move environment variables to their own file, also massive features

2024-10-25 17:48:12 -04:00 · 2024-10-25 17:48:12 -04:00 · 41d0f148de
commit 41d0f148de
parent 7d650ef424
23 changed files with 547 additions and 510 deletions
--- a/client/src/App.css
+++ b/client/src/App.css
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-body {
+html {
  background: rgb(0,131,77);
-  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(0,131,77,1) 0%, rgba(17,66,0,1) 100%);
+  /*background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(0,131,77,1) 0%, rgba(17,66,0,1) 100%);*/
  font-family: sans-serif;
 }

@ -42,3 +42,13 @@ header hr {
  padding: 1rem;
  border-radius: 1rem;
 }
+
+input {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  font-size: unset;
+  color: unset;
+  width: auto;
+  overflow: visible;
+}
--- a/client/src/App.jsx
+++ b/client/src/App.jsx
@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import Profile from '/src/login/Profile.jsx';
 import GhostPage from '/src/page/GhostPage.jsx';
 import Live from '/src/embodied/Live.jsx';

+//import Browsing from '/src/entwined/Browsing.jsx';
+
 import AuthProvider from '/src/AuthProvider.jsx';

 import './App.css';
--- a/client/src/apiTools.jsx
+++ b/client/src/apiTools.jsx
@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ export async function fetchPage(number) {
 	return shoofetch(`${apiUrl}/page/${number}`, {method: 'GET'});
 }

+export async function fetchPageAttributes(number) {
+  return shoofetch(`${apiUrl}/page/${number}/attributes`, {method: 'GET'});
+}
+
 export async function fetchPageHistory(number) {
  return shoofetch(`${apiUrl}/page/${number}/history`, {method: 'GET'});
 }
@ -50,10 +54,10 @@ export async function fetchPageAtEdit(number, id) {
  return shoofetch(`${apiUrl}/page/${number}/${id}`, {method: 'GET'});
 }

-export async function postPage({id, title, description, type}) {
-	return shoofetch(`${apiUrl}/page/${id}`, {
+export async function postPage({number, title, description, type}) {
+	return shoofetch(`${apiUrl}/page/${number}`, {
        method: 'POST',
-        body: JSON.stringify({id: id, title: title, description: description, type: type}),
+        body: JSON.stringify({number: number, title: title, description: description, type: type}),
    })
 }

--- a/client/src/embodied/CommandEntry.css
+++ b/client/src/embodied/CommandEntry.css
@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 	left: 20%;
 	right: 20%;
 	border-radius: 1rem;
+	border: 1px solid gray;
 }
 .commandline form {
 	display: flex;
@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
 	font-size: 16pt;
 	border: none;
 	padding: 2rem;
-
+	border-radius: 1rem;
 	background: transparent;
 }

--- a/client/src/embodied/CommandEntry.jsx
+++ b/client/src/embodied/CommandEntry.jsx
@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
+import { forwardRef } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";

 import './CommandEntry.css';

-function CommandEntry({ onSubmit }) {
+const CommandEntry = forwardRef(({ setCommand, onSubmitCommand, command }, ref) => {
 	const { register, handleSubmit, setValue } = useForm();

 	return (
 		<div className="commandline">
-			<form onSubmit={handleSubmit((data) => { setValue('command', ""); onSubmit(data.command); })}>
-				<input {...register("command")} autoFocus type="text" placeholder="Enter a command!" />
+			<form onSubmit={
+				handleSubmit((data) => { onSubmitCommand(data.command); })
+			}>
+				<input {...register("command")} 
+					ref={ref}
+					onChange={(e) => {
+						setCommand(e.target.value);
+						setValue("command", e.target.value);
+					}} 
+					autoFocus 
+					type="text" 
+					placeholder="Enter a command!" 
+					value={command} />
 				<button type="submit">Do</button>
 			</form>
 		</div>
 		);
-}
+});

 export default CommandEntry;
--- a/client/src/embodied/Live.jsx
+++ b/client/src/embodied/Live.jsx
@ -1,53 +1,132 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useParams, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { apiUrl, wsUrl } from '../apiTools.jsx';
+import { apiUrl, wsUrl, fetchPage, fetchPageAttributes, fetchPageAtEdit, postPage, fetchCurrentVerbs } from '../apiTools.jsx';
 import { useFixLinks } from '../clientStuff.jsx';
 import { useLoggedIn } from '../AuthProvider.jsx';
 import useWebSocket, { ReadyState } from 'react-use-websocket';

 import Page from '../page/Page.jsx';
+import ExtendedAttributes from '../page/ExtendedAttributes.jsx';
 import MessageFeed from './MessageFeed.jsx';
 import Sidebar from './Sidebar.jsx';
 import CommandEntry from './CommandEntry.jsx';

-function Live({editing, ...props}) {
+function Live({...props}) {
  const navigate = useNavigate();
  const loggedIn = useLoggedIn();
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
  
+  const [ command, setCommand ] = useState('');
  const [ messageHistory, setMessageHistory ] = useState([]);
  const [ currentNumber, setCurrentNumber ] = useState(1);
+  const [ editing, setEditing ] = useState(false);
  const [ connecting, setConnecting ] = useState(true);

+  const commandEntryRef = useRef(null);
+
+  //setting up the websocket and using its data!
  const { sendMessage, lastMessage, lastJsonMessage, readyState } = useWebSocket(`${wsUrl}/embody`, {
-    onClose: () => setConnecting(false)
+    onClose: () => console.log("broke connection!"),
+    onOpen: () => console.log("opened connection"),
+    shouldReconnect: (closeEvent) => true,
  }, connecting);
  
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (lastMessage !== null) {
-      console.log(lastMessage);
-      setMessageHistory((prev) => prev.concat(lastMessage));
+  useEffect(() => console.log(lastMessage), [lastMessage]);

-      if (lastMessage.data.startsWith("location change to: ")) {
-        const num = Number(lastMessage.data.replace("location change to: #", ""));
-        setCurrentNumber(num);
-      }
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!(lastJsonMessage === null || lastJsonMessage === undefined)) {
+      setMessageHistory((prev) => prev.concat(lastJsonMessage));
+      //if (lastJsonMessage["error"]) alert(lastJsonMessage["error"]);
+      if (lastJsonMessage["setPageNumber"]) 
+        setCurrentNumber(Number(lastJsonMessage["setPageNumber"]));
    }
-  }, [lastMessage]);
+  }, [lastJsonMessage, lastMessage]);
+
+
+  // first class object data values!
+  const fetchPageQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['page', currentNumber, null],
+    queryFn: () => fetchPage(currentNumber),
+  });
+
+  // setting up for editing and suchlike
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setTitle(fetchPageQuery.data?.title);
+  }, [fetchPageQuery.data?.title]);
+
+  const [text, setText] = useState(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setText(fetchPageQuery.data?.description);
+  }, [fetchPageQuery.data?.description]);
+
+  const [type, setType] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setType(fetchPageQuery.data?.type == 1);
+  }, [fetchPageQuery.data?.type]);
+
+  // extended attribute store!
+  const fetchAttributesQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['attributes', currentNumber],
+    queryFn: () => fetchPageAttributes(currentNumber)
+  });
+
+  // verbs available to us
+  const fetchVerbsQuery = useQuery({
+      queryKey: ['my verbs'],
+      queryFn: fetchCurrentVerbs,
+  });
+
+  let verbs = fetchVerbsQuery.data || [];
+  if (!editing) verbs = ["edit this"].concat(verbs);
+  else verbs = ["save changes"].concat(verbs);
+
+  const postMutation = useMutation({ // for changing the value when we're done with it
+    mutationFn: postPage,
+    onSettled: async (data, error, variables) => {
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries(['page', variables.number, null])
+    },
+  });
+
+  function saveChanges() {
+    postMutation.mutate({
+      number: currentNumber, 
+      title: title, 
+      description: text,
+      type: type ? 1 : 0,
+    });
+  }
+
+  function handleSubmitCommand() {
+    const c = command.trim();
+    if (c == "edit this") setEditing(true);
+    else if (c == "save changes") {
+      saveChanges();
+      setEditing(false);
+    }
+    else sendMessage(c);
+
+    setCommand("");
+  }

  // spread this return value on <a/> elements in order to make them navigate 
  const commandLinkClick = (e) => {
-    if (e.target.tagName != "A") { return; }
-    if (!e.target.href.includes(window.location.origin)) { return; }
+    if (e.target.tagName != "A") return;
+    if (!e.target.href.includes(window.location.origin)) return; 
+    if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey || e.altKey) return; 
+    
+    // if it was an <a> tag, if it's to a subdomain of this website, and a modifier wasn't held
+    // then we should prevent default behavior and execute our own.
    e.preventDefault();

    const localLink = e.target.href.replace(window.location.origin, "");
    const targetString = localLink.replace("/", "");
    const targetNumber = Number(targetString);
    
-    if (targetNumber != 0 && targetNumber != NaN) {
-      const warpMessage = `warp #${targetString}`;
-      console.log(`clicked a link, executing "warp #${targetString}"`);
+    if (targetNumber != 0 && !isNaN(targetNumber)) {
+      const warpMessage = `warp #${targetNumber}`;
+      console.log(`clicked a link, executing "warp #${targetNumber}"`);
      sendMessage(warpMessage);
      return;
    }
@ -55,16 +134,46 @@ function Live({editing, ...props}) {
    navigate(e.target.href.replace(window.location.origin, ""));
  };

+  useEffect(() => {
+    window.history.replaceState(null, "", window.location.origin + "/" + currentNumber);
+  }, [currentNumber]);
+
  return (
    <>
-      <Page editing={editing} number={currentNumber} linkClick={commandLinkClick} {...props} />
+      <div className="main-column">
+        <Page 
+          page={{...fetchPageQuery.data, description: text, title: title, type: type }}
+          editing={editing} 
+          linkClick={commandLinkClick} 
+          onChangeTitle={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)}
+          onChangeText={setText}
+          onChangeType={() => setType(!type)}
+          {...props} />
+        <ExtendedAttributes
+          attributes={fetchAttributesQuery.data} />
+      </div>
      <MessageFeed messages={messageHistory}>
-        <button disabled={connecting} onClick={() => setConnecting(true)}>Reconnect</button>
+        <button disabled={connecting} onClick={() => setConnecting(true)}>
+        {{
+          [ReadyState.CONNECTING]: 'Connecting',
+          [ReadyState.OPEN]: 'Open',
+          [ReadyState.CLOSING]: 'Closing',
+          [ReadyState.CLOSED]: 'Closed',
+          [ReadyState.UNINSTANTIATED]: 'Uninstantiated',
+        }[readyState]}</button>
        <button onClick={()=> setMessageHistory([])}>Clear History</button>
      </MessageFeed>
-      <Sidebar pagenumber={currentNumber} hidden="true" sendWord={(word) => setCommand((command + " " + word).trim())}>
+      <Sidebar verbs={verbs} sendWord={(word) => {
+        setCommand((command + " " + word).trim());
+        commandEntryRef.current.focus();
+        // maybe set focus to the command entry?
+      }}>
      </Sidebar>
-      <CommandEntry onSubmit={(w) => { console.log(w); sendMessage(w); } }/>
+      <CommandEntry 
+        ref={commandEntryRef}
+        setCommand={(val) => {setCommand(val)}} 
+        onSubmitCommand={handleSubmitCommand} 
+        command={command} />
    </>
  );
 }
--- a/client/src/embodied/MessageFeed.jsx
+++ b/client/src/embodied/MessageFeed.jsx
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function MessageFeed({messages=[], children}) {
 			<ol ref={listContainer}>
 				{messages.map((message, idx) => 
 					<li key={idx}>
-						{message.data} 
+						{JSON.stringify(message)} 
 					</li>
 				)}
 			</ol>
--- a/client/src/embodied/Sidebar.jsx
+++ b/client/src/embodied/Sidebar.jsx
@ -5,24 +5,17 @@ import { fetchCurrentVerbs } from '../apiTools.jsx';

 import './Sidebar.css';

-function Sidebar({children, pagenumber, hidden=false, sendWord=(()=>null)}) {
+function Sidebar({children, verbs, hidden=true, sendWord=(()=>null)}) {
 	const [open, setOpen] = useState(!hidden);
 	const loggedIn = useLoggedIn();

-	const { isPending, isError, error, data } = useQuery({ // fetch the currrent values
-	    queryKey: ['my verbs'],
-	    queryFn: fetchCurrentVerbs,
-	});
-
-	const verbs = data;
-
 	return (
 		<div className={`sidebar ${!open && "sidebar-hidden"}`}>
 			<button onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}>{open ? "hide" : "show"}</button>
 			<ul>
-				{(verbs || []).map( (name) => (
+				{verbs.map( (name) => (
 					<li key={name}>
-						<button onClick={() => sendWord(name)}>
+						<button onClick={() => { console.log("clicked button for", name); sendWord(name);}}>
 							{name}
 						</button>
 					</li> 
--- a/client/src/landing/GraphRender.jsx
+++ b/client/src/landing/GraphRender.jsx
@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { SigmaContainer } from "@react-sigma/core";
+import { SigmaContainer, useRegisterEvents } from "@react-sigma/core";
 import "@react-sigma/core/lib/react-sigma.min.css";

+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { fetchGraph } from '../apiTools.jsx';

@ -22,7 +24,21 @@ export default function GraphRender() {

 			return () => supervisor.stop();
 		}
-	});
+	}, [data]);
+
+	/*
+	const navigate = useNavigate();
+	const registerEvents = useRegisterEvents();
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+    console.log("register events");
+    // Register the events
+    registerEvents({
+      // node events
+      clickNode: (event) => navigate(`/${event.node}`),
+    });
+  }, [registerEvents]);
+  */

 	if (isPending) return "Loading...";
 	else if (error) return `Error encountered: ${error}`;
--- a/client/src/page/ExtendedAttributes.jsx
+++ b/client/src/page/ExtendedAttributes.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+function ExtendedAttributes({attributes, ...props}) {
+
+	if (!attributes) return;
+	return <>
+		<section className="page-contents">
+			{attributes.parent ? 
+				`The parent of this object is #${attributes.parent}.`
+				:
+				"This object has no parent."}
+		</section>
+		
+		{attributes.location && <section className="page-contents">
+			This object lives in #{JSON.stringify(attributes.location)}.
+		</section>}
+
+		{attributes.contents && typeof attributes.contents.map === 'function' && <section className="page-contents">
+			<h4>Contents of this location:</h4>
+			<ul>
+				{attributes.contents.map((objectNum) => <li key={objectNum}>{objectNum}</li>)}
+			</ul>
+		</section>}
+		{attributes.verbs && <section className="page-contents">
+			<h4>Verbs defined on this object:</h4>
+			<ul>
+				{attributes.verbs.map((verbNum) => <li key={verbNum}>{verbNum}</li>)}
+			</ul>
+		</section>}
+		{attributes.prepositions && <section className="page-contents">
+			<h4>Prepositions this verb expects:</h4>
+			<ul>
+				{attributes.prepositions.map((prep) => <li key={prep}>{prep}</li>)}
+			</ul>
+		</section>}
+	</>
+}
+
+export default ExtendedAttributes;
--- a/client/src/page/GhostPage.jsx
+++ b/client/src/page/GhostPage.jsx
@ -1,29 +1,98 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useParams, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { apiUrl, fetchPage, fetchPageAtEdit, postPage, deletePage } from '../apiTools.jsx';
+import { apiUrl, fetchPage, fetchPageAttributes, postPage } from '../apiTools.jsx';
 import { useLoggedIn } from '../AuthProvider.jsx';
 import Page from './Page.jsx';
+import ExtendedAttributes from './ExtendedAttributes.jsx';

 import './Pages.css';

 function GhostPage({editing, ...props}) {
  const { pagenumber, editid } = useParams();
  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const loggedIn = useLoggedIn();
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+

  const linkClick = (e) => {
    if (e.target.tagName != "A") { return; }
-    if (!e.target.href.includes(window.location.origin)) { return; }
+    if (!e.target.href.includes(window.location.origin)) return;
    e.preventDefault();
    navigate(e.target.href.replace(window.location.origin, ""));
  };

-  return <Page 
-    number={pagenumber} 
-    editid={editid} 
-    editing={editing} 
-    linkClick={linkClick} 
-    {...props}/>;
+  const fetchPageQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['page', pagenumber, null],
+    queryFn: () => fetchPage(pagenumber),
+  });
+  const fetchAttributesQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['attributes', pagenumber],
+    queryFn: () => fetchPageAttributes(pagenumber)
+  });
+
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setTitle(fetchPageQuery.data?.title);
+  }, [fetchPageQuery.data?.title]);
+
+  const [text, setText] = useState(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setText(fetchPageQuery.data?.description);
+  }, [fetchPageQuery.data?.description]);
+
+  const [type, setType] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setType(fetchPageQuery.data?.type == 1);
+  }, [fetchPageQuery.data?.type]);
+
+  const postMutation = useMutation({ // for changing the value when we're done with it
+    mutationFn: postPage,
+    onSettled: async (data, error, variables) => {
+      // Invalidate and refetch
+      await queryClient.invalidateQueries(['page', variables.number, null])
+      console.log("shoulda just invalidated the thing");
+      navigate(`/${pagenumber}`);
+    },
+  });
+
+  function submitChanges(e) {
+    postMutation.mutate({
+      number: pagenumber, 
+      title: title, 
+      description: text,
+      type: type ? 1 : 0,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return <div className="main-column">
+    <Page 
+      page={{...fetchPageQuery.data, description: text, title: title, type: type }}
+      editing={editing} 
+      linkClick={linkClick}
+      onChangeTitle={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)}
+      onChangeText={setText}
+      onChangeType={() => setType(!type)}
+      {...props}/>
+    <ExtendedAttributes
+      attributes={fetchAttributesQuery.data} />
+    <button
+      onClick={() => navigate(`/${pagenumber}/history`)}>
+      History
+    </button>
+    {editing && (
+      <button 
+        disabled={postMutation.isPending}
+        onClick={submitChanges}>
+        {postMutation.isPending ? "Updating..." : "Update"}
+      </button>)}
+    {!editing && !editid && (
+      <button
+        disabled={!loggedIn}
+        onClick={() => navigate(`/${pagenumber}/edit`, {replace: true})}>
+        Edit Page 
+      </button>)}
+  </div>;
 }

 export default GhostPage;
--- a/client/src/page/Page.jsx
+++ b/client/src/page/Page.jsx
@ -1,121 +1,73 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { useParams, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { apiUrl, fetchPage, fetchPageAtEdit, postPage, deletePage } from '../apiTools.jsx';
+import { apiUrl, fetchPage, fetchPageAtEdit, postPage } from '../apiTools.jsx';
 import { useFixLinks } from '../clientStuff.jsx';
-import { useLoggedIn } from '../AuthProvider.jsx';
-import { MDXEditor, headingsPlugin, quotePlugin, linkPlugin, diffSourcePlugin } from '@mdxeditor/editor';
+
+import { MDXEditor, 
+  headingsPlugin, quotePlugin, listsPlugin, 
+  thematicBreakPlugin, linkPlugin, diffSourcePlugin } from '@mdxeditor/editor';

 import './Pages.css';
 import 'highlight.js/styles/a11y-dark.min.css';
 import '@mdxeditor/editor/style.css';

-function Page({ editing, number, editid=null, linkClick=()=>{} }) {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
-  const loggedIn = useLoggedIn();
-
-  const fetchQuery = useQuery({ // fetch the currrent values
-    queryKey: ['page', number, editid],
-    queryFn: () => editid ? fetchPageAtEdit(number, editid) : fetchPage(number)
-  })
-
-  const postMutation = useMutation({ // for changing the value when we're done with it
-    mutationFn: ({id, title, description, type}) => postPage({id, title, description, type}),
-    onSettled: async (data, error, variables) => {
-      // Invalidate and refetch
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['page', variables.id, null] })
-    },
-  });
-
-  const readyToShow = !(fetchQuery.error || fetchQuery.isPending);
-
-  let {id, title, description, html, lua, time, author, type} = fetchQuery.data || {};
-  const [verb, setVerb] = useState(false);
-  const [enteredText, setText] = useState("...");
-  if (!title) title = "[no title]";
+function Page({ 
+    page=null,
+    editing, historical, 
+    linkClick=()=>{},
+    onChangeTitle=()=>{},
+    onChangeType=()=>{},
+    onChangeText=()=>{},
+     }) {
+  let {title, description, html, lua, time, author, type} = page || {};
+  if (!title) title = "";
  if (!html) html = "[body missing]";
  if (!lua) lua = "[no definition]";
  if (!description) description = "[body missing]";
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setVerb(type == 1);
-    setText(description);
-  }, [type, description])

-  function submitChanges(e) {
-    const newTitle = document.querySelector('span').innerHTML;
-    postMutation.mutate({
-      id: number, 
-      title: newTitle, 
-      description: enteredText,
-      type: verb ? 1 : 0,
-    });
-    navigate(`/${number}`, {replace: true})
-  }
-
-
-  return (
-    <div className="main-column">
+  return (<>
      <header>
        <h1>
          <a href="/" onClick={linkClick}>🌳</a>
-          {number}.&nbsp;
-          <span 
-              contentEditable={editing} 
-              dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: readyToShow ? title : "..." }} />
+          {page?.number}.&nbsp;
+          <input disabled={!editing} value={title} onChange={onChangeTitle}/> 
        </h1>
-        <p>{readyToShow && editid && `saved at ${time} by user #${author}`}</p>
-        { editing ? <label>
-          <input type="checkbox" checked={verb} onChange={() => setVerb(!verb)}/>
-          {verb ? "verb" : "noun"}
-        </label> : <br/> }
+        { historical && <p>saved at {time} by user #{author}</p> }
+        { editing ? 
+            <label>
+              <input type="checkbox" checked={type} onChange={onChangeType}/>
+              {type ? "verb" : "noun"}
+            </label> 
+            : 
+            <br/> 
+        }
        <hr/>
      </header>
      <section className="page-contents">
-        { readyToShow ? 
-          (
-            editing ?
-              <MDXEditor 
-                markdown={description} 
-                plugins={[
-                  headingsPlugin(), 
-                  quotePlugin(),
-                  linkPlugin(),
-                  diffSourcePlugin({ diffMarkdown: 'ahhhh do not look upon me!', viewMode: 'source' }),
-                  ]} 
-                onChange={(md) => setText(md)}
-                />
-              :
-              (
-                verb ? 
-                  <pre><code dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: lua.replace(/\n/g, "<br>").replace(/  /g, "&nbsp;&nbsp;")}}></code></pre>
-                  :
-                  <div 
-                    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: html}} 
-                    onClick={linkClick} />
-              )
-          )
-          :
-          "..."
+        { editing ?
+            <MDXEditor 
+              markdown={description} 
+              plugins={[
+                headingsPlugin(), 
+                quotePlugin(),
+                listsPlugin(),
+                thematicBreakPlugin(),
+                linkPlugin(),
+                diffSourcePlugin({ diffMarkdown: 'ahhhh do not look upon me!', viewMode: 'source' }),
+                ]} 
+              onChange={onChangeText}
+              />
+            :
+            ( type ? 
+                <pre><code dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: lua.replace(/\n/g, "<br>").replace(/  /g, "&nbsp;&nbsp;")}}></code></pre>
+                :
+                <div 
+                  dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: html}} 
+                  onClick={linkClick} />
+            )
        }
      </section>
-      <button
-        onClick={() => navigate(`/${number}/history`)}>
-        History
-      </button>
-      {editing && (
-        <button 
-          disabled={postMutation.isPending}
-          onClick={submitChanges}>
-          {postMutation.isPending ? "Updating..." : "Update"}
-        </button>)}
-      {!editing && !editid && (
-        <button
-          disabled={!loggedIn}
-          onClick={() => navigate(`/${number}/edit`)}>
-          Edit Page 
-        </button>)}
-    </div>
+    </>
  );
 }

--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@ -2,9 +2,12 @@

 I think `npm start` in each directory should run the app

+# Environoment variables!
+- `SESSION_DATA_PASSWORD` for encrypting session cookies
+- `USER_CREATION_PASSWORD` to set the extra password required for account creation
+
 # build log

- `brew tap libsql/sqld`
 - `brew install sqld-beta`
 - to run cast `npm start` in each directory
 - `node initialize_db.js` `node populate_db.js`
--- a/server/.env
+++ b/server/.env
@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+USER_CREATION_PASSWORD="a softer birdsong"
+SESSION_DATA_SECRET="dontcheckmeintoversioncontrolpleeeeasealskdfjsdf"
--- a/server/graphStuff.js
+++ b/server/graphStuff.js
@ -2,19 +2,44 @@ const { JSDOM } = require("jsdom");
 const graphology = require("graphology");
 const { circular } = require('graphology-layout');

+
+const graphQueryString = `
+	select p.number, p.html, p.time, a.contents
+	from pages p
+	left join attributes a on a.number = p.number
+	where time >= (
+		select max(s.time) 
+		from pages s
+		where s.number = p.number
+	)
+	order by p.time desc
+	`;
+
 function graphFromList(allTheStuff) {
 	const graph = new graphology.Graph();
 	for (const {number, html} of allTheStuff) {
 		if (!graph.hasNode(number)) graph.addNode(number);
 	}

-	for (const {number, html} of allTheStuff) {
+	for (const {number, html, contents} of allTheStuff) {
 		const { document } = (new JSDOM(html)).window;
 		const links = document.querySelectorAll('a');
 		links.forEach((link) => {
 			const referent = link.href.replace("/","");
-			graph.mergeEdge(number, referent);
+			graph.mergeEdge(number, referent, {color: "white"});
 		});
+		
+		if (typeof contents?.verbs?.forEach === 'function') {
+			contents?.verbs?.forEach((verbNumber) => {
+				graph.mergeEdge(number, verbNumber, {color: "red"})
+			});
+		}
+
+		if (typeof contents?.contents?.forEach === 'function') {
+			contents?.contents?.forEach((nounNumber) => {
+				graph.mergeEdge(number, nounNumber, {color: "green"});
+			});
+		}
 	}

 	circular.assign(graph);
@ -22,4 +47,4 @@ function graphFromList(allTheStuff) {
 	return graph;
 }

-module.exports = { graphFromList: graphFromList };
+module.exports = { graphFromList, graphQueryString };
--- a/server/interpreter.js
+++ b/server/interpreter.js
@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ async function makeLua() {
 	lua.global.set('lookUpObject', luaSafe(lookUpObject));
 	lua.global.set('lookUpObjectAttributes', luaSafe(lookUpObjectAttributes));
 	lua.global.set('interpret', interpret);
+
+	// let's get cheeky with it
+
+	lua.global.set('console_log', console.log);
 }

 makeLua();
@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ function interpret(context, player, command) {
 	//		may? be null if it's executing from a script? used for output.
 	//		so arguably 
 	// command: the full string typed in by the player
+	console.log(context, player, command);

 	const socket = sockets.get(player)
 	const wordsAndQuotes = tokenizeQuotes(command.trim());
@ -55,12 +60,12 @@ function interpret(context, player, command) {

 			const [first, second, third, ...rest] = words;

-			executeVerb(command, player, verb, prepMap, player, second, third, ...rest)
+			return executeVerb(command, player, verb, prepMap, context, player, second, third, ...rest);
 		} else {
 			interpret(1,1, `system_send_message '{"error": "verb ${verbId} not found in ${fullCommand}"}' to ${player}`);
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
-		interpret(1,1, `system_send_message '{"error": "error found: ${error}"}' to ${player}`);
+		executeVerb('', player, 2, {to: player}, null, `{"error": "error found: ${error}"}`);
 	}

 	/*
@ -75,22 +80,16 @@ function interpret(context, player, command) {
 	*/
 }

-async function executeVerb(fullCommand, outputObject, verbId, prepositions, subject, object, ...rest) {
+async function executeVerb(fullCommand, outputObject, verbId, prepositions, context, subject, object, ...rest) {
 	if (verbId == 2) {
 		// todo: make this more intelligently get the rright thing to send
-		let theObject;
-		try {
-			theObject = verifyObjectReference(object);
-		} catch (error) {
-			theObject = verifyObjectReference(outputObject);
-		}
 		if (prepositions["to"]) {
 			let destination = verifyObjectReference(prepositions["to"])
 			return sockets.get(destination)?.send(object);
 		}
 		return sockets
-			.get(theObject)
-			?.send(`full command: ${fullCommand}. verb id: ${verbId}. subject: ${subject} object: ${object}`); 
+			.get(outputObject)
+			?.send(`{"message": "missing \"to\" clause trying to execute command: ${fullCommand}"}`); 
 	}

 	const fullVerb = lookUpObject(verbId);
@ -102,19 +101,36 @@ async function executeVerb(fullCommand, outputObject, verbId, prepositions, subj
 	const verbName = "verb" + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2);
 	const body = fullVerb.description.replace(/&nbsp;/g, " ");
 	const verbDeclaration = `
-		function ${verbName} (fullCommand, outputObject, prepositionMap, subject, object, ...)
+		function ${verbName} (fullCommand, outputObject, prepositionMap, context, subject, object, ...)
 			${body}
 		end`;
 	console.log("verb we're running:");
 	console.log(verbDeclaration);
-	await lua.doString(verbDeclaration);
+	await lua.doString(verbDeclaration).catch((e) => {
+			console.log("found an error heyyoyyoyoyoyo", e);
+			let msg = {"error": "syntax error defining a verb!", "errorObject": e};

+			sockets.get(outputObject)?.send(JSON.stringify(msg));
+		})
 	
-	let returnValue = await lua.global.get(verbName)(fullCommand, outputObject, prepositions, subject, object, ...rest);
-	// maybe unset it so we dno't have an ever-growing set of functions cluttering up the space?
-	//lua.global.set(verbName, null); 
+	let func = lua.global.get(verbName);
+	if (typeof func === "function") {
+		let returnValue;
+		try { 
+			returnValue = 
+				lua.global.get(verbName)(fullCommand, outputObject, prepositions, context, subject, object, ...rest)
+		} catch (error) {
+			sockets.get(outputObject)?.send(JSON.stringify({"error": "error executing a verb!"}));
+		}
+		// maybe unset it so we dno't have an ever-growing set of functions cluttering up the space?
+		//lua.global.set(verbName, null); 
 		
-	return returnValue;
+		return returnValue;
+	} else {
+		sockets.get(outputObject)?.send(JSON.stringify({"error": "error defining a verb!"}));
+	}
+
+	return null;
 }

 const objectQuery = db.prepare('select * from pages where number=? order by time desc');
@ -173,7 +189,7 @@ function findVerbOnObject(word, object) {

 			if (!fullVerb) continue;

-			// test our word against 
+			// test our word against each verb in turn
 			if (word.toLowerCase() == fullVerb.title.toLowerCase()) {
 				return verbId;
 			}
@ -189,8 +205,7 @@ function findAllVerbsOnObject(object) {
 	let focus = object;

 	while (focus) {
-		const newVerbs = (getAttribute(focus, "verbs") || []).filter((verb) => !(verb in verbs));
-		verbs = verbs.concat(newVerbs);
+		verbs = concatWithoutDuplicates(verbs, getAttribute(focus, "verbs"));

 		focus = getAttribute(focus, "parent");
 	}
@ -225,6 +240,7 @@ function getAttribute(obj, attributeName) {

 	let attributeStore = pullAttribute.get(verifyObjectReference(obj));

+	if (!attributeStore || !attributeStore.contents) return undefined;
 	let contents = JSON.parse(attributeStore.contents);

 	if (contents.hasOwnProperty(attributeName)) {
@ -256,11 +272,29 @@ function setAttribute(obj, attributeName, value) {
 	const attributeStore = pullAttribute.get(verifyObjectReference(obj));
 	const contents = JSON.parse(attributeStore.contents);

-	contents[attributeName] = value;
+	if (isEmptyObject(value) && isArray(contents[attributes]))
+		contents[attributeName] = [];
+	else
+		contents[attributeName] = value;
+	// hacky fix so that an empty array can't be replaced with an empty object
+
 	
 	insertAttribute.run({...attributeStore, contents: JSON.stringify(contents)});
 }

+function isArray(obj) {
+	return Object.prototype.toString.apply(value) === '[object Array]';
+}
+function isEmptyObject(obj) {
+	if (typeof obj !== "obj") return false;
+
+	for (const prop in obj) {
+		if (Object.hasOwn(obj, prop)) return true;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 function deleteAttribute(obj, attributeName) {
 	if (!verifyObjectReference(obj)) return undefined;

@ -288,8 +322,10 @@ function verifyObjectReference(obj) {
 }

 function concatWithoutDuplicates(a, b) {
-	let b2 = b.filter((x) => !(x in a));
-	return a.concat(b2);
+	let c = []
+	a?.forEach((x) => { if (!c.includes(x)) c.push(x) })
+	b?.forEach((x) => { if (!c.includes(x)) c.push(x) });
+	return c;
 }
 function luaSafe(func) {
 	return (...all) => {
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 {
  "name": "forest-server",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "forest-server",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "version": "0.0.1",
      "license": "ISC",
      "dependencies": {
-        "@libsql/client": "^0.14.0",
        "argon2": "^0.41.1",
        "better-sqlite3": "^11.3.0",
        "better-sqlite3-session-store": "^0.1.0",
@ -23,148 +22,12 @@
        "graphology-layout-forceatlas2": "^0.10.1",
        "highlight.js": "^11.10.0",
        "jsdom": "^25.0.0",
+        "node": "^22.10.0",
        "nodemon": "^3.1.5",
        "showdown": "^2.1.0",
        "wasmoon": "^1.16.0"
      }
    },
-    "node_modules/@libsql/client": {
-      "version": "0.14.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libsql/client/-/client-0.14.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/9HEKfn6fwXB5aTEEoMeFh4CtG0ZzbncBb1e++OCdVpgKZ/xyMsIVYXm0w7Pv4RUel803vE6LwniB3PqD72R0Q==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@libsql/core": "^0.14.0",
-        "@libsql/hrana-client": "^0.7.0",
-        "js-base64": "^3.7.5",
-        "libsql": "^0.4.4",
-        "promise-limit": "^2.7.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@libsql/core": {
-      "version": "0.14.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libsql/core/-/core-0.14.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-nhbuXf7GP3PSZgdCY2Ecj8vz187ptHlZQ0VRc751oB2C1W8jQUXKKklvt7t1LJiUTQBVJuadF628eUk+3cRi4Q==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "js-base64": "^3.7.5"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@libsql/darwin-arm64": {
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-      "cpu": [
-        "arm64"
-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
-        "darwin"
-      ]
-    },
-    "node_modules/@libsql/darwin-x64": {
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-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
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-      ]
-    },
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-        "node-fetch": "^3.3.2"
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-        "ws": "^8.13.0"
-      }
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-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
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-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
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-      ]
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-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
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-      ]
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-      "cpu": [
-        "x64"
-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
-        "linux"
-      ]
-    },
-    "node_modules/@libsql/win32-x64-msvc": {
-      "version": "0.4.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libsql/win32-x64-msvc/-/win32-x64-msvc-0.4.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-57GGurNJhOhq3XIopLdGnCoQ4kQAcmbmzzFoC4tpvDE/KSbwZ/13zqJWhQA41nMGk/PKM1XKfKmbIybKx1+eqA==",
-      "cpu": [
-        "x64"
-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
-        "win32"
-      ]
-    },
-    "node_modules/@neon-rs/load": {
-      "version": "0.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@neon-rs/load/-/load-0.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-kTPhdZyTQxB+2wpiRcFWrDcejc4JI6tkPuS7UZCG4l6Zvc5kU/gGQ/ozvHTh1XR5tS+UlfAfGuPajjzQjCiHCw=="
-    },
    "node_modules/@phc/format": {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@phc/format/-/format-1.0.0.tgz",
@ -178,22 +41,6 @@
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      "integrity": "sha512-TB/6hBkYQJxsZHSqyeuO1Jt0AB/bW6G7rHt9g7lML7SOF6lbgcHvw/Lr+69iqN0qxgXLhWKScAon73JNnptuDw=="
    },
-    "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "22.7.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.7.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qXKfhXXqGTyBskvWEzJZPUxSslAiLaB6JGP1ic/XTH9ctGgzdgYguuLP1C601aRTSDNlLb0jbKqXjZ48GNraSA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "undici-types": "~6.19.2"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@types/ws": {
-      "version": "8.5.12",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ws/-/ws-8.5.12.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3tPRkv1EtkDpzlgyKyI8pGsGZAGPEaXeu0DOj5DI25Ja91bdAYddYHbADRYVrZMRbfW+1l5YwXVDKohDJNQxkQ==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@types/node": "*"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/accepts": {
      "version": "1.3.8",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/accepts/-/accepts-1.3.8.tgz",
@ -520,9 +367,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/cookie": {
-      "version": "0.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw==",
+      "version": "0.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6DnInpx7SJ2AK3+CTUE/ZM0vWTUboZCegxhC2xiIydHR9jNuTAASBrfEpHhiGOZw/nX51bHt6YQl8jsGo4y/0w==",
      "engines": {
        "node": ">= 0.6"
      }
@ -563,14 +410,6 @@
        "node": ">=18"
      }
    },
-    "node_modules/data-uri-to-buffer": {
-      "version": "4.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.1.tgz",
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-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 12"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/data-urls": {
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      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/data-urls/-/data-urls-5.0.0.tgz",
@ -760,16 +599,16 @@
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    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.0.tgz",
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+      "version": "4.21.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YSFlK1Ee0/GC8QaO91tHcDxJiE/X4FbpAyQWkxAvG6AXCuR65YzK8ua6D9hvi/TzUfZMpc+BwuM1IPw8fmQBiQ==",
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        "body-parser": "1.20.3",
        "content-disposition": "0.5.4",
        "content-type": "~1.0.4",
-        "cookie": "0.6.0",
+        "cookie": "0.7.1",
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@ -801,11 +640,11 @@
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+      "version": "1.18.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-session/-/express-session-1.18.1.tgz",
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+        "cookie": "0.7.2",
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        "depd": "~2.0.0",
@ -818,6 +657,14 @@
        "node": ">= 0.8.0"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/express-session/node_modules/cookie": {
+      "version": "0.7.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.7.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yki5XnKuf750l50uGTllt6kKILY4nQ1eNIQatoXEByZ5dWgnKqbnqmTrBE5B4N7lrMJKQ2ytWMiTO2o0v6Ew/w==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.6"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/express-session/node_modules/cookie-signature": {
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-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "paypal",
-          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
-        }
-      ],
-      "dependencies": {
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-        "web-streams-polyfill": "^3.0.3"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^12.20 || >= 14.13"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/file-uri-to-path": {
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@ -925,17 +750,6 @@
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      }
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-    "node_modules/formdata-polyfill": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/formdata-polyfill/-/formdata-polyfill-4.0.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-buewHzMvYL29jdeQTVILecSaZKnt/RJWjoZCF5OW60Z67/GmSLBkOFM7qh1PI3zFNtJbaZL5eQu1vLfazOwj4g==",
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-      },
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@ -1331,11 +1145,6 @@
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-    },
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      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom/-/jsdom-25.0.0.tgz",
@ -1383,42 +1192,6 @@
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      }
    },
-    "node_modules/libsql": {
-      "version": "0.4.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libsql/-/libsql-0.4.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sorTJV6PNt94Wap27Sai5gtVLIea4Otb2LUiAUyr3p6BPOScGMKGt5F1b5X/XgkNtcsDKeX5qfeBDj+PdShclQ==",
-      "cpu": [
-        "x64",
-        "arm64",
-        "wasm32"
-      ],
-      "os": [
-        "darwin",
-        "linux",
-        "win32"
-      ],
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@neon-rs/load": "^0.0.4",
-        "detect-libc": "2.0.2"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "@libsql/darwin-arm64": "0.4.5",
-        "@libsql/darwin-x64": "0.4.5",
-        "@libsql/linux-arm64-gnu": "0.4.5",
-        "@libsql/linux-arm64-musl": "0.4.5",
-        "@libsql/linux-x64-gnu": "0.4.5",
-        "@libsql/linux-x64-musl": "0.4.5",
-        "@libsql/win32-x64-msvc": "0.4.5"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/libsql/node_modules/detect-libc": {
-      "version": "2.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/detect-libc/-/detect-libc-2.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UX6sGumvvqSaXgdKGUsgZWqcUyIXZ/vZTrlRT/iobiKhGL0zL4d3osHj3uqllWJK+i+sixDS/3COVEOFbupFyw==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/media-typer": {
      "version": "0.3.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/media-typer/-/media-typer-0.3.0.tgz",
@ -1534,6 +1307,21 @@
        "node": ">= 0.6"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/node": {
+      "version": "22.10.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node/-/node-22.10.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xiXybf2ElhQcbN3DXfUNKxxHK3fsQrxqNS6m7fu9u5E2YaolF2GfuNJV1+xR2CBraTPtvGablAocjKQ8Ey8gyQ==",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-bin-setup": "^1.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "node": "bin/node"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "npm": ">=5.0.0"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/node-abi": {
      "version": "3.68.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-abi/-/node-abi-3.68.0.tgz",
@ -1553,40 +1341,10 @@
        "node": "^18 || ^20 || >= 21"
      }
    },
-    "node_modules/node-domexception": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-domexception/-/node-domexception-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/jKZoMpw0F8GRwl4/eLROPA3cfcXtLApP0QzLmUT/HuPCZWyB7IY9ZrMeKw2O/nFIqPQB3PVM9aYm0F312AXDQ==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
-        }
-      ],
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10.5.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "3.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dRB78srN/l6gqWulah9SrxeYnxeddIG30+GOqK/9OlLVyLg3HPnr6SqOWTWOXKRwC2eGYCkZ59NNuSgvSrpgOA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "data-uri-to-buffer": "^4.0.0",
-        "fetch-blob": "^3.1.4",
-        "formdata-polyfill": "^4.0.10"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "type": "opencollective",
-        "url": "https://opencollective.com/node-fetch"
-      }
+    "node_modules/node-bin-setup": {
+      "version": "1.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-bin-setup/-/node-bin-setup-1.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-opgw9iSCAzT2+6wJOETCpeRYAQxSopqQ2z+N6BXwIMsQQ7Zj5M8MaafQY8JMlolRR6R1UXg2WmhKp0p9lSOivg=="
    },
    "node_modules/node-gyp-build": {
      "version": "4.8.2",
@ -1770,11 +1528,6 @@
        "node": ">=10"
      }
    },
-    "node_modules/promise-limit": {
-      "version": "2.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/promise-limit/-/promise-limit-2.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7nJ6v5lnJsXwGprnGXga4wx6d1POjvi5Qmf1ivTRxTjH4Z/9Czja/UCMLVmB9N93GeWOU93XaFaEt6jbuoagNw=="
-    },
    "node_modules/proxy-addr": {
      "version": "2.0.7",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-addr/-/proxy-addr-2.0.7.tgz",
@ -2271,11 +2024,6 @@
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undefsafe/-/undefsafe-2.0.5.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-WxONCrssBM8TSPRqN5EmsjVrsv4A8X12J4ArBiiayv3DyyG3ZlIg6yysuuSYdZsVz3TKcTg2fd//Ujd4CHV1iA=="
    },
-    "node_modules/undici-types": {
-      "version": "6.19.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-6.19.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ve2KP6f/JnbPBFyobGHuerC9g1FYGn/F8n1LWTwNxCEzd6IfqTwUQcNXgEtmmQ6DlRrC1hrSrBnCZPokRrDHjw=="
-    },
    "node_modules/universalify": {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.2.0.tgz",
@ -2344,14 +2092,6 @@
        "wasmoon": "bin/wasmoon"
      }
    },
-    "node_modules/web-streams-polyfill": {
-      "version": "3.3.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.3.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-d2JWLCivmZYTSIoge9MsgFCZrt571BikcWGYkjC1khllbTeDlGqZ2D8vD8E/lJa8WGWbb7Plm8/XJYV7IJHZZw==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 8"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
      "version": "7.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-7.0.0.tgz",
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
  "name": "forest-server",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "the backend for a wiki/mud",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon server.js",
+    "start": "node --watch --env-file=.env server.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
-    "@libsql/client": "^0.14.0",
    "argon2": "^0.41.1",
    "better-sqlite3": "^11.3.0",
    "better-sqlite3-session-store": "^0.1.0",
@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
    "graphology-layout-forceatlas2": "^0.10.1",
    "highlight.js": "^11.10.0",
    "jsdom": "^25.0.0",
+    "node": "^22.10.0",
    "nodemon": "^3.1.5",
    "showdown": "^2.1.0",
    "wasmoon": "^1.16.0"
--- a/server/routes/api.js
+++ b/server/routes/api.js
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { graphFromList } = require('../graphStuff.js');
+const { graphFromList, graphQueryString } = require('../graphStuff.js');

 const sqlite = require('better-sqlite3');
 const db = new sqlite('the_big_db.db', { verbose: console.log });
@ -15,22 +15,18 @@ app.use(user_routes);
 const live_connection_routes = require('./live.js');
 app.use(live_connection_routes);

-const graphQuery = db.prepare(`
-	select p.number, p.html, p.time 
-	from pages p
-	where time >= (
-		select max(s.time) 
-		from pages s
-		where s.number = p.number
-	)
-	order by p.time desc
-	`);
 app.get('/graph', (req, res) => {
 	try {
-		const rows = graphQuery.all();
-		const graph = graphFromList(rows);
+		const rows = db.prepare(graphQueryString).all();
+		const parsedRows = rows.map((row) => {
+			let newRow = row;
+			newRow.contents = JSON.parse(row.contents);
+			return newRow;
+		});
+		const graph = graphFromList(parsedRows);
 		res.status(200).json(graph);
 	} catch (error) {
+		console.log("error:", error);
 		res.status(500).json({"error": error});
 	}
 });
--- a/server/routes/live.js
+++ b/server/routes/live.js
@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ const { interpret, sockets, lookUpObject,
  getAttribute, setAttribute, hasOwnAttribute, deleteAttribute,
  findAllVerbsInArea } = require('../interpreter.js');

-
-
 app.ws('/embody', (ws, req) => {
  const character = req.session.characterId;
  if (!character) {
@ -23,9 +21,10 @@ app.ws('/embody', (ws, req) => {

 	sockets.set(character, ws);
  console.log("sending location change, should get attribute for 30");
-  ws.send(`location change to: #${getAttribute(character, "location")}`);
+  ws.send(JSON.stringify({setPageNumber: getAttribute(character, "location")}));

  ws.on('message', (msg) => { 
+    console.log("received message: ", msg);
  	const location = getAttribute(character, "location");

    interpret(location, character, msg);
--- a/server/routes/pages.js
+++ b/server/routes/pages.js
@ -46,23 +46,42 @@ app.post('/page/new', loginRequired, (req, res) => {
 	}
 });

+const getPageQuery = db.prepare('select * from pages where number=? order by time desc');
 app.get('/page/:number', (req, res) => {
 	try {
-		const page = db.prepare('select * from pages where number=:number order by time desc').get(req.params);
-		if (page === undefined) res.status(404).json({"error": "page not found"});
+		const page = getPageQuery.get(req.params.number);
+		if (!page) res.status(404).json({"error": "page not found"});
 		else res.status(200).json(page);
  } catch (error) {
  	res.status(500).json({"error": error});
  }
 });
+const getAttributesQuery = db.prepare('select * from attributes where number=?');
+app.get('/page/:number/attributes', (req, res) => {
+	try {
+		const page = getPageQuery.get(req.params.number);
+		if (!page) {
+			res.status(404).json({"error": "page not found"});
+			return;
+		}

+		const attributes = getAttributesQuery.get(req.params.number);
+		if (!attributes) res.status(200).json({});
+		else if (attributes.contents) res.status(200).json(JSON.parse(attributes.contents));
+		else res.status(200).json({});
+
+  } catch (error) {
+  	res.status(500).json({"error": error});
+  }
+});
+
+const pageInsertQuery = db.prepare('insert into pages (number, title, description, html, lua, author, type) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)')
 app.post('/page/:number', loginRequired, (req, res) => {
 	try {
 		const html = converter.makeHtml(req.body.description);
 		const lua =  hljs.highlight(req.body.description, {language: 'lua'}).value;
-		console.log(lua);
-		const changes = db.prepare('insert into pages (number, title, description, html, lua, author, type) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)')
-			.run(req.params.number, req.body.title, req.body.description, html, lua, req.session.userId, req.body.type ? 1 : 0);
+
+		const changes = pageInsertQuery.run(req.params.number, req.body.title, req.body.description, html, lua, req.session.userId, req.body.type ? 1 : 0);
 		res.status(200).json(changes);
 	} catch (error) {
 		console.log(error);
@ -70,6 +89,16 @@ app.post('/page/:number', loginRequired, (req, res) => {
 	}
 });

+const attributesUpdateQuery = db.prepare('update attributes set contents=? where number=?')
+app.post('/page/:number/attributes', loginRequired, (req, res) => {
+	try {
+		const changes = attributesUpdateQuery.run(req.body, req.params.number);
+		res.status(200).json(changes);
+	} catch (error) {
+		res.status(500).json({"error": error});
+	}
+})
+
 app.delete('/page/:number', loginRequired, (req, res) => {
 	try {
 		db.prepare('delete from pages where number = ?').run(req.params.number);
--- a/server/routes/users.js
+++ b/server/routes/users.js
@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ app.post('/register', async (req, res) => {
 		const hash = await argon2.hash(password);
 		const inserted = db.prepare('insert into users (name, password) values (?, ?)').run(name, hash);
 		res.status(200).json(inserted);
+		// todo: create an object associated with that players
 	} catch (error) {
 		res.status(500).json({"error": error});
 	}
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ app.use(session({
      intervalMs: 15*60*1000
    }
  }),
-  secret: "dno'tt check me into versino control",
-  resave: false
+  secret: process.env.SESSION_DATA_SECRET,
+  resave: false,
+  saveUninitialized: false
 }));

 app.use("/api", apiRoutes);