From 4c6f750e520904908cd9ad6b9b700176799324a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fraser <tomatoesneverlie@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:39:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] link to duckduckgo when url field empty

---
 web/src/pages/index.tsx | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/src/pages/index.tsx b/web/src/pages/index.tsx
index edce828..143d0cf 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ const ShowCitation: React.FC<{citation: Citation, i: number}> = ({citation, i})
     if (citation.date && citation.date !== "")
         c_str += " - " + citation.date;
 
+    // if we don't have a url, link to a duckduckgo search for the title instead
+    const url = citation.url && citation.url !== ""
+                ? citation.url 
+                : `https://duckduckgo.com/?q=${encodeURIComponent(citation.title)}`;
+
     return (
         <A className={Colours[i % Colours.length] + " border-2 flex items-center rounded my-2 text-sm no-underline w-fit"}
-            href={citation.url}>
+            href={url}>
             <span className="mx-1"> [{i + 1}] </span>
             <p className="mx-1 my-0"> {c_str} </p>
         </A>