Directory: give feeds a category, from the feed itself #4

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rays · 2026-09-14T13:58:18-07:00

rays commented

2026-09-14 13:58:18 -07:00

ParsedFeed keeps per-episode categories (src/feed.rs:24) but nothing at the channel level. Read the first <itunes:category> off the channel, next to where from_rss already reads ch.itunes_ext() for explicit (src/feed.rs:441). Take only the iTunes one: it is Apple's fixed list, while a plain channel <category> is freeform and would fill the rail with one-off tags.

Add a category column through migrate()'s list, pass it through record_feed, and put it on FeedSummary.

Backfill: record_feed only runs on a 200, and 682 feeds carry a validator, so most would answer 304 and never pick up a category until the publisher changes something. Have the migration null etag and last_modified once (not last_checked, as clear_validators does, or every feed comes due at once) so each re-reads on its normal schedule. (src/feed.rs, src/db.rs, src/main.rs)

First of the Directory overhaul issues.

`ParsedFeed` keeps per-episode `categories` (`src/feed.rs:24`) but nothing at the channel level. Read the first `<itunes:category>` off the channel, next to where `from_rss` already reads `ch.itunes_ext()` for `explicit` (`src/feed.rs:441`). Take only the iTunes one: it is Apple's fixed list, while a plain channel `<category>` is freeform and would fill the rail with one-off tags. Add a `category` column through `migrate()`'s list, pass it through `record_feed`, and put it on `FeedSummary`. Backfill: `record_feed` only runs on a 200, and 682 feeds carry a validator, so most would answer 304 and never pick up a category until the publisher changes something. Have the migration null `etag` and `last_modified` once (not `last_checked`, as `clear_validators` does, or every feed comes due at once) so each re-reads on its normal schedule. (`src/feed.rs`, `src/db.rs`, `src/main.rs`) First of the Directory overhaul issues.

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2026-09-14 14:02:45 -07:00

Directory: expose category on /api/popular and /api/directory #5

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#5 Directory: expose category on /api/popular and /api/directory

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Directory: chips by kind and category over a grid of cover art

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