fix: fallback to English remix metadata for localized examples

Co-authored-by: pgzcoa <patriciaguerrero01@gmail.com>

Author: Ryan-z-Feng-ccsf

src/layouts/ExampleLayout.astro

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import EditableSketch from "@components/EditableSketch/index.astro";
 import RelatedItems from "@components/RelatedItems/index.astro";
 import OutdatedTranslationBanner from "@components/OutdatedTranslationBanner/index.astro";
 import { checkTranslationBanner } from "../utils/translationBanner";
+import { getFallbackRemixData } from "../pages/_utils";
 
 interface Props {
   example: CollectionEntry<"examples">;
@@ -45,8 +46,15 @@ const relatedReferences =
 
 const { Content } = await example.render();
 
+// Use the fallback function to retrieve English remix data if the current locale doesn't have any
+let remixData = (await getFallbackRemixData(
+  example.id,
+  currentLocale,
+  example.data.remix
+)) as typeof example.data.remix;
+
 // Extract the collective attribution year. If multiple provided, uses last shown.
-const collectivelyAttributedSince = example.data.remix?.reduce(
+const collectivelyAttributedSince = remixData?.reduce(
   (acc: number | null, item) => {
     if (item.collectivelyAttributedSince) {
       return item.collectivelyAttributedSince;
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ const collectivelyAttributedSince = example.data.remix?.reduce(
 );
 
 // Boolean value on whether the remix history contains links to code
-const remixHistoryHasCodeLinks = example.data.remix?.some(
+const remixHistoryHasCodeLinks = remixData?.some(
   (item) => Array.isArray(item.code) && item.code.length > 0
 );
 
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ const { showBanner, englishUrl } = checkTranslationBanner(
 
       <a href={Astro.url.pathname}>{example.data.title}</a>:{" "}
 
-      {example.data.remix?.map((item, i) => {
+      {remixData?.map((item, i) => {
         const parts = [];
 
         // Each remix entry requires at least one attribution
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ const { showBanner, englishUrl } = checkTranslationBanner(
       {remixHistoryHasCodeLinks ? (
         <>
           {t("attribution", "You can find the code history of these examples here")}{": "}
-          {example.data.remix
+          {remixData
             .map(item => item?.code)
             .flat()
             .filter(codeItem => codeItem && codeItem.URL)

src/pages/_utils.ts

@@ -457,3 +457,37 @@ const getUrl = (
       return "";
   }
 };
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves fallback remix (attribution/code history) data from the English example 
+   * if the current localized example is missing it.
+   *
+   * @param currentId The id of the current example
+   * @param currentLocale The current locale string
+   * @param currentRemixData The remix data from the current locale (if any)
+   * @returns An array of remix data
+   */
+  export const getFallbackRemixData = async (
+    currentId: string,
+    currentLocale: string,
+    currentRemixData: any[] | undefined,
+  ) => {
+    // Return early if data already exists or if we are already on the English page
+    if (currentRemixData && currentRemixData.length > 0) {
+      return currentRemixData;
+    }
+    if (currentLocale === "en") {
+      return currentRemixData;
+    }
+    // Main logic
+    // replace the core path with the English path to find the corresponding English example
+    // e.g., "zh-Hans/02_Animation_And_Variables/00_Drawing_Lines/description.mdx" 
+    // -> "en/02_Animation_And_Variables/00_Drawing_Lines/description.mdx"
+    const englishId = currentId.replace(`${currentLocale}/`, "en/");
+    const allExamples = await getCollection("examples");
+    const englishExample = allExamples.find((e) => e.id === englishId);
+    if (englishExample?.data.remix && englishExample.data.remix.length > 0) {
+      return englishExample.data.remix;
+    }
+    return currentRemixData;
+  }

test/pages/_utils.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   removeContentFileExt,
   removeLeadingSlash,
   removeLocaleAndExtension,
+  getFallbackRemixData,
 } from "@pages/_utils";
 
 suite("exampleContentSlugToLegacyWebsiteSlug", () => {
@@ -50,3 +51,15 @@ suite("removeLocaleAndExtensionFromId", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+suite("getFallbackRemixData", () => {
+  test("returns remix data for English example when current locale example has no remix data", () => {
+    expect(
+      getFallbackRemixData(
+        "zh-Hans/02_Animation_And_Variables/00_Drawing_Lines/description.mdx",
+        "zh-Hans",
+        undefined
+      )
+    ).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});