From f622bc7eb95f28e9cf38b7520825f397d881c0c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hauke D <haukex@zero-g.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:18:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle decodeURIComponent errors

---
 src/main.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index a91c77d..3160354 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,13 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
   const search_from_url = () => {
     let what = ''
     if (window.location.hash.startsWith('#q=')) {
-      what = decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash.substring('#q='.length)).trim()
+      try {
+        what = decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash.substring('#q='.length)).trim()
+      }
+      catch (error) {
+        // for example, `decodeURIComponent('%97')` causes "URIError: malformed URI sequence"
+        console.log('ignoring bad window.location.hash',error)
+      }
     }
     search_term.value = what
     do_search(what)