Added a detection for empty descriptions to use content instead. Also added a workaround for broken fdroid reddit feed (empty citation lines).

getarticles.go

@@ -203,10 +203,22 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool) (string, error) {
 			output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n" +
 				cleanURL
 		} else {
-			// Strip HTML as we want to get plain text.
+			var description string
-			description, err := html2text.FromString(article.Description)
+
-			if err != nil {
+			// Some feeds don't provide a description, let's use the content
-				return "", err
+			// in this case, otherwise use the shorter description.
+			if article.Description != "" {
+				// Strip HTML as we want to get plain text.
+				description, err = html2text.FromString(article.Description)
+				if err != nil {
+					return "", err
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Strip HTML as we want to get plain text.
+				description, err = html2text.FromString(article.Content)
+				if err != nil {
+					return "", err
+				}
 			}
 
 			// To make the message look not so bloated we remove multiple newlines.
@@ -216,7 +228,12 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool) (string, error) {
 			description = ""
 			// Fill article description/content with the fragments separated by one newline.
 			for _, line := range fragments {
-				description = description + line + "\n"
+				l := len(line)
+				println("Fragment: ", line, l)
+				// Only if the only content is not "> ", thank you reddit.
+				if line != "> " {
+					description = description + line + "\n"
+				}
 			}
 
 			// Only append article link if it is not yet contained in description (e.g. read more: URL).