fix: fix outgoing url on error page

also refactor some related code

app.js

@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ app.use(
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') app.use(morgan('dev')); // for logging during development
 // middleware to add baseUrl to req object
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
-  req.urlObj = new URL(
+  req.urlObj = new URL(req.originalUrl, `${req.protocol}://${req.get('host')}`);
-    `${req.protocol}://${req.get('host')}${req.originalUrl}`
-  );
   next();
 });
 

controllers/errorController.js

@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ const sendErrorResponse = (err, req, res, devMode = false) => {
       },
       meta: {
         title: 'Error',
-        url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+        url: req.urlObj,
         imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
-        urlObj: req.urlObj,
         description: `ERROR: ${err.message}. Please try again later.`,
       },
     });

controllers/viewController.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import catchAsyncErrors from '../utils/catchAsyncErrors.js';
 import getAnswers from '../fetchers/getAnswers.js';
 import getTopic from '../fetchers/getTopic.js';
-import { nonSlugRoutes } from '../utils/constants.js';
+import { acceptedLanguages, nonSlugRoutes } from '../utils/constants.js';
 import getProfile from '../fetchers/getProfile.js';
 import getSearch from '../fetchers/getSearch.js';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const about = (req, res, next) => {
   res.render('about', {
     meta: {
       title: 'About',
-      url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
       description:
         'Quetre is a libre front-end for Quora. See any answer without being tracked, without being required to log in, and without being bombarded by pesky ads.',
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const privacy = (req, res, next) => {
   res.render('privacy', {
     meta: {
       title: 'Privacy',
-      url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
       description: 'Privacy Policy of Quetre, a libre front-end for Quora.',
     },
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ export const answers = catchAsyncErrors(async (req, res, next) => {
 
   const answersData = await getAnswers(slug, lang);
   const title = answersData.question.text[0].spans
-    .map((span) => span.text)
+    .map(span => span.text)
     .join('');
 
   return res.status(200).render('answers', {
     data: answersData,
     meta: {
       title,
-      url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
       description: `Answers to ${title}`,
     },
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const topic = catchAsyncErrors(async (req, res, next) => {
     data: topicData,
     meta: {
       title: topicData.name,
-      url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
       description: `Information about ${topicData.name} topic.`,
     },
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export const profile = catchAsyncErrors(async (req, res, next) => {
     data: profileData,
     meta: {
       title: profileData.basic.name,
-      url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
       description: `${profileData.basic.name}'s profile.`,
     },
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const search = catchAsyncErrors(async (req, res, next) => {
     data: searchData,
     meta: {
       title: searchText || 'Search',
-      url: req.urlObj.href,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
       description: searchText ? `results for '${searchText}'` : 'search page',
     },
@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ export const unimplemented = (req, res, next) => {
     data,
     meta: {
       title: 'Not yet implemented',
-      url: `${req.urlObj.origin}${req.urlObj.pathname}`,
+      url: req.urlObj,
       imageUrl: `${req.urlObj.origin}/icon.svg`,
-      urlObj: req.urlObj,
       description: data.message,
     },
   });

fetchers/fetcher.js

@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ const fetcher = async (
       return true;
     });
 
-    if (!rawData || !Object.entries(rawData).length)
+    if (!rawData) throw new AppError("couldn't retrieve data", 500);
-      throw new AppError("couldn't retrieve data", 500);
 
     return JSON.parse(rawData);
   } catch (err) {

views/pug/mixins/_utils.pug

@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@ mixin proxifyImg(imgUrl)
   img(src=imgUrl.replace('https://', '/api/v1/image/'), loading='lazy')&attributes(attributes)
 
 mixin quetrefyUrl(url, text)
-  - 
+  -
+    const acceptedLanguages=['en','es','fr','de','it','ja','id','pt','hi','nl','da','fi','nb','sv','mr','bn','ta','ar','he','gu','kn','ml','te','po'];
     let link;
-    const acceptedLanguages=['en','es','fr','de','it','ja','id','pt','hi','nl','da','fi','nb','sv','mr','bn','ta','ar','he','gu','kn','ml','te','po',];
+    const match = /^https:\/\/(.{2,})\.quora\.com(\/.*)$/.exec(url);
-    try {
+
-      link = new URL(url);
+    if (match) {
-      const subdomain = link.hostname.split('.')[0];
+      const [_, subdomain, rest] = match;
-      if (!link.hostname.includes('quora.com')) link = url; 
+      if (acceptedLanguages.includes(subdomain)) link = link = `${rest}${rest.includes('?') ? '&' : '?'}lang=${subdomain}`;
-      else if (subdomain === 'www') return link.pathname;
+      else if (subdomain === 'www') link = rest;
-      else if (acceptedLanguages.includes(subdomain)) link = `${link.pathname}?lang=${subdomain}`;
+      else link = `/space/${subdomain}${rest}`;
-      else link = `/space/${subdomain}${link.pathname}`;
+    } else {
-    } catch {
       link = url;
     }
-  
+
   a(href=link)&attributes(attributes)= text
 
-mixin quorafyUrl(url)
+mixin quorafyUrl(url, text='View on Quora')
   -
-    const link = new URL(url, 'https://www.quora.com');
+    const link = new URL(`${url.pathname}${url.search}`, 'https://www.quora.com');
     const lang = link.searchParams.get('lang');
     const match = /(?<=^\/space\/)([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/.exec(link.pathname); // taking space name and rest of pathname out.
     if(lang) {
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ mixin quorafyUrl(url)
       link.pathname = match[2];
     }
   
-  a(href=link.href, rel='noreferrer', target='_blank')&attributes(attributes) View on Quora
+  a(href=link.href, rel='noreferrer', target='_blank')&attributes(attributes)= text

views/pug/pages/answers.pug

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 extends ../base
 include ../mixins/_formatText
 include ../mixins/_answer
+include ../mixins/_utils
 
 //-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //-                   MAIN CONTENT
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ block content
       .answers__metadata
         p.answers__answers-total= `${ data.numAnswers ? 'Total answers: ' + data.numAnswers : 'Unanswered'}`
         p.answers__answers-shown Viewable answers: #{data.answers.length}
-        +quorafyUrl(data.question.url)(class='answers__question-link answers__link')
+        +quorafyUrl(meta.url)(class='answers__question-link answers__link')
 
     //- ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION
     .answers-box.answers__answers-box

views/pug/pages/error.pug

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //-                 INCLUDES/EXTENDS
 //-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 extends ../base
+include ../mixins/_utils
 
 //-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //-                   MAIN CONTENT
@@ -22,5 +23,5 @@ block content
       a.error__link(href="/") Home Page
       |.
     p.error__return Or view this route 
-      a.error__link(href="https://www.quora.com" + meta.urlObj.pathname) on Quora
+      +quorafyUrl(meta.url, 'on Quora')(class='error__link')
       |.

views/pug/pages/profile.pug

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ block content
             +addMetadataSecondary('flower', 'Deceased', '', 'empty')
           if data.basic.isBusiness
             +addMetadataSecondary('briefcase', 'Business', '', 'empty')
-          +quorafyUrl(data.basic.profile)(class='link')
+          +quorafyUrl(meta.url)(class='link')
 
       if data.profileFeed.description[0].spans[0].text
         .profile-meta__description

views/pug/pages/topic.pug

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ block content
         +addMetadataSecondary('question','Questions', data.numQuestions)
         if data.isAdult
           +addMetadataSecondary('danger', 'Adult Topic', '18+', true)
-        +quorafyUrl(data.url)(class='link')
+        +quorafyUrl(meta.url)(class='link')
 
     //- AUTHORS RELATED TO THE TOPIC AND METADATA
     .topic__famous-authors.famous-authors