add meta data to guide & improve error handling

README.md

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ Similar to tango.us/dubble.so/folge.me/magichow.co but all local - no data leave
 - [x] create basic popup UI
 
 ### Additional nice to have:
+- [x] Meta data in guide (title, description, author, date)
 - [ ] Viewer for Guide JSON
     - [ ] PDF export
 - [ ] Editor for Guide
-- [ ] improve error handling
+- [x] improve error handling
 - [ ] Blur sensitive information
 - [x] Pause/resume recording feature
 

chrome/background.js

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 // Background Worker
 
+const dateToday = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];
+
+let guide = {
+    "title":"Guide",
+    "description":"",
+    "date":dateToday,
+    "author":"Me",
+};
 let steps = [];
 
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
     switch(message.action){
         case "captureScreenshot":
+            try{
                 chrome.tabs.captureVisibleTab(null, { format: "jpeg" }, (dataUrl) => {
                     if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
                         console.error("Error capturing screenshot: ", chrome.runtime.lastError);
@@ -15,6 +24,10 @@ chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
                     sendResponse({ success: true, screenshot: dataUrl });
                 });
                 return true;
+            }
+            catch(error){
+                return sendResponse({ success: false, message: error });
+            }
         case "saveStep":
             try{
                 const step = {
@@ -31,14 +44,35 @@ chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
                 return sendResponse({ success: false, message: error });
             }
         case "generateGuide":
-            return sendResponse({ success: true, guide: steps });
+            try{
+                let filename = "guide.json";
+                chrome.storage.local.get(["guideTitle", "exportFilename"], (data) => {
+                    if(data.guideTitle) guide.title = `Guide: ${data.guideTitle}`;
+                    if(data.exportFilename) filename = `guide-${data.exportFilename}.json`;
+                    guide.steps = steps;
+                    return sendResponse({ success: true, guide: guide, filename: filename });
+                });
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch(error){
+                return sendResponse({ success: false, message: error });
+            }
         case "clearGuide":
+            try{
                 steps = [];
                 return sendResponse({ success: true, message: "Cleared guide successfully" });
+            }
+            catch(error){
+                return sendResponse({ success: false, message: error });
+            }
         case "guideLenght":
+            try{
                 count = steps.length;
                 return sendResponse({ success: true, stepCount: count });
-        case "debug":
+            }
+            catch(error){
+                return sendResponse({ success: false, message: error });
+            }
         default:
             console.log(message.action);
             break;

chrome/content.js

@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 // Script which is executed on all web pages
 
+// Page meta data
+const pageTitle = document.title;
+const domainFormatted = window.location.host.replace(/\./g, "-");
+
+// set guide title
+chrome.storage.local.get("guideTitle", (data) => {
+    if(!data.guideTitle){
+        try{
+            chrome.storage.local.set({ guideTitle: pageTitle });
+            chrome.storage.local.set({ exportFilename: domainFormatted });
+        }
+        catch(error){
+            console.error(`Error while saving guide metadata: ${error}`)
+        }
+    }
+});
+
 // load recording status & react to updates
 let isRecording = false;
 chrome.storage.local.get("recording", (data) => {

chrome/manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "Cl1ck Gu1de",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "version": "0.0.4",
   "description": "A browser add-on which records the steps clicked on a page and generates a easy to understand guide from it.",
   "permissions": ["scripting", "activeTab", "downloads", "tabs", "storage"],
   "host_permissions": ["<all_urls>"],

chrome/popup.js

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 let isRecording = false;
 chrome.storage.local.get("recording", (data) => {
     isRecording = data.recording || false;
-    console.log(data);
     updateRecordingLabel(isRecording);
 });
 
@@ -13,10 +12,14 @@ const toggleRecordingBtn = document.getElementById("toggleRecording");
 const exportBtn = document.getElementById("exportBtn");
 
 toggleRecordingBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    //if(isRecording) chrome.runtime.sendMessage({action: "clearGuide"});
+    try{
         isRecording = !isRecording; // toggle status
         updateRecordingLabel(isRecording); // update label
         chrome.storage.local.set({ recording: isRecording }); // save status
+    }
+    catch(error){
+        console.error(`Got error on toggling recording: ${error}`)
+    }
 });
 
 exportBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
@@ -24,8 +27,14 @@ exportBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
     chrome.runtime.sendMessage({
         action: "generateGuide"
     }, (response) => {
+        if(response.success){
             const guide = response.guide;
-        exportJSON(guide, "guide.json");
+            const filename = response.filename;
+            return exportJSON(guide, filename);
+        }
+        else{
+            console.error(`Failed to export guide: ${response.message} `);
+        }
     });
 });
 
@@ -48,6 +57,7 @@ function updateRecordingLabel(bool){
 
 // export guide as json
 function exportJSON(object, filename){
+    try{
         const json = JSON.stringify(object, null, 2);
 
         const blob = new Blob([json], { type: "application/json" });
@@ -59,7 +69,17 @@ function exportJSON(object, filename){
         link.click();
     
         URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+    }
+    catch(error){
+        return error
+    }
 
+
+    try{
         // clear guide
-    chrome.runtime.sendMessage({action: "clearGuide"});
+        return chrome.runtime.sendMessage({action: "clearGuide"});
+    }
+    catch(error){
+        return error
+    }
 }