Create ZIM alias instead of redirects for tiles

Author: benoit74

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Move from --assets to --dl CLI param for code clarity (#68)
 - Fix bad favicon paths (#68)
 - Replace axios with fetch API and move config.json to a relative URL (#75)
+- Create ZIM alias instead of redirects for tiles (#53)
 
 ## [0.1.1] - 2026-03-10
 

scraper/src/maps2zim/processor.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+from libzim.writer import Hint
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from schedule import every, run_pending
 from zimscraperlib.download import save_large_file
@@ -983,9 +984,10 @@ def _write_tiles_to_zim(
                         should_compress=True,
                     )
 
-                # Create redirect from tile to dedupl
-                creator.add_redirect(tile_path, dedupl_path)
-
+                # Create alias from tile to dedupl
+                creator.add_alias(
+                    tile_path, "", dedupl_path, hints={Hint.FRONT_ARTICLE: False}
+                )
                 written_tiles += 1
 
                 # Log progress every LOG_EVERY_SECONDS