From 14c236a7218aae082f419072dc4d83ae7cd054ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: harryob <55142896+harryob@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:51:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] properly prevent spamming the api

---
 src/components/userLookup.tsx | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/userLookup.tsx b/src/components/userLookup.tsx
index c7da1a2..88c9aaf 100644
--- a/src/components/userLookup.tsx
+++ b/src/components/userLookup.tsx
@@ -89,10 +89,13 @@ export const LookupMenu: React.FC<LookupMenuProps> = (
       updateUser({ userCkey: value });
       return;
     }
-    if (
-      potentialUser &&
-      (!userData || userData.ckey != potentialUser.toLowerCase())
-    ) {
+
+    if (!potentialUser) return;
+
+    const re = /[\\^]|[^a-z0-9@]/g;
+    const checked = potentialUser.toLowerCase().replace(re, "");
+
+    if (potentialUser && (!userData || userData.ckey != checked)) {
       updateUser({ userCkey: potentialUser as string });
     }
   }, [value, userData, discordId, updateUser, potentialUser, user, loading]);