external_refs rework

README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ An alternative view of issues documented by our favorite firewall vendor.
 
 Feel free to host your own version, or use [the one I host](https://firewallissues.axvig.com/).
 
+Inspired by [Pixi888's](https://www.reddit.com/user/Pixi888/) creation [bugidsearch.com](https://bugidsearch.com/).
+
+## Data updates ##
 New versions are easily added using the process.html page
 - Copy the issue table's HTML from the webpage using devtools.
 - Fill out the process.html page's fields and paste in the table HTML.
@@ -12,5 +15,8 @@ New versions are easily added using the process.html page
 
 There is intentionally no automated scaping, to avoid abuse of server resources.  Also releases are not that frequent.
 
+## External references ##
 
-Inspired by [Pixi888's](https://www.reddit.com/user/Pixi888/) creation [bugidsearch.com](https://bugidsearch.com/).
+The `external_refs.json` file allows for links to be added to other websites that have information or discussion about certain issues.
+
+I have vague ideas of something similar for CVEs.

web/data/external_refs.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": "PAN-290235",
+    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/paloaltonetworks/comments/1qi7zoy/pan290235_dscd_and_low_quality_control/",
+    "display": "Reddit"
+  }
+]

web/data/social_refs.json

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "reddit": {
-    "display": "Reddit",
-    "entries": [
-      {
-      "id": "PAN-290235",
-      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/paloaltonetworks/comments/1qi7zoy/pan290235_dscd_and_low_quality_control/"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "facebook": {
-    "display": "Facebook",
-    "entries": []
-  },
-  "twitter": {
-    "display": "Twitter",
-    "entries": []
-  },
-  "other_web": {
-    "display": "Other Web",
-    "entries": []
-  }
-}

web/js/issues.js

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ const issueFileDataCache = new Map();
 const issueFilePromiseCache = new Map();
 
 function loadSocialRefs() {
-    return fetch('data/social_refs.json')
+    return fetch('data/external_refs.json')
         .then(response => {
             if (!response.ok) {
-                throw new Error(`Failed to load data/social_refs.json (${response.status})`);
+                throw new Error(`Failed to load data/external_refs.json (${response.status})`);
             }
             return response.json();
         })
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function loadSocialRefs() {
             socialRefsByIssueId = normalizeSocialRefs(data);
         })
         .catch(error => {
-            console.warn('Social refs unavailable:', error);
+            console.warn('External refs unavailable:', error);
             socialRefsByIssueId = new Map();
         });
 }
@@ -477,73 +477,32 @@ function getSocialRefsForIssue(issueId) {
 
 function normalizeSocialRefs(data) {
     const map = new Map();
-    if (!data || typeof data !== 'object') {
+    if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
         return map;
     }
 
-    Object.keys(data).forEach(sourceKey => {
+    data.forEach(entry => {
-        const sourceValue = data[sourceKey];
+        if (!entry || typeof entry !== 'object') {
-        const entries = getSourceEntries(sourceValue);
+            return;
-        const label = getSourceDisplayLabel(sourceKey, sourceValue);
+        }
 
-        entries.forEach(entry => {
+        const id = String(entry.id || '').trim().toUpperCase();
-            if (!entry || typeof entry !== 'object') {
+        const url = String(entry.url || '').trim();
-                return;
+        const label = String(entry.display || '').trim() || 'Link';
-            }
+        if (!id || !url) {
+            return;
+        }
 
-            const id = String(entry.id || '').trim().toUpperCase();
+        if (!map.has(id)) {
-            const url = String(entry.url || '').trim();
+            map.set(id, []);
-            if (!id || !url) {
+        }
-                return;
-            }
 
-            if (!map.has(id)) {
+        map.get(id).push({ label, url });
-                map.set(id, []);
-            }
-
-            map.get(id).push({ label, url });
-        });
     });
 
     return map;
 }
 
-function getSourceEntries(sourceValue) {
-    if (Array.isArray(sourceValue)) {
-        return sourceValue;
-    }
-
-    if (sourceValue && typeof sourceValue === 'object' && Array.isArray(sourceValue.entries)) {
-        return sourceValue.entries;
-    }
-
-    return [];
-}
-
-function getSourceDisplayLabel(sourceKey, sourceValue) {
-    if (sourceValue && typeof sourceValue === 'object' && !Array.isArray(sourceValue)) {
-        const display = String(sourceValue.display || '').trim();
-        if (display) {
-            return display;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return sourceLabelFromKey(sourceKey);
-}
-
-function sourceLabelFromKey(sourceKey) {
-    const key = String(sourceKey || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-    if (!key) {
-        return 'Link';
-    }
-
-    return key
-        .split(/[_\-\s]+/)
-        .filter(Boolean)
-        .map(part => part.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + part.slice(1))
-        .join(' ');
-}
-
 function markdownSummaryToHtml(summaryText, caveatText) {
     const input = String(summaryText || '').trim();
     const caveat = String(caveatText || '').trim();