From d8fd20a89a0b81a27fbccf5bf77416087f793920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dajiaohuang <mikewushuwen@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:52:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Handle Medium request failures

---
 lib/post.js | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/post.js b/lib/post.js
index 161b913..de2e81a 100644
--- a/lib/post.js
+++ b/lib/post.js
@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@ function fetchStories(modifier, value, latest, cb) {
 	}
 
 	request(url, function (err, res) {
-		if (!err && res.statusCode == 200) {
+		if (err) {
+			cb(err);
+		} else if (res.statusCode == 200) {
 			// Strip out while(1) prepended to res
 			var data = JSON.parse(res.body.replace('])}while(1);</x>', ''));
-			cb(data);
-			// statusCode is 404 if the user doesn't exist
+			cb(null, data);
 		} else if (res.statusCode == 404) {
-			console.log(value + ' is not a valid Medium author.');
-			process.exit(1);
+			cb(new Error(value + ' is not a valid Medium author.'));
+		} else {
+			cb(new Error('Medium returned HTTP ' + res.statusCode));
 		}
 	});
 }
@@ -125,9 +127,9 @@ function processContent(data, modifier, count) {
 function getStories(modifier, options) {
 	var deferred = Q.defer();
 	var value = options.value, latest = options.latest;
-	getContent(modifier, value, latest, function (res) {
-		if (!res) {
-			return deferred.reject();
+	getContent(modifier, value, latest, function (err, res) {
+		if (err) {
+			return deferred.reject(err);
 		}
 		var posts = processContent(res, modifier, options.count);
 		deferred.resolve(posts);

From 9bdee0a8a787dc0efaf893c77da4fa46298189c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dajiaohuang <mikewushuwen@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:53:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reject malformed story responses

---
 lib/post.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/post.js b/lib/post.js
index de2e81a..f491f0e 100644
--- a/lib/post.js
+++ b/lib/post.js
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ function fetchStories(modifier, value, latest, cb) {
 			cb(err);
 		} else if (res.statusCode == 200) {
 			// Strip out while(1) prepended to res
-			var data = JSON.parse(res.body.replace('])}while(1);</x>', ''));
+			var data;
+			try {
+				data = JSON.parse(res.body.replace('])}while(1);</x>', ''));
+			} catch (parseError) {
+				cb(parseError);
+				return;
+			}
 			cb(null, data);
 		} else if (res.statusCode == 404) {
 			cb(new Error(value + ' is not a valid Medium author.'));