Content fetching from browser is missing author and pub date

[johnlago]

When using the "Content fetching from the browser" option, Wallabag/Wallabagger seems to consistently not grab an article's author and publication date. Having the Wallabag server fetch the article itself, those fields do fill in.

This article can be used to see the difference: https://www.theverge.com/24064103/video-game-history-foundation-digital-library

[HolgerAusB]

I am not sure, if the problem is on wallabag or on wallabagger.
Please also see wallabag/wallabag#6972

[charleshan]

Wallabagger is using Wallabag's APIs so my guess is that it's a problem with Wallabagger.

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Wallabagger > Options > Content fetching from the browser > Enable

When "Content fetching from the browser" is enabled, the author is blank. When "Content fetching from the browser" is disabled, the author is set.

From my experience, it's always better to use "Content fetching from the browser" so I hope we can get this fixed

[charleshan]

After digging a bit deeper, it's possible that it's a problem with Wallabag...

We should first test if the title is actually set here:
https://github.com/wallabag/wallabagger/blob/3c811e40d555b0cfceffe831728029a3c889066a/wallabagger/js/background.js#L502C1-L505C6

And then check how Wallabag handles the POST request.