rpc documentation

src/database/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Pool, PoolClient, QueryResult } from "pg";
+import { Client, Pool, PoolClient, QueryResult } from "pg";
 
 const pool = new Pool();
 
@@ -40,3 +40,32 @@ export async function withClient(callback: (client: PoolClient) => Promise<any>)
     client.release();
     return result;
 }
+
+const tries = 60;
+
+export async function waitForDatabase(): Promise<boolean> {
+    let success = false;
+    
+    for (let i = 0; i < tries; i++) {
+        const waitingClient = new Client({ connectionTimeoutMillis: 1000 });
+        try {
+            await waitingClient.connect();
+            success = true;
+        } catch(o_O) {
+            console.log("database connection failed, trying again...");
+        } finally {
+            await waitingClient.end();
+        }
+
+        if (success) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (success) {
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        console.error(`failed to connect to database after ${tries} tries`);
+        return false;
+    }
+}

src/database/init.ts

@@ -1,51 +1,36 @@
-import { query } from ".";
+import { Client } from "pg";
+import { query, waitForDatabase } from ".";
 
-export default async function databaseInit() {
+const migrationQuery = `
-    const migrations = [
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users(
-        `
-            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users(
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
     username VARCHAR(32) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
     password TEXT,
     is_superuser BOOLEAN
-            );
+);
-        `,
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS channels(
-        `
-            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS channels(
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
     name VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
     owner_id SERIAL REFERENCES users ON DELETE CASCADE
-            );
+);
-        `,
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages(
-        `
-            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages(
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
     content VARCHAR(4000) NOT NULL,
     channel_id SERIAL REFERENCES channels ON DELETE CASCADE,
     author_id SERIAL REFERENCES users ON DELETE CASCADE,
     created_at BIGINT
-            );
+);
-        `,
+ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS nick_username VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL;
-        `
+ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS avatar VARCHAR(48) DEFAULT NULL;
-            ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS nick_username VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS communities(
-        `,
-        `
-            ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS avatar VARCHAR(48) DEFAULT NULL;
-        `,
-        `
-            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS communities(
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
     name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
     owner_id SERIAL REFERENCES users ON DELETE CASCADE,
     avatar VARCHAR(48) DEFAULT NULL,
     created_at BIGINT
-            );
+);
-        `,
+ALTER TABLE channels ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS community_id INT NULL REFERENCES communities(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
-        `
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS message_attachments(
-            ALTER TABLE channels ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS community_id INT NULL REFERENCES communities(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
-        `,
-        `
-            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS message_attachments(
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
     type VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
     owner_id SERIAL REFERENCES users ON DELETE CASCADE,
@@ -55,23 +40,38 @@ export default async function databaseInit() {
     file VARCHAR(256) DEFAULT NULL,
     file_mime VARCHAR(256) DEFAULT NULL,
     file_size_bytes BIGINT DEFAULT NULL
-            );
+);
-        `,
+ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS pending_attachments INT DEFAULT NULL;
-        `
+ALTER TABLE message_attachments ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS width INT DEFAULT NULL;
-            ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS pending_attachments INT DEFAULT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE message_attachments ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS height INT DEFAULT NULL;
-        `,
+ALTER TABLE message_attachments ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS file_name VARCHAR(256) DEFAULT NULL;
-        `
+`;
-            ALTER TABLE message_attachments ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS width INT DEFAULT NULL;
-        `,
-        `
-            ALTER TABLE message_attachments ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS height INT DEFAULT NULL;
-        `,
-        `
-            ALTER TABLE message_attachments ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS file_name VARCHAR(256) DEFAULT NULL;
-        `,
-    ];
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < migrations.length; i++) {
+export default async function databaseInit() {
-        await query(migrations[i], [], false);
+    const success = await waitForDatabase();
+    if (!success) {
+        console.error("databaseInit: database is not available, exiting...");
+        process.exit(1);
     }
+
+    const start = performance.now();
+
+    const client = new Client();
+    await client.connect();
+
+    try {
+        await client.query("BEGIN");
+        await client.query(migrationQuery);
+        await client.query("COMMIT");
+    } catch (O_o) {
+        console.error("failed to apply migrations, rolling back", O_o);
+        await client.query("ROLLBACK");
+        process.exit(1);
+    } finally {
+        await client.end();
+    }
+
+    const delta = performance.now() - start;
+
+    console.log(`refreshed migrations in ${delta}ms`);
 }

src/index.ts

@@ -18,14 +18,7 @@ function serve() {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-    if (process.argv[2] === "db-init") {
-        console.log("db-init: initializing database...");
     await databaseInit();
-        console.log("db-init: databaseInit() finished");
-        console.log("database initialized, exiting...");
-        process.exit(0);
-        return;
-    }
 
     serve();
 }

src/routes/api/v1/rpc.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { errors } from "../../../errors";
 import express from "express";
 import { authenticateRoute } from "../../../auth";
 import { processMethodBatch } from "../../../rpc/rpc";
+import { methodMap } from "../../../rpc";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
@@ -31,4 +32,12 @@ router.get(
     }
 );
 
+router.get(
+    "/methods",
+    authenticateRoute(false),
+    async (req, res) => {
+        res.json(methodMap);
+    }
+);
+
 export default router;

src/rpc/apis/attachments.ts

@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { promises as fsPromises } from "node:fs";
 import { getMessageById } from "../../database/templates";
 import { uploadsMode } from "../../serverconfig";
-import { dispatch } from "../../gateway";
 import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
 
 const fileType = eval("import('file-type')");
 
 method(
     "createMessageAttachment",
-    [uint(), string(2, 128), bufferSlice()],
+    [uint("messageId", "ID of the target message"), string("filenameUnsafe", "Name of the file", 2, 128), bufferSlice("inputBuffer", "File data")],
     async (user: User, messageId: number, filenameUnsafe: string, inputBuffer: Buffer, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         if (inputBuffer.byteLength >= 16777220) {
             return { ...errors.BAD_REQUEST, detail: "Uploaded file exceeds 16MiB limit." };

src/rpc/apis/channels.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import { channelNameRegex, method, int, string, uint, withOptional, withRegexp,
 import { query } from "../../database";
 import { getMessagesByChannelFirstPage, getMessagesByChannelPage } from "../../database/templates";
 import { errors } from "../../errors";
-import { dispatch, dispatchChannelSubscribe } from "../../gateway";
+import { dispatchChannelSubscribe } from "../../gateway";
 import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
 import sendMessage from "../../impl";
 import serverConfig from "../../serverconfig";
 
 method(
     "createChannel",
-    [withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string(1, 32)), withOptional(uint())],
+    [withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string("name", "Name of the channel to create", 1, 32)), withOptional(uint("communityId", "ID of the community to attach this channel to"))],
     async (user: User, name: string, communityId: number | null, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         if (serverConfig.superuserRequirement.createChannel && !user.is_superuser) {
             return errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "updateChannelName",
-    [uint(), withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string(1, 32))],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the channel to update"), withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string("name", "New channel name", 1, 32))],
     async (user: User, id: number, name: string, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         const permissionCheckResult = await query("SELECT owner_id FROM channels WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (!permissionCheckResult || permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "deleteChannel",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the channel to delete")],
     async (user: User, id: number, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         const permissionCheckResult = await query("SELECT owner_id FROM channels WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (!permissionCheckResult || permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "getChannel",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the channel")],
     async (_user: User, id: number) => {
         const result = await query("SELECT id, name, owner_id, community_id FROM channels WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (!result || result.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "createChannelMessage",
-    [uint(), string(1, 4000), withOptional(uint()), withOptional(string(1, 64)), withOptional(uint())],
+    [
+        uint("id", "ID of the channel to send the message into"),
+        string("content", "Text content of the message", 1, 4000),
+        withOptional(uint("optimistic_id", "User-specific ID of the message to easily identify it over the gateway")),
+        withOptional(string("nick_username", "Username to display", 1, 64)),
+        withOptional(uint("pending_attachments", "Number of attachments expected to be added"))
+    ],
     async (user: User, id: number, content: string, optimistic_id: number | null, nick_username: string | null, pending_attachments: number | null, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         return await sendMessage(user, id, optimistic_id, content, nick_username, pending_attachments ?? 0, ctx);
     }
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "getChannelMessages",
-    [uint(), withOptional(int(5, 100)), withOptional(uint())],
+    [uint("channelId", "ID of the channel"), withOptional(int("count", "Number of messages", 5, 100)), withOptional(uint("before", "If specified, send only messages before this message ID"))],
     async (_user: User, channelId: number, count: number | null, before: number | null) => {
         let limit = count ?? 25;
 
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "putChannelTyping",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("channelId", "ID of the channel")],
     async (user: User, channelId: number, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         ctx.gatewayDispatch(`channel:${channelId}`, {
             t: GatewayPayloadType.TypingStart,

src/rpc/apis/communities.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { channelNameRegex, method, int, string, uint, withRegexp, RPCContext } from "../rpc";
 import { query } from "../../database";
 import { errors } from "../../errors";
-import { dispatch, dispatchChannelSubscribe } from "../../gateway";
+import { dispatchChannelSubscribe } from "../../gateway";
 import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
 import serverConfig from "../../serverconfig";
 
 method(
     "createCommunity",
-    [withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string(1, 64))],
+    [withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string("name", "Name of the community to create", 1, 64))],
     async (user: User, name: string, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         if (serverConfig.superuserRequirement.createChannel && !user.is_superuser) {
             return errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "updateCommunityName",
-    [uint(), withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string(1, 32))],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the community to update"), withRegexp(channelNameRegex, string("name", "New community name", 1, 32))],
     async (user: User, id: number, name: string, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         const permissionCheckResult = await query("SELECT owner_id FROM communities WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (!permissionCheckResult || permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "deleteCommunity",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the community to delete")],
     async (user: User, id: number, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         const permissionCheckResult = await query("SELECT owner_id FROM communities WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (!permissionCheckResult || permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "getCommunity",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the community")],
     async (_user: User, id: number) => {
         const result = await query("SELECT id, name, owner_id, avatar, created_at FROM communities WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (!result || result.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "getCommunityChannels",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the community")],
     async (_user: User, id: number) => {
         const result = await query("SELECT id, name, owner_id, community_id FROM channels WHERE community_id = $1", [id]);
 

src/rpc/apis/messages.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { RPCContext, method, string, uint } from "./../rpc";
 import { query } from "../../database";
 import { getMessageById } from "../../database/templates";
 import { errors } from "../../errors";
-import { dispatch } from "../../gateway";
 import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
 import { unlink } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import { UploadTarget, getSafeUploadPath } from "../../uploading";
 
 method(
     "deleteMessage",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the message to delete")],
     async (user: User, id: number, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         const messageCheckResult = await query(getMessageById, [id]);
         if (!messageCheckResult || messageCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "updateMessageContent",
-    [uint(), string(1, 4000)],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the message to update"), string("content", "New message text content", 1, 4000)],
     async (user: User, id: number, content: string, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         const permissionCheckResult = await query(getMessageById, [id]);
         if (!permissionCheckResult || permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "getMessage",
-    [uint()],
+    [uint("id", "ID of the message")],
     async (user: User, id: number) => {
         const result = await query(getMessageById, [id]);
         if (!result || result.rowCount < 1) {

src/rpc/apis/users.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { errors } from "../../errors";
 import { query } from "../../database";
-import { compare, hash, hashSync } from "bcrypt";
+import { compare, hash } from "bcrypt";
 import { getPublicUserObject, loginAttempt } from "../../auth";
 import { RPCContext, bufferSlice, method, methodButWarningDoesNotAuthenticate, string, usernameRegex, withRegexp } from "./../rpc";
 import sharp from "sharp";
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import path from "path";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
 import { unlink } from "fs/promises";
 import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
-import { dispatch } from "../../gateway";
 import { supportedImageMime } from "../../uploading";
 import { avatarUploadDirectory, disableAccountCreation, superuserKey } from "../../serverconfig";
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ const fileType = eval("import('file-type')");
 
 methodButWarningDoesNotAuthenticate(
     "createUser",
-    [withRegexp(usernameRegex, string(3, 32)), string(8, 1000)],
+    [withRegexp(usernameRegex, string("username", "Username of the user to create", 3, 32)), string("password", "Password of the user to create", 8, 1000)],
     async (username: string, password: string) => {
         if (disableAccountCreation) {
             return errors.FEATURE_DISABLED;
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ methodButWarningDoesNotAuthenticate(
 
 methodButWarningDoesNotAuthenticate(
     "loginUser",
-    [withRegexp(usernameRegex, string(3, 32)), string(8, 1000)],
+    [withRegexp(usernameRegex, string("username", "Username of the account to log into", 3, 32)), string("password", "Password of the account to log into", 8, 1000)],
     async (username: string, password: string) => {
         const token = await loginAttempt(username, password);
         if (!token) {
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ method(
 
 method(
     "promoteUserSelf",
-    [string(1, 1000)],
+    [string("key", "Superuser key", 1, 1000)],
     async (user: User, key: string) => {
         if (!superuserKey) {
             return errors.FEATURE_DISABLED;
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ const profilePictureSizes = [
 
 method(
     "putUserAvatar",
-    [bufferSlice()],
+    [bufferSlice("buffer", "Avatar file bytes")],
     async (user: User, buffer: Buffer, ctx: RPCContext) => {
         if (buffer.byteLength >= 3145728) {
             // buffer exceeds 3MiB

src/rpc/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { methodGroup, methodNameToId, methods } from "./rpc";
+import { RPCArgumentType, RPCMethod, methodGroup, methodNameToId, methods } from "./rpc";
 
 methodGroup(100);
 import "./apis/users";
@@ -12,10 +12,40 @@ methodGroup(500);
 import "./apis/attachments";
 
 
-console.log("--- begin rpc method map ---")
+export const methodMap: any = Object.fromEntries(methodNameToId);
-const methodMap: any = Object.fromEntries(methodNameToId);
 for (const key of Object.keys(methodMap)) {
-    methodMap[key] = [methodMap[key], methods.get(methodMap[key])?.requiresAuthentication];
+    const id = methodMap[key];
+    const method: RPCMethod | undefined = methods.get(id);
+    if (!method) continue;
+
+    const actualArguments = method.args.map((arg) => {
+        const safeArg: any = { ...arg };
+        if (arg.regexp) {
+            delete safeArg.regexp;
+            safeArg.hasRegex = true;
+        }
+
+        switch (arg.type) {
+            case RPCArgumentType.Buffer: {
+                safeArg.type = "buffer"
+                break;
+            }
+            case RPCArgumentType.Integer: {
+                safeArg.type = "int";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RPCArgumentType.String: {
+                safeArg.type = "string";
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return safeArg;
+    });
+
+    methodMap[key] = {
+        id,
+        requiresAuthentication: method.requiresAuthentication,
+        arguments: actualArguments
+    };
 }
-console.log(methodMap);
-console.log("--- end rpc method map ---");

src/rpc/rpc.ts

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ export const channelNameRegex = new RegExp(/^[a-z0-9_\- ]+$/i);
 const defaultStringMaxLength = 3000;
 const defaultMaxBufferLength = maxBufferByteLength;
 
-export const uint = (): RPCArgument => ({ type: RPCArgumentType.Integer, minValue: 0 });
+export const uint = (name: string, description: string): RPCArgument => ({ name, description, type: RPCArgumentType.Integer, minValue: 0 });
-export const int = (minValue?: number, maxValue?: number): RPCArgument => ({ type: RPCArgumentType.Integer, minValue, maxValue });
+export const int = (name: string, description: string, minValue?: number, maxValue?: number): RPCArgument => ({ name, description, type: RPCArgumentType.Integer, minValue, maxValue });
-export const string = (minLength = 0, maxLength = defaultStringMaxLength): RPCArgument => ({ type: RPCArgumentType.String, minLength, maxLength });
+export const string = (name: string, description: string, minLength = 0, maxLength = defaultStringMaxLength): RPCArgument => ({ name, description, type: RPCArgumentType.String, minLength, maxLength });
-export const bufferSlice = (minLength = 0, maxLength = defaultMaxBufferLength) => ({ type: RPCArgumentType.Buffer, minLength, maxLength });
+export const bufferSlice = (name: string, description: string, minLength = 0, maxLength = defaultMaxBufferLength) => ({ name, description, type: RPCArgumentType.Buffer, minLength, maxLength });
 export const withRegexp = (regexp: RegExp, arg: RPCArgument): RPCArgument => ({ minLength: 0, maxLength: defaultStringMaxLength, ...arg, regexp });
 export const withOptional = (arg: RPCArgument): RPCArgument => ({ ...arg, isOptional: true });
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const defaultRPCContext: RPCContext = {
 };
 
 
-enum RPCArgumentType {
+export enum RPCArgumentType {
     Integer,
     String,
     Buffer
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ enum RPCArgumentType {
 interface RPCArgument {
     type: RPCArgumentType
     isOptional?: boolean
+    name: string,
+    description: string,
 
     // strings
     minLength?: number // also used for buffer
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ interface RPCArgument {
     maxValue?: number
 }
 
-interface RPCMethod {
+export interface RPCMethod {
     args: RPCArgument[],
     func: ((...args: any[]) => any)
     requiresAuthentication: boolean