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fix: [NovelBuddy] parseNovel method to include rating and fix genres #2123

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Refactor parseNovel method, include rating and fix genres parsing
ig4e Apr 15, 2026
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Bump version from 1.0.3 to 1.0.4
ig4e Apr 15, 2026
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221 changes: 140 additions & 81 deletions plugins/english/novelbuddy.ts
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class NovelBuddy implements Plugin.PluginBase {
id = 'novelbuddy';
name = 'NovelBuddy.io';
site = 'https://novelbuddy.io/';
version = '1.0.3';
version = '1.0.4';
icon = 'src/en/novelbuddy/icon.png';

parseNovels(loadedCheerio: CheerioAPI) {
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}

async parseNovel(novelPath: string): Promise<Plugin.SourceNovel> {
const result = await fetchApi(this.site + novelPath);
const body = await result.text();

let loadedCheerio = parseHTML(body);

const response = await fetchApi(this.site + novelPath);
const body = await response.text();

const $ = parseHTML(body);

const coverSrc =
$('.img-cover img').attr('data-src') ||
$('.img-cover img').attr('src') ||
'';

const normalizeUrl = (url?: string): string => {
if (!url) return '';
if (url.startsWith('//')) return `https:${url}`;
if (url.startsWith('/')) return `${this.site}${url.replace(/^\//, '')}`;
return url;
};

const normalizeText = (text: string): string =>
text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').replace(/\s*,\s*$/, '').trim();

const getLinkTextList = (root: ReturnType<typeof $>): string[] =>
root
.find('a')
.map((_, el) => normalizeText($(el).text()))
.toArray()
.filter(Boolean);

const novel: Plugin.SourceNovel = {
path: novelPath,
name: loadedCheerio('.name h1').text().trim() || 'Untitled',
cover: 'https:' + loadedCheerio('.img-cover img').attr('data-src'),
summary: loadedCheerio('.section-body.summary .content').text().trim(),
name: normalizeText($('.name h1').first().text()) || 'Untitled',
cover: normalizeUrl(coverSrc),
summary: normalizeText($('.section-body.summary .content').text()),
chapters: [],
};

loadedCheerio('.meta.box p').each((i, el) => {
const detailName = loadedCheerio(el).find('strong').text();
const detail = loadedCheerio(el).find('a');

switch (detailName) {

$('.meta.box p').each((_, el) => {
const row = $(el);
const label = normalizeText(row.find('strong').first().text());
const linkTexts = getLinkTextList(row);

switch (label) {
case 'Authors :':
novel.author = detail
.find('span')
.map((a, ex) => loadedCheerio(ex).text())
.toArray()
.join(', ');
novel.author = linkTexts.join(', ');
break;

case 'Artists :':
case 'Artist :':
novel.artist = linkTexts.join(', ');
break;

case 'Status :':
novel.status = detail.text();
novel.status = linkTexts[0] || normalizeText(row.text().replace(label, ''));
break;

case 'Genres :':
novel.genres = detail.text().trim();
novel.genres = linkTexts.join(',');
break;
}
});
const novelId = loadedCheerio('script')
.text()
.match(/bookId = (\d+);/)![1];
const chapter: Plugin.ChapterItem[] = [];

const getChapters = async (id: string) => {

const ratingText = normalizeText($('.rating .score').first().text()).replace(
/[^0-9.]/g,
'',
);
const rating = Number.parseFloat(ratingText);
if (!Number.isNaN(rating)) {
novel.rating = rating;
}

const scriptText = $('script')
.map((_, el) => $(el).html() || '')
.toArray()
.join('\n');

const novelIdMatch = scriptText.match(/bookId\s*=\s*(\d+)\s*;/);
if (!novelIdMatch) {
return novel;
}

const novelId = novelIdMatch[1];

const getChapters = async (id: string): Promise<Plugin.ChapterItem[]> => {
const chapterListUrl = `${this.site}api/manga/${id}/chapters?source=detail`;
const data = await fetchApi(chapterListUrl);
const chapterlist = await data.text();

loadedCheerio = parseHTML(chapterlist);

loadedCheerio('li').each((i, el) => {
const chapterName = loadedCheerio(el)
.find('.chapter-title')
.text()
.trim();

const releaseDate = loadedCheerio(el)
.find('.chapter-update')
.text()
.trim();

const months = [
'jan',
'feb',
'mar',
'apr',
'may',
'jun',
'jul',
'aug',
'sep',
'oct',
'nov',
'dec',
];
const monthsJoined = months.join('|');

const rx = new RegExp(
`(${monthsJoined}) (\\d{1,2}), (\\d{4})`,
'i',
).exec(releaseDate);
if (!rx) return;
const year = +rx[3];
const month = months.indexOf(rx[1].toLowerCase());
const day = +rx[2];

const chapterUrl = loadedCheerio(el).find('a').attr('href')?.slice(1);

if (!chapterUrl) return;

chapter.push({
name: chapterName,
releaseTime: new Date(year, month, day).toISOString(),
path: chapterUrl,
});
const chapterResponse = await fetchApi(chapterListUrl);
const chapterHtml = await chapterResponse.text();

const $$ = parseHTML(chapterHtml);
const chapters: Plugin.ChapterItem[] = [];

const months = [
'jan',
'feb',
'mar',
'apr',
'may',
'jun',
'jul',
'aug',
'sep',
'oct',
'nov',
'dec',
];

const dateRegex = new RegExp(
`(${months.join('|')})\\s+(\\d{1,2}),\\s+(\\d{4})`,
'i',
);

$$('li').each((_, el) => {
const item = $$(el);

const chapterName = normalizeText(item.find('.chapter-title').text());
const releaseDateText = normalizeText(item.find('.chapter-update').text());
const chapterHref = item.find('a').attr('href');

if (!chapterHref) return;

const chapterPath = chapterHref.startsWith('/')
? chapterHref.slice(1)
: chapterHref;

const chapterItem: Plugin.ChapterItem = {
name: chapterName || 'Untitled',
path: chapterPath,
};

const dateMatch = dateRegex.exec(releaseDateText);
if (dateMatch) {
const year = Number.parseInt(dateMatch[3], 10);
const month = months.indexOf(dateMatch[1].toLowerCase());
const day = Number.parseInt(dateMatch[2], 10);

if (month >= 0) {
chapterItem.releaseTime = new Date(year, month, day).toISOString();
}
} else if (releaseDateText) {
chapterItem.releaseTime = releaseDateText;
}

const chapterNumberMatch = chapterName.match(
/chapter\s+(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/i,
);
if (chapterNumberMatch) {
chapterItem.chapterNumber = Number.parseFloat(chapterNumberMatch[1]);
}

chapters.push(chapterItem);
});
return chapter;

return chapters;
};

novel.chapters = (await getChapters(novelId)).reverse();

return novel;
}

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