loveLetterBackend/components/players/playerMgmtFuncs.js

// Sends Updates to socket when players change
const wrtColor = require('../common/wrtColor')

function mapRemoveLastActivityProp (player) {
  // Make this specific by props to remove
  let {lastActivity, ...other} = player
  // return {
  //   id: player.id,
  //   username: player.username,
  //   gameid: player.gameid
  // }
  return other
}

function continuousEmitPlayers (state,io) {
  let previousPlayersRelevant = []
  let timerId = setTimeout(function tick() {
    // get players excluding the "lastActivity" because it is constantly updating
    playersRelevant = state.players.map(mapRemoveLastActivityProp)
    // console.log(playersRelevant)
    // convert to string for comparison
    if ((JSON.stringify(playersRelevant)) !== (JSON.stringify(previousPlayersRelevant))) {
      // if changes happen, emit to all sockets
      // wrtColor.blue('change to Players. Push to Sockets')
      io.emit('playersUpdate', playersRelevant)
    }
    previousPlayersRelevant = playersRelevant
    timerId = setTimeout(tick, 1000)
  }, 1000)
}

function socketGetPlayers (state,socket) {
  playersRelevant = state.players.map(mapRemoveLastActivityProp)
  socket.emit('playersUpdate', playersRelevant)
}

function checkValidPlayerName(players,name) {
  
  let response = {
    valid: true,
    reason: ""
  }
  
  // Returns True/False
  // 15 character limit
  // No special characters
  // name not in use already


}

function socketRegisterPlayer (io,state,data) {
  wrtColor.warn('socketRegisterPlayer')
  console.log(data)
  //console.log(state.players)
  io.emit('msg',{poop:"salad"})
  let checkResult = checkValidPlayerName(state.players, name)
  console.log(checkResult)
  // add them to state.players
}

module.exports = {
  continuousEmitPlayers: continuousEmitPlayers,
  socketGetPlayers: socketGetPlayers,
  socketRegisterPlayer: socketRegisterPlayer,
}