6 files changed, 58 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/resources/images/config.go b/resources/images/config.go
index c8990d5ca..a8b5412d6 100644
--- a/resources/images/config.go
+++ b/resources/images/config.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
@@ -45,6 +46,15 @@ var (
 		".webp": WEBP,
 	}
 
+	imageFormatsBySubType = map[string]Format{
+		media.JPEGType.SubType: JPEG,
+		media.PNGType.SubType:  PNG,
+		media.TIFFType.SubType: TIFF,
+		media.BMPType.SubType:  BMP,
+		media.GIFType.SubType:  GIF,
+		media.WEBPType.SubType: WEBP,
+	}
+
 	// Add or increment if changes to an image format's processing requires
 	// re-generation.
 	imageFormatsVersions = map[Format]int{
@@ -102,6 +112,11 @@ func ImageFormatFromExt(ext string) (Format, bool) {
 	return f, found
 }
 
+func ImageFormatFromMediaSubType(sub string) (Format, bool) {
+	f, found := imageFormatsBySubType[sub]
+	return f, found
+}
+
 const (
 	defaultJPEGQuality    = 75
 	defaultResampleFilter = "box"
diff --git a/resources/images/filters.go b/resources/images/filters.go
index e166a0f9d..fd7e31457 100644
--- a/resources/images/filters.go
+++ b/resources/images/filters.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ func (*Filters) Text(text string, options ...interface{}) gift.Filter {
 			case "linespacing":
 				tf.linespacing = cast.ToInt(v)
 			case "font":
+				if err, ok := v.(error); ok {
+					panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid font source: %s", err))
+				}
 				fontSource, ok1 := v.(hugio.ReadSeekCloserProvider)
 				identifier, ok2 := v.(resource.Identifier)
 
diff --git a/resources/postpub/fields_test.go b/resources/postpub/fields_test.go
index 19c3720f7..c408e7791 100644
--- a/resources/postpub/fields_test.go
+++ b/resources/postpub/fields_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func TestCreatePlaceholders(t *testing.T) {
 		"Suffixes":    "pre_foo.Suffixes_post",
 		"Delimiter":   "pre_foo.Delimiter_post",
 		"FirstSuffix": "pre_foo.FirstSuffix_post",
+		"IsText":      "pre_foo.IsText_post",
 		"String":      "pre_foo.String_post",
 		"Type":        "pre_foo.Type_post",
 		"MainType":    "pre_foo.MainType_post",
diff --git a/resources/resource.go b/resources/resource.go
index 1f6246859..4bf35f9ac 100644
--- a/resources/resource.go
+++ b/resources/resource.go
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ type ResourceSourceDescriptor struct {
 
 	Fs afero.Fs
 
+	// Set when its known up front, else it's resolved from the target filename.
+	MediaType media.Type
+
 	// The relative target filename without any language code.
 	RelTargetFilename string
 
diff --git a/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go b/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go
index 53e77bc5e..f6d3f13dd 100644
--- a/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go
+++ b/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugio"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/types"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/resource"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func (c *Client) FromRemote(uri string, optionsm map[string]interface{}) (resour
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to read remote resource %s", uri)
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to read remote resource %q", uri)
 	}
 
 	filename := path.Base(rURL.Path)
@@ -109,33 +110,30 @@ func (c *Client) FromRemote(uri string, optionsm map[string]interface{}) (resour
 		}
 	}
 
-	var extension string
+	var extensionHint string
+
 	if arr, _ := mime.ExtensionsByType(res.Header.Get("Content-Type")); len(arr) == 1 {
-		extension = arr[0]
+		extensionHint = arr[0]
 	}
 
-	// If extension was not determined by header, look for a file extention
-	if extension == "" {
+	// Look for a file extention
+	if extensionHint == "" {
 		if ext := path.Ext(filename); ext != "" {
-			extension = ext
+			extensionHint = ext
 		}
 	}
 
-	// If extension was not determined by header or file extention, try using content itself
-	if extension == "" {
-		if ct := http.DetectContentType(body); ct != "application/octet-stream" {
-			if ct == "image/jpeg" {
-				extension = ".jpg"
-			} else if arr, _ := mime.ExtensionsByType(ct); arr != nil {
-				extension = arr[0]
-			}
-		}
+	// Now resolve the media type primarily using the content.
+	mediaType := media.FromContent(c.rs.MediaTypes, extensionHint, body)
+	if mediaType.IsZero() {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to resolve media type for remote resource %q", uri)
 	}
 
-	resourceID = filename[:len(filename)-len(path.Ext(filename))] + "_" + resourceID + extension
+	resourceID = filename[:len(filename)-len(path.Ext(filename))] + "_" + resourceID + mediaType.FirstSuffix.FullSuffix
 
 	return c.rs.New(
 		resources.ResourceSourceDescriptor{
+			MediaType:   mediaType,
 			LazyPublish: true,
 			OpenReadSeekCloser: func() (hugio.ReadSeekCloser, error) {
 				return hugio.NewReadSeekerNoOpCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)), nil
diff --git a/resources/resource_spec.go b/resources/resource_spec.go
index 897c1bbaa..cd1e5010d 100644
--- a/resources/resource_spec.go
+++ b/resources/resource_spec.go
@@ -272,21 +272,28 @@ func (r *Spec) newResource(sourceFs afero.Fs, fd ResourceSourceDescriptor) (reso
 		fd.RelTargetFilename = sourceFilename
 	}
 
-	ext := strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(fd.RelTargetFilename))
-	mimeType, suffixInfo, found := r.MediaTypes.GetFirstBySuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(ext, "."))
-	// TODO(bep) we need to handle these ambiguous types better, but in this context
-	// we most likely want the application/xml type.
-	if suffixInfo.Suffix == "xml" && mimeType.SubType == "rss" {
-		mimeType, found = r.MediaTypes.GetByType("application/xml")
-	}
+	mimeType := fd.MediaType
+	if mimeType.IsZero() {
+		ext := strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(fd.RelTargetFilename))
+		var (
+			found      bool
+			suffixInfo media.SuffixInfo
+		)
+		mimeType, suffixInfo, found = r.MediaTypes.GetFirstBySuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(ext, "."))
+		// TODO(bep) we need to handle these ambiguous types better, but in this context
+		// we most likely want the application/xml type.
+		if suffixInfo.Suffix == "xml" && mimeType.SubType == "rss" {
+			mimeType, found = r.MediaTypes.GetByType("application/xml")
+		}
 
-	if !found {
-		// A fallback. Note that mime.TypeByExtension is slow by Hugo standards,
-		// so we should configure media types to avoid this lookup for most
-		// situations.
-		mimeStr := mime.TypeByExtension(ext)
-		if mimeStr != "" {
-			mimeType, _ = media.FromStringAndExt(mimeStr, ext)
+		if !found {
+			// A fallback. Note that mime.TypeByExtension is slow by Hugo standards,
+			// so we should configure media types to avoid this lookup for most
+			// situations.
+			mimeStr := mime.TypeByExtension(ext)
+			if mimeStr != "" {
+				mimeType, _ = media.FromStringAndExt(mimeStr, ext)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -301,7 +308,7 @@ func (r *Spec) newResource(sourceFs afero.Fs, fd ResourceSourceDescriptor) (reso
 		mimeType)
 
 	if mimeType.MainType == "image" {
-		imgFormat, ok := images.ImageFormatFromExt(ext)
+		imgFormat, ok := images.ImageFormatFromMediaSubType(mimeType.SubType)
 		if ok {
 			ir := &imageResource{
 				Image:        images.NewImage(imgFormat, r.imaging, nil, gr),