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Add edit-link helpers for dashboard→editor editing
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Jeremy Herve
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(Jun 9, 2026, 6:05 PM +0200)
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src/lib/editor/edit-link.test.ts
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src/lib/editor/edit-link.test.ts
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import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
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import { editLinkFor, editRkeyFromSearch } from './edit-link';
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describe( 'editLinkFor', () => {
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it( 'builds the editor edit URL for an rkey', () => {
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expect( editLinkFor( '3kabc123' ) ).toBe( '/editor?edit=3kabc123' );
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} );
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} );
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describe( 'editRkeyFromSearch', () => {
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it( 'reads the rkey from the edit param', () => {
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expect( editRkeyFromSearch( '?edit=3kabc123' ) ).toBe( '3kabc123' );
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} );
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it( 'returns null when the param is absent', () => {
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expect( editRkeyFromSearch( '?foo=bar' ) ).toBeNull();
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expect( editRkeyFromSearch( '' ) ).toBeNull();
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} );
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it( 'returns null when the param is present but empty', () => {
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expect( editRkeyFromSearch( '?edit=' ) ).toBeNull();
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} );
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} );
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src/lib/editor/edit-link.ts
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src/lib/editor/edit-link.ts
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/**
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* The dashboard→editor "edit this article" link, and the editor-side parser for
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* it. Kept together so the `?edit=` param name has a single source of truth.
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* `rkey` uniquely identifies a document within the writer's repo, so it is all
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* the editor needs to re-fetch the article on load.
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*/
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const EDIT_PARAM = 'edit';
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/** The editor URL that opens an existing article for editing. */
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export function editLinkFor( rkey: string ): string {
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return `/editor?${ EDIT_PARAM }=${ rkey }`;
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}
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/** The rkey to edit, parsed from a URL search string (e.g. `window.location.search`). Null when absent or empty. */
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export function editRkeyFromSearch( search: string ): string | null {
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const rkey = new URLSearchParams( search ).get( EDIT_PARAM );
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return rkey && rkey.length > 0 ? rkey : null;
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}