// VARIABLES let date = '2021-07-22' let messageCount = 0; let username = localStorage.getItem('username'); const form = document.querySelector('form'); // SEND A MESSAGE // GRABS MESSAGE FROM FORM & SENDS form.addEventListener("submit", async function (event) { event.preventDefault(); const formData = new FormData(form); formMessage = formData.get('message'); sendMessage() }) //SEND MESSAGE FETCH FUNCTION async function sendMessage() { sendMessageInfo = { "name": username, "body": formMessage, "date": date } fetch('/api/message/send', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, body: JSON.stringify(sendMessageInfo), }) form.reset() } // RECIEVE MESSAGES let messageUpdate = window.setInterval(fetchMessages, 500); async function fetchMessages() { const response = await fetch('/api/message/messages.json'); const recievedMessages = await response.json(); document.getElementById("innerchatbox").innerHTML = "" for (const message of recievedMessages) { printText(message.user.bold() + ": " + message.body); } if (recievedMessages.length != messageCount) { let scroll = document.getElementById("innerchatbox"); scroll.scrollTop = scroll.scrollHeight; } messageCount = recievedMessages.length; } // FUNCTION TO PRINT MESSAGES IN THE CHAT BOX function printText(text) { let p = document.createElement("p"); const div = document.getElementById("innerchatbox"); div.appendChild(p) p.innerHTML = text } //LOGGED IN STUFF //TODO ADD CHECK TO SEE IF USERNAME AND TOKEN MATCHES if (username === null) { document.querySelector("#loggeduser").innerHTML = 'You are not logged in' username = '' } else { document.querySelector("#loggeduser").innerHTML = `You are logged in as ${username}` }