Fix view logging exceptions and log errors when processing trending data

server/middleware/logMetricsMiddleware.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
 const db = require('../models');
 const httpContext = require('express-http-context');
 
@@ -6,6 +7,18 @@ function logMetricsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
     const userAgent = req.get('user-agent');
     const routePath = httpContext.get('routePath');
 
+    let referrer = req.get('referrer');
+
+    if(referrer.length > 255) {
+      // Attempt to "safely" clamp long URLs
+      referrer = /(.*?)#.*/.exec(referrer)[1];
+
+      if(referrer.length > 255) {
+        logger.warn('Request refferer exceeds 255 characters:', referrer);
+        referrer = referrer.substring(0, 255);
+      }
+    }
+
     db.Metrics.create({
       time: Date.now(),
       isInternal: /node\-fetch/.test(userAgent),
@@ -16,7 +29,7 @@ function logMetricsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
       ip: req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress,
       request: req.url,
       routeData: JSON.stringify(httpContext.get('routeData')),
-      referrer: req.get('referrer'),
+      referrer,
       userAgent,
     });
   });

server/utils/processTrending.js

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ const {
   getWeight,
 } = require('server/models/utils/trendingAnalysis');
 
+const logger = require('winston');
+
 module.exports = async () => {
+  try {
     const claims = await db.Trending.getTrendingClaims();
     const claimViews = await db.Views.getUniqueViews();
 
@@ -49,4 +52,7 @@ module.exports = async () => {
 
       db.Trending.create(trendingData);
     }
+  } catch(e) {
+    logger.error('Error processing trending content:', e);
+  }
 }