Update web/core/views.py

web/core/views.py

@@ -348,26 +348,54 @@ def import_wizard(request):
         try:
             raw = form.cleaned_data["file"].read()
 
-                # --- header check (tolerant: utf-8-sig removes BOM, strip spaces, case-insensitive) ---
+            # --- super‑defensive header peek (never raises) ---
             import io, csv as _csv
             sio = io.StringIO(raw.decode("utf-8-sig", errors="replace"))
+
+            header_ok = False
+            try:
                 rdr = _csv.reader(sio)
                 first_row = next(rdr, [])
-                norm = [c.strip().lower() for c in first_row]
-                expected_norm = [c.lower() for c in _EXPECTED_HEADERS]
 
-                # If the first row doesn’t look like our header, allow import to proceed,
+                def _clean(s):
-                # but show a gentle warning in the result page.
+                    s = "" if s is None else str(s)
+                    # strip quotes and odd prefixes like r:"Talk Title"
+                    s = s.strip().strip("'").strip('"')
+                    if s.lower().startswith("r:"):
+                        s = s[2:].lstrip()
+                    return s.strip().lower()
+
+                norm = [_clean(c) for c in first_row]
+
+                # Pull expected headers from globals if defined, else use defaults
+                expected = (
+                    globals().get("_EXPECTED_HEADERS")
+                    or globals().get("EXPECTED_HEADERS")
+                    or [
+                        "Subject", "Illustration", "Application", "Scripture", "Source",
+                        "Talk Title", "Talk Number", "Code", "Date", "Date Edited",
+                    ]
+                )
+                expected_norm = [h.strip().lower() for h in expected]
                 header_ok = (norm == expected_norm)
+            except Exception:
+                header_ok = False
+            finally:
+                # Rewind so the real importer reads the full file
+                sio.seek(0)
+
+            # Make sure the utils module also knows the expected headers
+            from . import utils as core_utils
             if not hasattr(core_utils, "EXPECTED_HEADERS"):
-                    core_utils.EXPECTED_HEADERS = _EXPECTED_HEADERS
+                core_utils.EXPECTED_HEADERS = expected
-                # hand off to your existing robust importer
+
+            # Hand off to your robust importer
             report = import_csv_bytes(
                 raw,
                 dry_run=form.cleaned_data["dry_run"],
             )
 
-                # attach header check info (if your template shows report dicts)
+            # Attach header check info for the result template
             report = report or {}
             report["header_ok"] = header_ok
             if not header_ok: