DIYgod/RSSHub · warning

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

Error message

Bad category. See <a href="https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/new-media#mei-hua-wang-wen-zhang">docs</a>

What it means

Thrown by the Meihua (梅花网) article route (deprecated) when :caty is not a config key. Config maps slugs (e.g. a 'latest' key → article!2 最新, hot → article!3 热门) to Meihua section tokens used in the URL. Miss throws before the JSON scrape.

Source

Thrown at lib/routes-deprecated/meihua/article.js:18

const got = require('@/utils/got');
const cheerio = require('cheerio');

const config = {
    latest: {
        link: 'article!2',
        title: '最新',
    },
    hot: {
        link: 'article!3',
        title: '热门',
    },
};

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/new-media#mei-hua-wang-wen-zhang">docs</a>');
    }

    const currentUrl = `https://www.meihua.info/${cfg.link}`;
    const response = await got({
        method: 'get',
        url: currentUrl,
    });
    const data = JSON.parse(response.data.match(/"compositionStore":(.*?),"detailStore":/)[1]);

    const shotList = data.compositionsData.list.map((item) => ({
        title: item.title,
        link: `https://www.meihua.info/article/${item.compositionId}`,
        pubDate: new Date(item.gmtPublish).toUTCString(),
    }));

    const items = await Promise.all(
        shotList.map((item) =>
            ctx.cache.tryGet(item.link, async () => {

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Solutions

1. Use a documented slug (e.g. the latest/newest key or hot).
2. Read the config map at the top of lib/routes-deprecated/meihua/article.js for exact keys.
3. If the throw passes but JSON.parse fails downstream, the site markup changed — report the route.

Example fix

// before
GET /meihua/article/hott   // typo
// after
GET /meihua/article/hot      // 热门

const VALID = ['hot' /* + latest/newest key — see config in lib/routes-deprecated/meihua/article.js */];
if (!VALID.includes(ctx.params.caty)) throw new Error(`Invalid caty. Valid: ${VALID.join(', ')}`);

const isCaty = (v: string): v is 'hot' => v === 'hot';

try { await fetch(route); }
catch (e) {
  if (/Bad category/.test(e.message)) listSlugs();
  else if (/JSON.parse/.test(String(e))) reportMarkupChange();
  else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Request with a :caty not in config; config[ctx.params.caty] is undefined and the throw fires.

Common situations: Slug typo, or Meihua renaming its section tokens (article!2 etc.) so config was pruned. The route then regex-parses compositionStore out of the HTML, so even valid slugs break if the site markup changes.

Related errors

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

AI-assisted analysis of DIYgod/RSSHub@bed535e087 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f52ae1b615703d06. Report an issue: GitHub.