- New nullable purchase_url column on components
- Store/update validators accept an optional purchaseUrl (must be a valid
absolute URL with a protocol when provided)
- components/create.vue: NewPartSearch import now also fills purchaseUrl
from the scraped part's source URL (pc-builder.io product page); the
field remains manually editable for second-hand parts entered by hand
- components/edit.vue: purchaseUrl is editable after creation
- components/show.vue: displays the purchase site as a clickable link
when present
- 4 new functional tests: create with/without a purchase URL, invalid URL
rejected (asserts the Inertia inputErrorsBag flash, not a raw 422 -
content negotiation only returns JSON for XHR/API-style requests), and
updating an existing component's purchase URL
Idealo and PCPartPicker were evaluated and ruled out:
- idealo.fr search pages return 503 (Cloudflare)
- the internal Idealo GraphQL endpoint used by a public scraper
(app.idealo.de/app-backend/api) is protected by Akamai Bot Manager and
silently returns empty data even with mobile app headers
- PCPartPicker's product list/search relies on a session-bound CSRF token
refreshed per page load, against a scraping-hostile ToS
pc-builder.io category pages are server-rendered, include name/price/image
for ~100 products per category, and have no bot protection, so the feature
is built on top of that source only.
- New scraped_parts cache table (type_id, name, price, image_url, source,
source_url, source_ref unique per source) populated by a batch job
rather than scraped live per search, since only ~100 first results per
category are available without reverse-engineering pc-builder.io's
DataTables/CSRF pagination flow
- part_scraper_service.ts: maps our ComponentType names to pc-builder.io
category slugs (SSD -> storage, since pc-builder.io has no separate HDD
category) and parses each category page with cheerio, skipping rows
without a resolved price (generic 'search on Amazon' links)
- node ace scrape:parts: refreshes the cache for every mapped category
(upsert on source+source_ref), runnable manually or later via cron
- GET /scraped-parts (authenticated): search the cache by name (LOWER()
LIKE, avoids a MySQL utf8_bin/utf8mb4 collation mismatch from Lucid's
whereLike) and optional typeId filter
- NewPartSearch.vue: debounced search widget wired into
components/create.vue; clicking 'Import' pre-fills the existing
component creation form (name, price, type, purchase date = today)
instead of creating the Component directly, so the user still reviews
and saves it like any manually entered part
- 3 functional tests covering search by name, filter by typeId, and
unauthenticated access being redirected to login
- Initial scrape run: 989 parts across 10 categories
Adds the ability for an owner to share a computer build via a public,
unauthenticated link, inspired by a feature request from the original
pcbuilder repo (no such feature actually existed there — implemented
from scratch here).
- New columns on computers: share_token (unique, nullable), share_enabled,
share_show_sell_price, share_show_cost
- computer_share_service.ts: generates a non-guessable share token
(crypto.randomBytes, base64url), enables/disables sharing, and supports
rotating the token to invalidate previously distributed links
- ComputerShareController (authenticated, owner-scoped like the rest of
the app): PUT /computers/:id/share to update settings, POST
/computers/:id/share/rotate to rotate the token
- PublicComputerController + GET /share/:token (outside any auth/guest
group, reachable anonymously): resolves only computers with
share_enabled = true, 404 otherwise
- ComputerPublicTransformer: dedicated read-only projection that never
leaks userId, and only includes sellPrice/cost when the owner opted in
via share_show_sell_price / share_show_cost — everything else (title,
scores, state, components, pictures) is always visible on a shared link
- ComputerShareModal.vue: owner-facing UI (toggle sharing, choose which
prices to expose, copy the public link, revoke/rotate it) wired into
computers/show.vue via a new 'Share' button
- share/show.vue: public page rendered with EmptyLayout (no authenticated
header/sidebar)
- Boolean columns use a cast since MySQL returns tinyint(1),
not native booleans, through Lucid
- 6 new functional tests covering: enabling sharing, price visibility
toggles, disabling sharing revokes the link, cross-user protection on
the share settings endpoint (404), token rotation invalidating the old
link, and anonymous access to a shared computer
Kevin L'Hereec