+ Missing data safety in index.ts

Basically we want sane defaults in case a backend decides to implode on itself

ts/index.ts

@@ -4,17 +4,27 @@ class Category {
 	constructor(raw: any) {
 		this.name = raw['name']
 		this.thumbnail_b64 = raw['thumbnail']
+
+		// Setting some defaults
+		if(!this.name) { this.name = null }
+		if(!this.thumbnail_b64) { this.thumbnail_b64 = null }
 	}
 
 	title_link() : HTMLHeadingElement {
 		let container = document.createElement('h2')
 
 		let link = document.createElement('a')
-		link.href = `/collection?c=${this.name}`
+		if(this.name) {
-		link.text = this.name
+			link.href = `/category/${this.name}`
+			link.text = this.name
+		} else  {
+			link.href = '#'
+			link.text = 'this nigga eatin beans'
+		}
 
 		container.appendChild(link)
 
+
 		return container
 	}
 
@@ -22,6 +32,7 @@ class Category {
 		let nail = document.createElement('img')
 		nail.className = 'pure-img'
 
+		// Modern browser's should be able to cache this request
 		if(!(this.thumbnail_b64 == null || this.thumbnail_b64.length == 0)) {
 			nail.setAttribute('src', `data:image/jpg;base64,${this.thumbnail_b64}`)
 		} else{
@@ -47,22 +58,27 @@ class Category {
 	}
 }
 
+
 function ready_handler(e?: Event) : Event {
 	// Only let this make a get request once we're ready on the page
 	if(document.readyState != 'complete') { return e }
 
 	// All we do here is basically make a get request to /api/categories
-	const endpoint = 'http://localhost/api/categories'
+	const endpoint = window.location.origin + '/api/categories'
 	let xml = new XMLHttpRequest()
 
+	// TODO: change this to an async request
 	xml.open('GET', endpoint, false) // sync request
 	xml.send(null) // nothing required for stuff
 	if(xml.getResponseHeader('Content-Type') == 'application/json') {
 		let raw = JSON.parse(xml.responseText)
-		for(const cat_raw of raw['categories']) {
+		console.log(raw)
+		for(const cat_raw of raw) {
 			let cat = new Category(cat_raw)
 			cat.as_div()
 		}
+	} else {
+		console.log(xml.getResponseHeader('Content-Type'))
 	}
 	return e
 }