Fix bad RSS descriptions when filtering videos by account or channel

server/controllers/feeds.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { CONFIG, FEEDS, ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME } from '../initializers/constants'
-import { asyncMiddleware, videoFeedsValidator, setDefaultSort, videosSortValidator, videoCommentsFeedsValidator } from '../middlewares'
+import { asyncMiddleware, setDefaultSort, videoCommentsFeedsValidator, videoFeedsValidator, videosSortValidator } from '../middlewares'
 import { VideoModel } from '../models/video/video'
 import * as Feed from 'pfeed'
 import { AccountModel } from '../models/account/account'
@@ -33,13 +33,17 @@ export {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 async function generateVideoCommentsFeed (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
-  let feed = initFeed()
   const start = 0
 
-  const videoId: number = res.locals.video ? res.locals.video.id : undefined
+  const video = res.locals.video as VideoModel
+  const videoId: number = video ? video.id : undefined
 
   const comments = await VideoCommentModel.listForFeed(start, FEEDS.COUNT, videoId)
 
+  const name = video ? video.name : CONFIG.INSTANCE.NAME
+  const description = video ? video.description : CONFIG.INSTANCE.DESCRIPTION
+  const feed = initFeed(name, description)
+
   // Adding video items to the feed, one at a time
   comments.forEach(comment => {
     feed.addItem({
@@ -62,13 +66,28 @@ async function generateVideoCommentsFeed (req: express.Request, res: express.Res
 }
 
 async function generateVideoFeed (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
-  let feed = initFeed()
   const start = 0
 
   const account: AccountModel = res.locals.account
   const videoChannel: VideoChannelModel = res.locals.videoChannel
   const hideNSFW = CONFIG.INSTANCE.DEFAULT_NSFW_POLICY === 'do_not_list'
 
+  let name: string
+  let description: string
+
+  if (videoChannel) {
+    name = videoChannel.getDisplayName()
+    description = videoChannel.description
+  } else if (account) {
+    name = account.getDisplayName()
+    description = account.description
+  } else {
+    name = CONFIG.INSTANCE.NAME
+    description = CONFIG.INSTANCE.DESCRIPTION
+  }
+
+  const feed = initFeed(name, description)
+
   const resultList = await VideoModel.listForApi({
     start,
     count: FEEDS.COUNT,
@@ -112,12 +131,12 @@ async function generateVideoFeed (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, n
   return sendFeed(feed, req, res)
 }
 
-function initFeed () {
+function initFeed (name: string, description: string) {
   const webserverUrl = CONFIG.WEBSERVER.URL
 
   return new Feed({
-    title: CONFIG.INSTANCE.NAME,
+    title: name,
-    description: CONFIG.INSTANCE.DESCRIPTION,
+    description,
     // updated: TODO: somehowGetLatestUpdate, // optional, default = today
     id: webserverUrl,
     link: webserverUrl,

server/models/video/video-channel.ts

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export class VideoChannelModel extends Model<VideoChannelModel> {
     const actor = this.Actor.toFormattedJSON()
     const videoChannel = {
       id: this.id,
-      displayName: this.name,
+      displayName: this.getDisplayName(),
       description: this.description,
       support: this.support,
       isLocal: this.Actor.isOwned(),
@@ -266,4 +266,8 @@ export class VideoChannelModel extends Model<VideoChannelModel> {
       ]
     })
   }
+
+  getDisplayName () {
+    return this.name
+  }
 }