From a92f4c8447f61443e2332373ec8d800710bc71fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carlospolop <carlospolop@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:33:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix preprocessor

---
 hacktricks-preprocessor.py | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hacktricks-preprocessor.py b/hacktricks-preprocessor.py
index 0165a854a..c525f665d 100644
--- a/hacktricks-preprocessor.py
+++ b/hacktricks-preprocessor.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ handler2.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 logger.addHandler(handler2)
 
 
-def findtitle(search ,obj, key, path=(),):
+def findtitle(search, obj, key, path=()):
     # logger.debug(f"Looking for {search} in {path}")
     if isinstance(obj, dict) and key in obj and obj[key] == search: 
         return obj, path
@@ -54,26 +54,42 @@ def ref(matchobj):
             if href.endswith("/"):
                 href = href+"README.md" # Fix if ref points to a folder
             if "#" in  href:
-                chapter, _path = findtitle(href.split("#")[0], book, "source_path")
-                title = " ".join(href.split("#")[1].split("-")).title()
-                logger.debug(f'Ref has # using title: {title}')
+                result = findtitle(href.split("#")[0], book, "source_path")
+                if result is not None:
+                    chapter, _path = result
+                    title = " ".join(href.split("#")[1].split("-")).title()
+                    logger.debug(f'Ref has # using title: {title}')
+                else:
+                    raise Exception(f"Chapter not found for path: {href.split('#')[0]}")
             else:
-                chapter, _path = findtitle(href, book, "source_path")
-                logger.debug(f'Recursive title search result: {chapter["name"]}')
-                title = chapter['name']
+                result = findtitle(href, book, "source_path")
+                if result is not None:
+                    chapter, _path = result
+                    logger.debug(f'Recursive title search result: {chapter["name"]}')
+                    title = chapter['name']
+                else:
+                    raise Exception(f"Chapter not found for path: {href}")
         except Exception as e:
             dir = path.dirname(current_chapter['source_path'])
             rel_path = path.normpath(path.join(dir,href))
             try:
                 logger.debug(f'Not found chapter title from: {href} -- trying with relative path {rel_path}')
                 if "#" in  href:
-                    chapter, _path = findtitle(path.normpath(path.join(dir,href.split('#')[0])), book, "source_path")
-                    title = " ".join(href.split("#")[1].split("-")).title()
-                    logger.debug(f'Ref has # using title: {title}')
+                    result = findtitle(path.normpath(path.join(dir,href.split('#')[0])), book, "source_path")
+                    if result is not None:
+                        chapter, _path = result
+                        title = " ".join(href.split("#")[1].split("-")).title()
+                        logger.debug(f'Ref has # using title: {title}')
+                    else:
+                        raise Exception(f"Chapter not found for relative path: {path.normpath(path.join(dir,href.split('#')[0]))}")
                 else:
-                    chapter, _path = findtitle(path.normpath(path.join(dir,href.split('#')[0])), book, "source_path")
-                    title = chapter["name"]
-                    logger.debug(f'Recursive title search result: {chapter["name"]}')
+                    result = findtitle(path.normpath(path.join(dir,href)), book, "source_path")
+                    if result is not None:
+                        chapter, _path = result
+                        title = chapter["name"]
+                        logger.debug(f'Recursive title search result: {chapter["name"]}')
+                    else:
+                        raise Exception(f"Chapter not found for relative path: {path.normpath(path.join(dir,href))}")
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.debug(e)
                 logger.error(f'Error getting chapter title: {rel_path}')