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Open video watching and news AI summaries to logged-out users #578

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52 changes: 3 additions & 49 deletions news/news.go
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Expand Up @@ -1521,55 +1521,9 @@ func handleArticleView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, articleID string)

title := entry.Title

// Check if user is authenticated
sess, _ := auth.TrySession(r)
isGuest := sess == nil

// For guests: show article preview but hide AI summary
if isGuest {
imageSection := ""
if image != "" {
imageSection = fmt.Sprintf(`<img src="%s" class="article-image" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" onerror="this.style.display='none'">`, image)
}

categoryBadge := ""
if category != "" {
categoryBadge = fmt.Sprintf(` · <a href="/news#%s" class="category">%s</a>`, category, category)
}

descriptionSection := ""
if description != "" {
descriptionSection = fmt.Sprintf(`<div class="article-description"><p>%s</p></div>`, description)
}

// Show login prompt instead of AI summary
summarySection := `
<div class="article-summary bg-light" style="border: 1px dashed #ddd;">
<h3>AI Summary</h3>
<p class="text-muted"><a href="/login?redirect=/news?id=` + articleID + `">Login</a> to read the AI-generated summary.</p>
</div>`

articleHtml := fmt.Sprintf(`
<div id="news-article">
%s
<div class="article-meta">
<span><span data-timestamp="%d">%s</span> · Source: <i>%s</i>%s</span>
</div>
%s
%s
<div class="article-actions">
<a href="%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read Original →</a>
</div>
<div class="article-back">
<a href="/news">← Back to news</a>
</div>
</div>
`, imageSection, postedAt.Unix(), app.TimeAgo(postedAt), getDomain(articleURL), categoryBadge, descriptionSection, summarySection, articleURL)

pageHTML := app.RenderHTML(title, title, articleHtml)
w.Write([]byte(pageHTML))
return
}
// Previously gated AI summaries behind login, but summaries are
// pre-generated and cached — no cost to serve. Open to all so
// content can be shared and discovered.

// Debug logging
app.Log("news", "Article view: ID=%s, Title='%s', URL='%s'", articleID, title, articleURL)
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26 changes: 0 additions & 26 deletions video/video.go
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Expand Up @@ -1078,32 +1078,6 @@ func Handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

// render watch page
if len(id) > 0 {
youtubeURL := "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" + id
thumbnailURL := "https://img.youtube.com/vi/" + id + "/maxresdefault.jpg"

// Check if user is authenticated
sess, _ := auth.TrySession(r)
isGuest := sess == nil

// For guests: show thumbnail with options to login or go to YouTube
if isGuest {
guestHtml := fmt.Sprintf(`
<div class="card text-center p-10" style="max-width: 640px; margin: 40px auto;">
<img src="%s" class="w-full rounded mb-5" onerror="this.src='https://img.youtube.com/vi/%s/hqdefault.jpg'">
<h2>Watch Video</h2>
<p class="text-muted my-5">Login to watch ad-free, or view on YouTube.</p>
<p class="my-5">
<a href="/login?redirect=/video?id=%s" class="btn btn-primary mr-3">Login to watch</a>
<a href="%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="btn btn-outline">Watch on YouTube →</a>
</p>
<p class="mt-5"><a href="/video">← Back to videos</a></p>
</div>
`, thumbnailURL, id, id, youtubeURL)
pageHTML := app.RenderHTML("Video", "Video", guestHtml)
w.Write([]byte(pageHTML))
return
}

// Check if autoplay is requested
autoplay := r.Form.Get("autoplay") == "1"

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