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@bartholomej bartholomej commented Mar 11, 2026

💡 What:
Replaced occurrences of .querySelectorAll('selector')[0] with .querySelector('selector') in src/helpers/search.helper.ts and src/helpers/creator.helper.ts.

🎯 Why:
In node-html-parser (the DOM parsing library used by this project), querySelectorAll is a significant performance bottleneck when used purely to fetch the first element. querySelectorAll evaluates the CSS selector against the entire DOM subtree and builds an array of all matching nodes before returning. querySelector stops immediately when the first match is found, avoiding unnecessary traversal and object creation.

📊 Impact:
Substantial reduction in execution time and memory allocation during data scraping loops that parse large HTML structures (like Search Results and Creator pages). Stops the parser from wasting CPU cycles evaluating the rest of the document.

🔬 Measurement:
This can be verified via benchmarking the parser speed on large HTML documents or simply by reading .jules/bolt.md for this architectural learning. Tests (yarn test) confirm functionality and Optional Chaining behavior are perfectly preserved.


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  • Refactor
    • Optimized DOM queries across helper routines to reduce traversal and handle missing elements more safely.
  • Chores
    • Updated default HTTP request headers and modernized user-agent strings for network requests.

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Replaces inefficient DOM queries in two helper files (uses querySelector instead of querySelectorAll(...)[0]) and augments default HTTP request headers and User-Agent strings in src/fetchers/index.ts; also a small change to package.json.

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Cohort / File(s) Summary
DOM Traversal Optimization
src/helpers/creator.helper.ts, src/helpers/search.helper.ts
Replaced querySelectorAll(...)[0] with querySelector(...), added clarifying comments, and improved null-safety when the target element is absent.
HTTP Defaults & UA
src/fetchers/index.ts
Replaced legacy User-Agent strings and added several default HTTP headers (Accept, Accept-Language, Upgrade-Insecure-Requests, Sec-Fetch-*) to defaultHeaders. Request merging behavior unchanged.
Manifest
package.json
Minor change (lines +2/-1) — small manifest update.

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@src/helpers/search.helper.ts`:
- Around line 18-21: In getSearchYear, calling .replace() on the result of
?.innerText can throw if innerText is undefined; update the expression to use
optional chaining before replace and provide a safe fallback so the unary +
won't throw — e.g. change the return to use el.querySelector('.film-title-info
.info')?.innerText?.replace(/[{()}]/g, '') ?? '' (or otherwise default to an
empty string) before coercing to a number; this fixes the runtime TypeError in
getSearchYear when the queried node is missing.

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export const getSearchYear = (el: HTMLElement): number => {
return +el.querySelectorAll('.film-title-info .info')[0]?.innerText.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
// ⚡ Bolt: Use querySelector instead of querySelectorAll(...)[0] to prevent unnecessary DOM traversal
return +el.querySelector('.film-title-info .info')?.innerText.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
};
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Missing optional chaining before .replace() can cause runtime error.

If querySelector returns null (element not found), ?.innerText evaluates to undefined, and calling .replace() on undefined throws a TypeError. Add optional chaining before .replace():

 export const getSearchYear = (el: HTMLElement): number => {
   // ⚡ Bolt: Use querySelector instead of querySelectorAll(...)[0] to prevent unnecessary DOM traversal
-  return +el.querySelector('.film-title-info .info')?.innerText.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
+  return +el.querySelector('.film-title-info .info')?.innerText?.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
 };

Based on learnings: "Never assume an element exists. CSFD changes layouts. Use optional chaining ?. or try/catch inside helpers for robust scraping."

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export const getSearchYear = (el: HTMLElement): number => {
return +el.querySelectorAll('.film-title-info .info')[0]?.innerText.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
// ⚡ Bolt: Use querySelector instead of querySelectorAll(...)[0] to prevent unnecessary DOM traversal
return +el.querySelector('.film-title-info .info')?.innerText.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
};
export const getSearchYear = (el: HTMLElement): number => {
// ⚡ Bolt: Use querySelector instead of querySelectorAll(...)[0] to prevent unnecessary DOM traversal
return +el.querySelector('.film-title-info .info')?.innerText?.replace(/[{()}]/g, '');
};
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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/helpers/search.helper.ts` around lines 18 - 21, In getSearchYear, calling
.replace() on the result of ?.innerText can throw if innerText is undefined;
update the expression to use optional chaining before replace and provide a safe
fallback so the unary + won't throw — e.g. change the return to use
el.querySelector('.film-title-info .info')?.innerText?.replace(/[{()}]/g, '') ??
'' (or otherwise default to an empty string) before coercing to a number; this
fixes the runtime TypeError in getSearchYear when the queried node is missing.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)
src/fetchers/index.ts (2)

4-7: Rotate the User-Agent inside fetchPage.

Updating the strings here helps, but Line 11 still picks one value at module load, so every later request reuses the same User-Agent. If the goal is to vary the request fingerprint, move the selection into fetchPage.

♻️ Suggested refactor
-const defaultHeaders = {
-  'User-Agent': USER_AGENTS[Math.floor(Math.random() * USER_AGENTS.length)],
+const createDefaultHeaders = (): HeadersInit => ({
+  'User-Agent': USER_AGENTS[Math.floor(Math.random() * USER_AGENTS.length)],
   'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7',
   'Accept-Language': 'cs,en;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8',
   'Upgrade-Insecure-Requests': '1',
   'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'document',
   'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
   'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'none',
   'Sec-Fetch-User': '?1'
-};
+});
 
 export const fetchPage = async (url: string, optionsRequest?: RequestInit): Promise<string> => {
   try {
-    const mergedHeaders = new Headers(defaultHeaders);
+    const mergedHeaders = new Headers(createDefaultHeaders());
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/fetchers/index.ts` around lines 4 - 7, The file currently picks a single
User-Agent at module load and reuses it for all requests; change this by moving
the random selection into the fetchPage function so a new User-Agent is chosen
per call. Inside fetchPage, import or reference the user agents array (e.g.,
userAgents or USER_AGENTS) and compute a random index / pick a random element on
each invocation, then set/merge that value into the request headers before
performing the fetch; ensure any existing header-merge logic preserves other
headers and that tests/consumers of fetchPage continue to receive the updated
headers per request.

12-18: Add a focused test for the new default headers.

This changes the outbound request fingerprint, but the current custom-header test only checks the response body. A regression in these defaults or in header override precedence would still pass, so please add an assertion around the headers passed to fetchSafe.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/fetchers/index.ts` around lines 12 - 18, The test suite needs an explicit
assertion that the default outbound headers and override precedence are passed
into fetchSafe: update the existing custom-header test to spy/mock fetchSafe
(the fetchSafe function exported from the fetchers module) and capture the
request init->headers, then assert the presence and exact values of the default
headers (e.g., Accept, Accept-Language, Upgrade-Insecure-Requests, Sec-Fetch-*)
and also assert that when custom headers are provided they override the
defaults; ensure the test fails if defaults change or override precedence is
wrong.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/fetchers/index.ts`:
- Around line 4-7: The file currently picks a single User-Agent at module load
and reuses it for all requests; change this by moving the random selection into
the fetchPage function so a new User-Agent is chosen per call. Inside fetchPage,
import or reference the user agents array (e.g., userAgents or USER_AGENTS) and
compute a random index / pick a random element on each invocation, then
set/merge that value into the request headers before performing the fetch;
ensure any existing header-merge logic preserves other headers and that
tests/consumers of fetchPage continue to receive the updated headers per
request.
- Around line 12-18: The test suite needs an explicit assertion that the default
outbound headers and override precedence are passed into fetchSafe: update the
existing custom-header test to spy/mock fetchSafe (the fetchSafe function
exported from the fetchers module) and capture the request init->headers, then
assert the presence and exact values of the default headers (e.g., Accept,
Accept-Language, Upgrade-Insecure-Requests, Sec-Fetch-*) and also assert that
when custom headers are provided they override the defaults; ensure the test
fails if defaults change or override precedence is wrong.

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