From 504c78feba8aa53963103e72aace1bdb10d1047b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob <jacob.signorovitch@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:03:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added API data definitions.

---
 server/src/api.c         | 33 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 server/src/chat.c        |  2 --
 server/src/data.c        |  2 ++
 server/src/include/api.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/api.c b/server/src/api.c
index b233f8f..6a6a00b 100644
--- a/server/src/api.c
+++ b/server/src/api.c
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-#include "include/data.h"
+#include "include/api.h"
 
-PacketType packet_type_parse(const char* type_str) {
-    if (!type_str) return PACKET_TYPE_INVALID;
-    if (!strcmp(type_str, "join")) return PACKET_TYPE_JOIN;
-    if (!strcmp(type_str, "JOIN_EV")) return PACKET_TYPE_JOIN_EV;
-    return PACKET_TYPE_INVALID;
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static const char* packet_type_strings[] = {
+    [PACKET_TYPE_JOIN] = "join",         [PACKET_TYPE_WELCOME] = "welcome",
+    [PACKET_TYPE_JOIN_EVT] = "join_evt", [PACKET_TYPE_MSG] = "msg",
+    [PACKET_TYPE_MSG_EVT] = "msg_evt",
+
+};
+
+PacketType packet_type_parse(const char* type) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < PACKET_TYPE_MAX; i++)
+        if (!strcmp(type, packet_type_strings[i])) return (PacketType)i;
+
+    return PACKET_TYPE_BAD;
 }
 
 Packet* packet_init(PacketType type, void* data) {
@@ -17,12 +27,11 @@ Packet* packet_init(PacketType type, void* data) {
     return packet;
 }
 
-Packet* packet_init_untrusted(PacketType type, void* data) {
-    Packet* packet = malloc(sizeof(Packet));
-    if (!packet) return NULL;
+Packet* packet_init_safe(char* type, void* data) {
+    PacketType t = packet_type_parse(type);
+    if (t == PACKET_TYPE_BAD) return NULL;
 
-    packet->type = type;
-    packet->data = data;
+    if (!data) return NULL;
 
-    return packet;
+    return packet_init(t, data);
 }
diff --git a/server/src/chat.c b/server/src/chat.c
index b866527..229c69e 100644
--- a/server/src/chat.c
+++ b/server/src/chat.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// TODO: Make types for allt he proto events. This is quite messy without that.
-
 #include "include/chat.h"
 #include "include/session.h"
 
diff --git a/server/src/data.c b/server/src/data.c
index cb5f459..95a0045 100644
--- a/server/src/data.c
+++ b/server/src/data.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "include/data.h"
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 int name_verify(const char* name) {
     if (!name) return 0;
     if (strlen(name) > NAME_MAX_LENGTH) return 0;
diff --git a/server/src/include/api.h b/server/src/include/api.h
index 1f4a48f..3a1bd83 100644
--- a/server/src/include/api.h
+++ b/server/src/include/api.h
@@ -4,38 +4,50 @@
 #include "data.h"
 
 typedef enum {
-    PACKET_TYPE_JOIN,
-    PACKET_TYPE_WELCOME,
-    PACKET_TYPE_JOIN_EV,
+    PACKET_TYPE_JOIN,     // C -> S.
+    PACKET_TYPE_WELCOME,  // S -> C.
+    PACKET_TYPE_JOIN_EVT, // S->A.
+    PACKET_TYPE_MSG,      // C->S.
+    PACKET_TYPE_MSG_EVT,  // S->A.
+    PACKET_TYPE_MAX = PACKET_TYPE_MSG_EVT,
+    PACKET_TYPE_BAD,
 } PacketType;
 
-static const char* packet_type_strings[] = {
-   [PACKET_TYPE_JOIN]= "join",
-   [PACKET_TYPE_WELCOME]= "welcome",
-   [PACKET_TYPE_JOIN_EV]= "join_ev",
-};
-
-PacketType packet_type_parse(const char* type_str);
+// Create a packet type from untrusted data.
+PacketType packet_type_parse(const char* type);
 
 typedef struct {
     PacketType type;
     void* data;
 } Packet;
 
+// Create a new packet.
 Packet* packet_init(PacketType type, void* data);
-Packet* packet_init_untrusted(PacketType type, void* data);
+
+// Create a packet from untrusted data.
+Packet* packet_init_safe(char* type, void* data);
 
 typedef struct {
-    Name name;
+    Name name; // Your selected name.
 } PacketJoin;
 
 typedef struct {
-    UserData* online;
-    MsgData* history;
+    UserID id;        // Their ID.
+    size_t onlinec;   // The number of users online.
+    UserData* online; // The list of online users.
+    size_t historyc;  // The number of messages in history.
+    MsgData* history; // The list of historical messages.
 } PacketWelcome;
 
 typedef struct {
-    UserData newguy;
+    UserData newguy; // Who just joined.
 } PacketJoinEvent;
 
+typedef struct {
+    MsgContent content; // The content of the message.
+    MsgID parent;       // The ID of the message being replied to.
+} PacketMsg;
+
+typedef MsgData PacketMsgEvt;
+
 #endif