Add chrono-node for natural language time parsing and update reminder…

… command with examples

server/package.json

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "async-lock": "^1.4.1",
     "axios": "^1.6.1",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
+    "chrono-node": "^2.7.7",
     "cloudflare": "^3.2.0",
     "colord": "^2.9.3",
     "colorette": "^2.0.20",

server/src/bot/commands/reminder/index.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = {
     .setDescription('reminder')
     .addSubcommand(subcommand => subcommand.setName('create').setDescription('Create a reminder about something.')
       .addStringOption(option => option.setName('about').setDescription('What is the reminder about?').setRequired(true))
-      .addStringOption(option => option.setName('when').setDescription('When should the reminder be sent?').setRequired(true)))
+      .addStringOption(option => option.setName('when').setDescription('Examples: tomorrow, in 9 hours, next week, next Friday at 3pm').setRequired(true)))
     .addSubcommand(subcommand => subcommand.setName('delete').setDescription('Delete a reminder.')
       .addStringOption(option => option.setName('reminder').setDescription('Select the reminder to delete.').setRequired(true).setAutocomplete(true))),
   execute: async interaction => {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = {
         if (about.length > 512) return interaction.reply({ content: 'The reminder description must be 512 characters or less.', ephemeral: true });
 
         var reminderTime = parseTimeDuration(when);
-        if (!reminderTime) return interaction.reply({ content: 'Invalid time duration. You can use `1d`, `1h`, `1m`, `1s` for days, hours, minutes, and seconds respectively.', ephemeral: true });
+        if (!reminderTime) return interaction.reply({ content: 'Invalid time duration. Examples: `tomorrow`, `in 9 hours`, `next week`, `next Friday at 3pm`', ephemeral: true });
         if (reminderTime < (60000 * 5)) return interaction.reply({ content: 'The reminder time must be at least 5 minutes.', ephemeral: true });
 
         if (!interaction.deferred && !interaction.replied) await interaction.deferReply({ ephemeral: true });

server/src/utils/parseTimeDuration.js

@@ -1,32 +1,7 @@
-function parseTimeDuration(duration) {
-  const regex = /(\d+)\s*(s|sec|second|m|min|minute|h|hour|d|day|w|week)/;
-  const match = duration.match(regex);
-  if (!match) return null;
+const chrono = require('chrono-node/en');
 
-  const value = parseInt(match[1]);
-  const unit = match[2].toLowerCase();
-  switch (unit) {
-    case 's':
-    case 'sec':
-    case 'second':
-      return value * 1000;
-    case 'm':
-    case 'min':
-    case 'minute':
-      return value * 60 * 1000;
-    case 'h':
-    case 'hour':
-      return value * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-    case 'd':
-    case 'day':
-      return value * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-    case 'w':
-    case 'week':
-      return value * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-    default:
-      return null;
-  }
+function parseTimeDuration(duration) {
+  return chrono.parseDate(duration);
 }
 
-
 module.exports = parseTimeDuration;