Explain how page-search works in the code

https://lists.sr.ht/~cadence/breezewiki-discuss/%3C0ad4dbad07a1be394eefe43e33fff860b2d6176e%40disroot.org%3E

lib/archive-file-mappings.rkt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  url-segments->guess-title)
 
 (define (local-encoded-url->segments str) ; '("wiki" "Page_title")
-  (map path/param-path (url-path (string->url str))))
+  (map path/param-path (fix-semicolons-url-path (url-path (string->url str)))))
 
 (define (url-segments->basename segments) ; "Page_title" filename encoded, no extension or dir prefix
   (define extra-encoded (map (λ (s) (bytes->string/latin-1 (percent-encode s filename-set #f))) (cdr segments)))

lib/tree-updater.rkt

@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@
                                (data-src "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/nice-image-thumbnail.png")
                                (class "thumbimage")))))
                    (figcaption "Test figure!"))
-           (iframe (@ (src "https://example.com/iframe-src")))))))
+           (iframe (@ (src "https://example.com/iframe-src")))
+           (div (@ (class "reviews"))
+                (header "GameSpot Expert Reviews"))
+           (div (@ (data-test-ampersand) (class "mw-collapsible-content"))
+                (& ndash))))))
 
 (define (updater wikiname #:strict-proxy? [strict-proxy? #f])
   ;; precompute wikiurl regex for efficency
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@
        (u
         (λ (v) (has-class? "mw-collapsible-content" attributes))
         (λ (v) (for/list ([element v])
-                 (u (λ (element) (pair? element))
+                 (u (λ (element) (element-is-element? element))
                     (λ (element)
                       `(,(car element)
                         (@ ,@(attribute-maybe-update 'style (λ (a) (regexp-replace #rx"display: *none" a "display:inline")) (bits->attributes element)))
@@ -238,6 +242,9 @@
               [(list (list 'img _)) #t]
               [_ #f]))
        return-no-element]
+      ; remove gamespot reviews/ads
+      [(has-class? "reviews" attributes)
+       return-no-element]
       [#t
        (list element-type
              ;; attributes
@@ -297,6 +304,12 @@
                 "/proxy?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fnice-image.png")
   ; check that noscript images are removed
   (check-equal? ((query-selector (λ (t a c) (eq? t 'noscript)) transformed)) #f)
+  ; check that gamespot reviews/ads are removed
+  (check-equal? ((query-selector (λ (t a c) (has-class? "reviews" a)) transformed)) #f)
+  ; check that (& x) sequences are not broken
+  (check-equal? ((query-selector (λ (t a c) (dict-has-key? a 'data-test-ampersand)) transformed))
+                '(div (@ (data-test-ampersand) (class "mw-collapsible-content"))
+                      (& ndash)))
   ; benchmark
   (when (file-exists? "../storage/Frog.html")
     (with-input-from-file "../storage/Frog.html"

lib/url-utils.rkt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #lang typed/racket/base
 (require racket/string
+         typed/net/url-structs
          "pure-utils.rkt")
 (require/typed web-server/http/request-structs
                [#:opaque Header header?])
@@ -20,7 +21,10 @@
  ; pass in a header, headers, or something useless. they'll all combine into a list
  build-headers
  ; try to follow wikimedia's format for which characters should be encoded/replaced in page titles for the url
- page-title->path)
+ page-title->path
+ ; path/param eats semicolons into params, which need to be fixed back into semicolons
+ fix-semicolons-url-path
+ fix-semicolons-url)
 
 (module+ test
   (require "typed-rackunit.rkt"))
@@ -106,3 +110,20 @@
 (: page-title->path (String -> Bytes))
 (define (page-title->path title)
   (percent-encode (regexp-replace* " " title "_") path-set #f))
+
+(: fix-semicolons-url-path ((Listof Path/Param) -> (Listof Path/Param)))
+(define (fix-semicolons-url-path pps)
+  (for/list ([pp pps])
+    (define path (path/param-path pp))
+    (if (or (null? (path/param-param pp))
+            (symbol? path))
+        pp
+        ;; path/param does have params, which need to be fixed into a semicolon.
+        (path/param
+         (string-append path ";" (string-join (path/param-param pp) ";"))
+         null))))
+
+(: fix-semicolons-url (URL -> URL))
+(define (fix-semicolons-url orig-url)
+  (struct-copy url orig-url [path (fix-semicolons-url-path (url-path orig-url))]))
+

lib/xexpr-utils.rkt

@@ -86,15 +86,16 @@
 
 ; "element" is a real element with a type and everything (non-string, non-attributes)
 (define (element-is-element? element)
-  (and (element-is-bits? element) (not (element-is-xattributes? element))))
+  (and (element-is-bits? element) (not (eq? (car element) '&))(not (element-is-xattributes? element))))
 (module+ test
   (check-true (element-is-element? '(span "hi")))
   (check-false (element-is-element? '(@ (alt "Cute cat."))))
-  (check-false (element-is-element? "hi")))
+  (check-false (element-is-element? "hi"))
+  (check-false (element-is-element? '(& ndash))))
 
-; "element content" is a real element or a string
+; "element content" is a real element or a string or a (& x) sequence
 (define (element-is-content? element)
-  (or (string? element) (element-is-element? element)))
+  (or (string? element) (element-is-element? element) (and (pair? element) (eq? (car element) '&))))
 (module+ test
   (check-true (element-is-content? '(span "hi")))
   (check-false (element-is-content? '(@ (alt "Cute cat."))))

src/dispatcher-tree.rkt

@@ -59,16 +59,5 @@
   (make-semicolon-fixer-dispatcher tree))
 
 (define ((make-semicolon-fixer-dispatcher orig-dispatcher) conn orig-req)
-  (define orig-uri (request-uri orig-req))
-  (define pps (url-path orig-uri)) ; list of path/param structs
-  (define new-path
-    (for/list ([pp pps])
-      (if (null? (path/param-param pp))
-          pp
-          ;; path/param does have params, which need to be fixed into a semicolon.
-          (path/param
-           (string-append (path/param-path pp) ";" (string-join (path/param-param pp) ";"))
-           null))))
-  (define new-uri (struct-copy url orig-uri [path new-path]))
-  (define new-req (struct-copy request orig-req [uri new-uri]))
+  (define new-req (struct-copy request orig-req [uri (fix-semicolons-url (request-uri orig-req))]))
   (orig-dispatcher conn new-req))

src/page-search.rkt

@@ -28,28 +28,35 @@
   (define search-json-data
     '#hasheq((batchcomplete . #t) (query . #hasheq((search . (#hasheq((ns . 0) (pageid . 219) (size . 1482) (snippet . "") (timestamp . "2022-08-21T08:54:23Z") (title . "Gacha Capsule") (wordcount . 214)) #hasheq((ns . 0) (pageid . 201) (size . 1198) (snippet . "") (timestamp . "2022-07-11T17:52:47Z") (title . "Badges") (wordcount . 181)))))))))
 
+;; this takes the info we gathered from fandom and makes the big fat x-expression page
 (define (generate-results-page req dest-url wikiname query data #:siteinfo [siteinfo #f])
   (define search-results (jp "/query/search" data))
+  ;; this is *another* helper that builds the wiki page UI and lets me put the search results (or whatever else) in the middle
   (generate-wiki-page
+   ;; so I provide my helper function with the necessary context...
    #:req req
    #:source-url dest-url
    #:wikiname wikiname
    #:title query
    #:siteinfo siteinfo
+   ;; and here's the actual results to display in the wiki page layout
    `(div (@ (class "mw-parser-output"))
+         ;; header before the search results showing how many we found
          (p ,(format "~a results found for " (length search-results))
             (strong ,query))
+         ;; *u*nordered *l*ist of matching search results
          (ul ,@(map
-                (λ (result)
+                (λ (result) ;; for each result, run this code...
                   (let* ([title (jp "/title" result)]
                          [page-path (page-title->path title)]
                          [timestamp (jp "/timestamp" result)]
                          [wordcount (jp "/wordcount" result)]
                          [size (jp "/size" result)])
+                    ;; and make this x-expression...
                     `(li (@ (class "my-result"))
-                         (a (@ (class "my-result__link") (href ,(format "/~a/wiki/~a" wikiname page-path)))
-                            ,title)
-                         (div (@ (class "my-result__info"))
+                         (a (@ (class "my-result__link") (href ,(format "/~a/wiki/~a" wikiname page-path))) ; using unquote to insert the result page URL
+                            ,title) ; using unquote to insert the result page title
+                         (div (@ (class "my-result__info")) ; constructing the line under the search result
                               "last edited "
                               (time (@ (datetime ,timestamp)) ,(list-ref (string-split timestamp "T") 0))
                               ,(format ", ~a words, ~a kb"
@@ -57,13 +64,18 @@
                                        (exact->inexact (/ (round (/ size 100)) 10)))))))
                 search-results)))))
 
+;; will be called when the web browser asks to load the page
 (define (page-search req)
+  ;; this just means, catch any errors and display them in the browser. it's a function somewhere else
   (response-handler
+   ;; the URL will look like "/minecraft/wiki/Special:Search?q=Spawner"
+   ;; grab the first part to use as the wikiname, in this case, "minecraft"
    (define wikiname (path/param-path (first (url-path (request-uri req)))))
+   ;; grab the part after ?q= which is the search terms
    (define query (dict-ref (url-query (request-uri req)) 'q #f))
+   ;; constructing the URL where I want to get fandom data from...
    (define origin (format "https://~a.fandom.com" wikiname))
-   (when (config-true? 'feature_offline::only)
-     (raise-user-error "Full search is currently not available on breezewiki.com - for now, please use the pop-up search suggestions or wait for me to fix it! Thanks <3"))
+   ;; the dest-URL will look something like https://minecraft.fandom.com/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=Spawner&formatversion=2&format=json
    (define dest-url
      (format "~a/api.php?~a"
              origin
@@ -73,21 +85,26 @@
                               ("formatversion" . "2")
                               ("format" . "json")))))
 
+   ;; simultaneously get the search results from the fandom API, as well as information about the wiki as a whole (its license, icon, name)
    (define-values (dest-res siteinfo)
      (thread-values
       (λ ()
         (log-outgoing dest-url)
-        (easy:get dest-url #:timeouts timeouts))
+        (easy:get dest-url #:timeouts timeouts)) ;; HTTP request to dest-url for search results
       (λ ()
-        (siteinfo-fetch wikiname))))
+        (siteinfo-fetch wikiname)))) ;; helper function in another file to get information about the wiki
 
+   ;; search results are a JSON string. parse JSON into racket data structures
    (define data (easy:response-json dest-res))
-
+   ;; calling my generate-results-page function with the information so far in order to get a big fat x-expression
+   ;; big fat x-expression goes into the body variable
    (define body (generate-results-page req dest-url wikiname query data #:siteinfo siteinfo))
+   ;; error checking
    (when (config-true? 'debug)
      ; used for its side effects
      ; convert to string with error checking, error will be raised if xexp is invalid
      (xexp->html body))
+   ;; convert body to HTML and send to browser
    (response/output
     #:code 200
     #:headers (build-headers always-headers)