source/logic/helpers.ts (97e3029) - wirc-frontend.git

helpers.ts

/**
 * gets the current UNIX timestamp
 */
function get_timestamp
(
): int
{
	return Math.floor(Date.now()/1000);
}

/**
 * computes a floating point number in the interval [0,1[ out of a string
 */
function hash_string_to_unit
(
	x: string
): float
{
	return (x.split("").reduce((x, y) => ((x + y.charCodeAt(0)) % 32), 0) / 32);
}

/**
 * encodes a username as a CSS color
 */
function get_usercolor
(
	name: string
): string
{
	const hue: float = hash_string_to_unit(name);
	return `hsl(${(hue*360).toFixed(2)},50%,75%)`;
}

/**
 * calls an API action of the backend
 */
async function backend_call
(
	conf: type_conf,
	connection_id: (null | string),
	action: string, data: any
): Promise<any>
{
	const response: any = await fetch
	(
		`${conf.backend.scheme}://${conf.backend.host}:${conf.backend.port.toFixed(0)}/${conf.backend.path}`,
		{
			"method": "POST",
			"body": JSON.stringify({"id": connection_id, "action": action, "data": data}),
		}
	);
	if (response.ok)
	{
		return response.json();
	}
	else
	{
		console.error(response.text());
		return Promise.reject<any>(new Error("backend call failed"));
	}
}

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