Add access to the target of a redirect

libzim/wrapper.pyx

@@ -322,6 +322,18 @@ cdef class ReadArticle:
         """Get if the article is a redirect"""
         return self.c_article.isRedirect()
 
+    def get_redirect_article(self) -> ReadArticle:
+        """ Target ReadArticle of this one """
+        if not self.is_redirect:
+            raise RuntimeError("Article is not a redirect")
+
+        cdef wrapper.Article art = self.c_article.getRedirectArticle()
+        if not art.good():
+            raise RuntimeError("Redirect article not found")
+
+        article = ReadArticle.from_read_article(art)
+        return article
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(url={self.longurl}, title=)"
 

tests/test_libzim_file_reader.py

@@ -114,3 +114,16 @@ def test_get_wrong_article(reader):
         reader.get_article_by_id(reader.article_count + 100)
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
         reader.get_article("A/I_do_not_exists")
+
+
+def test_redirects(reader):
+    # we can access target article from a redirect one
+    abundante = reader.get_article("A/Abundante")
+    assert abundante.is_redirect
+    target = abundante.get_redirect_article()
+    assert target.longurl != abundante.longurl
+
+    # we can't access a target on non-redirect articles
+    assert target.is_redirect is False
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        target.get_redirect_article()