Function askWiki

deployments/desktop/static/desktop.js:4703–4790

()

  }

  async function askWiki() {
    const input = $("chatInput");
    const button = $("wikiAskBtn");
    const question = input.value.trim();
    if (!question) return;
    const payload = {
      user_id: currentUser(),
      question,
      scope: document.querySelector("input[name='chatScope']:checked")?.value || "all",
      limit: 8,
      mentions: activeMentionsForQuestion(question),
      session_id: state.chatSessionId || "",
      response_language: responseLanguage()
    };
    $("chatThread").insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", `
      <div class="message user">
        <div class="avatar">${escapeHtml(ui().chat.me)}</div>
        <div class="bubble"><p>${escapeHtml(question)}</p></div>
      </div>
    `);
    input.value = "";
    clearChatMentions();
    window.clearTimeout(state.mentionSearchTimer);
    state.mentionSearchToken += 1;
    $("mentionSuggestions").hidden = true;

    const messageId = `assistant-${Date.now()}`;
    $("chatThread").insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", `
      <div class="message assistant" id="${messageId}">
        <div class="avatar">AI</div>
        <div class="bubble">
          <div class="answer-meta"><span>${escapeHtml(ui().chat.preparing)}</span></div>
          <div class="answer-text loading"><p>${escapeHtml(ui().chat.generating)}</p></div>
        </div>
      </div>
    `);
    const message = $(messageId);
    const metaTarget = message.querySelector(".answer-meta");
    const answerTarget = message.querySelector(".answer-text");
    const previousText = button.textContent;
    button.disabled = true;
    button.textContent = ui().papers.generating;

    try {
      let data;
      if (DEMO_MODE) {
        data = await api("/api/wiki/ask", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify(payload) });
        const citations = normalizeCitations(data);
        metaTarget.outerHTML = renderAnswerMeta(data, citations);
        await streamAnswerText(answerTarget, data.text || "", citations);
        renderChatSources(citations);
      } else {
        try {
          data = await streamWikiAsk(payload, answerTarget, message);
        } catch (streamError) {
          console.warn("Streaming Wiki ask failed, falling back to JSON.", streamError);
          showFeedbackToast("warning", ui().chat.streamInterruptedTitle, ui().chat.streamInterruptedDetail);
          data = await api("/api/wiki/ask", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify(payload) });