VRT homepage parser extracts 0 article URLs #77

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opened 2026-03-07 17:18:42 +01:00 by myrmidex · 0 comments

myrmidex commented

2026-03-07 17:18:42 +01:00

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Bug

The VrtHomepageParserAdapter no longer extracts any article URLs from the VRT homepage. The HTML is fetched successfully (332KB) but extractArticleUrls() returns an empty array.

This means clicking "Refresh" on the articles page completes without error but never discovers new articles.

Reproduction

$feed = Feed::find(1); // VRT - dutch
$parser = HomepageParserFactory::getParserForFeed($feed);
$html = HttpFetcher::fetchHtml($feed->url); // 332KB - OK
$urls = $parser->extractArticleUrls($html); // [] - broken

Likely cause

VRT changed their homepage HTML structure, breaking the CSS selectors / DOM parsing logic in VrtHomepageParserAdapter.

Affected files

app/Services/Parsers/VrtHomepageParserAdapter.php

## Bug The `VrtHomepageParserAdapter` no longer extracts any article URLs from the VRT homepage. The HTML is fetched successfully (332KB) but `extractArticleUrls()` returns an empty array. This means clicking "Refresh" on the articles page completes without error but never discovers new articles. ## Reproduction ```php $feed = Feed::find(1); // VRT - dutch $parser = HomepageParserFactory::getParserForFeed($feed); $html = HttpFetcher::fetchHtml($feed->url); // 332KB - OK $urls = $parser->extractArticleUrls($html); // [] - broken ``` ## Likely cause VRT changed their homepage HTML structure, breaking the CSS selectors / DOM parsing logic in `VrtHomepageParserAdapter`. ## Affected files - `app/Services/Parsers/VrtHomepageParserAdapter.php`