commit dd5b28e6c5ea21aac50ebd8a565e2f5202ff5960
from: noodle <noodle@pastanoggin.com>
date: Wed Jun 18 17:24:27 2025 UTC

simplify http link regex

commit - 3f948ae7aa2915c2dcb6a69adf9c15ded9c31f86
commit + dd5b28e6c5ea21aac50ebd8a565e2f5202ff5960
blob - edb8128e08eb00e4ce23892872234fbf66dccc76
blob + 45b0b0c08f124a5c3bd7e95cfaf8a172707ee9bf
--- mata_bot.pl
+++ mata_bot.pl
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ sub respond {
 		} else {
 			msg($sock, "failed to get title of video ${video_id} ${MATA_DEAD} (no videos matching ID $video_id!)");
 		}
-	} elsif ($message =~ m,(https?://[^\000\r\n ]+),) {
-		my $url = $1;
+	} elsif ($message =~ m,https?://[^ ]+,) {
+		my $url = $&;
 		# get in it's HEAD to check if it's text/html
 		my $response = HTTP::Tiny->new->head($url);
 		unless ($response->{success}) {
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ sub respond {
 		} else {
 			msg($sock, "No title found (GET ${url} ${MATA_DEAD}");
 		}
+	# TODO: this part should use [^ ] and .* instead but i'm scared of .*
 	} elsif ($message =~ /^ *${NICK_RE}[:, ] *([^\000\r\n ][^\000\r\n]*)$/
 		or $message =~ /^ *([^\000\r\n ][^\000\r\n]*)[, ] *${NICK_RE}\W*$/) {
 		respond_command($sock, $sender_nick, $1);
blob - 0aef1a7214738afaee2a1a4947a2bb578193f694
blob + 511825896c9e8f14f71bb16b3ae607724734f14c
--- matabot.8
+++ matabot.8
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ He reads out youtube video titles for you.
 is outside the range of valid characters for a youtube video ID, okay?).
 .It ...http://what.ever/idk#lol... or ...https://what.ever/idk#lol...
 He reads out website titles or the content-type for you.
+(Make sure the character after the end of your link is a space)
 .It mata_bot ...${number1}d${number2}...
 Ask him to roll ${number1} of ${number2}-sided dice.
 He's a dungeon master too!!