fix(adminGames): apply Steam URL normalization and scraper guard to create/update

Admin create had no URL handling at all (and crashed on missing steamId
via .length), and admin update passed req.body straight to the scraper.
Reuse normalizeSteamId in both, 400 on unrecognized input, and reject
failed scrapes (non-object / missing title+frontImage) before
Game.create/findOneAndUpdate so failures report as 'Steam lookup failed'
instead of schema validation noise.

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+node_modules
+Dockerfile*
+docker-compose*
+.dockerignore
+.git
+.gitignore
+README.md
+LICENSE
+.vscode
+Makefile
+helm-charts
+.env
+.editorconfig
+.idea
+coverage*

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+name: Release
+
+# Overrides the default run name (the tagged commit's message) so the Actions
+# runs list shows "Release v0.1.0" instead.
+run-name: "Release ${{ gitea.event.inputs.tag || gitea.ref_name }}"
+
+# Publishes the games-api container image to the Gitea container registry AND
+# creates a Gitea Release whose body is the annotated tag's message (generated
+# locally by `make release VERSION=...` via git-cliff). Triggered by a version
+# tag push, or manually via workflow_dispatch with a tag. Pushing to main does
+# nothing, so work-in-progress commits never ship. Each release publishes two
+# image tags: the version (e.g. v0.1.0) and "latest".
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: 'Tag to release (e.g. v0.1.0)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    env:
+      # Resolve the target tag for both triggers: explicit input on manual
+      # dispatch, otherwise the pushed tag ref.
+      TAG: ${{ gitea.event.inputs.tag || gitea.ref_name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Full history ensures the tag annotation (the release notes) is present.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ gitea.event.inputs.tag || gitea.ref }}
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Gitea Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: git.linuxhg.com
+          username: ${{ gitea.actor }}
+          # PAT stored as a repo Actions secret (auto GITHUB_TOKEN lacks package scope in Gitea)
+          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          # Publishes both the exact version (e.g. v0.1.0) and the movable "latest" tag.
+          # Deployments default to "latest" via ${IMAGE_TAG:-latest} in docker-compose.yml;
+          # pin or roll back by setting IMAGE_TAG in .env.
+          tags: |
+            git.linuxhg.com/games-database/games-api:${{ env.TAG }}
+            git.linuxhg.com/games-database/games-api:latest
+
+      - name: Create Gitea Release
+        env:
+          # REGISTRY_TOKEN is reused for release creation because Gitea's auto
+          # GITHUB_TOKEN cannot create releases on this instance. The PAT must
+          # carry write:repository scope. Idempotent: re-runs update an existing
+          # release for this tag instead of failing with 409. On any HTTP error
+          # the API response body is printed so a 403 names the missing scope.
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+          REPO: ${{ gitea.repository }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          : "${TAG:?TAG is required}"
+          API="https://git.linuxhg.com/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/releases"
+          AUTH="Authorization: token ${TOKEN}"
+          # Release body = the annotated tag's message (the git-cliff notes).
+          BODY="$(git tag -l --format='%(contents)' "${TAG}")"
+
+          # Tags containing a '-' (e.g. v0.1.0-rc1) are published as pre-releases.
+          PRE="false"; case "${TAG}" in *-*) PRE="true";; esac
+
+          PAYLOAD=$(jq -n \
+            --arg t "${TAG}" --arg n "${TAG}" --arg b "${BODY}" --argjson p "${PRE}" \
+            '{tag_name:$t, name:$n, body:$b, draft:false, prerelease:$p}')
+
+          # POST/PATCH the release, surfacing Gitea's error message on failure
+          # (e.g. "token does not have write scope") instead of failing silently.
+          api_call() {
+            local method="$1" url="$2" resp code rbody
+            resp="$(curl -sS -w '\n%{http_code}' -X "${method}" \
+              -H "${AUTH}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d "${PAYLOAD}" "${url}")"
+            code="$(printf '%s' "${resp}" | tail -n1)"
+            rbody="$(printf '%s' "${resp}" | sed '$d')"
+            if [ "${code}" -ge 400 ]; then
+              echo "::error::Release API ${code} (${method} ${url}): ${rbody}" >&2
+              return 1
+            fi
+          }
+
+          EXISTING_ID="$(curl -sS -H "${AUTH}" "${API}/tags/${TAG}" | jq -r '.id // empty' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${EXISTING_ID}" ]; then
+            api_call PATCH "${API}/${EXISTING_ID}"
+            echo "Updated existing release id=${EXISTING_ID} for ${TAG}"
+          else
+            api_call POST "${API}"
+            echo "Created new release for ${TAG}"
+          fi

.gitignore

@@ -130,3 +130,5 @@ dist
 .yarn/install-state.gz
 .pnp.*
 
+# docker-compose.yml
+docker-compose.yml

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# use the official Bun image
+# see all versions at https://hub.docker.com/r/oven/bun/tags
+FROM oven/bun:1 AS base
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# curl is needed for container healthchecks (curl -f http://localhost:5000/health)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# install dependencies into temp directory
+# this will cache them and speed up future builds
+FROM base AS install
+RUN mkdir -p /temp/dev
+COPY package.json bun.lockb /temp/dev/
+RUN cd /temp/dev && bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+# install with --production (exclude devDependencies)
+RUN mkdir -p /temp/prod
+COPY package.json bun.lockb /temp/prod/
+RUN cd /temp/prod && bun install --frozen-lockfile --production
+
+# copy node_modules from temp directory
+# then copy all (non-ignored) project files into the image
+FROM base AS prerelease
+COPY --from=install /temp/dev/node_modules node_modules
+COPY . .
+
+# copy production dependencies and source code into final image
+FROM base AS release
+COPY --from=install /temp/prod/node_modules node_modules
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/ .
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/package.json .
+
+# Runtime config comes from the environment (compose env_file: .env),
+# not baked in at build time, so one image runs anywhere.
+ARG NODE_ENV=production
+ENV NODE_ENV=$NODE_ENV
+
+# run the app
+USER bun
+EXPOSE 5000/tcp
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bun", "./bin/www.js" ]

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+.PHONY: help release
+
+# Default target
+help:
+	@echo "Available targets:"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Release:"
+	@echo "  ./release v0.1.0            - Tag, push, and release (notes auto-generated from commits)"
+	@echo "  make release VERSION=v0.1.0 - Same, explicit make form"
+
+# Create an annotated version tag carrying auto-generated release notes (git-cliff)
+# and push it. The tag push triggers .gitea/workflows/release.yml, which builds the
+# image and publishes a Gitea Release whose body is this tag's message. Notes come
+# entirely from Conventional Commits — no hand-written message required.
+#
+# git-cliff's --latest needs the tag to exist to scope the notes, so we create a
+# throwaway lightweight tag, generate the notes, replace it with an annotated tag,
+# then push. --cleanup=verbatim keeps the markdown "###" group headers (git's
+# default cleanup would strip lines starting with "#").
+#
+# Requires git-cliff: https://git-cliff.org/install
+# Usage: make release VERSION=v0.1.0
+release:
+	@test -n "$(VERSION)" || { echo "Usage: make release VERSION=v0.1.0"; exit 1; }
+	@command -v git-cliff >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "git-cliff not found — install: https://git-cliff.org/install"; exit 1; }
+	@if git rev-parse "$(VERSION)" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Tag $(VERSION) already exists locally — delete it first: git tag -d $(VERSION)"; exit 1; fi
+	@echo "Generating release notes for $(VERSION)..."
+	@git tag "$(VERSION)" HEAD && \
+		(git cliff --latest --config cliff.toml > .release-notes.tmp && git tag -d "$(VERSION)" >/dev/null) || \
+		{ git tag -d "$(VERSION)" >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -f .release-notes.tmp; echo "git-cliff failed"; exit 1; }
+	@git tag -a --cleanup=verbatim -F .release-notes.tmp "$(VERSION)" HEAD && rm -f .release-notes.tmp
+	@git push origin "$(VERSION)"
+	@echo "Pushed $(VERSION) — Gitea Actions will build the image and publish the Release."

app.js

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import helmet from 'helmet'
 import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser'
 import mongoSanitize from 'express-mongo-sanitize'
 import xss from 'xss-clean'
-import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import hpp from 'hpp'
 import morgan from 'morgan'
 import errorHandler from './middleware/error.js'
+import { apiLimiter } from './middleware/rateLimit.js'
 
 
 
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@ const corsOptions = {
   },
 }
 
-const limiter = rateLimit({
+app.use(express.json(), cookieParser(), morgan('dev'), mongoSanitize(), helmet(), xss(), apiLimiter, hpp(), cors())
-  windowMs: 10 * 60 * 1000, // 10 minutes
-  max: 100
-})
 
-app.use(express.json(), cookieParser(), morgan('dev'), mongoSanitize(), helmet(), xss(), limiter, hpp(), cors(corsOptions))
+app.get('/health', (req, res) => res.status(200).json({ status: 'ok' }))
 
 app.use('/api/admin/games', adminGames)
 app.use('/api/games', games)

cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# git-cliff configuration — generates the body of each Gitea Release from
+# Conventional Commits accumulated since the previous tag. Used locally by
+# `make release` with --latest so only the current tag's section is emitted
+# (no full history, no header — the Gitea Release title is the tag).
+# Docs: https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+
+[changelog]
+header = ""
+body = """
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}\
+### {{ group | upper_first }}
+{% for commit in commits %}\
+- {% if commit.scope %}*({{ commit.scope }})* {% endif %}{{ commit.message | upper_first }} ({{ commit.id | truncate(length=7, end="") }})
+{% endfor %}\
+{% endfor %}\
+"""
+trim = true
+footer = ""
+
+[git]
+conventional_commits = true
+filter_unconventional = false
+require_conventional = false
+split_commits = false
+commit_parsers = [
+  { message = "^feat", group = "Features" },
+  { message = "^fix", group = "Bug Fixes" },
+  { message = "^perf", group = "Performance" },
+  { message = "^refactor", group = "Refactor" },
+  { message = "^docs", group = "Documentation" },
+  { message = "^test", group = "Tests" },
+  { message = "^chore|^ci", group = "Miscellaneous Tasks" },
+  { message = ".*", group = "Other" },
+]
+filter_commits = false
+tag_pattern = "v[0-9].*"
+sort_commits = "oldest"

controllers/adminGames.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Game from '../models/Game.js'
 import steamScraper from '../scripts/scraper.js'
 import asyncHandler from '../middleware/async.js'
 import ErrorResponse from '../utils/errorResponse.js'
+import normalizeSteamId from '../utils/normalizeSteamId.js'
 
 const checkForHexRegExp = new RegExp('^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$')
 const checkForTwelveRegExp = new RegExp('^[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$')
@@ -41,8 +42,17 @@ export const show = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
  */
 export const create = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
   let oldGame
-  req.body.steamId.length > 0
+  const steamId = normalizeSteamId(req.body.steamId)
-    ? (oldGame = await Game.findOne({ steamId: req.body.steamId }))
+  if (steamId === null)
+    return next(
+      new ErrorResponse(
+        'Enter a Steam app ID or a store.steampowered.com URL.',
+        400,
+      )
+    )
+  req.body.steamId = steamId
+  steamId.length > 0
+    ? (oldGame = await Game.findOne({ steamId }))
     : (oldGame = await Game.findOne({ title: req.body.title }))
 
   if (oldGame)
@@ -56,6 +66,14 @@ export const create = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
   const data =
     req.body.scrape === true ? await steamScraper(req.body) : req.body
 
+  if (
+    req.body.scrape === true &&
+    (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || !data.title || !data.frontImage)
+  )
+    return next(
+      new ErrorResponse('Steam lookup failed for that ID/URL.', 400)
+    )
+
   if (req.body.scrape === false) {
     if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc)) req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc)
     if (req.body.reviews && isValid(req.body.reviews)) req.body.reviews = decode(req.body.reviews)
@@ -96,6 +114,17 @@ export const update = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
 
 
   req.body.lastModifiedBy = req.user.id
+  if (req.body.steamId !== undefined) {
+    const normalizedSteamId = normalizeSteamId(req.body.steamId)
+    if (normalizedSteamId === null)
+      return next(
+        new ErrorResponse(
+          'Enter a Steam app ID or a store.steampowered.com URL.',
+          400,
+        )
+      )
+    req.body.steamId = normalizedSteamId
+  }
   if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc)) req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc)
   if (req.body.reviews && isValid(req.body.reviews)) req.body.reviews = decode(req.body.reviews)
   if (req.body.summary && isValid(req.body.summary)) req.body.summary = decode(req.body.summary)
@@ -109,6 +138,14 @@ export const update = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
     const data = 
         req.body.scrape === true ? await steamScraper(req.body) : req.body
 
+  if (
+    req.body.scrape === true &&
+    (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || !data.title || !data.frontImage)
+  )
+    return next(
+      new ErrorResponse('Steam lookup failed for that ID/URL.', 400)
+    )
+
   game = await Game.findOneAndUpdate({ [gameId]: id }, data, {
     new: true,
     runValidators: true,

controllers/games.js

@@ -1,53 +1,53 @@
 // noinspection DuplicatedCode
 
-import Game from '../models/Game.js'
+import Game from "../models/Game.js";
-import steamScraper from '../scripts/scraper.js'
+import steamScraper from "../scripts/scraper.js";
-import asyncHandler from '../middleware/async.js'
+import asyncHandler from "../middleware/async.js";
-import ErrorResponse from '../utils/errorResponse.js'
+import ErrorResponse from "../utils/errorResponse.js";
+import normalizeSteamId from "../utils/normalizeSteamId.js";
 import { decode, isValid } from "js-base64";
 
-const checkForHexRegExp = new RegExp('^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$')
+const checkForHexRegExp = new RegExp("^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$");
-const checkForTwelveRegExp = new RegExp('^[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$')
+const checkForTwelveRegExp = new RegExp("^[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$");
 /**
  * games.js
  *
  * @description :: Server-side logic for managing games.
  */
 
-
 /**
  * gameController.list()
  */
 export const list = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
-    const data = res.advancedResults.data
+  const data = res.advancedResults.data;
   if (data[0]?.accessedBy) {
     for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
       for (let x = 0; x < data[i].accessedBy.length; x++) {
         if (data[i].accessedBy[x].user.toString() !== req.user.id)
-                    data[i].accessedBy.splice(x, 1)
+          data[i].accessedBy.splice(x, 1);
       }
     }
   }
-    return res.status(200).json(res.advancedResults)
+  return res.status(200).json(res.advancedResults);
-})
+});
 
 /**
  * gameController.show()
  */
 export const show = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
-    const {id} = req.params
+  const { id } = req.params;
 
   const gameId =
     id === id.match(checkForTwelveRegExp) || id.match(checkForHexRegExp)
-            ? '_id'
+      ? "_id"
-            : 'steamId'
+      : "steamId";
 
-    const game = await Game.findOne({[gameId]: id})
+  const game = await Game.findOne({ [gameId]: id });
 
   if (!game)
     return next(
       new ErrorResponse(`Game not found with id of ${req.params.id}`, 404),
-        )
+    );
 
   if (
     !game.accessedBy
@@ -59,54 +59,94 @@ export const show = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
         `You do not have permission to access Game ID ${req.params.id}`,
         401,
       ),
-        )
+    );
 
   const userGame = await Game.findOne({ [gameId]: id }).select(
-        '-createdBy -__v',
+    "-createdBy -__v",
-    )
+  );
 
   for (let i = 0; i < userGame.accessedBy.length; i++) {
     if (userGame.accessedBy[i].user.toString() !== req.user.id)
-            userGame.accessedBy.splice(i, 1)
+      userGame.accessedBy.splice(i, 1);
   }
 
-    res.status(200).json({success: true, data: userGame})
+  res.status(200).json({ success: true, data: userGame });
-})
+});
 
 /**
  * gameController.create()
  */
 export const create = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
-    let oldGame
+  let oldGame;
 
-    if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc)) req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc)
+  const steamId = normalizeSteamId(req.body.steamId);
-    if (req.body.reviews && isValid(req.body.reviews)) req.body.reviews = decode(req.body.reviews)
+  if (steamId === null)
-    if (req.body.summary && isValid(req.body.summary)) req.body.summary = decode(req.body.summary)
+    return next(
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.minimum) ? req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum) : ''
+      new ErrorResponse(
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.recommended) ? req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended) : ''
+        "Enter a Steam app ID or a store.steampowered.com URL.",
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.minimum) ? req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum) : ''
+        400,
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.recommended) ? req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended) : ''
+      ),
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.minimum) ? req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum) : ''
+    );
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.recommended) ? req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended) : ''
+  req.body.steamId = steamId;
 
-    req.body.steamId.length > 0
+  if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc))
+    req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc);
+  if (req.body.reviews && isValid(req.body.reviews))
+    req.body.reviews = decode(req.body.reviews);
+  if (req.body.summary && isValid(req.body.summary))
+    req.body.summary = decode(req.body.summary);
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.minimum)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.recommended)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.minimum)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.recommended)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.minimum)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.recommended)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended,
+      ))
+    : "";
+
+  steamId.length > 0
     ? (oldGame = await Game.findOne({
-            steamId: req.body.steamId,
+        steamId: steamId,
-            'accessedBy.user': req.user.id,
+        "accessedBy.user": req.user.id,
       }))
     : (oldGame = await Game.findOne({
         title: req.body.title,
-            'accessedBy.user': req.user.id,
+        "accessedBy.user": req.user.id,
-        }))
+      }));
 
   if (oldGame)
     return next(
-            new ErrorResponse(`The game ${oldGame.title} already exists in users account.`, 400)
+      new ErrorResponse(
-        )
+        `The game ${oldGame.title} already exists in users account.`,
+        400,
+      ),
+    );
 
-    req.body.steamId.length > 0
+  steamId.length > 0
-        ? (oldGame = await Game.findOne({steamId: req.body.steamId}))
+    ? (oldGame = await Game.findOne({ steamId: steamId }))
-        : (oldGame = await Game.findOne({title: req.body.title}))
+    : (oldGame = await Game.findOne({ title: req.body.title }));
 
   if (oldGame) {
     oldGame.accessedBy.push({
@@ -115,64 +155,99 @@ export const create = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
       playStatus: req.body.accessedBy[0].playStatus,
       soundtrack: req.body.accessedBy[0].soundtrack,
       rating: req.body.accessedBy[0].rating,
-        })
+    });
 
-        oldGame.lastModifiedBy = req.user.id
+    oldGame.lastModifiedBy = req.user.id;
 
-        await oldGame.save()
+    await oldGame.save();
     return res.status(200).json({
       success: true,
       data: oldGame,
-        })
+    });
   }
 
-    req.body.createdBy = req.user.id
+  req.body.createdBy = req.user.id;
-    req.body.lastModifiedBy = req.user.id
+  req.body.lastModifiedBy = req.user.id;
-    req.body.accessedBy[0].user = req.user.id
+  req.body.accessedBy[0].user = req.user.id;
   const data =
-        req.body.scrape === true ? await steamScraper(req.body) : req.body
+    req.body.scrape === true ? await steamScraper(req.body) : req.body;
 
-    const game = await Game.create(data)
+  if (
+    req.body.scrape === true &&
+    (!data || typeof data !== "object" || !data.title || !data.frontImage)
+  )
+    return next(
+      new ErrorResponse("Steam lookup failed for that ID/URL.", 400),
+    );
+
+  const game = await Game.create(data);
 
   res.status(200).json({
     success: true,
     data: game,
-    })
+  });
-})
+});
 
 /**
  * gameController.update()
  */
 export const update = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
-    const {id} = req.params
+  const { id } = req.params;
 
   const gameId =
     id === id.match(checkForTwelveRegExp) || id.match(checkForHexRegExp)
-            ? '_id'
+      ? "_id"
-            : 'steamId'
+      : "steamId";
 
-    if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc)) req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc)
+  if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc))
-    if (req.body.reviews && isValid(req.body.reviews)) req.body.reviews = decode(req.body.reviews)
+    req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc);
-    if (req.body.summary && isValid(req.body.summary)) req.body.summary = decode(req.body.summary)
+  if (req.body.reviews && isValid(req.body.reviews))
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.minimum) ? req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum) : ''
+    req.body.reviews = decode(req.body.reviews);
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.recommended) ? req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended) : ''
+  if (req.body.summary && isValid(req.body.summary))
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.minimum) ? req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum) : ''
+    req.body.summary = decode(req.body.summary);
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.recommended) ? req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended) : ''
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.minimum)
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.minimum) ? req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum) : ''
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum = decode(
-    isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.recommended) ? req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended = decode(req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended) : ''
+        req.body.systemRequirements.windows.minimum,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.windows?.recommended)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.windows.recommended,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.minimum)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.mac.minimum,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.mac?.recommended)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.mac.recommended,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.minimum)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.linux.minimum,
+      ))
+    : "";
+  isValid(req.body.systemRequirements?.linux?.recommended)
+    ? (req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended = decode(
+        req.body.systemRequirements.linux.recommended,
+      ))
+    : "";
 
   let game = await Game.findOne({
     [gameId]: id,
-        'accessedBy.user': req.user.id,
+    "accessedBy.user": req.user.id,
-    })
+  });
 
   if (!game)
     return next(
       new ErrorResponse(`A game with the id of ${id} does not exist`, 401),
-        )
+    );
 
   game = await Game.findOneAndUpdate(
-        {[gameId]: id, 'accessedBy.user': req.user.id},
+    { [gameId]: id, "accessedBy.user": req.user.id },
     {
       $set: {
         series: req.body.series,
@@ -180,59 +255,58 @@ export const update = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
         genre: req.body.genre,
         wine: req.body.wine,
         lastModifiedBy: req.user.id,
-                'accessedBy.$.store': req.body.accessedBy[0].store,
+        "accessedBy.$.store": req.body.accessedBy[0].store,
-                'accessedBy.$.playStatus': req.body.accessedBy[0].playStatus,
+        "accessedBy.$.playStatus": req.body.accessedBy[0].playStatus,
-                'accessedBy.$.soundtrack': req.body.accessedBy[0].soundtrack,
+        "accessedBy.$.soundtrack": req.body.accessedBy[0].soundtrack,
-                'accessedBy.$.rating': req.body.accessedBy[0].rating,
+        "accessedBy.$.rating": req.body.accessedBy[0].rating,
       },
     },
     { new: true, runValidators: true },
-    )
+  );
 
   res.status(200).json({
     success: true,
     data: game,
-    })
+  });
-})
+});
 
 /**
  * gameController.remove()
  */
 export const remove = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
-    const {id} = req.params
+  const { id } = req.params;
 
   const gameId =
     id === id.match(checkForTwelveRegExp) || id.match(checkForHexRegExp)
-            ? '_id'
+      ? "_id"
-            : 'steamId'
+      : "steamId";
 
   let game = await Game.findOne({
     [gameId]: id,
-        'accessedBy.user': req.user.id,
+    "accessedBy.user": req.user.id,
-    })
+  });
 
   if (!game)
     return next(
       new ErrorResponse(`A game with the id of ${id} does not exist`, 401),
-        )
+    );
 
   if (game.accessedBy.length > 1) {
     await Game.findOneAndUpdate(
-            {[gameId]: id, 'accessedBy.user': req.user.id},
+      { [gameId]: id, "accessedBy.user": req.user.id },
       {
         $pull: {
           accessedBy: { user: req.user.id },
         },
       },
       { new: true, runValidators: true },
-        )
+    );
   } else {
-        await Game.findOneAndDelete({[gameId]: id})
+    await Game.findOneAndDelete({ [gameId]: id });
   }
 
-
   res.status(200).json({
     success: true,
     data: {},
-    })
+  });
-})
+});

docker-compose.example.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+# Prod run template. Copy to docker-compose.yml next to the server .env:
+#   cp docker-compose.example.yml docker-compose.yml
+# Then: docker compose pull && docker compose up -d
+#
+# Required keys in .env (singular JWT_EXPIRE, as read by models/User.js):
+#   ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET, REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET, JWT_EXPIRE,
+#   MONGO_URI, SMTP_HOST, SMTP_PORT, SMTP_USER, SMTP_PASSWORD,
+#   FROM_EMAIL, FROM_NAME, SECURE, NODE_ENV
+# Alternatively, comment out env_file above and uncomment the
+# environment list below to keep values directly in this file.
+    # environment:
+    #   - ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=
+    #   - REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=
+    #   - JWT_EXPIRE=
+    #   - MONGO_URI=
+    #   - SMTP_HOST=
+    #   - SMTP_PORT=
+    #   - SMTP_USER=
+    #   - SMTP_PASSWORD=
+    #   - FROM_EMAIL=
+    #   - FROM_NAME=
+    #   - SECURE=false
+    #   - NODE_ENV=
+services:
+  games-api:
+    image: git.linuxhg.com/games-database/games-api:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+    container_name: games-api
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - 5000:5000
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:5000/health || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s

middleware/advancedResults.js

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const advancedResults = (model, populate) => async (req, res, next) => {
         const sortBy = req.query.sort.split(',').join(' ')
         query = query.sort(sortBy)
     } else {
-        query = query.sort('series title')
+        query = query.sort('-createDate series title')
     }
 
 // Pagination

middleware/rateLimit.js

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
+
+// Public auth endpoints get their own brute-force budget (see authLimiter)
+// and must not consume the shared API budget, otherwise a bad-token storm
+// can lock the owner out of logging back in.
+const PUBLIC_AUTH_PATHS = [
+  '/api/auth/login',
+  '/api/auth/register',
+  '/api/auth/forgotpassword',
+  '/api/auth/resetpassword',
+]
+
+// Shared budget for real API traffic. Counts failures too (cheap 401s, no DB
+// hit), but skips CORS preflights, the health probe, and the public auth
+// endpoints above so junk traffic and login attempts can't drain it.
+export const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
+  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+  max: 300,
+  skip: (req) =>
+    req.method === 'OPTIONS' ||
+    req.path === '/health' ||
+    PUBLIC_AUTH_PATHS.some((p) => req.path.startsWith(p)),
+})
+
+// Strict budget for the login door only. Successful logins are free
+// (skipSuccessfulRequests), so normal use never notices it — only repeated
+// failed attempts burn budget. 429 here means "wrong password 20 times in
+// 15 minutes", never "the API was busy".
+export const authLimiter = rateLimit({
+  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+  max: 20,
+  skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
+  message: {
+    success: false,
+    error: 'Too many login attempts, please try again later.',
+  },
+})

release

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Project-attached wrapper around `make release` so you can run:
+#   ./release v0.1.0   (or)   ./release 0.1.0
+# instead of:
+#   make release VERSION=v0.1.0
+# Lives in the repo (no machine-specific alias needed).
+set -eu
+
+[ "$#" -ge 1 ] || { echo "Usage: ./release v0.1.0" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# Accept "0.1.0" or "v0.1.0"; ensure the tag starts with 'v' (the workflow
+# only triggers on v* tags).
+VERSION="v${1#v}"
+
+exec make release "VERSION=${VERSION}"

routes/auth.js

@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ import express from 'express'
 const router = express.Router()
 import { register, login, getMe, forgotPassword, resetPassword, updateDetails, updatePassword, logout } from '../controllers/auth.js'
 import { protect } from '../middleware/auth.js'
+import { authLimiter } from '../middleware/rateLimit.js'
 
-router.post('/register', register)
+router.post('/register', authLimiter, register)
-router.post('/login', login)
+router.post('/login', authLimiter, login)
 router.get('/logout', logout)
 router.get('/me', protect, getMe)
 router.put('/updatedetails', protect, updateDetails)
-router.post('/forgotpassword', forgotPassword)
+router.post('/forgotpassword', authLimiter, forgotPassword)
-router.put('/resetpassword/:resettoken', resetPassword)
+router.put('/resetpassword/:resettoken', authLimiter, resetPassword)
 router.put('/updatepassword', protect, updatePassword)
 
 export default router

scripts/adminUser.js

@@ -33,12 +33,8 @@ const createAdmin = async () => {
       gamesToAccess: [],
     })
 
-    await user.save((err) => {
+    await user.save()
     console.log('Admin user successfully created')
-      if (err) {
-        return console.error('Could not save admin user')
-      }
-    })
   } catch (err) {
     return console.error(
       'Server Error: Could not create admin user' + err.message

scripts/scraper.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const steamScraper = async (resData) => {
     if (steamId === null || steamId === '') {
         return 'Please enter a valid Steam Id'
     }
-    const steamApiUrl = `https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails/?appids=${steamId}`
+    const steamApiUrl = `https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails/?appids=${steamId}&l=english`
     const steamRatingApiUrl = `https://store.steampowered.com/appreviews/${steamId}?json=1`
     const steamWebUrl = `https://store.steampowered.com/app/${steamId}`
     try {

utils/normalizeSteamId.js

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * normalizeSteamId()
+ *
+ * @description Accepts either a plain numeric Steam app ID or a
+ *   store.steampowered.com URL and returns the numeric app ID.
+ *   Returns "" when the input is empty/missing (manual non-scrape flow
+ *   looks games up by title instead) and `null` when the input is
+ *   neither digits nor a recognized Steam Store URL.
+ */
+const normalizeSteamId = (value) => {
+  const raw = String(value ?? "").trim();
+  if (!raw) return "";
+
+  const urlMatch = raw.match(
+    /store\.steampowered\.com\/(?:agecheck\/)?app\/(\d+)/,
+  );
+  if (urlMatch) return urlMatch[1];
+
+  if (/^\d+$/.test(raw)) return raw;
+
+  return null;
+};
+
+export default normalizeSteamId;