✨ shorten story URLs with URI-coded base64 (#101)

haliphax · Sep 20, 2023 · 87e0ce1 · 87e0ce1
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diff --git a/src/models/story.ts b/src/models/story.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ import { Vote } from "./vote";
 const ownerOnly = (e?: Story, remult?: Remult) =>
  !e?.owner || remult?.user?.id === e?.owner;
 
+const generateId = () =>
+ encodeURIComponent(
+ Buffer.from(v4().replace("-", ""), "hex").toString("base64"),
+ );
+
 @Entity<Story>("story", {
  allowApiCrud: true,
  saved: (r) => updateStory(r),
 })
 export class Story {
  @Fields.string({ allowApiUpdate: false, validate: Validators.unique })
- id: string = v4();
+ id: string = generateId();
 
  @Fields.string<Story>({ allowApiUpdate: ownerOnly })
  owner!: string;