Make posts appear in feed

src/app/store.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import outgoingMessagesReducer from "../features/outgoingMessages/outgoingMessag
 import linkReducer from "../features/link/linkSlice";
 import accountPageReducer from "../features/accountPage/accountPageSlice";
 
-export default configureStore({
+const store = configureStore({
   reducer: {
     user: userReducer,
     currentUser: currentUserReducer,
@@ -20,3 +20,17 @@ export default configureStore({
     accountPage: accountPageReducer,
   },
 });
+
+if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+  store.subscribe(() => {
+    const s = store.getState();
+
+    console.log("[DEBUG] users:", s.users);
+
+    console.log("[DEBUG] currentUser:", s.currentUser);
+
+    console.log("[DEBUG] posts:", s.posts);
+  });
+}
+
+export default store;

src/backend/backend.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { currentUserUpdated } from "../features/currentUser/currentUserSlice";
 
 import { usersUpdated } from "../features/users/usersSlice";
 
-import { postsUpdated } from "../features/posts/postsSlice";
+import { postsLoaded, postsUpdated } from "../features/posts/postsSlice";
 
 import { incomingMessagesUpdated } from "../features/incomingMessages/incomingMessagesSlice";
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ const LOGIN_URL = `${API_BASE}/login`;
 
 const USERS_URL = `${API_BASE}/users`;
 
+const POSTS_URL = `${API_BASE}/posts`;
+
 const LS_TOKEN = "fakebook.jwt";
 
 const LS_USER_ID = "fakebook.user_id";
@@ -149,6 +151,16 @@ export function subscribeAuth() {
           isEmailVerified: !!u.isEmailVerified,
         })
       );
+
+      // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+      // cold-start: get the full feed once
+
+      // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+      subscribePosts(); // <—— fetches /posts and dispatches postsLoaded
+
+      currentUserOnline(); // mark myself online immediately
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn("[Auth] subscribeAuth failed:", err.message);
 
@@ -229,6 +241,8 @@ export async function signInUser(user) {
     );
 
     store.dispatch(errorOccured(""));
+
+    currentUserOnline(); // mark myself online immediately
   } catch (err) {
     store.dispatch(errorOccured(err.message));
 
@@ -314,6 +328,14 @@ function openSocket() {
       hub.on("fakebook.users.put", (raw) => {
         store.dispatch(usersUpdated([parseMsg(raw)]));
       });
+
+      hub.on("fakebook.posts.post", (raw) =>
+        store.dispatch(postsUpdated([JSON.parse(raw)]))
+      );
+
+      hub.on("fakebook.posts.put", (raw) =>
+        store.dispatch(postsUpdated([JSON.parse(raw)]))
+      );
     })
 
     .catch((err) => {
@@ -510,21 +532,36 @@ export function subscribeUsers() {
   };
 }
 
-/* ------------------------- posts ------------------------------------- */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/*  posts subscription: replaces old in-memory mock version           */
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 export function subscribePosts() {
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    store.dispatch(
-      postsUpdated(
-        DB.posts.map((p) => ({
-          ...p,
-          timestamp: new Date(p.timestamp).toLocaleString(),
-        }))
-      )
-    );
-  }, 0);
+  let cancelled = false;
 
-  return () => {};
+  (async () => {
+    try {
+      const token = localStorage.getItem(LS_TOKEN);
+
+      const arr = await $fetch(`${POSTS_URL}?limit=-1`, {
+        headers: token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {},
+      });
+
+      if (!cancelled) {
+        store.dispatch(postsLoaded(arr)); // full list once
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn("[subscribePosts] failed:", err.message);
+    }
+  })();
+
+  /* return unsubscribe fn (keeps contract identical) */
+
+  return () => {
+    cancelled = true;
+  };
 }
 
 export async function upload(post) {

src/features/posts/postsSlice.js

@@ -1,17 +1,65 @@
 import { createSlice } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
 
+import mapRestPost from "../../utils/mapRestPost";
+
 export const postsSlice = createSlice({
   name: "posts",
-  initialState: [],
+
+  initialState: [], // still an array
+
   reducers: {
+    /* full reload (initial screen) --------------------------------- */
+
+    postsLoaded: (_, action) => action.payload.map(mapRestPost),
+
+    /* incremental updates: insert new or patch existing ------------ */
+
     postsUpdated: (state, action) => {
-      const updatedState = [];
-      action.payload.forEach((post) => updatedState.push(post));
-      return updatedState;
+      const incoming = action.payload; // array of raw rows
+
+      incoming.forEach((raw) => {
+        const postID = raw.post_id ?? raw.postID;
+
+        const idx = state.findIndex((p) => p.postID === postID);
+
+        if (idx === -1) {
+          /* NEW */
+
+          state.push(mapRestPost(raw));
+
+          return;
+        }
+
+        /* MERGE PARTIAL UPDATE */
+
+        const cur = state[idx];
+
+        const next = { ...cur };
+
+        if (raw.text !== undefined) next.text = raw.text;
+
+        if (raw.photoURL !== undefined) next.photoURL = raw.photoURL;
+
+        if (raw.youtubeURL !== undefined) next.youtubeURL = raw.youtubeURL;
+
+        if (raw.isPhoto !== undefined) next.isPhoto = !!raw.isPhoto;
+
+        if (raw.isYoutube !== undefined) next.isYoutube = !!raw.isYoutube;
+
+        if (raw.comments !== undefined)
+          next.comments = JSON.parse(raw.comments);
+
+        if (raw.likes !== undefined) next.likes = JSON.parse(raw.likes);
+
+        if (raw.timestamp !== undefined)
+          next.timestamp = new Date(raw.timestamp);
+
+        state[idx] = next;
+      });
     },
   },
 });
 
-export const { postsUpdated } = postsSlice.actions;
+export const { postsLoaded, postsUpdated } = postsSlice.actions;
 
 export default postsSlice.reducer;

src/utils/mapRestPost.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Converts the “Magic / Firebase” row into the shape the UI expects.
+
+   – comments / likes arrive as JSON-encoded strings
+
+   – timestamp comes as “2025-03-18 14:18:43” (UTC); we store it as Date
+
+   – isPhoto / isYoutube arrive as 0|1 (or false|true) → boolean
+
+*/
+
+export default function mapRestPost(row) {
+  /* helper – coerce all falsy / 0 / "0" / false values to boolean */
+
+  const bool = (v) => v === true || v === 1 || v === "1";
+
+  return {
+    postID: row.post_id,
+
+    userID: row.user_id,
+
+    text: row.text,
+
+    photoURL: row.photoURL,
+
+    youtubeURL: row.youtubeURL,
+
+    isPhoto: bool(row.isPhoto),
+
+    isYoutube: bool(row.isYoutube),
+
+    comments: JSON.parse(row.comments || "[]"),
+
+    likes: JSON.parse(row.likes || "[]"),
+
+    /* keep the original ISO string too if you need it elsewhere */
+
+    timestamp: new Date(row.timestamp).toLocaleString(),
+  };
+}