Can create text posts

src/controllers/PostsController.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { GroupsAccessLevel } from "../entities/Group";
 import { GroupsHelper } from "../helpers/GroupsHelper";
 import { time } from "../utils/DateUtils";
 import { findKey } from "../utils/ArrayUtils";
+import { check_string_before_insert } from "../utils/StringUtils";
 
 /**
  * Posts controller
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ export class PostsController {
 			userID: h.getUserId(),
 			timeCreate: time(),
 			kind: <PostKind>h.postString("kind"),
-			content: h.postContent("content"),
+			content: h.postContent("content", 0),
 			visibilityLevel: this.PostVisibilityLevel(h, "visibility"),
 
 			// Post target
@@ -148,8 +149,31 @@ export class PostsController {
 
 		});
 
-		console.info(newPost);
-		h.success("Go on.");
+		// Process each kind of post
+		switch(newPost.kind) {
+			
+			// Text posts
+			case PostKind.POST_KIND_TEXT:
+				
+				// Check the string
+				if(!check_string_before_insert(newPost.content))
+					h.error(400, "Specified post content is invalid!");
+			
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				h.error(500, "Unsupported kind of post!");
+		}
+
+		// Create the post
+		const postID = await PostsHelper.Create(newPost);
+
+		// TODO : create a notification
+
+		h.send({
+			success: "The post has been created!",
+			postID: postID
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**

src/entities/RequestHandler.ts

@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ export class RequestHandler {
 	 * Get some content for post and satinize it (remove HTML nodes)
 	 * 
 	 * @param name The name of the POST field
+	 * @param minLength Optionnal minimal length for the post
 	 */
-	public postContent(name: string) : string {
-		const content = this.postString(name);
+	public postContent(name: string, minLength ?: number) : string {
+		const content = this.postString(name, minLength);
 
 		if(content.match(/data:image/))
 			this.error(401, "Please do not include inline images!");

src/helpers/PostsHelper.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { DatabaseHelper } from "./DatabaseHelper";
 import { UserHelper } from "./UserHelper";
 import { GroupsHelper } from "./GroupsHelper";
 import { GroupMembershipLevels } from "../entities/GroupMember";
+import { mysql_date } from "../utils/DateUtils";
 
 /**
  * Posts helper
@@ -35,6 +36,90 @@ const PostDBTypes : Record<string, PostKind> = {
  */
 export class PostsHelper {
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new post
+	 * 
+	 * @param p Information about the post
+	 * @returns The ID of the created post
+	 * @throws In case of failure
+	 */
+	public static async Create(p: Post) : Promise<number> {
+		
+		// Extract the kind of post
+		let kindDb : string = "";
+		for (const key in PostDBTypes) {
+			if (PostDBTypes.hasOwnProperty(key) && PostDBTypes[key] == p.kind) 
+				kindDb = key; 
+		}
+
+		if(kindDb == "")
+			throw new Error("Unknown post kind: " + kindDb);
+		
+
+		// Prepare post target
+		let userID: number, friendID: number, groupID: number;
+		// Post on user page
+		if(p.isUserPage) {
+			userID = p.userPageID;
+			friendID = p.userID;
+			groupID = 0;
+		}
+
+		// Post on group page
+		else {
+			userID = p.userID;
+			friendID = 0;
+			groupID = p.groupID;
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+		// Generate database entry
+		let data = {
+
+			// Post meta-data & basic info
+			ID_personne: userID,
+			ID_amis: friendID,
+			group_id: groupID,
+			date_envoi: mysql_date(),
+			time_insert: p.timeCreate,
+			niveau_visibilite: p.visibilityLevel,
+			type: kindDb,
+			texte: p.hasContent ? p.content : "",
+
+			// Generic file infos
+			size: !p.hasFile ? null : p.file.size,
+			file_type: !p.hasFile ? null : p.file.type,
+			path: !p.hasFile ? null : p.file.path,
+
+
+			// Movies post
+			idvideo: p.hasMovie ? p.movieID : null,
+
+			// Countdown timer (TODO : implement)
+			jour_fin: null,
+			mois_fin: null,
+			annee_fin: null,
+			time_end: p.hasTimeEnd ? p.timeEnd : null,
+
+			// Weblink
+			url_page: !p.hasLink ? null : p.link.url,
+			titre_page: !p.hasLink ? null : p.link.title,
+			description_page: !p.hasLink ? null : p.link.description,
+			image_page: !p.hasLink ? null : p.link.image
+
+			
+		}
+		
+
+		// Insert the post
+		const postID =  await DatabaseHelper.InsertRow(TABLE_NAME, data);
+
+
+
+		return postID;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the posts of a user
 	 * 

src/utils/StringUtils.ts

@@ -46,3 +46,15 @@ export function removeHTMLNodes(input : string) : string {
 	return input.replace(/</g, "&lt;")
 				.replace(/>/g, "&gt;");
 }
+
+/**
+ * Check a string before inserting it
+ * 
+ * Legacy function that might be completed
+ *  / replaced in the future
+ * 
+ * @param s The string to check
+ */
+export function check_string_before_insert(s: string) : boolean {
+	return s.trim().length >= 3;
+}