Method getChatMessages

src/node/db/Pad.ts:568–582

* @param {number} start - ID of the first desired chat message. * @param {number} end - ID of the last desired chat message. * @returns {ChatMessage[]} Any existing messages with IDs between `start` (inclusive) and `end` * (inclusive), in order. Note: `start` and `end` form a closed int

(start: string, end: number)

   *     interval as is typical in code.
   */
  async getChatMessages(start: string, end: number) {
    const entries =
        await Promise.all(Stream.range(start, end + 1).map(this.getChatMessage.bind(this)));

    // sort out broken chat entries
    // it looks like in happened in the past that the chat head was
    // incremented, but the chat message wasn't added
    return entries.filter((entry) => {
      const pass = (entry != null);
      if (!pass) {
        console.warn(`WARNING: Found broken chat entry in pad ${this.id}`);
      }
      return pass;
    });
  }

  async init(text:string, authorId = '') {
    // try to load the pad