[Old] Do not override feed featured image with ChatGPT image generation unless it is explicit.

[Soare-Robert-Daniel]

The problem

Even if you toggled the option Generate only for missing images, the ChatGPT job still ignored the option and just generated its images.

This is mainly caused by a wonky logic on starting the generation.

Solution

Fixed the logic and refactored the code so that the names express the intention.

The new logic for image generation is like this:

1. As an implicit behavior, the generation will be skipped if the content given by the job is a valid URL.
2. If the user unmarks the option Generate only for missing images, only the generated image will be used.
3. If the user marks the option (if it was previously disabled), it will behave like in case 1.

Others

I also changed the flow of image generation.

Previously, those were the steps:

1. Find if the feed has its image.
2. Decide if we keep feed images or generate them with ChatGPT.
3. If generation is active, create a request API and get the URL of the newly generated image.
4. Check if there is an attachment for the post identified by its title.
5. If the attachment exists, ignore the featured image URL.
6. If not, download the image, insert it into the Media Library, and attach it to the given post.

The problem with this flow is that we decided to save the images after we generated them with ChatGPT. This is a waste of credits.

So I moved the step 5 after the step 1.

When does ignoring might happen? This happens when you delete your previous import via Purge & Reset (without manually clearing the image imported in the Media Library) and import the same content.

Testing

Found feeds with images (ensure the plugin can import from them #880 ). Example:

• https://www.aitrends.com/feed/
• https://forum.tromjaro.com/c/releases.rss
• https://www.directory.trade-free.org/category/goods-services/feed

Add the ChatGPT integration into the Featured Image slot on Import Settings.

• If Generate only for missing images is active, then original images from the feed will be kept and used as featured images. And any feed without an image will get a generated one.
• If it is disabled, then only generated images will be used.

Note

Deleting the import with Purge & Reset does not remove the featured images saved in the Media Library and their association with the deleted posts.

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