diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index a03a0cf9c..c1f2474cd 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -739,6 +739,24 @@ export default {
homeMaxBoost: homeAgg._max.boost || 0,
subMaxBoost: subAgg?._max.boost || 0
}
+ },
+ newComments: async (parent, { rootId, after }, { models, me }) => {
+ const comments = await itemQueryWithMeta({
+ me,
+ models,
+ query: `
+ ${SELECT}
+ FROM "Item"
+ -- comments can be nested, so we need to get all comments that are descendants of the root
+ ${whereClause(
+ '"Item".path <@ (SELECT path FROM "Item" WHERE id = $1)',
+ activeOrMine(me),
+ '"Item"."created_at" > $2'
+ )}
+ ORDER BY "Item"."created_at" ASC`
+ }, Number(rootId), after)
+
+ return { comments }
}
},
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/item.js b/api/typeDefs/item.js
index a40a99ae1..4d19c7440 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/item.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/item.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export default gql`
auctionPosition(sub: String, id: ID, boost: Int): Int!
boostPosition(sub: String, id: ID, boost: Int): BoostPositions!
itemRepetition(parentId: ID): Int!
+ newComments(rootId: ID, after: Date): Comments!
}
type BoostPositions {
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ export default gql`
ncomments: Int!
nDirectComments: Int!
comments(sort: String, cursor: String): Comments!
+ newComments(rootId: ID, after: Date): Comments!
path: String
position: Int
prior: Int
diff --git a/components/comment.js b/components/comment.js
index 73e64d0c3..539bdf37e 100644
--- a/components/comment.js
+++ b/components/comment.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import LinkToContext from './link-to-context'
import Boost from './boost-button'
import { gql, useApolloClient } from '@apollo/client'
import classNames from 'classnames'
+import { ShowNewComments } from './show-new-comments'
function Parent ({ item, rootText }) {
const root = useRoot()
@@ -260,6 +261,11 @@ export default function Comment ({
: !noReply &&
{root.bounty && !bountyPaid && }
+ {item.newComments?.length > 0 && (
+
+
+
+ )}
}
{children}
@@ -304,8 +310,9 @@ function ReplyOnAnotherPage ({ item }) {
}
return (
-
+
{text}
+ {item.newComments?.length > 0 && }
)
}
diff --git a/components/comment.module.css b/components/comment.module.css
index 6f24ab615..215993d64 100644
--- a/components/comment.module.css
+++ b/components/comment.module.css
@@ -135,4 +135,27 @@
.comment:has(.comment) + .comment{
padding-top: .5rem;
+}
+
+.newCommentDot {
+ width: 10px;
+ height: 10px;
+ border-radius: 50%;
+ background-color: var(--bs-primary);
+ animation: pulse 2s infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes pulse {
+ 0% {
+ background-color: #FADA5E;
+ opacity: 0.7;
+ }
+ 50% {
+ background-color: #F6911D;
+ opacity: 1;
+ }
+ 100% {
+ background-color: #FADA5E;
+ opacity: 0.7;
+ }
}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/comments.js b/components/comments.js
index cb5d86416..4d1c0bbfa 100644
--- a/components/comments.js
+++ b/components/comments.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { defaultCommentSort } from '@/lib/item'
import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
import MoreFooter from './more-footer'
import { FULL_COMMENTS_THRESHOLD } from '@/lib/constants'
+import useLiveComments from './use-live-comments'
+import { ShowNewComments } from './show-new-comments'
export function CommentsHeader ({ handleSort, pinned, bio, parentCreatedAt, commentSats }) {
const router = useRouter()
@@ -64,14 +66,17 @@ export function CommentsHeader ({ handleSort, pinned, bio, parentCreatedAt, comm
export default function Comments ({
parentId, pinned, bio, parentCreatedAt,
- commentSats, comments, commentsCursor, fetchMoreComments, ncomments, ...props
+ commentSats, comments, commentsCursor, fetchMoreComments, ncomments, newComments, lastCommentAt, item, ...props
}) {
const router = useRouter()
+ // fetch new comments that arrived after the lastCommentAt, and update the item.newComments field in cache
+ useLiveComments(parentId, lastCommentAt || parentCreatedAt, router.query.sort)
const pins = useMemo(() => comments?.filter(({ position }) => !!position).sort((a, b) => a.position - b.position), [comments])
return (
<>
+
{comments?.length > 0
?
}
diff --git a/components/reply.js b/components/reply.js
index ec12d0a5f..e89816c70 100644
--- a/components/reply.js
+++ b/components/reply.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { useRoot } from './root'
import { CREATE_COMMENT } from '@/fragments/paidAction'
import useItemSubmit from './use-item-submit'
import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+import { updateAncestorsCommentCount } from '@/lib/comments'
export default forwardRef(function Reply ({
item,
@@ -82,17 +83,7 @@ export default forwardRef(function Reply ({
const ancestors = item.path.split('.')
// update all ancestors
- ancestors.forEach(id => {
- cache.modify({
- id: `Item:${id}`,
- fields: {
- ncomments (existingNComments = 0) {
- return existingNComments + 1
- }
- },
- optimistic: true
- })
- })
+ updateAncestorsCommentCount(cache, ancestors, 1)
// so that we don't see indicator for our own comments, we record this comments as the latest time
// but we also have record num comments, in case someone else commented when we did
diff --git a/components/show-new-comments.js b/components/show-new-comments.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb6c511c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/show-new-comments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { useApolloClient } from '@apollo/client'
+import styles from './comment.module.css'
+import { COMMENT_DEPTH_LIMIT } from '../lib/constants'
+import { commentsViewedAfterComment } from '../lib/new-comments'
+import {
+ itemUpdateQuery,
+ commentUpdateFragment,
+ getLatestCommentCreatedAt,
+ updateAncestorsCommentCount,
+ readCommentsFragment
+} from '../lib/comments'
+
+// filters out new comments, by id, that already exist in the item's comments
+// preventing duplicate comments from being injected
+function dedupeNewComments (newComments, comments = []) {
+ const existingIds = new Set(comments.map(c => c.id))
+ return newComments.filter(id => !existingIds.has(id))
+}
+
+// prepares and creates a new comments fragment for injection into the cache
+// returns a function that can be used to update an item's comments field
+function prepareComments ({ client, newComments }) {
+ return (data) => {
+ // count total comments being injected: each new comment + all their existing nested comments
+ let totalNComments = newComments.length
+ for (const comment of newComments) {
+ // add all nested comments (subtree) under this newly injected comment to the total
+ totalNComments += (comment.ncomments || 0)
+ }
+
+ // update all ancestors, but not the item itself
+ const ancestors = data.path.split('.').slice(0, -1)
+ updateAncestorsCommentCount(client.cache, ancestors, totalNComments)
+
+ // update commentsViewedAt with the most recent fresh new comment
+ // quirk: this is not the most recent comment, it's the most recent comment in the newComments array
+ // as such, the next visit will not outline other new comments that are older than this one.
+ const latestCommentCreatedAt = getLatestCommentCreatedAt(newComments, data.createdAt)
+ const rootId = data.path.split('.')[0]
+ commentsViewedAfterComment(rootId, latestCommentCreatedAt, totalNComments)
+
+ // return the updated item with the new comments injected
+ return {
+ ...data,
+ comments: { ...data.comments, comments: [...newComments, ...(data.comments?.comments || [])] },
+ ncomments: data.ncomments + totalNComments,
+ newComments: []
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// traverses all new comments and their children
+// at each level, we can execute a callback giving the new comments and the item
+function traverseNewComments (client, item, onLevel, currentDepth = 1) {
+ if (currentDepth > COMMENT_DEPTH_LIMIT) return
+
+ if (item.newComments && item.newComments.length > 0) {
+ const dedupedNewComments = dedupeNewComments(item.newComments, item.comments?.comments)
+
+ // being newComments an array of comment ids, we can get their latest version from the cache
+ // ensuring that we don't miss any new comments
+ const freshNewComments = dedupedNewComments.map(id => {
+ return readCommentsFragment(client, id)
+ }).filter(Boolean)
+
+ // passing currentDepth allows children of top level comments
+ // to be updated by the commentUpdateFragment
+ onLevel(freshNewComments, item, currentDepth)
+
+ for (const newComment of freshNewComments) {
+ traverseNewComments(client, newComment, onLevel, currentDepth + 1)
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// recursively processes and displays all new comments and its children
+// handles comment injection at each level, respecting depth limits
+function injectNewComments (client, item, currentDepth, sort) {
+ traverseNewComments(client, item, (newComments, item, depth) => {
+ if (newComments.length > 0) {
+ const payload = prepareComments({ client, newComments })
+
+ // used to determine if by iterating through the new comments
+ // we are injecting topLevels (depth 0) or not
+ if (depth === 0) {
+ itemUpdateQuery(client, item.id, sort, payload)
+ } else {
+ commentUpdateFragment(client, item.id, payload)
+ }
+ }
+ }, currentDepth)
+}
+
+// counts all new comments for an item and its children
+function countAllNewComments (client, item, currentDepth = 1) {
+ let totalNComments = 0
+
+ // count by traversing all new comments and their children
+ traverseNewComments(client, item, (newComments) => {
+ totalNComments += newComments.length
+ for (const newComment of newComments) {
+ totalNComments += newComment.ncomments || 0
+ }
+ }, currentDepth)
+
+ return totalNComments
+}
+
+// ShowNewComments is a component that dedupes, refreshes and injects newComments into the comments field
+export function ShowNewComments ({ item, sort, depth = 0 }) {
+ const client = useApolloClient()
+
+ // recurse through all new comments and their children
+ const newCommentsCount = item.newComments?.length > 0 ? countAllNewComments(client, item, depth) : 0
+
+ const showNewComments = useCallback(() => {
+ // a top level comment doesn't have depth, we pass 0 to signify this
+ // other comments are injected from their depth
+ injectNewComments(client, item, depth, sort)
+ }, [client, sort, item, depth])
+
+ return (
+ 0 ? 'visible' : 'hidden' }}
+ >
+ {newCommentsCount > 1
+ ? `${newCommentsCount} new comments`
+ : 'show new comment'}
+
+
+ )
+}
diff --git a/components/use-live-comments.js b/components/use-live-comments.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60d93dc75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/use-live-comments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { useQuery, useApolloClient } from '@apollo/client'
+import { SSR } from '../lib/constants'
+import { GET_NEW_COMMENTS } from '../fragments/comments'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { itemUpdateQuery, commentUpdateFragment, getLatestCommentCreatedAt } from '../lib/comments'
+
+const POLL_INTERVAL = 1000 * 10 // 10 seconds
+
+// merge new comment into item's newComments
+// and prevent duplicates by checking if the comment is already in item's newComments
+function mergeNewComment (item, newComment) {
+ const existingNewComments = item.newComments || []
+
+ // is the incoming new comment already in item's new comments?
+ if (existingNewComments.includes(newComment.id)) {
+ return item
+ }
+
+ return { ...item, newComments: [...existingNewComments, newComment.id] }
+}
+
+function cacheNewComments (client, rootId, newComments, sort) {
+ for (const newComment of newComments) {
+ const { parentId } = newComment
+ const topLevel = Number(parentId) === Number(rootId)
+
+ // if the comment is a top level comment, update the item
+ if (topLevel) {
+ // merge the new comment into the item's newComments field, checking for duplicates
+ itemUpdateQuery(client, rootId, sort, (data) => mergeNewComment(data, newComment))
+ } else {
+ // if the comment is a reply, update the parent comment
+ // merge the new comment into the parent comment's newComments field, checking for duplicates
+ commentUpdateFragment(client, parentId, (data) => mergeNewComment(data, newComment))
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// useLiveComments fetches new comments under an item (rootId), that arrives after the latest comment createdAt
+// and inserts them into the newComment client field of their parent comment/post.
+export default function useLiveComments (rootId, after, sort) {
+ const latestKey = `liveCommentsLatest:${rootId}`
+ const client = useApolloClient()
+ const [latest, setLatest] = useState(() => {
+ // if we're on the client, get the latest timestamp from session storage, otherwise use the passed after timestamp
+ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+ return window.sessionStorage.getItem(latestKey) || after
+ }
+ return after
+ })
+
+ const { data } = useQuery(GET_NEW_COMMENTS, SSR
+ ? {}
+ : {
+ pollInterval: POLL_INTERVAL,
+ // only get comments newer than the passed latest timestamp
+ variables: { rootId, after: latest },
+ nextFetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network'
+ })
+
+ useEffect(() => {
+ if (!data?.newComments?.comments?.length) return
+
+ // merge and cache new comments in their parent comment/post
+ cacheNewComments(client, rootId, data.newComments.comments, sort)
+
+ // update latest timestamp to the latest comment created at
+ // save it to session storage, to persist between client-side navigations
+ const newLatest = getLatestCommentCreatedAt(data.newComments.comments, latest)
+ setLatest(newLatest)
+ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+ window.sessionStorage.setItem(latestKey, newLatest)
+ }
+ }, [data, client, rootId, sort, latest])
+}
diff --git a/fragments/comments.js b/fragments/comments.js
index 2fd28d0f1..be6385d2d 100644
--- a/fragments/comments.js
+++ b/fragments/comments.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const COMMENT_FIELDS = gql`
otsHash
ncomments
nDirectComments
+ newComments @client
imgproxyUrls
rel
apiKey
@@ -116,3 +117,53 @@ export const COMMENTS = gql`
}
}
}`
+
+export const COMMENT_WITH_NEW_RECURSIVE = gql`
+ ${COMMENT_FIELDS}
+ ${COMMENTS}
+
+ fragment CommentWithNewRecursive on Item {
+ ...CommentFields
+ comments {
+ comments {
+ ...CommentsRecursive
+ }
+ }
+ newComments @client
+ }
+`
+
+export const COMMENT_WITH_NEW_LIMITED = gql`
+ ${COMMENT_FIELDS}
+
+ fragment CommentWithNewLimited on Item {
+ ...CommentFields
+ comments {
+ comments {
+ ...CommentFields
+ }
+ }
+ newComments @client
+ }
+`
+
+export const COMMENT_WITH_NEW_MINIMAL = gql`
+ ${COMMENT_FIELDS}
+
+ fragment CommentWithNewMinimal on Item {
+ ...CommentFields
+ newComments @client
+ }
+`
+
+export const GET_NEW_COMMENTS = gql`
+ ${COMMENTS}
+
+ query GetNewComments($rootId: ID, $after: Date) {
+ newComments(rootId: $rootId, after: $after) {
+ comments {
+ ...CommentsRecursive
+ }
+ }
+ }
+`
diff --git a/fragments/items.js b/fragments/items.js
index 151587a20..95eed0421 100644
--- a/fragments/items.js
+++ b/fragments/items.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export const ITEM_FIELDS = gql`
bio
ncomments
nDirectComments
+ newComments @client
commentSats
commentCredits
lastCommentAt
diff --git a/lib/apollo.js b/lib/apollo.js
index 4a60c2a56..ee686d3c8 100644
--- a/lib/apollo.js
+++ b/lib/apollo.js
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ function getClient (uri) {
}
}
},
+ newComments: {
+ read (newComments) {
+ return newComments || []
+ }
+ },
meAnonSats: {
read (existingAmount, { readField }) {
if (SSR) return null
diff --git a/lib/comments.js b/lib/comments.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a892cc83c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/comments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { COMMENT_WITH_NEW_RECURSIVE, COMMENT_WITH_NEW_LIMITED, COMMENT_WITH_NEW_MINIMAL } from '../fragments/comments'
+import { ITEM_FULL } from '../fragments/items'
+
+// updates the ncomments field of all ancestors of an item/comment in the cache
+export function updateAncestorsCommentCount (cache, ancestors, increment) {
+ // update all ancestors
+ ancestors.forEach(id => {
+ cache.modify({
+ id: `Item:${id}`,
+ fields: {
+ ncomments (existingNComments = 0) {
+ return existingNComments + increment
+ }
+ },
+ optimistic: true
+ })
+ })
+}
+
+// live comments - cache manipulations
+// updates the item query in the cache
+// this is used by live comments to update a top level item's newComments field
+export function itemUpdateQuery (client, id, sort, fn) {
+ client.cache.updateQuery({
+ query: ITEM_FULL,
+ // updateQuery needs the correct variables to update the correct item
+ // the Item query might have the router.query.sort in the variables, so we need to pass it in if it exists
+ variables: sort ? { id, sort } : { id }
+ }, (data) => {
+ if (!data) return data
+ return { item: fn(data.item) }
+ })
+}
+
+// updates a comment fragment in the cache, with fallbacks for comments lacking CommentsRecursive or Comments altogether
+export function commentUpdateFragment (client, id, fn) {
+ let result = client.cache.updateFragment({
+ id: `Item:${id}`,
+ fragment: COMMENT_WITH_NEW_RECURSIVE,
+ fragmentName: 'CommentWithNewRecursive'
+ }, (data) => {
+ if (!data) return data
+ return fn(data)
+ })
+
+ // sometimes comments can start to reach their depth limit, and lack adherence to the CommentsRecursive fragment
+ // for this reason, we update the fragment with a limited version that only includes the CommentFields fragment
+ if (!result) {
+ result = client.cache.updateFragment({
+ id: `Item:${id}`,
+ fragment: COMMENT_WITH_NEW_LIMITED,
+ fragmentName: 'CommentWithNewLimited'
+ }, (data) => {
+ if (!data) return data
+ return fn(data)
+ })
+ }
+
+ // at the deepest level, the comment can't have any children, here we update only the newComments field.
+ if (!result) {
+ result = client.cache.updateFragment({
+ id: `Item:${id}`,
+ fragment: COMMENT_WITH_NEW_MINIMAL,
+ fragmentName: 'CommentWithNewMinimal'
+ }, (data) => {
+ if (!data) return data
+ return fn(data)
+ })
+ }
+
+ return result
+}
+
+// reads a nested comments fragment from the cache
+// this is used to read a comment and its children comments
+// it has a fallback for comments nearing the depth limit, that lack the CommentsRecursive fragment
+export function readCommentsFragment (client, id) {
+ return client.cache.readFragment({
+ id: `Item:${id}`,
+ fragment: COMMENT_WITH_NEW_RECURSIVE,
+ fragmentName: 'CommentWithNewRecursive'
+ }) || client.cache.readFragment({
+ id: `Item:${id}`,
+ fragment: COMMENT_WITH_NEW_LIMITED,
+ fragmentName: 'CommentWithNewLimited'
+ })
+}
+
+// finds the most recent createdAt timestamp from an array of comments
+export function getLatestCommentCreatedAt (comments, latest) {
+ return comments.reduce(
+ (max, { createdAt }) => (createdAt > max ? createdAt : max),
+ latest
+ )
+}
diff --git a/lib/new-comments.js b/lib/new-comments.js
index 7578e8061..cf84a387c 100644
--- a/lib/new-comments.js
+++ b/lib/new-comments.js
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export function commentsViewedNum (itemId) {
return Number(window.localStorage.getItem(`${COMMENTS_NUM_PREFIX}:${itemId}`))
}
-export function commentsViewedAfterComment (rootId, createdAt) {
+export function commentsViewedAfterComment (rootId, createdAt, ncomments = 1) {
window.localStorage.setItem(`${COMMENTS_VIEW_PREFIX}:${rootId}`, new Date(createdAt).getTime())
- window.localStorage.setItem(`${COMMENTS_NUM_PREFIX}:${rootId}`, commentsViewedNum(rootId) + 1)
+ window.localStorage.setItem(`${COMMENTS_NUM_PREFIX}:${rootId}`, commentsViewedNum(rootId) + ncomments)
}
export function newComments (item) {