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Remove Discord timestamp from VOTD API #20

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Remove Discord timestamp from VOTD API response
google-labs-jules[bot] Feb 21, 2026
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Remove Discord timestamps and improve devotion scraping
google-labs-jules[bot] Feb 22, 2026
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Restore devotion timestamp and format credit as hyperlink
google-labs-jules[bot] Feb 22, 2026
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Restore Discord timestamps and format devotion credit link
google-labs-jules[bot] Feb 23, 2026
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22 changes: 17 additions & 5 deletions routes/index.js
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Expand Up @@ -4,12 +4,22 @@ import moment from "moment";
import xml2js from 'xml2js';
import { removeHtmlEntities } from '../app.js';

const devotionCache = new Map();

export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
app.get('/', async function (req, res) {
return res.send(`DevoteMe-API\nConnection for all of the DevoteMe suite applications.\nDeveloped by Modular Software\nDocumentation: https://modularsoft.org/docs/products/devoteMe/`);
});

app.get('/devotion/get', async function (req, res) {
const today = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD');
if (devotionCache.has(today)) {
return res.send(devotionCache.get(today));
}

// Clear cache to avoid memory leaks with old dates
devotionCache.clear();

try {
const response = await fetch('https://vision.org.au/read/bible-study/the-word-for-today/', {
headers: {
Expand All @@ -26,10 +36,8 @@ export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
const html = await response.text();
const $ = cheerio.load(html);

const devotionTitle = $('h1.entry-title').first().text().trim();
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
const date = `<t:${timestamp}:D>`;
const devotionReading = $('h2.dmach-acf-value').first().text().trim();
const devotionTitle = $('h1.entry-title').first().text().trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
const devotionReading = $('h2.dmach-acf-value').first().text().trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');

const devotionContent = $('.dmach-acf-value').filter((i, el) => {
return $(el).find('p').length > 1;
Expand All @@ -48,15 +56,19 @@ export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
}).first();
const bibleInOneYear = bibleInOneYearElement.length > 0 ? bibleInOneYearElement.text().trim().replace(/^SoulFood:\s+/i, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') : null;

const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
const date = `<t:${timestamp}:D>`;
const devotion = {
title: devotionTitle,
date: date,
reading: devotionReading,
content: contentArray,
bibleInOneYear: bibleInOneYear,
credit: "From Vision Christian Media (https://vision.org.au/read/bible-study/the-word-for-today/)"
credit: "[From Vision Christian Media](https://vision.org.au/read/bible-study/the-word-for-today/)"
};

devotionCache.set(today, devotion);

return res.send(devotion);

} catch (error) {
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