Update Find a relevant XKCD comic.js

If no comic is found, lookup a random comic and add a message letting people know that it is just a random one.
ServiceNowDevProgram · Oct 3, 2023 · e8649ee · e8649ee
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commit e8649ee
Showing 1 changed file with 42 additions and 30 deletions.
diff --git a/Parsers/Find a relevant XKCD comic.js b/Parsers/Find a relevant XKCD comic.js
@@ -4,9 +4,18 @@ regex:!xkcd
 flags:g
 */
 
-function buildComicOutput(xkcdPayload) {
+function buildComicOutput(xkcdPayload, foundComic) {
     var blockArr = [];
     var block = {};
+	if(!foundComic) { //if search didn't find a relevant comic add a message that this is a random one.
+ 		block = {};
+     	block.type = "section";
+ 	    block.text = {};
+     	block.text.type = "plain_text";
+     	block.text.text = 'No relevant XKCD found, here is a random one';
+     	blockArr.push(block);
+ 	}
+ 	block = {};
     block.type = "header";
     block.text = {};
     block.text.type = "plain_text";
@@ -37,6 +46,31 @@ function buildComicOutput(xkcdPayload) {
     return block;
 }
 
+function getComic(endpoint) {
+	var rm = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2();
+	rm.setHttpMethod('GET');
+	rm.setEndpoint(endpoint);
+	rm.setRequestHeader('User-Agent', 'servicenow');
+	var response = rm.execute();
+	var body = response.getBody();
+	// Check if we got an empty search result, as the result regex will match the page even if no result
+	var checkResponse = body.match(/<p class="mw-search-nonefound">/g);
+	if (checkResponse === null) {
+		var result = body.match(/(?:<a href="\/wiki\/index.php\/)[0-9]+(?!" class="mw-redirect")/gm)[0].replace(/<a href="\/wiki\/index.php\//g, '');
+		if (parseInt(result)) {
+			var rm2 = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2();
+			rm2.setHttpMethod('GET');
+			rm2.setEndpoint('https://xkcd.com/' + result + '/info.0.json');
+			rm2.setRequestHeader('User-Agent', 'servicenow');
+			var response2 = rm2.execute();
+			var body2 = JSON.parse(response2.getBody());
+			return body2;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 var terms = current.text.replace(/!xkcd/g, '').trim();
 var search = gs.urlEncode(terms);
 var endpoint;
@@ -45,35 +79,13 @@ if (terms === '-random' || terms === '') {
 } else {
 	endpoint = 'https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&fulltext=1&search=' + search;
 }
-
-var rm = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2();
-rm.setHttpMethod('GET');
-rm.setEndpoint(endpoint);
-rm.setRequestHeader('User-Agent', 'servicenow');
-var response = rm.execute();
-var body = response.getBody();
-
-var msg;
-
-// Check if we got an empty search result, as the result regex will match the page even if no result
-var checkResponse = body.match(/<p class="mw-search-nonefound">/g);
-if (checkResponse === null){
-	var result = body.match(/(?:<a href="\/wiki\/index.php\/)[0-9]+(?!" class="mw-redirect")/gm)[0].replace(/<a href="\/wiki\/index.php\//g, '');
-	if (parseInt(result)) {
-		var rm2 = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2();
-		rm2.setHttpMethod('GET');
-		rm2.setEndpoint('https://xkcd.com/' + result + '/info.0.json');
-		rm2.setRequestHeader('User-Agent', 'servicenow');
-		var response2 = rm2.execute();
-		var body2 = JSON.parse(response2.getBody());
-
-		msg = buildComicOutput(body2);
-	} else {
-    msg = 'No relevant XKCD found for `' + search + '`';
-	}
-}
-else {
-	msg = 'No relevant XKCD found for `' + search + '`';
+var foundComic = true;
+var comic = getComic(endpoint);
+if (comic = false){
+	foundComic = false;
+	endpoint = 'https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Random';
+	comic = getComic(endpoint);
 }
+buildComicOutput(comic, foundComic);
 
 var sendIt = new x_snc_slackerbot.Slacker().send_chat(current, msg, false);