From 556936021fcba21ef4846e43f8127ab5553b97ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Laymon <joshlaymon@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 22:36:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update web/core/views.py

---
 web/core/views.py | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/core/views.py b/web/core/views.py
index 97bd0c5..67425cf 100644
--- a/web/core/views.py
+++ b/web/core/views.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
+from django.utils.text import Truncator
 
 from .forms import ImportForm, EntryForm
 from .models import Entry
@@ -616,10 +617,9 @@ def normalize_subjects(request):
 def api_get_recent_views(request):
     """
     Return the current user's recently viewed entries (up to 50),
-    including the illustration text so the UI can show a 20-word snippet.
+    including a precomputed 20-word snippet from illustration (or a sensible fallback).
     """
-    # Model: RecentView with fields: user (FK), entry (FK Entry), viewed_at (DateTime)
-    from .models import RecentView  # local import to avoid issues in old migrations
+    from .models import RecentView
 
     recents = (
         RecentView.objects
@@ -628,12 +628,20 @@ def api_get_recent_views(request):
         .order_by("-viewed_at")[:50]
     )
 
+    def make_snippet(e):
+        base = (e.illustration or "").strip() or (e.application or "").strip() or (e.subject or "").strip()
+        if not base:
+            return ""
+        return Truncator(" ".join(base.split())).words(20, truncate="…")
+
     items = []
     for rv in recents:
+        e = rv.entry
         items.append({
             "entry_id": rv.entry_id,
             "viewed_at": rv.viewed_at.isoformat(),
-            "illustration": rv.entry.illustration or "",
+            "illustration": e.illustration or "",
+            "snippet": make_snippet(e),
         })
 
     return JsonResponse({"ok": True, "items": items})
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