Accept single snippet photos and derive post IDs from titles

photo-upload/README.md

@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ Create **Publish snippet**:
    - Header `Authorization`: `Bearer YOUR_TOKEN` (same token as photos).
    - `text`: **Text**, the combined shared text.
    - `caption`: **Text**, the optional note.
+   - For a single image, `photo`: **File**, the shared image. No archive is needed.
+     Use only one of `photo`, `photos`, or `archive` per request.
    - For images, **Make Archive** (ZIP) from **Snippet Images** first, and send its
      output as `archive`, type **File**. For text-only requests, omit this field.
      Use an **If** on whether there are images to choose between the form with
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ branch and `archive` field; add the image branch when that works on your phone.
 `POST /api/snippets` accepts up to 20,000 characters of `text`, an optional
 4,000-character `caption`, and up to 20 images in a ZIP `archive` (or repeated `photos` parts), within
 the existing 100 MiB request limit. At least text or an image is required.
+The singular `photo` field accepts one image and produces the same submission
+as sending that image in `photos`.
 It returns `id`, `count` (image count), `url`, `status_url`, and `status`.
 `GET /api/snippets/<id>` checks publication, and
 `POST /api/snippets/<id>/retry` retries failed Git publication. Identical text,
@@ -237,6 +241,13 @@ filename is used if there is no heading. Optional YAML front matter supports
 preserved; Liquid template evaluation is disabled for imported post bodies.
 The original file is retained privately in the service volume.
 
+New posts derive `post_id` from the title: `My New Post!` becomes `my-new-post`.
+Spaces, underscores, and punctuation become single dashes; Unicode letters are
+preserved. The default URL is `/my-new-post/`. Explicit `post_id` values still
+override this default. Updates keep the existing ID and URL even if the title
+changes. If unrelated content has the same title-derived ID, publication fails
+instead of overwriting it; choose another title or an explicit ID.
+
 ### Automatic updates by content
 
 The publisher compares the body against existing Markdown posts, ignoring front

photo-upload/app.py

@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ def create_app(data_dir=None, token=None):
     def upload():
         kind = "snippet" if request.path == "/api/snippets" else "photo"
         photos = request.files.getlist("photos")
+        if kind == "snippet" and "photo" in request.files:
+            single = request.files.getlist("photo")
+            if len(single) != 1 or photos:
+                abort(400, "Send one photo, photos, or an archive; do not mix image fields")
+            photos = single
         archives = request.files.getlist("archive")
         if archives:
             if photos or len(archives) != 1:

photo-upload/posts.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Markdown import with conservative content matching and explicit ID overrides."""
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 from datetime import date, datetime
-import hashlib
 import re
 import unicodedata
 
@@ -28,6 +27,17 @@ def filename_key(filename):
     return unicodedata.normalize("NFC", filename).casefold()
 
 
+def title_id(title):
+    slug = re.sub(r"[\W_]+", "-", unicodedata.normalize("NFKC", title).lower()).strip("-")
+    slug = slug[:80].rstrip("-")
+    # Leave room for the date and prefix in the filesystem's byte-length limit.
+    while len(slug.encode("utf-8")) > 160:
+        slug = slug[:-1].rstrip("-")
+    if not slug:
+        raise ValueError("The post title must contain a letter or number")
+    return slug
+
+
 def parse_upload(filename, raw):
     if not filename or "/" in filename or "\\" in filename or not filename.lower().endswith((".md", ".markdown")):
         raise ValueError("Share one .md or .markdown file with a plain filename")
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@ def parse_upload(filename, raw):
             raise ValueError("date must be an ISO date or timestamp") from None
         clean["date"] = str(value)
     explicit_id = clean.pop("post_id", None)
-    if explicit_id is not None and not re.fullmatch(r"[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,80}", explicit_id):
+    if explicit_id is not None and (not re.fullmatch(r"[\w-]{1,80}", explicit_id) or len(explicit_id.encode()) > 160):
         raise ValueError("post_id must be 1–80 letters, digits, underscores, or hyphens")
     if "permalink" in clean and not re.fullmatch(r"/[\w/-]+/", clean["permalink"]):
         raise ValueError("permalink must be a local path such as /my-post/")
@@ -109,21 +119,22 @@ def publish_post(repo, submission, manifest):
             candidates.append(scored[0][1:])
     if len(candidates) > 1:
         raise ValueError("More than one post matches this post ID")
-    identity = incoming["explicit_id"] or manifest["id"]
+    identity = incoming["explicit_id"] or title_id(incoming["metadata"]["title"])
     if candidates:
         entry, metadata = candidates[0]
-        identity = metadata.get("upload_id", identity)
+        identity = metadata.get("upload_id") or metadata.get("post_id") or title_id(metadata.get("title", entry.stem))
         # Keep the public URL and original publication date during updates.
         metadata.update({key: value for key, value in incoming["metadata"].items() if key not in {"date", "permalink"}})
         permalink = metadata.get("permalink") or "/" + re.sub(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}-", "", entry.stem) + "/"
     else:
         metadata = dict(incoming["metadata"])
         metadata.setdefault("date", manifest["date"])
-        slug = re.sub(r"[^\w-]+", "-", incoming["metadata"]["title"].lower()).strip("-")[:80] or "post"
+        permalink = metadata.get("permalink", f"/{identity}/")
-        permalink = metadata.get("permalink", f"/{slug}-{identity[:8]}/")
         entry = repo / "_posts" / f"{str(metadata['date'])[:10]}-upload-{identity}.md"
         if entry.exists():
             raise ValueError("Post identity conflicts with another file")
+        if any(identity in (record.get("upload_id"), record.get("post_id")) for _, record in records):
+            raise ValueError("Another post already uses this title-derived ID; use a different title or explicit post_id")
         # Avoid taking over another page's URL, including non-post pages.
         for other in list(repo.glob("*.md")) + list(repo.glob("*.html")):
             other_metadata, _ = split_markdown(other.read_text())
@@ -135,7 +146,7 @@ def publish_post(repo, submission, manifest):
             if url and str(url).strip("/") == permalink.strip("/"):
                 raise ValueError("Another page already uses this permalink")
     permalink = "/" + str(permalink).strip("/") + "/"
-    metadata.update(layout="post", permalink=permalink, upload_id=identity,
+    metadata.update(layout="post", permalink=permalink, upload_id=identity, post_id=identity,
                     upload_filename=incoming["key"], upload_revision=manifest["id"],
                     render_with_liquid=False)
     entry.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

photo-upload/tests/test_posts.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import io
 import json
 
 from test_upload import AUTH, git, publisher, service
-from posts import content_similarity
+from posts import content_similarity, title_id
 
 
 BODY = "\n\n".join(f"Paragraph {i}: I walked beside the river and considered how memory changes our understanding of a place. The details matter more than the names we give them." for i in range(12))
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def test_content_update_preserves_url_date_and_no_duplicate(publisher, service,
     assert run().returncode == 0
     status = client.get(first.json["status_url"], headers=AUTH).json
     assert status["action"] == "created" and status["url"] == "/my-walk/"
+    assert status["post_id"] == "my-walk"
     second = send(client, "# My revised walk\n\n" + BODY.replace("beside the river", "along the river", 1), "renamed.md")
     result = run()
     assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
@@ -79,3 +80,25 @@ def test_similarity_requires_substantial_unambiguous_content():
     assert content_similarity("short shared title", "short shared title") == 0
     assert content_similarity(BODY, BODY.replace("river", "lake", 1)) >= 0.92
     assert content_similarity(BODY, "Completely unrelated writing.") == 0
+
+
+def test_title_derived_id_and_permalink(publisher):
+    run, _, client = publisher
+    response = send(client, "# My New_Post: Hello, World!\n\n" + BODY)
+    assert run().returncode == 0
+    state = client.get(response.json["status_url"], headers=AUTH).json
+    assert state["post_id"] == "my-new-post-hello-world"
+    assert state["url"] == "/my-new-post-hello-world/"
+    assert title_id("  سفر به تهران!  ") == "سفر-به-تهران"
+    assert len(title_id("漢" * 100).encode()) <= 160
+
+
+def test_same_title_does_not_overwrite_unrelated_content(publisher):
+    run, remote, client = publisher
+    send(client, "# Shared title\n\n" + BODY)
+    assert run().returncode == 0
+    head = git(remote, "rev-parse", "master")
+    response = send(client, "# Shared title\n\n" + "An unrelated essay about distant stars. " * 20)
+    assert run().returncode != 0
+    assert client.get(response.json["status_url"], headers=AUTH).json["status"] == "failed"
+    assert git(remote, "rev-parse", "master") == head

photo-upload/tests/test_upload.py

@@ -266,6 +266,25 @@ def test_snippet_intake_validation_and_literal_text(service):
     assert client.post("/api/snippets", headers=AUTH, data={"photos": (io.BytesIO(b"bad"), "bad.jpg")}).status_code == 400
 
 
+def test_snippet_single_photo_alias(service):
+    _, client, data = service
+    raw = photo()
+    response = client.post("/api/snippets", headers=AUTH, data={
+        "photo": (io.BytesIO(raw), "photo.jpg"), "text": "A note",
+    })
+    assert response.status_code == 202, response.json
+    assert response.json["count"] == 1
+    assert (data / "submissions" / response.json["id"] / "originals/0").read_bytes() == raw
+    duplicate = client.post("/api/snippets", headers=AUTH, data={
+        "photos": (io.BytesIO(raw), "photo.jpg"), "text": "A note",
+    })
+    assert duplicate.json["id"] == response.json["id"]
+    assert duplicate.status_code == 200
+    assert client.post("/api/snippets", headers=AUTH, data={
+        "photo": [(io.BytesIO(raw), "one.jpg"), (io.BytesIO(raw), "two.jpg")],
+    }).status_code == 400
+
+
 def test_snippet_prepend_images_recovery_and_receipt(publisher, service, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
     run, remote, client = publisher
     _, _, data = service