rss plugin: fix bugs with category retrieval and author display

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/data/rbot/plugins/rss.rb b/data/rbot/plugins/rss.rb
index 22b56295..e0d4df01 100644
--- a/data/rbot/plugins/rss.rb
+++ b/data/rbot/plugins/rss.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 

 require 'rss'

 

-# Add support for Slashdot namespace in RDF. The code is just an adaptation of

-# the DublinCore code.

 module ::RSS

 

   # Make an  'unique' ID for a given item, based on appropriate bot options

@@ -30,6 +28,8 @@ module ::RSS
     [item.title, item.link, desc].hash

   end

 

+  # Add support for Slashdot namespace in RDF. The code is just an adaptation

+  # of the DublinCore code.

   unless defined?(SLASH_PREFIX)

     SLASH_PREFIX = 'slash'

     SLASH_URI = "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"

@@ -785,8 +785,10 @@ class RSSFeedsPlugin < Plugin
     link = item.link.chomp if item.link

 

     debug item.inspect

-    category = item.dc_subject rescue item.category rescue nil

+    category = item.dc_subject rescue item.category.content rescue nil

+    category = nil if category and category.empty?

     author = item.dc_creator rescue item.author rescue nil

+    author = nil if author and author.empty?

 

     line1 = nil

     line2 = nil

@@ -794,8 +796,9 @@ class RSSFeedsPlugin < Plugin
     at = ((item.title && item.link) ? ' @ ' : '')

     case feed.type

     when 'blog'

+      author << " " if author

       abt = category ? "about #{category} " : ""

-      line1 = "#{handle}#{date}#{author} blogged #{abt}at #{link}"

+      line1 = "#{handle}#{date}#{author}blogged #{abt}at #{link}"

       line2 = "#{handle}#{title} - #{desc}"

     when 'forum'

       line1 = "#{handle}#{date}#{title}#{at}#{link}"