Function getLiveConfiguration

backend/src/init/configuration.ts:72–105

()

}

export async function getLiveConfiguration(): Promise<Configuration> {
  lastFetchTime = Date.now();

  const configurationCollection = db.collection("configuration");

  try {
    const liveConfiguration = await configurationCollection.findOne();

    if (liveConfiguration) {
      const baseConfiguration = structuredClone(BASE_CONFIGURATION);

      const liveConfigurationWithoutId = omit(liveConfiguration, [
        "_id",
      ]) as Configuration;
      mergeConfigurations(baseConfiguration, liveConfigurationWithoutId);

      await pushConfiguration(baseConfiguration);
      configuration = baseConfiguration;
    } else {
      await configurationCollection.insertOne({
        ...BASE_CONFIGURATION,
        _id: new ObjectId(),
      }); // Seed the base configuration.
    }
  } catch (error) {
    const errorMessage = getErrorMessage(error) ?? "Unknown error";
    void addLog(
      "fetch_configuration_failure",
      `Could not fetch configuration: ${errorMessage}`,
    );
  }

  return configuration;
}

async function pushConfiguration(
  configurationToPush: Configuration,