From 13523bc609b43143d0f02ea053820a9f34490a3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Winkler <mail@stefanwinkler.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:44:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix formatter.commentPermLink (#334)

Only return lowercase alphanumeric letters and dashes.
Fixes #330.
---
 src/formatter.js     | 10 +++++++++-
 test/comment.test.js | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/formatter.js b/src/formatter.js
index d9e8bf24..cfdaef08 100755
--- a/src/formatter.js
+++ b/src/formatter.js
@@ -183,7 +183,15 @@ module.exports = steemAPI => {
         .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, "")
         .toLowerCase();
       parentPermlink = parentPermlink.replace(/(-\d{8}t\d{9}z)/g, "");
-      return "re-" + parentAuthor + "-" + parentPermlink + "-" + timeStr;
+      let permLink =
+        "re-" + parentAuthor + "-" + parentPermlink + "-" + timeStr;
+      if (permLink.length > 255) {
+        // pay respect to STEEMIT_MAX_PERMLINK_LENGTH
+        permLink.substr(permLink.length - 255, permLink.length);
+      }
+      // permlinks must be lower case and not contain anything but
+      // alphanumeric characters plus dashes
+      return permLink.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9-]+/g, "");
     },
 
     amount: function(amount, asset) {
diff --git a/test/comment.test.js b/test/comment.test.js
index ea378f50..6c112a1e 100644
--- a/test/comment.test.js
+++ b/test/comment.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import should from 'should';
 import steem from '../src';
 import pkg from '../package.json';
+import assert from 'assert'
 
 const username = process.env.STEEM_USERNAME || 'guest123';
 const password = process.env.STEEM_PASSWORD;
@@ -67,3 +68,14 @@ describe('steem.broadcast:', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('commentPermLink:', () => {
+  it('does not return dots', () => {
+    var commentPermlink = steem.formatter.commentPermlink(
+      'foo.bar',
+      'the-first-physical-foo-bar-ready-to-be-shipped'
+    );
+    console.log(commentPermlink);
+    assert.equal(-1, commentPermlink.indexOf('.'));
+  });
+});
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