Enhance frontend logging for sponsor fetching process by adding console logs to track the state of sponsor containers and API calls. Update authentication logic to skip checks for the GitHub sponsors API endpoint, and modify manifest URL fetching to use GitHub raw content for improved reliability.

Author: Admin9705

frontend/templates/components/home_section.html

@@ -1962,6 +1962,7 @@ <h3><i class="fas fa-download"></i> Swaparr Status</h3>
         document.querySelector('.dashboard-grid').style.opacity = '1';
     }, 25);
     const sponsorContainer = document.getElementById('rotating-sponsor-content');
+    console.log('sponsorContainer:', sponsorContainer);
     let sponsors = [];
     let weightedSponsorPool = [];
     let currentSponsorIndex = 0;
@@ -1987,6 +1988,8 @@ <h3><i class="fas fa-download"></i> Swaparr Status</h3>
     // Apply transition styles for smooth sponsor changes
     const avatarContainer = document.getElementById('sponsor-avatar-container');
     const descContainer = document.getElementById('rotating-sponsor-content');
+    console.log('avatarContainer:', avatarContainer);
+    console.log('descContainer:', descContainer);
 
     // Add transition effects but keep them faster
     avatarContainer.style.transition = 'opacity 0.15s ease';
@@ -2141,12 +2144,16 @@ <h3><i class="fas fa-download"></i> Swaparr Status</h3>
     }
 
     // Show placeholder immediately
+    console.log('About to display placeholder sponsor');
     displayPlaceholderSponsor();
+    console.log('Placeholder sponsor displayed');
 
     // Fetch sponsors from the API
     async function fetchSponsors() {
+        console.log('fetchSponsors function called');
         try {
             // Fetch in the background without waiting for visual updates
+            console.log('About to call HuntarrUtils.fetchWithTimeout');
             const response = await HuntarrUtils.fetchWithTimeout('/api/github_sponsors');
             if (!response.ok) {
                 throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
@@ -2180,6 +2187,7 @@ <h3><i class="fas fa-download"></i> Swaparr Status</h3>
     }
 
     // Initialize sponsors on page load
+    console.log('About to fetch sponsors');
     fetchSponsors();
 });
 </script>

src/primary/auth.py

@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ def authenticate_request():
             logger.debug(f"Allowing setup/user page access for path: {request.path}")
         return None
 
-    # Skip authentication for static files, API setup, health check path, and ping
-    if request.path.startswith((static_path, api_setup_path)) or request.path in (favicon_path, health_check_path, ping_path):
+    # Skip authentication for static files, API setup, health check path, ping, and github sponsors
+    if request.path.startswith((static_path, api_setup_path)) or request.path in (favicon_path, health_check_path, ping_path, '/api/github_sponsors', '/api/sponsors/init'):
         if not is_polling_endpoint:
             logger.debug(f"Skipping authentication for path '{request.path}' (static/api-setup/health/ping)")
         return None

src/primary/web_server.py

@@ -1191,8 +1191,8 @@ def get_github_sponsors():
         current_app.logger.error(f"Error reading sponsors cache: {e}")
         # Continue to fetch fresh data
 
-    # Fetch from GitHub Pages manifest (no authentication needed)
-    manifest_url = "https://plexguide.github.io/Huntarr.io/manifest.json"
+    # Fetch from GitHub raw content since GitHub Pages isn't enabled
+    manifest_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plexguide/Huntarr.io/main/manifest.json"
 
     try:
         # Fetch the manifest with a reasonable timeout