From 62d4acc4d64beb839c3e851e780445865d951b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JB <jb-apps@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:07:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Improve EPUB path normalization by deduplicating
 segments and handling backslashes

---
 abogen/web/routes.py                   | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 abogen/web/templates/reader_embed.html | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/abogen/web/routes.py b/abogen/web/routes.py
index c7c20bd..8ef94e2 100644
--- a/abogen/web/routes.py
+++ b/abogen/web/routes.py
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ def _normalize_epub_path(base_dir: str, href: str) -> str:
     sanitized_lower = sanitized.lower()
     if normalized_base:
         base_lower = normalized_base.lower()
-        if sanitized_lower.startswith(base_lower + "/"):
+        prefix = base_lower + "/"
+        if sanitized_lower.startswith(prefix):
+            remainder = sanitized[len(prefix):]
+            if remainder.lower().startswith(prefix):
+                sanitized = remainder
+                sanitized_lower = sanitized.lower()
             base_dir = ""
         elif sanitized_lower == base_lower:
             base_dir = ""
@@ -164,6 +169,19 @@ def _normalize_epub_path(base_dir: str, href: str) -> str:
     normalized = posixpath.normpath(combined)
     if normalized in {"", "."}:
         return ""
+    normalized = normalized.replace("\\", "/")
+    segments = [segment for segment in normalized.split("/") if segment and segment != "."]
+    if not segments:
+        return ""
+    deduped: List[str] = []
+    last_lower: Optional[str] = None
+    for segment in segments:
+        segment_lower = segment.lower()
+        if last_lower == segment_lower:
+            continue
+        deduped.append(segment)
+        last_lower = segment_lower
+    normalized = "/".join(deduped)
     if normalized.startswith("../") or normalized == "..":
         return ""
     return normalized
diff --git a/abogen/web/templates/reader_embed.html b/abogen/web/templates/reader_embed.html
index 49f83f1..35a57d9 100644
--- a/abogen/web/templates/reader_embed.html
+++ b/abogen/web/templates/reader_embed.html
@@ -216,7 +216,21 @@
       if (typeof value !== 'string') {
         return value;
       }
-      return value.replace(/^[\/]+/, '');
+      const normalized = value.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/^[\/]+/, '');
+      if (!normalized) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      const segments = normalized.split('/').filter((segment) => segment && segment !== '.');
+      if (!segments.length) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      const deduped = [];
+      segments.forEach((segment) => {
+        if (!deduped.length || deduped[deduped.length - 1].toLowerCase() !== segment.toLowerCase()) {
+          deduped.push(segment);
+        }
+      });
+      return deduped.join('/');
     };
 
     const normalizeHref = (value) => {