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zulip/zerver/lib/topic_link_util.py
Kislay Verma ff27c568c5 topic_link_util: Add module to generate working topic links.
Similar to the frontend `web/src/topic_link_util.ts`, we
introduce a backend module to avoid generating broken
channe/topic links.

Fixes part of #34608
2025-05-13 15:56:46 -07:00

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# Keep this synchronized with web/src/topic_link_util.ts
import re
import urllib.parse
invalid_stream_topic_regex = re.compile(r"[`>*&\[\]]|(\$\$)")
def will_produce_broken_stream_topic_link(word: str) -> bool:
return bool(invalid_stream_topic_regex.search(word))
escape_mapping = {
"`": "`",
">": ">",
"*": "*",
"&": "&",
"$$": "$$",
"[": "[",
"]": "]",
}
def escape_invalid_stream_topic_characters(text: str) -> str:
return re.sub(
invalid_stream_topic_regex,
lambda match: escape_mapping.get(match.group(0), match.group(0)),
text,
)
hash_replacements = {
"%": ".",
"(": ".28",
")": ".29",
".": ".2E",
}
def encode_hash_component(s: str) -> str:
encoded = urllib.parse.quote(s, safe="*")
return "".join(hash_replacements.get(c, c) for c in encoded)
def channel_topic_url(stream_id: int, stream_name: str, topic_name: str | None = None) -> str:
link = f"#narrow/channel/{stream_id}-{encode_hash_component(stream_name.replace(' ', '-'))}"
if topic_name:
link += f"/topic/{encode_hash_component(topic_name)}"
return link
def get_fallback_markdown_link(
stream_id: int, stream_name: str, topic_name: str | None = None
) -> str:
"""
Generates the markdown link syntax for a stream or topic link.
"""
escape = escape_invalid_stream_topic_characters
url = channel_topic_url(stream_id, stream_name, topic_name)
if topic_name:
return f"[#{escape(stream_name)} > {escape(topic_name)}]({url})"
return f"[#{escape(stream_name)}]({url})"
def get_stream_topic_link_syntax(stream_id: int, stream_name: str, topic_name: str) -> str:
# If the topic name is such that it will generate an invalid #**stream>topic** syntax,
# we revert to generating the normal markdown syntax for a link.
if will_produce_broken_stream_topic_link(topic_name) or will_produce_broken_stream_topic_link(
stream_name
):
return get_fallback_markdown_link(stream_id, stream_name, topic_name)
return f"#**{stream_name}>{topic_name}**"
def get_stream_link_syntax(stream_id: int, stream_name: str) -> str:
# If the topic name is such that it will generate an invalid #**stream>topic** syntax,
# we revert to generating the normal markdown syntax for a link.
if will_produce_broken_stream_topic_link(stream_name):
return get_fallback_markdown_link(stream_id, stream_name)
return f"#**{stream_name}**"