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.

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

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ 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";
 import { decode, isValid } from "js-base64";
 
 const checkForHexRegExp = new RegExp("^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$");
@@ -77,11 +78,16 @@ export const show = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
  */
 export const create = asyncHandler(async (req, res, next) => {
   let oldGame;
-  let steamId;
 
-  if (req.body.steamId.includes("store.steampowered.com"))
+  const steamId = normalizeSteamId(req.body.steamId);
-    steamId = req.body.steamId.match(/\d+/)[0];
+  if (steamId === null)
-  else steamId = req.body.steamId;
+    return next(
+      new ErrorResponse(
+        "Enter a Steam app ID or a store.steampowered.com URL.",
+        400,
+      ),
+    );
+  req.body.steamId = steamId;
 
   if (req.body.shortDesc && isValid(req.body.shortDesc))
     req.body.shortDesc = decode(req.body.shortDesc);
@@ -166,6 +172,14 @@ 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),
+    );
+
   const game = await Game.create(data);
 
   res.status(200).json({

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;