repo: veilid-hacks
action: blob
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refs/heads/trunk:/netchat-watch-appmsgs

 #!/usr/bin/env bash

 export keys_dir=~/projects/veilid-hacks/keys

 ### make a new route with which to receive messages
 route_blob="$(veilid-new-private-route | tail -n1)"
 if [ ! "$route_blob" ];then
   printf "failed to create a new private route.\n" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 printf 'created private route. blob:\n\n%s\n\n' "${route_blob}" >&2
 ### publish our route blob to the DHT for others to find.
 ### we want to reuse one for our netchat if it already exists.
 if [ ! -e ${keys_dir}/netchat ];then
   printf 'no netchat DHT key found. creating a new one.\n' >&2
   veilid-dht-create | cut -d: -f2  > ${keys_dir}/netchat
 else
   printf 'using previously created netchat DHT key\n' >&2
 fi
 key="$(cat "${keys_dir}/netchat")"
 if [ ! "$key" ];then
   printf "failed to create dht key for your route blob\n" >&2
   exit 2
 fi

 printf "DHT key: %s\n" "${key}" >&2

 veilid-dht-set "${key}" "netchat ${route_blob}"

 while [ "$(veilid-dht-get "${key}")" != "netchat ${route_blob}" ];do
   printf "waiting for DHT to sync with the new route...\n" >&2
   sleep 1
 done

 printf "stored route blob into DHT key.\n" "${key}" >&2

 ### import our own route... because.
 route_id="$(netchat-add-route-blob "${route_blob}")"

 printf "imported route to ourself.. for reasons: %s\n" "${route_id}"

 if [ ! "$route_id" ];then
   printf 'failed to import remote private route: %s\n' "${route_blob}" >&2
   exit 4
 fi

 printf "now watching for appmsgs...\n" >&2
 veilid-watch-appmsgs