helpers/Permalinks.ts

/**
 * The parts of a permalink.
 * @see Permalinks
 * @category Utilities
 */
export interface PermalinkParts {
    /**
     * The room ID or alias the permalink references. May be undefined.
     */
    roomIdOrAlias: string;

    /**
     * The user ID the permalink references. May be undefined.
     */
    userId: string;

    /**
     * The event ID the permalink references. May be undefined.
     */
    eventId: string;

    /**
     * The servers the permalink is routed through. May be undefined or empty.
     */
    viaServers: string[];
}

/**
 * Functions for handling permalinks
 * @category Utilities
 */
export class Permalinks {
    private constructor() {
    }

    // TODO: Encode permalinks

    private static encodeViaArgs(servers: string[]): string {
        if (!servers || !servers.length) return "";

        return `?via=${servers.join("&via=")}`;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a room permalink.
     * @param {string} roomIdOrAlias The room ID or alias to create a permalink for.
     * @param {string[]} viaServers The servers to route the permalink through.
     * @returns {string} A room permalink.
     */
    public static forRoom(roomIdOrAlias: string, viaServers: string[] = []): string {
        return `https://matrix.to/#/${roomIdOrAlias}${Permalinks.encodeViaArgs(viaServers)}`;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a user permalink.
     * @param {string} userId The user ID to create a permalink for.
     * @returns {string} A user permalink.
     */
    public static forUser(userId: string): string {
        return `https://matrix.to/#/${userId}`;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an event permalink.
     * @param {string} roomIdOrAlias The room ID or alias to create a permalink in.
     * @param {string} eventId The event ID to reference in the permalink.
     * @param {string[]} viaServers The servers to route the permalink through.
     * @returns {string} An event permalink.
     */
    public static forEvent(roomIdOrAlias: string, eventId: string, viaServers: string[] = []): string {
        return `https://matrix.to/#/${roomIdOrAlias}/${eventId}${Permalinks.encodeViaArgs(viaServers)}`;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a permalink URL into usable parts.
     * @param {string} matrixTo The matrix.to URL to parse.
     * @returns {PermalinkParts} The parts of the permalink.
     */
    public static parseUrl(matrixTo: string): PermalinkParts {
        const matrixToRegexp = /^https:\/\/matrix\.to\/#\/(?<entity>[^/?]+)\/?(?<eventId>[^?]+)?(?<query>\?[^]*)?$/;

        const url = matrixToRegexp.exec(matrixTo)?.groups;
        if (!url) {
            throw new Error("Not a valid matrix.to URL");
        }

        const entity = decodeURIComponent(url.entity);
        if (entity[0] === '@') {
            return { userId: entity, roomIdOrAlias: undefined, eventId: undefined, viaServers: undefined };
        } else if (entity[0] === '#' || entity[0] === '!') {
            return {
                userId: undefined,
                roomIdOrAlias: entity,
                eventId: url.eventId && decodeURIComponent(url.eventId),
                viaServers: new URLSearchParams(url.query).getAll('via'),
            };
        } else {
            throw new Error("Unexpected entity");
        }
    }
}