Add 'url' field to categories.json (#50897)

src/frame/middleware/categories-for-support.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
-import path from 'path'
+import type { Response } from 'express'
 
 import { defaultCacheControl } from './cache-control.js'
+import type { Context, ExtendedRequest, Tree } from '@/types'
 
 const renderOpts = { textOnly: true }
 
+type Article = {
+  title: string
+  url: string
+}
+type Category = {
+  name: string
+  published_articles: Article[]
+}
+
 // This middleware exposes a list of all categories and child articles at /categories.json.
 // GitHub Support uses this for internal ZenDesk search functionality.
-export default async function categoriesForSupport(req, res) {
-  const englishSiteTree = req.context.siteTree.en
-  const allCategories = []
+export default async function categoriesForSupport(req: ExtendedRequest, res: Response) {
+  const englishSiteTree = req.context!.siteTree!.en
+  const allCategories: Category[] = []
 
-  for (const productPage of Object.values(englishSiteTree['free-pro-team@latest'].childPages)) {
+  const fpt = englishSiteTree['free-pro-team@latest']
+  for (const productPage of Object.values(fpt.childPages!)) {
     if (productPage.page.relativePath.startsWith('early-access')) continue
     if (!productPage.childPages || !productPage.childPages.length) continue
     await Promise.all(
@@ -24,7 +35,7 @@ export default async function categoriesForSupport(req, res) {
 
         allCategories.push({
           name,
-          published_articles: await findArticlesPerCategory(categoryPage, [], req.context),
+          published_articles: await findArticlesPerCategory(categoryPage, [], req.context!),
         })
       }),
     )
@@ -37,7 +48,11 @@ export default async function categoriesForSupport(req, res) {
   return res.json(allCategories)
 }
 
-async function findArticlesPerCategory(currentPage, articlesArray, context) {
+async function findArticlesPerCategory(
+  currentPage: Tree,
+  articlesArray: Article[],
+  context: Context,
+) {
   if (currentPage.page.documentType === 'article') {
     const title = currentPage.page.title.includes('{')
       ? await currentPage.page.renderProp('title', context, renderOpts)
@@ -45,7 +60,7 @@ async function findArticlesPerCategory(currentPage, articlesArray, context) {
 
     articlesArray.push({
       title,
-      slug: path.basename(currentPage.href),
+      url: currentPage.href.replace('/en/', '/'),
     })
   }
 

src/frame/middleware/index.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import buildInfo from './build-info.js'
 import archivedEnterpriseVersions from '@/archives/middleware/archived-enterprise-versions.js'
 import robots from './robots.js'
 import earlyAccessLinks from '@/early-access/middleware/early-access-links.js'
-import categoriesForSupport from './categories-for-support.js'
+import categoriesForSupport from './categories-for-support'
 import triggerError from '@/observability/middleware/trigger-error.js'
 import secretScanning from '@/secret-scanning/middleware/secret-scanning.js'
 import ghesReleaseNotes from '@/release-notes/middleware/ghes-release-notes.js'

src/types.ts

@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ import type { Request } from 'express'
 // througout the codebase.
 export type ExtendedRequest = Request & {
   pagePath?: string
-  context?: {
-    currentCategory?: string
-    error?: Error
-  }
+  context?: Context
   language?: string
   userLanguage?: string
   // Add more properties here as needed
 }
 
+export type Context = {
+  currentCategory?: string
+  error?: Error
+  siteTree?: SiteTree
+}
+
 type Language = {
   name: string
   code: string
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ export type Page = {
   mtime: number
   permalinks: Permalink[]
   fullPath: string
+  relativePath: string
   title: string
   shortTitle?: string
   intro: string