view improvements and enforce URL format

controllers/api.js

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ router.get('/api/board/:board/recent/:page', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res,
 });
 
 // get a thread
-router.get('/api/board/:board/thread/:thread', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res, next) => {
+router.get('/api/board/:board/thread/:thread([a-f\d]{24})', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res, next) => {
 
 	//get the recently bumped thread & preview posts
 	let thread;

controllers/frontend.js

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ router.get('/:board/:page?', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res, next) => {
 });
 
 // thread view page
-router.get('/:board/thread/:thread', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res, next) => {
+router.get('/:board/thread/:thread([a-f\\d]{24})', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res, next) => {
 
     //get the recently bumped thread & preview posts
     let thread;
@@ -48,15 +48,18 @@ router.get('/:board/thread/:thread', Posts.checkBoard, async (req, res, next) =>
         return next(err);
     }
 
+	if (!thread) {
+		return res.status(404).render('404');
+	}
+
     //render the page
     res.render('thread', {
         csrf: req.csrfToken(),
         board: req.params.board,
-        threads: [thread] || []
+        thread: thread
     });
 
 });
 
-
 module.exports = router;
 

views/mixins/post.pug

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+mixin post(board, post)
+	.post-container
+		if post.thread == null
+			a(href=`/${board}/thread/${post._id}`) #{post._id}
+		else 
+			a(href=`/${board}/thread/${post.thread}#${post._id}`) #{post._id}
+		span , #{post.author}
+		span , #{post.date}
+		p #{post.content}

views/pages/board.pug

@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 extends ../layout.pug
+include ../mixins/post.pug
 
 block head
 	title /#{board}/
 
 block content
+	hr
 	for thread in threads
 		h1 OP:
-		div #{thread._id}
+		+post(board, thread)
-		div #{thread.author}
-		div #{thread.date}
-		div #{thread.content}
 		h1 Replies:
 		for post in thread.replies
-			div #{post._id}
+			+post(board, post)
-			div #{post.author}
-			div #{post.date}
-			div #{post.content}
-			br
 		hr

views/pages/thread.pug

@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 extends ../layout.pug
+include ../mixins/post.pug
 
 block head
-	title /#{board}/
+	title /#{board}/ - title placeholder
 
 block content
-	for thread in threads
 		h1 OP:
-		div #{thread._id}
+		+post(board, thread)
-		div #{thread.author}
-		div #{thread.date}
-		div #{thread.content}
 		h1 Replies:
 		for post in thread.replies
-			div #{post._id}
+			+post(board, post)
-			div #{post.author}
-			div #{post.date}
-			div #{post.content}
-			br
 		hr