update: add 'setIRCNick()' function to WTVClientSessionData for ease of use

update: add primative getMaxUsernameLength() to overcome username limitation in older builds
update: wtv-chat:/home template

zefie_wtvp_minisrv/WTVClientSessionData.js

@@ -22,6 +22,30 @@ class WTVClientSessionData {
         return false;
     }
 
+    getMaxUsernameLength() {
+        if (parseInt(this.data_store['wtv-system-version'] < 4000)) {
+            // older builds may crash with nicknames longer than 16 chars.
+            // actual build where support started is yet unknown
+            return 16;
+        } else {
+            // newer builds supported up to 32 chars, I think
+            return 32;
+        }
+    }
+
+    setIRCNick(nick) {
+        // strip out unsupported chars
+        nick = nick.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\`\^]/g, "");
+
+        // limit nick length based on build support
+        nick = nick.substring(0, this.getMaxUsernameLength());
+
+        // returns headers to send to client, while storing the new data in our session data.
+        this.data_store['wtv-user-name'] = nick;
+        this.data_store['wtv-irc-nick'] = nick;
+        return "wtv-irc-nick: " + nick + "\nwtv-user-nick: " + nick;
+    }
+
     isMiniBrowser() {
         if (this.data_store['wtv-need-upgrade'] || this.data_store['wtv-used-8675309']) return true;
         return false;