sayam-chat-utils

An advanced utility package for managing messaging formatting, text moderation, and unique identifiers in Node.js chat applications.

Installation

npm install sayam-chat-utils

Features & Usage

1. Date & Time Helpers

const { formatChatTime, formatRelativeTime } = require('sayam-chat-utils');

// Standard Chat Time
console.log(formatChatTime(new Date())); // e.g., "10:30 AM"

// Relative Post Time
console.log(formatRelativeTime(new Date(Date.now() - 5 * 60 * 1000))); // "5m ago"

2. Text Moderation

const { censorText, truncateMessage } = require('sayam-chat-utils');

// Censor Bad Words
const cleanText = censorText('Stop this spam right now!');
console.log(cleanText); // "Stop this *** right now!"

// Truncate Long Text
console.log(truncateMessage('Hello everyone, welcome to the channel', 10)); // "Hello ever..."

3. ID Generation

const { generateMessageId } = require('sayam-chat-utils');

const msgId = generateMessageId('chat');
console.log(msgId); // e.g., "chat_1718428200000_3d4f82ae..."

Running Tests

To run local unit tests, run:

npm test

License

MIT