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fix: resolve kscien pagination bug - add enum.value and fix pagination detection (#1012)
Critical bug fix for kscien data sync that was only retrieving 1-2 entries per source instead of hundreds/thousands. Root causes identified and fixed: 1. Enum serialization bug in URL construction - kscien_generic.py:55 - Added .value to publication_type enum in base URL - kscien_helpers.py:68 - Added .value to publication_type enum in pagination URL - Without .value, URLs contained "PublicationType.PUBLISHERS" instead of "publishers" 2. Pagination detection logic incorrectly relied on HTML links - kscien_helpers.py:345-389 - Rewrote _has_next_page() function - Old logic: Looked for sequential pagination links (page 2→3→4) which don't exist - New logic: Continue based on expected count and empty page detection - kscien.org only shows links to current page and last page, not sequential pages Impact: - Before: 1-2 entries per source (~99% data loss) - After: 1,251 publishers, 1,456 journals, 449 conferences, 184 hijacked journals - Improvement: 1000x+ increase in data retrieval Tests: - All existing unit tests pass - Manual verification: curl confirmed pages 1, 3, 10 contain different valid data - Real sync test: Retrieved expected counts matching kscien.org website Files changed: - src/aletheia_probe/updater/sources/kscien_generic.py (1 line) - src/aletheia_probe/updater/sources/kscien_helpers.py (pagination logic rewrite) - tests/unit/test_kscien_refactor.py (2 lines - add .value in test URLs) Co-authored-by: florath-ai-assistant[bot] <Andreas.Florath@telekom.de>
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src/aletheia_probe/updater/sources/kscien_generic.py

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self.list_type = list_type
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# Configure base URL for the specific publication type
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self.base_url = f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type}"
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self.base_url = f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type.value}"
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self.timeout = ClientTimeout(total=60)
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self.max_pages = MAX_PAGINATION_PAGES

src/aletheia_probe/updater/sources/kscien_helpers.py

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url = base_url
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else:
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# Kscien pagination requires BOTH _publishing_list and _pagination parameters
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url = f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type}&_pagination={page}"
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url = f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type.value}&_pagination={page}"
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detail_logger.debug(
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f"Fetching Kscien {publication_type} page {page}: {url}"
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detail_logger.debug(
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f"Fetched {items_fetched}/{expected_count} items so far, continuing"
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)
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# Check for numbered pagination links to next page
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next_page = current_page + 1
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next_page_pattern = (
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rf'<a[^>]*href=["\'][^"\']*_pagination={next_page}[^"\']*["\'][^>]*>'
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)
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if re.search(next_page_pattern, html, re.IGNORECASE):
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detail_logger.debug(f"Found link to page {next_page}")
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# Continue fetching if we haven't reached the expected count
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return True
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# Note: The pagination text "1 - 90 of 3539" is static and shows the total
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# across ALL categories, not the specific publication type, so we don't use it
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detail_logger.debug(f"No pagination link found for page {next_page}")
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# If we don't have an expected count, continue fetching
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# The empty page check in fetch_kscien_data will stop pagination
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detail_logger.debug(
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"No expected count available, continuing to fetch (rely on empty page detection)"
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)
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return True
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except Exception as e:
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detail_logger.debug(f"Error checking pagination: {e}")
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return False
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return True # Continue on error, let empty page detection stop us
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def deduplicate_entries(publications: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:

tests/unit/test_kscien_refactor.py

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async def test_fetch_kscien_data_single_page(mock_session):
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"""Test fetching data from a single page."""
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publication_type: PublicationType = PublicationType.PREDATORY_CONFERENCES
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base_url = (
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f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type}"
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)
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base_url = f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type.value}"
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max_pages = 1
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def get_name() -> str:
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async def test_fetch_kscien_data_pagination(mock_session):
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"""Test fetching data with pagination."""
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publication_type: PublicationType = PublicationType.STANDALONE_JOURNALS
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base_url = (
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f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type}"
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)
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base_url = f"https://kscien.org/predatory-publishing/?_publishing_list={publication_type.value}"
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max_pages = 2
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def get_name() -> str:

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