From e0b866c63123897b4d963ef91e8f4c769dba797f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashrc <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 15:07:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Variable types

---
 blocking.py   | 13 +++++++------
 content.py    |  2 +-
 pyjsonld.py   |  2 +-
 searchable.py |  4 ++--
 utils.py      |  8 ++++----
 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blocking.py b/blocking.py
index 99564c96d..2de334083 100644
--- a/blocking.py
+++ b/blocking.py
@@ -602,15 +602,16 @@ def update_blocked_cache(base_dir: str,
     if blocked_cache_last_updated > curr_time:
         print('WARN: Cache updated in the future')
         blocked_cache_last_updated: int = 0
-    seconds_since_last_update = curr_time - blocked_cache_last_updated
+    seconds_since_last_update: int = curr_time - blocked_cache_last_updated
     if seconds_since_last_update < blocked_cache_update_secs:
         return blocked_cache_last_updated
-    global_blocking_filename = data_dir(base_dir) + '/blocking.txt'
+    global_blocking_filename: str = data_dir(base_dir) + '/blocking.txt'
     if not is_a_file(global_blocking_filename):
         return blocked_cache_last_updated
-    blocked_lines = load_list(global_blocking_filename,
-                              'EX: update_blocked_cache unable to read ' +
-                              global_blocking_filename + ' [ex]')
+    blocked_lines: list[str] = \
+        load_list(global_blocking_filename,
+                  'EX: update_blocked_cache unable to read ' +
+                  global_blocking_filename + ' [ex]')
     if blocked_lines is None:
         return blocked_cache_last_updated
     # remove newlines
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@ def _get_short_domain(domain: str) -> str:
     who constantly change their subdomain
     e.g. subdomain123.mydomain.com becomes mydomain.com
     """
-    sections = domain.split('.')
+    sections: list[str] = domain.split('.')
     no_of_sections = len(sections)
     if no_of_sections > 2:
         return sections[no_of_sections-2] + '.' + sections[-1]
diff --git a/content.py b/content.py
index 340c9cb47..ca46d169d 100644
--- a/content.py
+++ b/content.py
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ def add_html_tags(base_dir: str, http_prefix: str,
         content = content.replace('#' + now_playing_lower_str,
                                   '#' + now_playing_str)
     content = _add_music_tag(content, now_playing_str)
-    words = _get_simplified_content(content).split(' ')
+    words: list[str] = _get_simplified_content(content).split(' ')
 
     # remove . for words which are not mentions
     new_words: list[str] = []
diff --git a/pyjsonld.py b/pyjsonld.py
index e94239f79..ea1595a0c 100644
--- a/pyjsonld.py
+++ b/pyjsonld.py
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ class JsonLdProcessor(object):
         # continue to hash bnode quads while bnodes are assigned names
         unnamed = None
         next_unnamed = bnodes.keys()
-        duplicates = None
+        duplicates: dict = None
         while True:
             unnamed = next_unnamed
             next_unnamed = []
diff --git a/searchable.py b/searchable.py
index ba4aadcc1..6e0f328a8 100644
--- a/searchable.py
+++ b/searchable.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _search_virtual_box_posts(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
     search_str = search_str.lower().strip()
 
     if '+' in search_str:
-        search_words = search_str.split('+')
+        search_words: list[str] = search_str.split('+')
         for index, _ in enumerate(search_words):
             search_words[index] = search_words[index].strip()
         print('SEARCH: ' + str(search_words))
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def search_box_posts(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
     search_str = search_str.lower().strip()
 
     if '+' in search_str:
-        search_words = search_str.split('+')
+        search_words: list[str] = search_str.split('+')
         for index, _ in enumerate(search_words):
             search_words[index] = search_words[index].strip()
         print('SEARCH: ' + str(search_words))
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 617865aa0..a58e850ee 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def get_media_descriptions_from_post(post_json_object: {}) -> str:
     """Returns all attached media descriptions as a single text.
     This is used for filtering
     """
-    post_attachments = get_post_attachments(post_json_object)
+    post_attachments: list[dict] = get_post_attachments(post_json_object)
     if not post_attachments:
         return ''
     descriptions: str = ''
@@ -707,10 +707,10 @@ def get_memorials(base_dir: str) -> str:
     if not is_a_file(memorial_file):
         return ''
 
-    memorial_str = load_string(memorial_file,
-                               'EX: unable to read ' + memorial_file)
+    memorial_str: str = \
+        load_string(memorial_file, 'EX: unable to read ' + memorial_file)
     if memorial_str is None:
-        memorial_str: str = ''
+        memorial_str = ''
     return memorial_str