From 2f20a3a8ed57bbacf93040e55edc55b5fd65942c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Thiede <git@xinu.tv>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 16:12:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] server: set user-agent when slurping, fixes /. bug

---
 server/src/lib.rs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 97fc2a3..20f81f0 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ use crate::{
 const NEWSREADER_TAG_PREFIX: &'static str = "News/";
 const NEWSREADER_THREAD_PREFIX: &'static str = "news:";
 
+const USER_AGENT: &'static str = "letterbox news reader (letterbox-ua@xinu.tv)";
+
 // TODO: figure out how to use Cow
 #[async_trait]
 trait Transformer: Send + Sync {
@@ -318,7 +320,8 @@ impl<'c> Transformer for SlurpContents<'c> {
         let body = if let Some(body) = cacher.get(link.as_str()) {
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&body).to_string()
         } else {
-            let resp = reqwest::get(link.as_str()).await?;
+            let client = reqwest::Client::builder().user_agent(USER_AGENT).build()?;
+            let resp = client.get(link.as_str()).send().await?;
             let status = resp.status();
             if status.is_server_error() {
                 error!("status error for {link}: {status}");