From bac65c0dd3f551c8bf658b4ff3683c4ec811af39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Kelsay <53542748+AustinKelsay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 09:44:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update src/hooks/courses/useCourseData.js

Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/hooks/courses/useCourseData.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/courses/useCourseData.js b/src/hooks/courses/useCourseData.js
index c6a6663..def9f34 100644
--- a/src/hooks/courses/useCourseData.js
+++ b/src/hooks/courses/useCourseData.js
@@ -24,8 +24,22 @@ const useCourseData = (ndk, fetchAuthor, router) => {
     let id;
 
     const fetchCourseId = async () => {
-      if (slug.includes('naddr')) {
-        const { data } = nip19.decode(slug);
+      // Normalise slug to a string and exit early if it’s still falsy
+      const slugStr = Array.isArray(slug) ? slug[0] : slug;
+      if (!slugStr) {
+        showToast('error', 'Error', 'Invalid course identifier');
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      if (slugStr.includes('naddr')) {
+        let data;
+        try {
+          ({ data } = nip19.decode(slugStr));
+        } catch (err) {
+          showToast('error', 'Error', 'Malformed naddr');
+          return null;
+        }
+
         if (!data?.identifier) {
           showToast('error', 'Error', 'Resource not found');
           return null;