From b59ca7e1ec0590716d4a5df40ad29c5086060d04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=CA=9C=C9=AA=C9=B4=E1=B4=87=C9=AA=20N=E1=B4=8F=E1=B4=9C?=
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 <157171073+Shineii86@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:58:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix random (Date.now+hrtime seed) + character/staff 404
 detection

---
 src/routes/apiRoutes.js | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/apiRoutes.js b/src/routes/apiRoutes.js
index 4a1228e..5c4ebaf 100644
--- a/src/routes/apiRoutes.js
+++ b/src/routes/apiRoutes.js
@@ -320,9 +320,10 @@ const createApiRoutes = (jsonResponse, jsonError, startTime) => {
   // ---- FEATURE: Random anime of the day ----
   router.get("/random", async (req, res) => {
     try {
-      // NOTE: Use crypto for better randomness in serverless + wider range for variety
-      const crypto = require("crypto");
-      const randomPage = crypto.randomInt(1, 500);
+      // NOTE: Use Date.now() + process.hrtime for randomness in serverless
+      const hrtime = process.hrtime();
+      const seed = Date.now() ^ (hrtime[0] * 1000 + hrtime[1]);
+      const randomPage = (Math.abs(seed) % 499) + 1;
       const data = await anilist.getCollection("POPULARITY_DESC", null, randomPage, 1);
       const anime = data.results[0];
 
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ const createApiRoutes = (jsonResponse, jsonError, startTime) => {
 
       jsonResponse(res, result);
     } catch (err) {
-      const status = err.message.includes("not found") ? 404 : 500;
+      const status = err.message.includes("not found") || err.message.includes("404") ? 404 : 500;
       jsonError(res, err.message, status);
     }
   });
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ const createApiRoutes = (jsonResponse, jsonError, startTime) => {
 
       jsonResponse(res, result);
     } catch (err) {
-      const status = err.message.includes("not found") ? 404 : 500;
+      const status = err.message.includes("not found") || err.message.includes("404") ? 404 : 500;
       jsonError(res, err.message, status);
     }
   });