From bd2ca40452e655158fa5300cedb21b9d8e3b69f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BlipRanger <1860540+BlipRanger@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:16:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] WIP way to edit a char

---
 server.js | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 9b543ecd9..f94bb7a66 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1026,6 +1026,38 @@ app.post("/editcharacter", urlencodedParser, async function (request, response)
     }
 });
 
+// take the name of a character, the field to be chaged, and the new value
+// and change the value of the field in the character's json file
+// and save the file. 
+app.post("/editcharacterattribute", urlencodedParser, async function (request, response) {
+    if (!request.body) {
+        console.error('Error: no response body detected');
+        response.status(400).send('Error: no response body detected');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (request.body.ch_name === '' || request.body.ch_name === undefined || request.body.ch_name === '.') {
+        console.error('Error: invalid name.');
+        response.status(400).send('Error: invalid name.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const avatarPath = path.join(charactersPath, request.body.avatar_url);
+        charaRead(avatarPath).then((char) => {
+            char = JSON.parse(char);
+            char[request.body.field] = request.body.value;
+            char = JSON.stringify(char);
+
+        }).then(() => {
+            charaWrite(avatarPath, char, request.body.avatar_url, response, 'Character saved');
+        });
+    }
+    catch {
+        console.error('An error occured, character edit invalidated.');
+    }
+});
+
 app.post("/deletecharacter", urlencodedParser, function (request, response) {
     if (!request.body || !request.body.avatar_url) {
         return response.sendStatus(400);