+  return path.replace(/^\.?\//, "");
+}
+
+function dirOf(path: string): string {
+  const i = path.lastIndexOf("/");
+  return i === -1 ? "" : path.slice(0, i);
+}
+
+function baseName(path: string): string {
+  const file = path.split(/[\\/]/).pop() ?? path;
+  return file.replace(/\.[^.]+$/, "");
+}
+
+function decodeHref(href: string): string {
+  const clean = href.split("#")[0];
+  try {
+    return decodeURIComponent(clean);
+  } catch {
+    return clean;
+  }
+}
+
+function resolvePath(baseDir: string, rel: string): string {
+  if (rel.startsWith("/")) return normalize(rel);
+  const parts = (baseDir ? baseDir.split("/") : []).concat(rel.split("/"));
+  const out: string[] = [];
+  for (const part of parts) {
+    if (part === "" || part === ".") continue;
+    if (part === "..") out.pop();
+    else out.push(part);
+  }
+  return out.join("/");
+}
+
+function mimeFromExt(path: string): string {
+  const ext = path.toLowerCase().split(".").pop() ?? "";
+  if (ext === "jpg" || ext === "jpeg") return "image/jpeg";
+  if (ext === "png") return "image/png";
+  if (ext === "gif") return "image/gif";
+  if (ext === "webp") return "image/webp";
+  if (ext === "svg") return "image/svg+xml";
+  return "application/octet-stream";
+}
+
+function parseXml(text: string, mime: DOMParserSupportedType): Document {
+  return new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, mime);
+}
+
+function firstByLocal(root: Document | Element, local: string): Element | null {
+  for (const el of Array.from(root.getElementsByTagName("*"))) {
+    if (el.localName === local) return el;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function localText(root: Document | Element, local: string): string {
+  return firstByLocal(root, local)?.textContent?.trim() ?? "";
+}
+
+function hasMark(marks: Mark[], type: string): boolean {
+  return marks.some((m) => m.type === type);
+}
+
+function addMark(marks: Mark[], type: string): Mark[] {
+  return hasMark(marks, type) ? marks : [...marks, { type }];
+}
+
+function collectInline(node: Node, marks: Mark[], out: JSONContent[]): void {
+  node.childNodes.forEach((child) => {
+    if (child.nodeType === 3) {
+      const text = (child.nodeValue ?? "").replace(/\s+/g, " ");
+      if (text === "") return;
+      out.push(marks.length ? { type: "text", text, marks } : { type: "text", text });
+      return;
+    }
+    if (child.nodeType !== 1) return;
+    const el = child as Element;
+    const tag = el.localName.toLowerCase();
+    if (tag === "br") {
+      out.push({ type: "hardBreak" });
+    } else if (tag === "strong" || tag === "b") {
+      collectInline(el, addMark(marks, "bold"), out);
+    } else if (tag === "em" || tag === "i") {
+      collectInline(el, addMark(marks, "italic"), out);
+    } else if (!BLOCK_TAGS.has(tag)) {
+      collectInline(el, marks, out);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function inlineOf(el: Element): JSONContent[] {
+  const out: JSONContent[] = [];
+  collectInline(el, [], out);
+  return trimInline(out);
+}
+
+function trimInline(nodes: JSONContent[]): JSONContent[] {
+  const out = nodes.slice();
+  while (out.length && out[0].type === "text") {
+    out[0] = { ...out[0], text: (out[0].text ?? "").replace(/^\s+/, "") };
+    if (out[0].text === "") out.shift();
+    else break;
+  }
+  while (out.length) {
+    const last = out[out.length - 1];
+    if (last.type !== "text") break;
+    out[out.length - 1] = { ...last, text: (last.text ?? "").replace(/\s+$/, "") };
+    if (out[out.length - 1].text === "") out.pop();
+    else break;
+  }
+  return out.filter((n) => n.type !== "text" || n.text !== "");
+}
+
+function meaningful(inline: JSONContent[]): boolean {
+  return inline.some((n) => (n.type === "text" && n.text!.trim() !== "") || n.type === "hardBreak");
+}
+
+function imgFigure(img: Element, caption = ""): JSONContent[] {
+  const src = img.getAttribute("src");
+  if (!src || !src.startsWith("data:")) return [];
+  return [
+    {
+      type: "figure",
+      attrs: { src, alt: img.getAttribute("alt") ?? "", caption, placement: "full-width" },
+    },
+  ];
+}
+
+function figureFrom(el: Element): JSONContent[] {
+  const img = el.querySelector("img");
+  if (!img) return [];
+  const caption = el.querySelector("figcaption")?.textContent?.trim() ?? "";
+  return imgFigure(img, caption);
+}
+
+function paragraphAndFigures(el: Element): JSONContent[] {
+  const out: JSONContent[] = [];
+  const inline = inlineOf(el);
+  if (meaningful(inline)) out.push({ type: "paragraph", content: inline });
+  el.querySelectorAll("img").forEach((img) => out.push(...imgFigure(img)));
+  return out;
+}
+
+function hasBlockChild(el: Element): boolean {
+  return Array.from(el.children).some((c) => BLOCK_TAGS.has(c.localName.toLowerCase()));
+}
+
+function listItems(el: Element): JSONContent[] {
+  const items: JSONContent[] = [];
+  Array.from(el.children)
+    .filter((c) => c.localName.toLowerCase() === "li")
+    .forEach((li) => {
+      const content = blocksFrom(li);
+      items.push({ type: "listItem", content: content.length ? content : [{ type: "paragraph" }] });
+    });
+  return items;
+}
+
+function blockFromElement(el: Element): JSONContent[] {
+  const tag = el.localName.toLowerCase();
+  switch (tag) {
+    case "p":
+      return paragraphAndFigures(el);
+    case "h1":
+    case "h2":
+    case "h3":
+    case "h4":
+    case "h5":
+    case "h6": {
+      const level = tag === "h1" || tag === "h2" ? 2 : 3;
+      const content = inlineOf(el);
+      return meaningful(content) ? [{ type: "heading", attrs: { level }, content }] : [];
+    }
+    case "blockquote": {
+      const inner = blocksFrom(el);
+      return [{ type: "blockquote", content: inner.length ? inner : [{ type: "paragraph" }] }];
+    }
+    case "ul": {
+      const items = listItems(el);
+      return items.length ? [{ type: "bulletList", content: items }] : [];
+    }
+    case "ol": {
+      const items = listItems(el);
+      return items.length ? [{ type: "orderedList", content: items }] : [];
+    }
+    case "hr":
+      return [{ type: "horizontalRule" }];
+    case "figure":
+      return figureFrom(el);
+    case "img":
+      return imgFigure(el);
+    case "script":
+    case "style":
+      return [];
+    default:
+      return hasBlockChild(el) ? blocksFrom(el) : paragraphAndFigures(el);
+  }
+}
+
+function blocksFrom(parent: Node): JSONContent[] {
+  const out: JSONContent[] = [];
+  parent.childNodes.forEach((child) => {
+    if (child.nodeType === 3) {
+      const text = (child.nodeValue ?? "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+      if (text !== "") out.push({ type: "paragraph", content: [{ type: "text", text }] });
+    } else if (child.nodeType === 1) {
+      out.push(...blockFromElement(child as Element));
+    }
+  });
+  return out;
+}
+
+function headingText(node: JSONContent): string {
+  return (node.content ?? []).map((n) => n.text ?? "").join("").trim();
+}
+
+interface ManifestItem {
+  href: string;
+  mediaType: string;
+  properties: string;
+}
+
+function readManifest(opf: Document, opfDir: string): Map<string, ManifestItem> {
+  const items = new Map<string, ManifestItem>();
+  Array.from(opf.getElementsByTagName("*"))
+    .filter((el) => el.localName === "item")
+    .forEach((el) => {
+      const id = el.getAttribute("id");
+      const href = el.getAttribute("href");
+      if (!id || !href) return;
+      items.set(id, {
+        href: resolvePath(opfDir, decodeHref(href)),
+        mediaType: el.getAttribute("media-type") ?? "",
+        properties: el.getAttribute("properties") ?? "",
+      });
+    });
+  return items;
+}
+
+function readSpine(opf: Document, manifest: Map<string, ManifestItem>): ManifestItem[] {
+  return Array.from(opf.getElementsByTagName("*"))
+    .filter((el) => el.localName === "itemref")
+    .map((el) => manifest.get(el.getAttribute("idref") ?? ""))
+    .filter((item): item is ManifestItem => !!item)
+    .filter((item) => !item.properties.split(/\s+/).includes("nav"))
+    .filter((item) => /xhtml|html/.test(item.mediaType) || /\.x?html?$/.test(item.href));
+}
+
+function readNavTitles(
+  manifest: Map<string, ManifestItem>,
+  byPath: Map<string, RawFile>,
+): Map<string, string> {
+  const titles = new Map<string, string>();
+  const nav = Array.from(manifest.values()).find((m) =>
+    m.properties.split(/\s+/).includes("nav"),
+  );
+  const ncx = Array.from(manifest.values()).find((m) =>
+    m.mediaType.includes("dtbncx"),
+  );
+
+  if (nav) {
+    const file = byPath.get(normalize(nav.href));
+    if (file) {
+      const doc = parseXml(file.data, "text/html");
+      const baseDir = dirOf(nav.href);
+      doc.querySelectorAll("a[href]").forEach((a) => {
+        const href = a.getAttribute("href")!;
+        const label = a.textContent?.trim();
+        if (label) titles.set(resolvePath(baseDir, decodeHref(href)), label);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  if (!titles.size && ncx) {
+    const file = byPath.get(normalize(ncx.href));
+    if (file) {
+      const doc = parseXml(file.data, "application/xml");
+      const baseDir = dirOf(ncx.href);
+      Array.from(doc.getElementsByTagName("*"))
+        .filter((el) => el.localName === "navPoint")
+        .forEach((point) => {
+          const label = firstByLocal(point, "text")?.textContent?.trim();
+          const src = firstByLocal(point, "content")?.getAttribute("src");
+          if (label && src) titles.set(resolvePath(baseDir, decodeHref(src)), label);
+        });
+    }
+  }
+  return titles;
+}
+
+function resolveImages(
+  doc: Document,
+  baseDir: string,
+  byPath: Map<string, RawFile>,
+  manifest: Map<string, ManifestItem>,
+): void {
+  const mimeByPath = new Map<string, string>();
+  manifest.forEach((item) => mimeByPath.set(item.href, item.mediaType));
+
+  doc.querySelectorAll("img").forEach((img) => {
+    const src = img.getAttribute("src");
+    if (!src || src.startsWith("data:")) return;
+    const resolved = resolvePath(baseDir, decodeHref(src));
+    const file = byPath.get(normalize(resolved));
+    if (!file) {
+      img.removeAttribute("src");
+      return;
+    }
+    const mime = mimeByPath.get(resolved) || mimeFromExt(resolved);
+    const data = file.encoding === "base64" ? file.data : btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(file.data)));
+    img.setAttribute("src", `data:${mime};base64,${data}`);
+  });
+}
+
+function buildChapter(
+  file: RawFile,
+  baseDir: string,
+  navTitle: string | undefined,
+  index: number,
+  byPath: Map<string, RawFile>,
+  manifest: Map<string, ManifestItem>,
+): Chapter {
+  const doc = parseXml(file.data, "text/html");
+  resolveImages(doc, baseDir, byPath, manifest);
+  const blocks = blocksFrom(doc.body);
+
+  let title = navTitle ?? "";
+  if (blocks.length && blocks[0].type === "heading") {
+    const text = headingText(blocks[0]);
+    if (!title) title = text;
+    if (text && text.toLowerCase() === title.toLowerCase()) blocks.shift();
+  }
+
+  return {
+    id: crypto.randomUUID(),
+    title: title || `Chapter ${index + 1}`,
+    content: { type: "doc", content: blocks.length ? blocks : [{ type: "paragraph" }] },
+  };
+}
+
+export function filesToBook(files: RawFile[], fallbackName = "Imported book"): Book {
+  const byPath = new Map<string, RawFile>();
+  files.forEach((f) => byPath.set(normalize(f.path), f));
+
+  const container = byPath.get("META-INF/container.xml");
+  let opfPath = "";
+  if (container) {
+    const doc = parseXml(container.data, "application/xml");
+    opfPath = firstByLocal(doc, "rootfile")?.getAttribute("full-path") ?? "";
+  }
+  if (!opfPath) {
+    opfPath = files.find((f) => f.path.toLowerCase().endsWith(".opf"))?.path ?? "";
+  }
+  const opfFile = opfPath ? byPath.get(normalize(opfPath)) : undefined;
+  if (!opfFile) throw new Error("Not a valid EPUB: no package document found.");
+
+  const opf = parseXml(opfFile.data, "application/xml");
+  const opfDir = dirOf(normalize(opfPath));
+  const manifest = readManifest(opf, opfDir);
+  const spine = readSpine(opf, manifest);
+  const navTitles = readNavTitles(manifest, byPath);
+
+  const chapters: Chapter[] = [];
+  spine.forEach((item, i) => {
+    const file = byPath.get(normalize(item.href));
+    if (!file) return;
+    chapters.push(
+      buildChapter(file, dirOf(item.href), navTitles.get(item.href), i, byPath, manifest),
+    );
+  });
+  if (!chapters.length) throw new Error("Not a valid EPUB: no readable chapters found.");
+
+  const identifier = localText(opf, "identifier");
+  const metadata: BookMetadata = {
+    title: localText(opf, "title") || fallbackName,
+    subtitle: "",
+    author: localText(opf, "creator"),
+    isbn: /\d{9,13}/.test(identifier) ? identifier.replace(/[^0-9Xx]/g, "") : "",
+    language: localText(opf, "language") || "en",
+  };
+
+  return {
+    schema: "margin/1",
+    id: crypto.randomUUID(),
+    metadata,
+    theme: "quiet-press",
+    settings: { trim: "6x9", bleed: true },
+    chapters,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function importEpub(): Promise<Book | null> {
+  const selected = await open({
+    multiple: false,
+    directory: false,
+    filters: [{ name: "EPUB", extensions: ["epub"] }],
+  });
+  if (typeof selected !== "string") return null;
+  const files = await invoke<RawFile[]>("unzip_epub", { path: selected });
+  return filesToBook(files, baseName(selected));
+}