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-ren-min-zheng-fu-guang-dong-sheng-jiao-yu-kao-shi-yuan">docs</a>

What it means

Thrown by the Guangdong Education Examinations Authority route (deprecated) when :caty is missing from the config map. Accepted keys: shks, zkgs, bkzn, ywdt, gkzl, zcwj, zcjd. config[ctx.params.caty] returns undefined → throw before fetch.

Source

Thrown at lib/routes-deprecated/gov/guangdong/eea.js:22

const timezone = require('@/utils/timezone');
const { parseDate } = require('@/utils/parse-date');
const rootUrl = 'http://eea.gd.gov.cn/';

const config = {
    kszs: { link: '/bmbk/kszs/', title: '考试招生' },
    shks: { link: '/shks/', title: '社会考试' },
    zkgs: { link: '/zwgk_zkgs/', title: '招考公示' },
    bkzn: { link: '/bmbk/bkzn/', title: '报考指南' },
    ywdt: { link: '/news/', title: '要闻动态' },
    gkzl: { link: '/zwgk/gkzl/', title: '公开专栏' },
    zcwj: { link: '/zwgk/zwwj/', title: '政策文件' },
    zcjd: { link: '/zcjd/', title: '政策解读' },
};

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-ren-min-zheng-fu-guang-dong-sheng-jiao-yu-kao-shi-yuan">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.main>div.content>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 one of shks, zkgs, bkzn, ywdt, gkzl, zcwj, zcjd.
  2. Confirm against the config map at the top of lib/routes-deprecated/gov/guangdong/eea.js.
  3. Avoid mixing slugs between eea.js and edu.js — they are different sites.

Example fix

// before
GET /gov/guangdong/eea/zwwj   // typo (config has zcwj)
// after
GET /gov/guangdong/eea/zcwj    // 政策文件
Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

const VALID = ['shks', 'zkgs', 'bkzn', 'ywdt', 'gkzl', 'zcwj', 'zcjd'];
if (!VALID.includes(ctx.params.caty)) throw new Error(`Invalid caty. Valid: ${VALID.join(', ')}`);

Type guard

type EeaCaty = 'shks' | 'zkgs' | 'bkzn' | 'ywdt' | 'gkzl' | 'zcwj' | 'zcjd';
const isEeaCaty = (v: string): v is EeaCaty => (['shks','zkgs','bkzn','ywdt','gkzl','zcwj','zcjd'] as string[]).includes(v);

Try / catch

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

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Request with a slug outside the seven valid keys, e.g. /gov/guangdong/eea/<unknown>.

Common situations: Slug typo; confusing this authority's slugs with the Education Department's (edu.js) slugs which look similar but differ.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of DIYgod/RSSHub@bed535e087 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d26637261f5b049d. Report an issue: GitHub.