bugfixing and allowing feeds to be generated on request (as opposed to just updated on posting

package.json

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     "reds": "~0.2.4",
     "winston": "~0.7.2",
     "nodebb-plugin-mentions": "~0.1.0",
-    "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "~0.1.0"
+    "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "~0.1.0",
+    "rss": "~0.2.0"
   },
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/issues"

src/feed.js

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 		baseUrl: nconf.get('url') + 'feeds'
 	};
 
-	Feed.saveFeed = function(location, feed) {
+	Feed.saveFeed = function(location, feed, callback) {
 		var	savePath = path.join(__dirname, '../', location);
 
 		fs.writeFile(savePath, feed.xml(), function (err) {
-			if(err) {
-				winston.err(err);
-			}
+			if(err) return winston.err(err);
+
+			if (callback) callback(err);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -41,23 +41,25 @@
 					ttl: Feed.defaults.ttl
 				}),
 				topic_posts = topicData.main_posts.concat(topicData.posts),
-				title, postData;
+				title, postData, dateStamp;
 
 			for (var i = 0, ii = topic_posts.length; i < ii; i++) {
-				title = 'Reply to ' + topicData.topic_name + ' on ' + (new Date(parseInt(topic_posts[i].timestamp, 10)).toUTCString());
 				postData = topic_posts[i];
+				dateStamp = new Date(parseInt(postData.edited === 0 ? postData.timestamp : postData.edited, 10)).toUTCString();
+				title = 'Reply to ' + topicData.topic_name + ' on ' + dateStamp;
 
 				feed.item({
 					title: title,
 					description: postData.content,
 					url: nconf.get('url') + 'topic/' + topicData.slug + '#' + postData.pid,
 					author: postData.username,
-					date: new Date(parseInt(postData.edited === 0 ? postData.timestamp : postData.edited, 10)).toUTCString()
+					date: dateStamp
 				});
 			}
 
-			Feed.saveFeed('feeds/topics/' + tid + '.rss', feed);
-			if (callback) callback();
+			Feed.saveFeed('feeds/topics/' + tid + '.rss', feed, function(err) {
+				if (callback) callback();
+			});
 		});
 
 	};
@@ -76,22 +78,24 @@
 					ttl: Feed.defaults.ttl
 				}),
 				topics = categoryData.topics,
-				title, topicData;
+				title, topicData, dateStamp;
 
 			for (var i = 0, ii = topics.length; i < ii; i++) {
-				title = topics[i].title + '. Posted on ' + (new Date(parseInt(topics[i].timestamp, 10)).toUTCString());
 				topicData = topics[i];
+				dateStamp = new Date(parseInt(topicData.lastposttime, 10)).toUTCString();
+				title = topics[i].title;
 
 				feed.item({
 					title: title,
 					url: nconf.get('url') + 'topic/' + topicData.slug,
 					author: topicData.username,
-					date: new Date(parseInt(topicData.lastposttime, 10)).toUTCString()
+					date: dateStamp
 				});
 			}
 
-			Feed.saveFeed('feeds/categories/' + cid + '.rss', feed);
-			if (callback) callback();
+			Feed.saveFeed('feeds/categories/' + cid + '.rss', feed, function(err) {
+				if (callback) callback();
+			});
 		});
 
 	};

src/webserver.js

@@ -210,21 +210,17 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 
 		app.get('/topic/:topic_id/:slug?', function(req, res) {
-
 			var tid = req.params.topic_id;
+
 			if (tid.match(/^\d+\.rss$/)) {
 				tid = tid.slice(0, -4);
 				var	rssPath = path.join(__dirname, '../', 'feeds/topics', tid + '.rss'),
 					loadFeed = function() {
 						fs.readFile(rssPath, function (err, data) {
-							if (err) {
-								res.type('text').send(404, "Unable to locate an rss feed at this location.");
-								return;
-							}
-
-							res.type('xml').set('Content-Length', data.length).send(data);
+							if (err) res.type('text').send(404, "Unable to locate an rss feed at this location.");
+							else res.type('xml').set('Content-Length', data.length).send(data);
 						});
-						return;
+
 					};
 
 				if (!fs.existsSync(rssPath)) {
@@ -232,6 +228,8 @@ var express = require('express'),
 						loadFeed();
 					});
 				} else loadFeed();
+
+				return;
 			}
 
 			async.waterfall([
@@ -291,14 +289,22 @@ var express = require('express'),
 			var cid = req.params.category_id;
 
 			if (cid.match(/^\d+\.rss$/)) {
-				fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../', 'feeds/categories', cid), function (err, data) {
-					if (err) {
-						res.type('text').send(404, "Unable to locate an rss feed at this location.");
-						return;
-					}
+				cid = cid.slice(0, -4);
+				var	rssPath = path.join(__dirname, '../', 'feeds/categories', cid + '.rss'),
+					loadFeed = function() {
+						fs.readFile(rssPath, function (err, data) {
+							if (err) res.type('text').send(404, "Unable to locate an rss feed at this location.");
+							else res.type('xml').set('Content-Length', data.length).send(data);
+						});
+
+					};
+
+				if (!fs.existsSync(rssPath)) {
+					feed.updateCategory(cid, function() {
+						loadFeed();
+					});
+				} else loadFeed();
 
-					res.type('xml').set('Content-Length', data.length).send(data);
-				});
 				return;
 			}