simpler dup alias check

.env.example

@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ MS_TO_TOKEN_EXPIRATION=4500000
 DISABLE_SHOCK_ENCRYPTION=false
 CACHE_HEADERS_MANDATORY=true
 SHOCK_CACHE=true
-DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK = false

services/gunDB/Mediator/index.js

@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ require('gun/lib/open')
 // @ts-ignore
 require('gun/lib/load')
 const debounce = require('lodash/debounce')
-const size = require('lodash/size')
 
 const Encryption = require('../../../utils/encryptionStore')
-const { DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK } = require('../config')
 const Key = require('../contact-api/key')
 
 /** @type {import('../contact-api/SimpleGUN').ISEA} */
@@ -1280,43 +1278,20 @@ const register = async (alias, pass) => {
   /**
    * Peers provided to gun.
    */
-  const currPeers = gun._.opt.peers
+  const peers = Object.values(gun._.opt.peers)
 
-  if (DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK) {
+  const theresPeers = peers.length > 0
-    if (size(currPeers)) {
+  const atLeastOneIsConnected = peers.some(
-      logger.info(
+    p => p.wire && p.wire.readyState === 1
-        `Unexpected: disabled peer alias check while peers were specified.`
   )
+
+  if (theresPeers && !atLeastOneIsConnected) {
     throw new Error(
-        `Unexpected: disabled peer alias check while peers were specified.`
+      'No connected to any peers for checking of duplicate aliases'
     )
   }
 
-    logger.warn(
+  if (theresPeers && atLeastOneIsConnected) {
-      `DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK true, use only for testing purposes with no peers connected`
-    )
-  } else {
-    if (size(currPeers) === 0) {
-      logger.info(
-        `Unexpected: Duplicate alias check enabled but Gun has no peers set. If you're testing gun without peers set DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK to true.`
-      )
-      throw new Error(
-        `Unexpected: Duplicate alias check enabled but Gun has no peers set.`
-      )
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Of those, how many are actually connected
-     */
-    const connectedPeers = Object.values(currPeers).filter(p => !!p.wire).length
-
-    if (connectedPeers === 0) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `No connected peers, therefore cannot check for duplicate aliases.`
-      )
-    } // else it's connected to at least one
-  }
-
     // this import is done here to avoid circular dependency hell
     const { timeout5 } = require('../contact-api/utils')
 
@@ -1348,6 +1323,7 @@ const register = async (alias, pass) => {
         'The given alias has been used before, use an unique alias instead. (Caught at 2nd try)'
       )
     }
+  }
 
   _isRegistering = true
 

services/gunDB/config.js

@@ -23,6 +23,3 @@ exports.MS_TO_TOKEN_EXPIRATION = Number(
 )
 
 exports.SHOW_LOG = process.env.SHOW_GUN_DB_LOG === 'true'
-
-exports.DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK =
-  process.env.DISABLE_PEER_ALIAS_CHECK === 'true'

services/gunDB/contact-api/SimpleGUN.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ export type Callback = (ack: Ack) => void
 export interface Peer {
   url: string
   id: string
-  wire: Record<string, unknown>
+  wire?: {
+    readyState: number
+  }
 }
 
 export interface Soul {