/ask POST, and other fixes

src/modules/api/api.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const idvStatFile = 'stats/idvstats'
 const todosFile = 'data/todos.json'
 const userScriptFile = 'submodules/moodle-test-userscript/stable.user.js'
 const rootRedirectToFile = 'data/apiRootRedirectTo'
+const recievedQuestionFile = 'stats/recievedQuestions'
 
 // other constants
 const line = '====================================================' // lol
@@ -1071,73 +1072,122 @@ function GetApp(): ModuleType {
     }
   })
 
+  function writeAskData(body) {
+    try {
+      let towrite = utils.GetDateString() + '\n'
+      towrite +=
+        '------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n'
+      towrite += JSON.stringify(body)
+      towrite +=
+        '\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n'
+      utils.AppendToFile(towrite, recievedQuestionFile)
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.Log('Error writing revieved /ask POST data')
+      console.error(err)
+    }
+  }
+
+  app.post('/ask', function(req: Request, res) {
+    if (!req.body.questions) {
+      res.json({
+        message:
+          'ask something! ?q=[question]&subj=[subject]&data=[question data]. "subj" is optimal for faster result',
+        result: [],
+        recievedData: JSON.stringify(req.body),
+        success: false,
+      })
+      return
+    }
+    const subj: any = req.body.subj || ''
+
+    writeAskData(req.body)
+
+    const resultPromises = req.body.questions.map((question) => {
+      return getResult(question, subj, null, req.query)
+    })
+
+    Promise.all(resultPromises).then((result) => {
+      console.log(result)
+      res.json(result)
+    })
+  })
+
   app.get('/ask', function(req: Request, res) {
     if (Object.keys(req.query).length === 0) {
-      logger.DebugLog(`No query params`, 'ask', 1)
+      logger.DebugLog(`No query params /ask GET`, 'ask', 1)
       res.json({
-        message: `ask something! ?q=[question]&subj=[subject]&data=[question data]. 'subj' is optimal for faster result`,
+        message:
+          'ask something! ?q=[question]&subj=[subject]&data=[question data]. "subj" is optimal for faster result',
         result: [],
         recievedData: JSON.stringify(req.query),
         success: false,
       })
-    } else {
-      if (req.query.q && req.query.data) {
-        const subj: any = req.query.subj || ''
-        const question = req.query.q
-        const recData: any = req.query.data
+      return
+    }
 
-        doALongTask({
-          type: 'work',
-          data: {
-            searchIn: 'all',
-            question: question,
-            subjName: subj,
-            questionData: recData,
-          },
-        })
-          .then((result) => {
-            console.log(result)
-            try {
-              res.json({
-                result: result,
-                success: true,
-              })
-              logger.DebugLog(
-                `Question result length: ${result.length}`,
-                'ask',
-                1
-              )
-              logger.DebugLog(result, 'ask', 2)
-            } catch (err) {
-              console.error(err)
-              logger.Log(
-                'Error while sending ask results',
-                logger.GetColor('redbg')
-              )
-            }
-          })
-          .catch((err) => {
-            logger.Log('Search Data error!', logger.GetColor('redbg'))
-            console.error(err)
-            res.json({
-              message: `There was an error processing the question: ${err.message}`,
-              result: [],
-              recievedData: JSON.stringify(req.query),
-              success: false,
-            })
-          })
-      } else {
-        logger.DebugLog(`Invalid question`, 'ask', 1)
-        res.json({
-          message: `Invalid question :(`,
-          result: [],
-          recievedData: JSON.stringify(req.query),
-          success: false,
-        })
-      }
+    if (req.query.q && req.query.data) {
+      const subj: any = req.query.subj || ''
+      const question = req.query.q
+      const recData: any = req.query.data
+      getResult(question, subj, recData, req.query).then((result) => {
+        res.json(result)
+      })
+    } else {
+      logger.DebugLog(`Invalid question`, 'ask', 1)
+      res.json({
+        message: `Invalid question :(`,
+        result: [],
+        recievedData: JSON.stringify(req.query),
+        success: false,
+      })
     }
   })
 
+  function getResult(question, subj, recData, recievedData) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      doALongTask({
+        type: 'work',
+        data: {
+          searchIn: 'all',
+          question: question,
+          subjName: subj,
+          questionData: recData,
+        },
+      })
+        .then((result) => {
+          console.log(result)
+          try {
+            logger.DebugLog(
+              `Question result length: ${result.length}`,
+              'ask',
+              1
+            )
+            logger.DebugLog(result, 'ask', 2)
+            resolve({
+              result: result,
+              success: true,
+            })
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.error(err)
+            logger.Log(
+              'Error while sending ask results',
+              logger.GetColor('redbg')
+            )
+          }
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+          logger.Log('Search Data error!', logger.GetColor('redbg'))
+          console.error(err)
+          resolve({
+            message: `There was an error processing the question: ${err.message}`,
+            result: [],
+            recievedData: JSON.stringify(recievedData),
+            success: false,
+          })
+        })
+    })
+  }
+
   function getSubjCount(qdbs) {
     return qdbs.reduce((acc, qdb) => {
       return acc + qdb.data.length