From ceab2dee0aa247d64e727b490376fcc2c6811aa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eneller <erikneller@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:49:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: messaging

---
 server/src/messages/Login.ts   |  4 ++--
 server/src/messages/Message.ts |  5 +++++
 server/src/messages/Send.ts    |  1 -
 server/src/routes/auth.ts      | 23 +++++++++++------------
 server/src/routes/send.ts      | 14 +++++++-------
 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 server/src/messages/Message.ts

diff --git a/server/src/messages/Login.ts b/server/src/messages/Login.ts
index ad1dbd9..1c652e6 100644
--- a/server/src/messages/Login.ts
+++ b/server/src/messages/Login.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export class LoginRequest{
     constructor(
-        username: string,
-        password: string
+        public username: string,
+        public password: string
     ){}
 }
 export class LoginResponse{
diff --git a/server/src/messages/Message.ts b/server/src/messages/Message.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ffc291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/messages/Message.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class GenericMessage{
+    constructor(
+        public message: string
+    ){}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/messages/Send.ts b/server/src/messages/Send.ts
index 1c94fbc..56384f0 100644
--- a/server/src/messages/Send.ts
+++ b/server/src/messages/Send.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ export class SendRequest{
 export class SendResponse{
     constructor(
         public balance: number,
-        public message: string
     ){}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/routes/auth.ts b/server/src/routes/auth.ts
index 5689924..d764e02 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/auth.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/auth.ts
@@ -2,34 +2,33 @@ import express from 'express';
 import { logger } from '../util/logging';
 import User from '../model/user';
 import { getJWT, requireAuth } from '../util/auth';
-import { LoginRequest } from '@message/Login';
-import { SendRequest, SendResponse } from '@message/Send';
-
+import { LoginRequest } from '../messages/Login';
+import { GenericMessage as Msg } from '../messages/Message';
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
 router.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    const { username, password } = req.body;
-    const user = await User.findOne({where: { userID: username}});
-    if (!user) return res.status(401).json({ message: 'Invalid credentials' });
-    const isMatch = (password == user.password);
+    const data : LoginRequest = req.body;
+    const user = await User.findOne({where: { userID: data.username}});
+    if (!user) return res.status(401).json(new Msg('Invalid credentials'));
+    const isMatch = (data.password == user.password);
     //TODO hash passwords
     //const isMatch = await bcrypt.compare(password, user.passwordHash);
-    if (!isMatch) return res.status(401).json({ message: 'Invalid credentials' });
+    if (!isMatch) return res.status(401).json(new Msg('Invalid credentials'));
 
     // successfully authenticated
     let jwt = await getJWT(user);
     res.cookie('jwt', jwt, {
-      httpOnly: true,    // Prevent XSS
-      secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',// HTTPS only
+      httpOnly: true, // Prevent XSS
+      secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production', // HTTPS only
       sameSite: 'strict', // CSRF protection
       maxAge: 86400000,  // 1 day
     });
-    res.json({ message: 'Logged in successfully' });
+    res.json(new Msg('Logged in successfully'));
   }catch (err) {
     logger.error('Failed to authenticate:', err);
-    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Failed to authenticate' });
+    res.status(500).json(new Msg('Failed to authenticate'));
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/server/src/routes/send.ts b/server/src/routes/send.ts
index 4af957f..ff03dd3 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/send.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/send.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import User from '../model/user';
 import { db } from '../util/db';
 import Transaction from '../model/transaction';
 import { SendRequest, SendResponse} from '../messages/Send';
+import { GenericMessage as Err} from '../messages/Message';
 
 
 const router = express.Router();
@@ -15,15 +16,14 @@ router.post('/', requireAuth, async (req, res) => {
     const data : SendRequest = req.body;
     const recipient = await User.findOne({where: {userID: data.recipientID}})
     if ( Number(data.amount) <= 0) {
-      // TODO return SendResponse here and everywhere else in this file
-      return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid transfer amount' });
+      return res.status(400).json(new Err('Invalid transfer amount'));
     }
     if (!recipient) {
-      return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Recipient not found' });
+      return res.status(404).json(new Err('Recipient not found' ));
     }
     if (Number(sender.balance) < Number(data.amount)){
-      logger.error(`Insufficient balance: ${sender.balance} < ${data.amount}`)
-      return res.status(402).json({error: 'Insufficient balance'})
+      logger.debug(`Insufficient balance: ${sender.balance} < ${data.amount}`)
+      return res.status(402).json(new Err('Insufficient balance'))
     }
 
     await db.transaction(async (t) =>{
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ router.post('/', requireAuth, async (req, res) => {
         reference: data.reference
       });
     })
-    return res.status(200).json({balance: sender.balance, amount: data.amount});
+    return res.status(200).json(new SendResponse(sender.balance))
   } catch (err) {
     logger.error('Failed to commit transaction:', err);
-    return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to commit transaction' });
+    return res.status(500).json(new Err('Failed to commit transaction' ));
   }
 });