Method fetchUser

server/database/database.ts:81–106

(id: string)

  }

  async fetchUser(id: string): Promise<UserModel | void> {
    logger('Fetching user:', `${HN_API_URL}/user/${id}.json`);

    return get(child(this.db, `user/${id}`))
      .then((itemSnapshot) => {
        const item = itemSnapshot.val();

        if (item !== null && !item.deleted && !item.dead) {
          const user = new UserModel({
            about: item.about,
            creationTime: item.created * 1000,
            id: item.id,
            karma: item.karma,
            posts: item.submitted,
          });

          this.cache.setUser(user.id, user);
          logger('Created User:', item.id, item);

          return user;
        }

        throw item;
      })
      .catch((reason) => logger('Fetching user failed:', reason));
  }

  async getFeed(feedType: FeedType): Promise<number[] | void> {
    logger('Fetching', `/${feedType}stories.json`);