From 013c463d5adac2efbdf96855c40015c4165f7b37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Moore <aaron.moore@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] WSTEAM1-1612 - Set `noindex` on av-embeds pages

---
 .../pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.test.ts   |  9 +++++++++
 .../pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.ts        | 11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.test.ts b/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.test.ts
index eea5af4d322..264e82e746d 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.test.ts
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ describe('Handle AV Route', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should set the x-robots-tag header to noindex', async () => {
+    await handleAvRoute(mockGetServerSidePropsContext);
+
+    expect(mockGetServerSidePropsContext.res.setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'x-robots-tag',
+      'noindex',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should remove the x-frame-options header', async () => {
     await handleAvRoute(mockGetServerSidePropsContext);
 
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.ts b/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.ts
index 3850703996f..6c829579c40 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.ts
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/pages/[service]/av-embeds/handleAvRoute.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@ export default async (context: GetServerSidePropsContext) => {
   let pageStatus;
   let pageJson;
 
-  // Remove x-frame-options header to allow embedding
-  context.res.removeHeader('x-frame-options');
-
-  const parsedRoute = parseAvRoute(resolvedUrl);
+  // Set x-robots-tag header to prevent search engine indexing
+  context.res.setHeader('x-robots-tag', 'noindex');
 
   context.res.setHeader(
     'Cache-Control',
     'public, stale-if-error=90, stale-while-revalidate=30, max-age=30',
   );
 
+  // Remove x-frame-options header to allow embedding
+  context.res.removeHeader('x-frame-options');
+
+  const parsedRoute = parseAvRoute(resolvedUrl);
+
   const avEmbedsUrl = constructPageFetchUrl({
     pageType: AV_EMBEDS,
     pathname: resolvedUrl,