Security: a shlink deployment with short_url_website unset POSTed the operator's
API key to v.gd. _normalize_base falls back to the public default and the shlink
branch guarded only on a missing key, never on a missing base. shlink now requires
an explicit base and refuses a v.gd/is.gd host outright rather than sending an
X-Api-Key there.
Correctness: _shorten_url_with_gd lost its response.ok guard when the backends were
split out, so a 502 whose body starts with http was returned as the short URL and
transmitted over RF. Restored, with a warning. The regression test that should have
caught this passed only because it left mock_resp.text as a MagicMock; it now uses
a realistic proxy maintenance body.
_shorten_url_with_shlink never checked the status either. Shlink reports failures as
RFC 7807 problem details, which parse as JSON and simply lack shortUrl, so a bad API
key was indistinguishable from an unshortenable URL at DEBUG. It now warns on a
non-OK status, a non-JSON body, and a missing shortUrl. Dropped the shortUrlSlug
fallback: that is a request field, not a response field, and returning it puts a
bare slug where a link belongs.
Timeouts and connection errors are back on their own DEBUG handler. They had fallen
through to the broad handler, whose level rose to ERROR in the same diff, so a
routine intermittent uplink logged "Unexpected error shortening URL" on every reply.
Parser: _GREEDY_ARG_FILTERS was tested before the quoted-argument branch, so
prefix_if_nonempty, the one filter already in shipped configs, could not use the
quoted syntax this PR adds. {path_distance|prefix_if_nonempty:"Dist {sender}: "}
rendered raw template text. A quote immediately after the ':' now selects the quoted
grammar; anything else stays greedy, so config.ini.example's
`prefix_if_nonempty: | Path Dist: ` keeps its pipe and its whitespace.
Blocking HTTP on the event loop: the path command rendered its reply prefix inline
from async code, so a slow shortener stalled radio RX, MQTT and every other handler
for the full 5s timeout. Added format_piped_template_async and switched the path
command to it. The test command still renders synchronously through the sync
check_keywords dispatcher; making that async is a separate change, so the filter now
warns once when it runs on the loop.
Naming: one operation should not have two names in an operator-facing DSL. shorten
and shorten_url are aliases in both response templates and feed formats, and
if_nonempty is canonical with if_notempty as an alias, so a filter chain copied
between a feed format and a response_format works either way.
Also: reduced _build_create_shlink_url to the one parameter it uses and dropped its
dead query/startswith lines, renamed the shlink POST callable from `get`, documented
the config argument on format_piped_template, stopped gating the render trace on an
unrelated parameter and logging field values (sender IDs, user phrases) with it, and
moved the changelog entry from Fixed to Added and Changed.
- Added a tracked `LICENSE` file and updated `pyproject.toml` to include license metadata.
- Enhanced `CHANGELOG.md` with recent changes and clarifications.
- Updated `config.ini.example` and related documentation to reflect clamping behavior for numeric limits in `[Feed_Manager]`.
- Improved startup validation to suggest corrections for unknown and misspelled keys.
- Refactored geocoding and HTTP request handling to run off-thread, preventing event loop stalls.
- Added thread safety to cache management in geocoding functions to avoid race conditions.
- Added max_posts_per_check to limit the number of items posted per check, defaulting to max_items_per_check for backward compatibility.
- Updated logic in FeedManager to process new items, ensuring that only the specified number of posts are made while examining a larger set of items.
- Enhanced emoji selection to prioritize per-item emojis from the API, falling back to heuristics based on feed names when absent.
- Introduced new truncation and substring functions for formatting messages, improving text handling in feed outputs.
- Added API endpoints to reset feed error counts globally or for individual feeds, enhancing error management capabilities in the web viewer.
- Introduced `{field|auto}` placeholder in message formats to fill remaining characters up to `max_message_length`, improving message customization.
- Implemented logic in `FeedManager` to handle multiple `{field|auto}` placeholders, logging a warning if more than one is present.
- Updated `BotDataViewer` to utilize the new auto field feature, ensuring compatibility with existing message formatting.
- Added unit tests to validate the behavior of the new auto field functionality, including handling of message length constraints and multiple placeholders.
- Added configuration options for URL shortening in `config.ini.example` and updated documentation in `FEEDS.md`.
- Enhanced `FeedManager` to support URL shortening based on new settings, allowing for both global and per-link shortening.
- Refactored message formatting logic to incorporate URL shortening features, ensuring compatibility with existing link handling.
- Introduced new utility functions for encoding path length bytes in `utils.py`, improving path management in message handling.
- Added unit tests to validate the new URL shortening functionality and ensure proper behavior under various conditions.
- Introduced `within_days` and `within_weeks` operators for filtering items based on their timestamps, allowing for more dynamic date range conditions.
- Updated documentation in `FEEDS.md` to include examples and usage of the new operators.
- Refactored filter evaluation logic in `FeedManager` and `BotDataViewer` to utilize a shared function for condition checking, improving code maintainability.
- Added unit tests to validate the new date-based filtering functionality.
- Deleted COMMANDS.md, DOCKER.md, WEB_VIEWER.md, and other related documentation files to streamline the project structure.
- Updated README.md and other documentation references to point to the new locations of the command and Docker instructions.
- Added optional dependencies for documentation generation in pyproject.toml.
- Added '*.key' to .gitignore to prevent tracking of key files.
- Changed the default database path in config.ini.example from 'bot_data.db' to 'meshcore_bot.db' for clarity.
- Enhanced documentation files with front matter for better rendering and organization, including Discord Bridge, Feed Management, Map Uploader, Packet Capture, Path Command Configuration, Repeater Management Commands, and Weather Service.