fetchComments();
async function fetchComments() {
const res = await fetch(`/comments?id=${permalink}`);
const comments = await res.json();
const rootId = new URL(permalink, document.location).toString();
const tree = buildCommentsTree(comments, rootId)[0];
const html = renderCommentList(tree);
document.getElementById("comments-container").innerHTML = html;
}
function buildCommentsTree(comments, parent) {
console.log(`Building tree for ${parent}`);
let [children, rem] = partition(comments, it => it.inReplyTo === parent);
for (const child of children) {
const [subChildren, subRem] = buildCommentsTree(rem, child.id);
rem = subRem;
child.children = subChildren;
}
return [children, rem]
}
function partition(array, fn) {
const trueArr = [];
const falseArr = [];
for (const el of array) {
(fn(el) ? trueArr : falseArr).push(el);
}
return [trueArr, falseArr];
}
function renderCommentList(comments) {
const rendered = comments.map(renderComment).join("\n");
return ``;
}
function renderComment(comment) {
const formattedDate = new Date(comment.published).toLocaleString("en-us", {
month: "short",
day: "numeric",
year: "numeric",
hour: "numeric",
minute: "numeric"
});
return `
`;
}
${comment.author.name} on ${formattedDate}