Adding DB persistence

server/package.json

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     "start:legacy": "export $(cat ../.env | xargs) && node app.js",
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "start:dev": "ts-node-dev --respawn --transpile-only src/app.ts",
+    "list-games": "ts-node-dev --transpile-only tools/list-games.ts",
+    "import-games": "ts-node-dev --transpile-only tools/import-games-to-db.ts",
     "test": "jest",
     "type-check": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit"
   },

server/routes/games.ts

@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ const debug = {
 // normalizeIncoming imported from './games/utils.ts'
 
 import { initGameDB } from './games/store';
+import type { GameDB } from './games/store';
 
-let gameDB: any;
+let gameDB: GameDB | undefined;
 initGameDB().then((db) => {
   gameDB = db;
 }).catch((e) => {
@@ -620,47 +621,39 @@ const loadGame = async (id) => {
     return cached;
   }
 
-  // Try to load from the configured game DB first (if available). Fall
-  // back to the original file-based storage for compatibility.
+  // Load game from the configured game DB. In DB-only mode a missing DB or
+  // missing game is considered an error; we still allow creating a new game
+  // when one doesn't exist.
+  // Ensure the gameDB is initialized (handle startup race where init may
+  // still be in progress). If initialization fails, surface a clear error.
+  if (!gameDB) {
+    try {
+      gameDB = await initGameDB();
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error('Game DB is not available; persistence is required in DB-only mode');
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!gameDB.getGameById) {
+    throw new Error('Game DB does not expose getGameById; persistence is required');
+  }
+
   let game: any = null;
-  if (gameDB && gameDB.getGameById) {
   try {
     game = await gameDB.getGameById(id);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`${info}: gameDB.getGameById error`, e);
     game = null;
   }
-  }
-
-  // If DB didn't return a game, try the original filesystem-backed storage
-  // including the existing backup/restore behavior.
-  if (!game) {
-    let raw = await readFile(`/db/games/${id}`).catch(() => { return; });
-    if (raw) {
-      try {
-        game = JSON.parse(raw as any);
-        console.log(`${info}: Creating backup of /db/games/${id}`);
-        await writeFile(`/db/games/${id}.bk`, JSON.stringify(game));
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.log(`Load or parse error from /db/games/${id}:`, error);
-        console.log(`Attempting to load backup from /db/games/${id}.bk`);
-        raw = await readFile(`/db/games/${id}.bk`).catch(() => { return; });
-        if (raw) {
-          try {
-            game = JSON.parse(raw as any);
-            console.log(`Saving backup to /db/games/${id}`);
-            await writeFile(`/db/games/${id}`, JSON.stringify(game, null, 2));
-          } catch (error) {
-            console.error(error);
-            game = null;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
 
   if (!game) {
     game = await createGame(id);
+    // Persist the newly-created game immediately
+    try {
+      await gameDB.saveGameState(game.id, game);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`${info}: Failed to persist newly created game ${game.id}`, e);
+    }
   }
 
   /* Clear out cached names from player colors and rebuild them
@@ -3490,29 +3483,15 @@ const saveGame = async (game) => {
     console.error(error);
   });
   */
-  // Prefer DB persistence when available, but gracefully fall back to the
-  // original file-based storage on error or when DB is not configured.
-  if (gameDB && gameDB.saveGameState) {
+  if (!gameDB || !gameDB.saveGameState) {
+    console.error(`${info}: gameDB.saveGameState is not available; cannot persist game ${game.id}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
   try {
     await gameDB.saveGameState(game.id, reducedGame);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`${info}: gameDB.saveGameState failed for ${game.id}`, e);
-      try {
-        await mkdir('/db/games', { recursive: true });
-        await writeFile(`/db/games/${game.id}`, JSON.stringify(reducedGame, null, 2));
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error(`Unable to write to /db/games/${game.id}`);
-        console.error(error);
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    try {
-      await mkdir('/db/games', { recursive: true });
-      await writeFile(`/db/games/${game.id}`, JSON.stringify(reducedGame, null, 2));
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(`Unable to write to /db/games/${game.id}`);
-      console.error(error);
-    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -4108,13 +4087,13 @@ router.ws("/ws/:id", async (ws, req) => {
         delete audio[id];
         delete games[id];
         try {
-          if (gameDB && gameDB.deleteGame) {
-            await gameDB.deleteGame(id);
+          if (!gameDB || !gameDB.deleteGame) {
+            console.error(`${session.id}: gameDB.deleteGame is not available; cannot remove ${id}`);
           } else {
-            fs.unlinkSync(`/db/games/${id}`);
+            await gameDB.deleteGame(id);
           }
         } catch (error) {
-          console.error(`${session.id}: Unable to remove /db/games/${id}`);
+          console.error(`${session.id}: Unable to remove game ${id} via gameDB.deleteGame`, error);
         }
       }
     } 
@@ -5019,23 +4998,16 @@ const createGame = async (id) => {
   while (!id) {
     id = randomWords(4).join('-');
     try {
-      /* If a game with this id exists in the DB or filesystem, look for a new name */
+      /* If a game with this id exists in the DB, look for a new name */
+      if (!gameDB || !gameDB.getGameById) {
+        throw new Error('Game DB not available for uniqueness check');
+      }
       let exists = false;
-      if (gameDB && gameDB.getGameById) {
       try {
         const g = await gameDB.getGameById(id);
         if (g) exists = true;
       } catch (e) {
-          // ignore DB errors and fall back to filesystem check
-        }
-      }
-      if (!exists) {
-        try {
-          accessSync(`/db/games/${id}`, fs.F_OK);
-          exists = true;
-        } catch (err) {
-          // file does not exist
-        }
+        // if DB check fails treat as non-existent and continue searching
       }
       if (exists) {
         id = '';

server/routes/games/store.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,46 @@
 import type { GameState } from './state.js';
+import { promises as fsp } from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
+export interface GameDB {
+  sequelize?: any;
+  Sequelize?: any;
+  getGameById(id: string | number): Promise<GameState | null>;
+  saveGameState(id: string | number, state: GameState): Promise<void>;
+  deleteGame?(id: string | number): Promise<void>;
+  [k: string]: any;
+}
 
 /**
  * Thin game DB initializer / accessor.
  * This currently returns the underlying db module (for runtime compatibility)
  * and is the single place to add typed helper methods for game persistence.
  */
-export async function initGameDB(): Promise<any> {
+export async function initGameDB(): Promise<GameDB> {
   // dynamic import to preserve original runtime ordering
   // path is relative to this file (routes/games)
   // Prefer synchronous require at runtime when available to avoid TS module resolution
   // issues during type-checking. Declare require to keep TypeScript happy.
   let mod: any;
   try {
-    mod = (globalThis as any).require('../db/games');
+    // Use runtime require to load the DB module. This runs under Node (ts-node)
+    // so a direct require is appropriate and avoids relying on globalThis.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+  mod = require('../../db/games');
   } catch (e) {
-    // If require isn't available (very unusual in our Node container),
-    // return a safe no-op DB object rather than attempting a dynamic import.
-    // This keeps runtime behavior unchanged in the normal case and avoids
-    // needing // @ts-ignore for module resolution during type-checking.
-    return {
-      sequelize: undefined,
-      Sequelize: undefined,
-      getGameById: async (_id: string | number) => null,
-      saveGameState: async (_id: string | number, _state: GameState) => { /* no-op */ },
-      deleteGame: async (_id: string | number) => { /* no-op */ }
-    } as any;
+    // DB-only mode: fail fast so callers know persistence is required.
+    throw new Error('Game DB module could not be loaded: ' + String(e));
   }
   // If the module uses default export, prefer it
-  const db = (mod && (mod.default || mod));
+  let db: any = (mod && (mod.default || mod));
+  // If the required module returned a Promise (the db initializer may), await it.
+  if (db && typeof db.then === 'function') {
+    try {
+      db = await db;
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error('Game DB initializer promise rejected: ' + String(e));
+    }
+  }
 
   // attach typed helper placeholders (will be implemented incrementally)
   if (!db.getGameById) {
@@ -55,20 +68,88 @@ export async function initGameDB(): Promise<any> {
           // ignore and fallthrough
         }
       }
+      // If DB didn't have a state or query failed, attempt to read from the
+      // filesystem copy at db/games/<id> or <id>.json so the state remains editable.
+      try {
+        const gamesDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../db/games');
+        const candidates = [path.join(gamesDir, String(id)), path.join(gamesDir, String(id) + '.json')];
+        for (const filePath of candidates) {
+          try {
+            const raw = await fsp.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+            return JSON.parse(raw) as GameState;
+          } catch (e) {
+            // try next candidate
+          }
+        }
         return null;
+      } catch (err) {
+        return null;
+      }
     };
   }
 
   if (!db.saveGameState) {
     db.saveGameState = async (id: string | number, state: GameState): Promise<void> => {
+      // Always persist a JSON file so game state is inspectable/editable.
+      try {
+        const gamesDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../db/games');
+        await fsp.mkdir(gamesDir, { recursive: true });
+        // Write extensionless filename to match existing files
+        const filePath = path.join(gamesDir, String(id));
+        const tmpPath = `${filePath}.tmp`;
+        await fsp.writeFile(tmpPath, JSON.stringify(state, null, 2), 'utf8');
+        await fsp.rename(tmpPath, filePath);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Log but continue to attempt DB persistence
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.error('Failed to write game JSON file for', id, err);
+      }
+
+      // Now attempt DB persistence if sequelize is present.
       if (db && db.sequelize) {
         const payload = JSON.stringify(state);
+        // Try an UPDATE; if it errors due to missing column, try to add the
+        // column and retry. If update affects no rows, try INSERT.
+        try {
           try {
             await db.sequelize.query('UPDATE games SET state=:state WHERE id=:id', {
               replacements: { id, state: payload }
             });
-        } catch (e) {
-          // if update failed, attempt insert
+            // Some dialects don't return affectedRows consistently; we'll
+            // still attempt insert if no row exists by checking select.
+            const check = await db.sequelize.query('SELECT id FROM games WHERE id=:id', {
+              replacements: { id },
+              type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT
+            });
+            if (!check || check.length === 0) {
+              await db.sequelize.query('INSERT INTO games (id, state) VALUES(:id, :state)', {
+                replacements: { id, state: payload }
+              });
+            }
+          } catch (e: any) {
+            const msg = String(e && e.message ? e.message : e);
+            // If the column doesn't exist (SQLite: no such column: state), add it.
+            if (/no such column: state/i.test(msg) || /has no column named state/i.test(msg) || /unknown column/i.test(msg)) {
+              try {
+                await db.sequelize.query('ALTER TABLE games ADD COLUMN state TEXT');
+                // retry insert/update after adding column
+                await db.sequelize.query('UPDATE games SET state=:state WHERE id=:id', {
+                  replacements: { id, state: payload }
+                });
+                const check = await db.sequelize.query('SELECT id FROM games WHERE id=:id', {
+                  replacements: { id },
+                  type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT
+                });
+                if (!check || check.length === 0) {
+                  await db.sequelize.query('INSERT INTO games (id, state) VALUES(:id, :state)', {
+                    replacements: { id, state: payload }
+                  });
+                }
+              } catch (inner) {
+                // swallow; callers should handle missing persistence
+              }
+            } else {
+              // For other errors, attempt insert as a fallback
               try {
                 await db.sequelize.query('INSERT INTO games (id, state) VALUES(:id, :state)', {
                   replacements: { id, state: payload }
@@ -78,6 +159,10 @@ export async function initGameDB(): Promise<any> {
               }
             }
           }
+        } catch (finalErr) {
+          // swallow; we don't want persistence errors to crash the server
+        }
+      }
     };
   }
 
@@ -89,11 +174,11 @@ export async function initGameDB(): Promise<any> {
             replacements: { id }
           });
         } catch (e) {
-          // swallow errors; callers will rely on fallback behavior
+          // swallow; callers should handle missing persistence
         }
       }
     };
   }
 
-  return db;
+  return db as GameDB;
 }

server/tools/import-games-to-db.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ts-node
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import { initGameDB } from '../routes/games/store';
+
+async function main() {
+  const gamesDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../db/games');
+  let files: string[] = [];
+  try {
+    files = await fs.readdir(gamesDir);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('Failed to read games dir', gamesDir, e);
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+
+  let db: any;
+  try {
+    db = await initGameDB();
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('Failed to initialize DB', e);
+    process.exit(3);
+  }
+
+  if (!db || !db.sequelize) {
+    console.error('DB did not expose sequelize; cannot proceed.');
+    process.exit(4);
+  }
+
+  for (const f of files) {
+    // ignore dotfiles and keep only .json or numeric filenames
+    if (f.startsWith('.')) continue;
+    const full = path.join(gamesDir, f);
+    try {
+      const stat = await fs.stat(full);
+      if (!stat.isFile()) continue;
+      const raw = await fs.readFile(full, 'utf8');
+      const state = JSON.parse(raw);
+      // Derive id from filename (strip .json if present)
+      const idStr = f.endsWith('.json') ? f.slice(0, -5) : f;
+      const id = isNaN(Number(idStr)) ? idStr : Number(idStr);
+      const payload = JSON.stringify(state);
+
+      // Ensure state column exists; attempt a safe ALTER if needed.
+      try {
+        await db.sequelize.query('ALTER TABLE games ADD COLUMN state TEXT');
+      } catch (e) {
+        /* ignore: may already exist */
+      }
+
+      // If filename is numeric use id column; otherwise use path column so we don't write strings into an INTEGER id.
+      try {
+        if (typeof id === 'number') {
+          const rows: any[] = await db.sequelize.query('SELECT id FROM games WHERE id=:id', {
+            replacements: { id },
+            type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT
+          });
+          if (rows && rows.length) {
+            await db.sequelize.query('UPDATE games SET state=:state WHERE id=:id', { replacements: { id, state: payload } });
+            console.log(`Updated game id=${id}`);
+          } else {
+            await db.sequelize.query('INSERT INTO games (id, state) VALUES(:id, :state)', { replacements: { id, state: payload } });
+            console.log(`Inserted game id=${id}`);
+          }
+        } else {
+          // use path column to record the filename identifier
+          const rows: any[] = await db.sequelize.query('SELECT id FROM games WHERE path=:path', {
+            replacements: { path: idStr },
+            type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT
+          });
+          if (rows && rows.length) {
+            await db.sequelize.query('UPDATE games SET state=:state WHERE path=:path', { replacements: { path: idStr, state: payload } });
+            console.log(`Updated game path=${idStr}`);
+          } else {
+            await db.sequelize.query('INSERT INTO games (path, state) VALUES(:path, :state)', { replacements: { path: idStr, state: payload } });
+            console.log(`Inserted game path=${idStr}`);
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Failed to insert/update game', idStr, e);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to read/parse', full, e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('Import complete');
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+main();

server/tools/list-games.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ts-node
+import { initGameDB } from '../routes/games/store';
+
+type Args = {
+  gameId?: string;
+};
+
+function parseArgs(): Args {
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+  const res: Args = {};
+  for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+    const a = args[i];
+    if ((a === '-g' || a === '--game') && args[i+1]) {
+      res.gameId = String(args[i+1]);
+      i++;
+    }
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const { gameId } = parseArgs();
+
+  let db: any;
+  try {
+    db = await initGameDB();
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('Failed to initialize game DB:', e);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (!db || !db.sequelize) {
+    console.error('DB does not expose sequelize; cannot run queries.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (!gameId) {
+    // List all game ids
+    try {
+      const rows: any[] = await db.sequelize.query('SELECT id FROM games', { type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT });
+      if (!rows || rows.length === 0) {
+        console.log('No games found.');
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log('Games:');
+      rows.forEach(r => console.log(` - ${r.id}`));
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to list games:', e);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    // For a given game ID, try to print the turns history from the state
+    try {
+      const rows: any[] = await db.sequelize.query('SELECT state FROM games WHERE id=:id', {
+        replacements: { id: gameId },
+        type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT
+      });
+      if (!rows || rows.length === 0) {
+        console.error('Game not found:', gameId);
+        process.exit(2);
+      }
+      const r = rows[0] as any;
+      let state = r.state;
+      if (typeof state === 'string') {
+        try {
+          state = JSON.parse(state);
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.error('Failed to parse stored state JSON:', e);
+          process.exit(3);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!state) {
+        console.error('Empty state for game', gameId);
+        process.exit(4);
+      }
+
+      console.log(`Game ${gameId} summary:`);
+      console.log(` - turns: ${state.turns || 0}`);
+      if (state.turnHistory || state.turnsData || state.turns_list) {
+        const turns = state.turnHistory || state.turnsData || state.turns_list;
+        console.log('Turns:');
+        turns.forEach((t: any, idx: number) => {
+          console.log(`${idx}: ${JSON.stringify(t)}`);
+        });
+      } else if (state.turns && state.turns > 0) {
+        console.log('No explicit turn history found inside state; showing snapshot metadata.');
+        // Print limited snapshot details per turn if available
+        if (state.turnsData) {
+          state.turnsData.forEach((t: any, idx: number) => console.log(`${idx}: ${JSON.stringify(t)}`));
+        }
+      } else {
+        console.log('No turn history recorded in state.');
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to load game state for', gameId, e);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+main();