DIYgod/RSSHub · warning

Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/go

Error message

Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/government#guang-dong-sheng-jiao-yu-ting">docs</a>

What it means

Thrown by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department route (deprecated) when :caty is not a config key. The handler reads config[ctx.params.caty]; on undefined it throws a plain Error linking to the docs anchor before any HTTP request.

Source

Thrown at lib/routes-deprecated/gov/guangdong/edu.js:45

    },
    jydt: {
        link: '/zxzx/jydt/',
        title: '教育动态',
    },
    tpxw: {
        link: '/zxzx/tpxw/',
        title: '图片新闻',
    },
    zscd: {
        link: '/zxzx/tzgg/',
        title: '政声传递',
    },
};

module.exports = async (ctx) => {
    const cfg = config[ctx.params.caty];
    if (!cfg) {
        throw new Error('Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/government#guang-dong-sheng-jiao-yu-ting">docs</a>');
    }

    const currentUrl = url.resolve(rootUrl, cfg.link);
    const response = await got({ method: 'get', url: currentUrl });

    const $ = cheerio.load(response.data);
    const list = $('div.list_list ul li')
        .map((_, item) => {
            item = $(item).find('a');
            return {
                title: item.text(),
                link: item.attr('href'),
            };
        })
        .get();

    const items = await Promise.all(
        list.map((item) =>

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Solutions

1. Use a documented slug such as tpxw or zscd.
2. Read the config map at the top of lib/routes-deprecated/gov/guangdong/edu.js for accepted keys.
3. Move to a maintained route if the deprecated one is broken.

Example fix

// before
GET /gov/guangdong/edu/tpuxw   // typo
// after
GET /gov/guangdong/edu/tpxw     // 图片新闻

const VALID = ['tpxw', 'zscd' /* see config in lib/routes-deprecated/gov/guangdong/edu.js */];
if (!VALID.includes(ctx.params.caty)) throw new Error('Invalid caty');

const isCaty = (v: string): v is 'tpxw' | 'zscd' => ['tpxw', 'zscd'].includes(v);

try { await fetch(route); }
catch (e) { if (/Bad category/.test(e.message)) promptForSlug(); else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Request with a :caty not in the config map (documented slugs include tpxw 图片新闻 and zscd 政声传递). Miss throws immediately.

Common situations: Slug typo, stale docs, or the source portal renaming sections so a previously valid slug was removed from config.

Related errors

• Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/go
• Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/go
• Nanjing, Cannot find page
• Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/go
• Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/go

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