\n AMA\n

\n Ask me ({name}) anything.\n

\n {content}\n

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Question: {question.question}

\n Answer: {question.answer}\n
\n \n {d.format(new Date(question.created_at as string))}\n \n \n ♥\n \n

\n ))}\n ,\n ),\n );\n});\n\n/**\n * This is for the 'admin' of the AMA - you get a link to this page in your email,\n * and it contains a ?secret= query parameter that lets you view and answer\n * a specific AMA. That secret is how the whole thing works with no 'authentication'.\n */\napp.get(\"/answer\", async (c) => {\n const secret = c.req.query(\"secret\");\n if (!secret) return c.html(

No secret provided

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No question found

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Test banner

),\n );\n});\n\n/**\n * When the 'admin' submits a new answer, this is the URL it is submitted to.\n * Like the previous page, this uses the ?secret= value as a way to do authentication\n * without much fuss.\n */\napp.post(\"/answer\", async (c) => {\n const body: FormData = await c\n .req\n .formData();\n\n const answer = String(body.get(\"answer\"));\n const secret = String(body.get(\"secret\"));\n if (!secret) return c.html(

No secret provided

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Answer recorded!

),\n );\n});\n\n/**\n * When someone submits a new AMA, this is the URL it is submitted to.\n *\n * This sends the email, too!\n */\napp.post(\"/\", async (c) => {\n const body: FormData = await c\n .req\n .formData();\n const url = new URL(c.req.url);\n url.pathname = \"/answer\";\n const userAgent = c.req.header(\"User-Agent\");\n const question = String(body.get(\"question\"));\n\n const secret = crypto.randomUUID();\n\n url.searchParams.set(\"secret\", secret);\n\n await sqlite.execute({\n sql:\n \"INSERT INTO ama (question, secret, created_at, id) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)\",\n args: [question, secret, new Date().toISOString(), crypto.randomUUID()],\n });\n\n const blockBg = \"#eee\";\n\n let html =\n `

Someone asked an AMA question on Val Town! Do you want to answer it? this val on Val Town.

`;\n\n html += `\n

${question}

\n Want to answer it?\n\n
\n User agent: ${userAgent}\n `;\n\n html += \"\";\n\n await email(\n {\n subject: `A new AMA question!`,\n html,\n },\n );\n return c.html(\n layout(

Question asked!

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