Update frontend with live progress timing and status transitions

thread_ripper/static/app.js

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
 
   let currentThread = null;
   let allHistory = [];
+  let statusInterval = null;
 
   // Initialize history
   fetchHistory();
@@ -86,14 +87,14 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
     const mode = document.querySelector('input[name="rip-mode"]:checked').value;
 
     setLoading(true);
-    statusTitle.textContent = "Connecting to Threads...";
+    startProgressAnimation();
-    statusDesc.textContent = "Launching headless browser and resolving URL...";
 
     try {
+      const startTime = performance.now();
       const response = await fetch("/api/rip", {
         method: "POST",
         headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ url, mode, max_scrolls: 5 })
+        body: JSON.stringify({ url, mode, max_scrolls: 4 })
       });
 
       if (!response.ok) {
@@ -102,18 +103,44 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
       }
 
       const data = await response.json();
+      const elapsed = ((performance.now() - startTime) / 1000).toFixed(1);
       currentThread = data;
       renderThread(data);
       fetchHistory();
-      showToast("Thread successfully ripped & saved!");
+      showToast(`Thread ripped in ${elapsed}s!`);
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err);
       showToast(`Error: ${err.message}`, true);
     } finally {
+      stopProgressAnimation();
       setLoading(false);
     }
   }
 
+  function startProgressAnimation() {
+    const steps = [
+      { title: "Connecting to Threads...", desc: "Bypassing heavy assets and resolving redirects..." },
+      { title: "Extracting continuation posts...", desc: "Tracking author replies and thread structure..." },
+      { title: "Stitching post segments...", desc: "Generating Markdown, HTML, and Plain Text formats..." }
+    ];
+    let stepIdx = 0;
+    statusTitle.textContent = steps[0].title;
+    statusDesc.textContent = steps[0].desc;
+
+    clearInterval(statusInterval);
+    statusInterval = setInterval(() => {
+      stepIdx++;
+      if (stepIdx < steps.length) {
+        statusTitle.textContent = steps[stepIdx].title;
+        statusDesc.textContent = steps[stepIdx].desc;
+      }
+    }, 1200);
+  }
+
+  function stopProgressAnimation() {
+    clearInterval(statusInterval);
+  }
+
   function setLoading(isLoading) {
     const btnText = ripBtn.querySelector(".btn-text");
     const spinner = ripBtn.querySelector(".btn-spinner");