From e5d4ad07ea1b399752dafa85dbc15477b900f462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "google-labs-jules[bot]"
 <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:43:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove Discord timestamp from VOTD API response

The `date` field in the `/votd/get` endpoint used Discord-specific
formatting (e.g., `<t:TIMESTAMP:D>`). This change removes the `date`
field from the response as requested.

The logic to calculate the timestamp from the Bible Gateway feed is
also removed to keep the code clean.

Co-authored-by: benrobson <15405528+benrobson@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 routes/index.js | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index e7620b6..0225ce6 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -76,13 +76,9 @@ export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
                 if (err) {
                     console.error(err);
                 } else {
-                    const timestamp = Math.floor(new Date(result.feed.updated[0]).getTime() / 1000);
-                    const date = `<t:${timestamp}:D>`;
-
                     const votd = {
                         reference: result.feed.entry[0].title[0],
                         referenceLink: result.feed.entry[0].link[0].$.href,
-                        date: date,
                         content: removeHtmlEntities(result.feed.entry[0].content[0]._),
                         credit: result.feed.link[1].$.href
                     };

From ba12225aead708f8bcf0d4e348bbf1e861dfa530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "google-labs-jules[bot]"
 <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:38:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove Discord timestamps and improve devotion scraping

- Removed the `date` field (containing Discord-formatted timestamps)
  from both `/votd/get` and `/devotion/get` API responses.
- Implemented an in-memory cache for devotions to improve performance
  and ensure consistency, clearing old entries on date change.
- Normalized whitespace in devotion titles and readings to ensure
  cleaner data for frontend display.
- Cleaned up unused variables in route handlers.

Co-authored-by: benrobson <15405528+benrobson@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 routes/index.js | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 0225ce6..e0ebb59 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -4,12 +4,22 @@ import moment from "moment";
 import xml2js from 'xml2js';
 import { removeHtmlEntities } from '../app.js';
 
+const devotionCache = new Map();
+
 export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
     app.get('/', async function (req, res) {
         return res.send(`DevoteMe-API\nConnection for all of the DevoteMe suite applications.\nDeveloped by Modular Software\nDocumentation: https://modularsoft.org/docs/products/devoteMe/`);
     });
 
     app.get('/devotion/get', async function (req, res) {
+        const today = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD');
+        if (devotionCache.has(today)) {
+            return res.send(devotionCache.get(today));
+        }
+
+        // Clear cache to avoid memory leaks with old dates
+        devotionCache.clear();
+
         try {
             const response = await fetch('https://vision.org.au/read/bible-study/the-word-for-today/', {
                 headers: {
@@ -26,10 +36,8 @@ export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
             const html = await response.text();
             const $ = cheerio.load(html);
 
-            const devotionTitle = $('h1.entry-title').first().text().trim();
-            const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-            const date = `<t:${timestamp}:D>`;
-            const devotionReading = $('h2.dmach-acf-value').first().text().trim();
+            const devotionTitle = $('h1.entry-title').first().text().trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+            const devotionReading = $('h2.dmach-acf-value').first().text().trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
 
             const devotionContent = $('.dmach-acf-value').filter((i, el) => {
                 return $(el).find('p').length > 1;
@@ -50,13 +58,14 @@ export default function applicationSiteRoutes(app) {
 
             const devotion = {
                 title: devotionTitle,
-                date: date,
                 reading: devotionReading,
                 content: contentArray,
                 bibleInOneYear: bibleInOneYear,
                 credit: "From Vision Christian Media (https://vision.org.au/read/bible-study/the-word-for-today/)"
             };
 
+            devotionCache.set(today, devotion);
+
             return res.send(devotion);
 
         } catch (error) {