From 8d800e490c0e8c4f46079e6af33473fc76844406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ConcordOne <concord.divide@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 20:19:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Catch errors when invalid data is received from Reddit in the
 user route

---
 routes/user.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/routes/user.js b/routes/user.js
index eb383b7..4b7fb1c 100644
--- a/routes/user.js
+++ b/routes/user.js
@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ userRoutes.get('/u/:user/:kind?', (req, res, next) => {
                           }
                         }
                       );
+                    }).catch(error => {
+                      console.error(`Something went wrong while fetching data from Reddit API: invalid or non-JSON data was returned.`);
+                      return res.render('frontpage', {
+                        json: null,
+                        http_status_code: 500,
+                        http_statustext: "Invalid response from Reddit",
+                        user_preferences: req.cookies,
+                        instance_config: config,
+                      });
                     });
                   } else {
                     console.error(