updated post api to receive curl requests

auth/authentication.js

@@ -2,21 +2,23 @@ const db = require('../models');
 const logger = require('winston');
 
 module.exports = {
-  authenticateApiPublish (username, password) {
+  authenticateChannelCredentials (channelName, userPassword) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      if (username === 'none') {
+      if (!channelName) {
         resolve(true);
         return;
       }
+      const userName = channelName.substring(1);
+      logger.debug(`authenticateChannelCredentials > channelName: ${channelName} username: ${userName} pass: ${userPassword}`);
       db.User
-          .findOne({where: {userName: username}})
+          .findOne({where: { userName }})
           .then(user => {
             if (!user) {
               logger.debug('no user found');
               resolve(false);
               return;
             }
-            if (!user.validPassword(password, user.password)) {
+            if (!user.validPassword(userPassword, user.password)) {
               logger.debug('incorrect password');
               resolve(false);
               return;

controllers/publishController.js

@@ -7,24 +7,23 @@ module.exports = {
   publish (publishParams, fileName, fileType) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       let publishResults = {};
-      // 1. make sure the name is available
+      // 1. publish the file
-      publishHelpers.checkClaimNameAvailability(publishParams.name)
+      lbryApi.publishClaim(publishParams)
-      // 2. publish the file
+      // 2. upsert File record (update is in case the claim has been published before by this daemon)
-      .then(result => {
-        if (result === true) {
-          return lbryApi.publishClaim(publishParams);
-        } else {
-          return new Error('That name is already in use by spee.ch.');
-        }
-      })
-      // 3. upsert File record (update is in case the claim has been published before by this daemon)
       .then(tx => {
         logger.info(`Successfully published ${fileName}`, tx);
         publishResults = tx;
         return db.Channel.findOne({where: {channelName: publishParams.channel_name}});
       })
       .then(user => {
-        if (user) { logger.debug('successfully found user in User table') } else { logger.error('user for publish not found in User table') };
+        let certificateId;
+        if (user) {
+          certificateId = user.channelClaimId;
+          logger.debug('successfully found user in User table');
+        } else {
+          certificateId = null;
+          logger.debug('user for publish not found in User table');
+        };
         const fileRecord = {
           name       : publishParams.name,
           claimId    : publishResults.claim_id,
@@ -39,17 +38,17 @@ module.exports = {
           nsfw       : publishParams.metadata.nsfw,
         };
         const claimRecord = {
-          name         : publishParams.name,
+          name       : publishParams.name,
-          claimId      : publishResults.claim_id,
+          claimId    : publishResults.claim_id,
-          title        : publishParams.metadata.title,
+          title      : publishParams.metadata.title,
-          description  : publishParams.metadata.description,
+          description: publishParams.metadata.description,
-          address      : publishParams.claim_address,
+          address    : publishParams.claim_address,
-          outpoint     : `${publishResults.txid}:${publishResults.nout}`,
+          outpoint   : `${publishResults.txid}:${publishResults.nout}`,
-          height       : 0,
+          height     : 0,
-          contentType  : fileType,
+          contentType: fileType,
-          nsfw         : publishParams.metadata.nsfw,
+          nsfw       : publishParams.metadata.nsfw,
-          certificateId: user.channelClaimId,
+          certificateId,
-          amount       : publishParams.bid,
+          amount     : publishParams.bid,
         };
         const upsertCriteria = {
           name   : publishParams.name,

helpers/errorHandlers.js

@@ -30,8 +30,16 @@ module.exports = {
     logger.error('Publish Error:', useObjectPropertiesIfNoKeys(error));
     if (error.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
       return 'Connection refused.  The daemon may not be running.';
-    } else if (error.response.data.error) {
+    } else if (error.response) {
-      return error.response.data.error.message;
+      if (error.response.data) {
+        if (error.response.data.message) {
+          return error.response.data.message;
+        } else if (error.response.data.error) {
+          return error.response.data.error.message;
+        }
+        return error.response.data;
+      }
+      return error.response;
     } else {
       return error;
     }

helpers/publishHelpers.js

@@ -1,78 +1,130 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
-const config = require('config');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const db = require('../models');
+const config = require('config');
 
 module.exports = {
-  validateFile (file, name, license, nsfw) {
+  validateApiPublishRequest (body, files) {
+    if (!body) {
+      throw new Error('no body found in request');
+    }
+    if (!body.name) {
+      throw new Error('no name field found in request');
+    }
+    if (!body.nsfw) {
+      throw new Error('no nsfw field found in request');
+    }
+    if (!files) {
+      throw new Error('no files found in request');
+    }
+    if (!files.file) {
+      throw new Error('no file with key of [file] found in request');
+    }
+  },
+  validatePublishSubmission (file, claimName, nsfw) {
+    try {
+      module.exports.validateFile(file);
+      module.exports.validateClaimName(claimName);
+      module.exports.validateNSFW(nsfw);
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  },
+  validateFile (file) {
     if (!file) {
-      throw new Error('No file was submitted or the key used was incorrect.  Files posted through this route must use a key of "speech" or null');
+      logger.debug('publish > file validation > no file found');
+      throw new Error('no file provided');
+    }
+    // check the file name
+    if (/'/.test(file.name)) {
+      logger.debug('publish > file validation > file name had apostrophe in it');
+      throw new Error('apostrophes are not allowed in the file name');
     }
     // check file type and size
     switch (file.type) {
       case 'image/jpeg':
+      case 'image/jpg':
       case 'image/png':
+        if (file.size > 10000000) {
+          logger.debug('publish > file validation > .jpeg/.jpg/.png was too big');
+          throw new Error('Sorry, images are limited to 10 megabytes.');
+        }
+        break;
       case 'image/gif':
         if (file.size > 50000000) {
-          throw new Error('Your image exceeds the 50 megabyte limit.');
+          logger.debug('publish > file validation > .gif was too big');
+          throw new Error('Sorry, .gifs are limited to 50 megabytes.');
         }
         break;
       case 'video/mp4':
         if (file.size > 50000000) {
-          throw new Error('Your video exceeds the 50 megabyte limit.');
+          logger.debug('publish > file validation > .mp4 was too big');
+          throw new Error('Sorry, videos are limited to 50 megabytes.');
         }
         break;
       default:
-        throw new Error('The ' + file.Type + ' content type is not supported.  Only, .jpeg, .png, .gif, and .mp4 files are currently supported.');
+        logger.debug('publish > file validation > unrecognized file type');
+        throw new Error('The ' + file.type + ' content type is not supported.  Only, .jpeg, .png, .gif, and .mp4 files are currently supported.');
     }
-    // validate claim name
+    return file;
-    const invalidCharacters = /[^A-Za-z0-9,-]/.exec(name);
+  },
+  validateClaimName (claimName) {
+    const invalidCharacters = /[^A-Za-z0-9,-]/.exec(claimName);
     if (invalidCharacters) {
-      throw new Error('The url name you provided is not allowed.  Only the following characters are allowed: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and "-"');
+      throw new Error('The claim name you provided is not allowed.  Only the following characters are allowed: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and "-"');
     }
-    // validate license
+  },
+  validateLicense (license) {
     if ((license.indexOf('Public Domain') === -1) && (license.indexOf('Creative Commons') === -1)) {
-      throw new Error('Only posts with a "Public Domain" license,  or one of the Creative Commons licenses are eligible for publishing through spee.ch');
+      throw new Error('Only posts with a "Public Domain" or "Creative Commons" license are eligible for publishing through spee.ch');
     }
+  },
+  cleanseNSFW (nsfw) {
     switch (nsfw) {
       case true:
-      case false:
-      case 'true':
-      case 'false':
       case 'on':
+      case 'true':
+      case 1:
+      case '1':
+        return true;
+      case false:
+      case 'false':
       case 'off':
       case 0:
       case '0':
-      case 1:
+        return false;
-      case '1':
-        break;
       default:
-        throw new Error('NSFW value was not accepted.  NSFW must be set to either true, false, "on", or "off"');
+        return null;
     }
   },
-  createPublishParams (name, filePath, title, description, license, nsfw, channel) {
+  cleanseChannelName (channelName) {
-    logger.debug(`Creating Publish Parameters for "${name}"`);
+    if (channelName) {
-    const claimAddress = config.get('WalletConfig.LbryClaimAddress');
+      if (channelName.indexOf('@') !== 0) {
-    const defaultChannel = config.get('WalletConfig.DefaultChannel');
+        channelName = `@${channelName}`;
-    // filter nsfw and ensure it is a boolean
-    if (nsfw === false) {
-      nsfw = false;
-    } else if (typeof nsfw === 'string') {
-      if (nsfw.toLowerCase === 'false' || nsfw.toLowerCase === 'off' || nsfw === '0') {
-        nsfw = false;
       }
-    } else if (nsfw === 0) {
-      nsfw = false;
-    } else {
-      nsfw = true;
     }
-    // provide defaults for title & description
+    return channelName;
-    if (title === null || title === '') {
+  },
+  validateNSFW (nsfw) {
+    if (nsfw === true || nsfw === false) {
+      return;
+    }
+    throw new Error('NSFW must be set to either true or false');
+  },
+  createPublishParams (filePath, name, title, description, license, nsfw, channelName) {
+    logger.debug(`Creating Publish Parameters`);
+    // provide defaults for title
+    if (title === null || title.trim() === '') {
       title = name;
     }
+    // provide default for description
     if (description === null || description.trim() === '') {
       description = `${name} published via spee.ch`;
     }
+    // provide default for license
+    if (license === null || license.trim() === '') {
+      license = 'All Rights Reserved';
+    }
     // create the publish params
     const publishParams = {
       name,
@@ -86,16 +138,12 @@ module.exports = {
         license,
         nsfw,
       },
-      claim_address: claimAddress,
+      claim_address: config.get('WalletConfig.LbryClaimAddress'),
     };
-    // add channel if applicable
+    // add channel to params, if applicable
-    if (channel !== 'none') {
+    if (channelName) {
-      publishParams['channel_name'] = channel;
+      publishParams['channel_name'] = channelName;
-    } else {
-      publishParams['channel_name'] = defaultChannel;
     }
-
-    logger.debug('publishParams:', publishParams);
     return publishParams;
   },
   deleteTemporaryFile (filePath) {

package.json

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "express": "^4.15.2",
     "express-handlebars": "^3.0.0",
     "express-session": "^1.15.5",
+    "form-data": "^2.3.1",
     "helmet": "^3.8.1",
     "mysql2": "^1.3.5",
     "nodemon": "^1.11.0",

public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js

@@ -2,46 +2,56 @@
 
 // validation function which checks the proposed file's type, size, and name
 function validateFile(file) {
-	if (!file) {
+    if (!file) {
-		throw new Error('no file provided');
+        console.log('no file found');
-	}
+        throw new Error('no file provided');
-	if (/'/.test(file.name)) {
+    }
-		throw new Error('apostrophes are not allowed in the file name');
+    if (/'/.test(file.name)) {
-	}
+        console.log('file name had apostrophe in it');
-	// validate size and type
+        throw new Error('apostrophes are not allowed in the file name');
-	switch (file.type) {
+    }
-		case 'image/jpeg':
+    // validate size and type
-		case 'image/jpg':
+    switch (file.type) {
-		case 'image/png':
+        case 'image/jpeg':
-		case 'image/gif':
+        case 'image/jpg':
-			if (file.size > 50000000){
+        case 'image/png':
-				throw new Error('Sorry, images are limited to 50 megabytes.');
+            if (file.size > 10000000){
-			}
+                console.log('file was too big');
-			break;
+                throw new Error('Sorry, images are limited to 10 megabytes.');
-		case 'video/mp4':
+            }
-			if (file.size > 50000000){
+            break;
-				throw new Error('Sorry, videos are limited to 50 megabytes.');
+        case 'image/gif':
-			}
+            if (file.size > 50000000){
-			break;
+                console.log('file was too big');
-		default:
+                throw new Error('Sorry, .gifs are limited to 50 megabytes.');
-			throw new Error(file.type + ' is not a supported file type. Only, .jpeg, .png, .gif, and .mp4 files are currently supported.')
+            }
-	}
+            break;
+        case 'video/mp4':
+            if (file.size > 50000000){
+                console.log('file was too big');
+                throw new Error('Sorry, videos are limited to 50 megabytes.');
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+            console.log('file type is not supported');
+            throw new Error(file.type + ' is not a supported file type. Only, .jpeg, .png, .gif, and .mp4 files are currently supported.')
+    }
 }
 // validation function that checks to make sure the claim name is valid
 function validateClaimName (name) {
-	// ensure a name was entered
+    // ensure a name was entered
-	if (name.length < 1) {
+    if (name.length < 1) {
-		throw new NameError("You must enter a name for your url");
+        throw new NameError("You must enter a name for your url");
-	}
+    }
-	// validate the characters in the 'name' field
+    // validate the characters in the 'name' field
-	const invalidCharacters = /[^A-Za-z0-9,-]/g.exec(name);
+    const invalidCharacters = /[^A-Za-z0-9,-]/g.exec(name);
-	if (invalidCharacters) {
+    if (invalidCharacters) {
-		throw new NameError('"' + invalidCharacters + '" characters are not allowed in the url.');
+        throw new NameError('"' + invalidCharacters + '" characters are not allowed in the url.');
-	}
+    }
 }
 
 function validateChannelName (name) {
-	name = name.substring(name.indexOf('@') + 1);
+    name = name.substring(name.indexOf('@') + 1);
     // ensure a name was entered
     if (name.length < 1) {
         throw new ChannelNameError("You must enter a name for your channel");
@@ -60,9 +70,9 @@ function validatePassword (password) {
 }
 
 function cleanseClaimName(name) {
-	name = name.replace(/\s+/g, '-'); // replace spaces with dashes
+    name = name.replace(/\s+/g, '-'); // replace spaces with dashes
-	name = name.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/g, '');  // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or '-'
+    name = name.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/g, '');  // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or '-'
-	return name;
+    return name;
 }
 
 // validation functions to check claim & channel name eligibility as the inputs change
@@ -99,14 +109,14 @@ function checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, val
         // check to make sure it is available
         isNameAvailable(name, apiUrl)
             .then(result => {
-            	console.log('result:', result)
+                console.log('result:', result)
-            	if (result === true) {
+                if (result === true) {
                     hideError(errorDisplayElement);
                     showSuccess(successDisplayElement)
-				} else {
+                } else {
                     hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
                     showError(errorDisplayElement, errorMessage);
-				}
+                }
             })
             .catch(error => {
                 hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
@@ -119,58 +129,69 @@ function checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, val
 }
 
 function checkClaimName(name){
-	const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-claim-name');
+    const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-claim-name');
-	const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-claim-name');
+    const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-claim-name');
-	checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateClaimName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that url ending has been taken by another user', '/api/isClaimAvailable/');
+    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateClaimName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that url ending has been taken', '/api/isClaimAvailable/');
 }
 
 function checkChannelName(name){
     const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-channel-name');
     const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-channel-name');
     name = `@${name}`;
-    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateChannelName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that Channel has been taken by another user', '/api/isChannelAvailable/');
+    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateChannelName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that Channel name has been taken by another user', '/api/isChannelAvailable/');
 }
 
 // validation function which checks all aspects of the publish submission
 function validateFilePublishSubmission(stagedFiles, claimName, channelName){
-	return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+    console.log(`validating publish submission > name: ${claimName} channel: ${channelName} file:`, stagedFiles);
-		// 1. make sure only 1 file was selected
+    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-		if (!stagedFiles) {
+        // 1. make sure 1 file was staged
-			return reject(new FileError("Please select a file"));
+        if (!stagedFiles) {
-		} else if (stagedFiles.length > 1) {
+            reject(new FileError("Please select a file"));
-			return reject(new FileError("Only one file is allowed at a time"));
+            return;
-		}
+        } else if (stagedFiles.length > 1) {
-		// 2. validate the file's name, type, and size
+            reject(new FileError("Only one file is allowed at a time"));
-		try {
+            return;
-			validateFile(stagedFiles[0]);
+        }
-		} catch (error) {
+        // 2. validate the file's name, type, and size
-			return reject(error);
+        try {
-		}
+            validateFile(stagedFiles[0]);
-		// 3. validate that a channel was chosen
+        } catch (error) {
-		if (channelName === 'new' || channelName === 'login') {
+            reject(error);
-			return reject(new ChannelNameError("Please select a valid channel"));
+            return;
+        }
+        // 3. validate that a channel was chosen
+        if (channelName === 'new' || channelName === 'login') {
+            reject(new ChannelNameError("Please log in to a channel"));
+            return;
         };
-		// 4. validate the claim name
+        // 4. validate the claim name
-		try {
+        try {
-			validateClaimName(claimName);
+            validateClaimName(claimName);
-		} catch (error) {
+        } catch (error) {
-			return reject(error);
+            reject(error);
-		}
+            return;
-		// if all validation passes, check availability of the name
+        }
-		isNameAvailable(claimName, '/api/isClaimAvailable/')
+        // if all validation passes, check availability of the name (note: do we need to re-validate channel name vs. credentials as well?)
-			.then(() => {
+        return isNameAvailable(claimName, '/api/isClaimAvailable/')
-				resolve();
+            .then(result => {
-			})
+                if (result) {
-			.catch(error => {
+                    resolve();
-				reject(error);
+                } else {
-			});
+                    reject(new NameError('that url ending is already taken'));
-	});
+                }
+            })
+            .catch(error => {
+                reject(error);
+            });
+    });
 }
 
-// validation function which checks all aspects of the publish submission
+// validation function which checks all aspects of a new channel submission
-function validateNewChannelSubmission(channelName, password){
+function validateNewChannelSubmission(userName, password){
+    const channelName = `@${userName}`;
     return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-    	// 1. validate name
+        // 1. validate name
         try {
             validateChannelName(channelName);
         } catch (error) {
@@ -184,12 +205,17 @@ function validateNewChannelSubmission(channelName, password){
         }
         // 3. if all validation passes, check availability of the name
         isNameAvailable(channelName, '/api/isChannelAvailable/')  // validate the availability
-            .then(() => {
+            .then(result => {
-                console.log('channel is avaliable');
+                if (result) {
-                resolve();
+                    console.log('channel is available');
+                    resolve();
+                } else {
+                    console.log('channel is not available');
+                    reject(new ChannelNameError('that channel name has already been taken'));
+                }
             })
             .catch( error => {
-                console.log('error: channel is not avaliable');
+                console.log('error evaluating channel name availability', error);
                 reject(error);
             });
     });

routes/api-routes.js

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ const multipartMiddleware = multipart();
 const db = require('../models');
 const { publish } = require('../controllers/publishController.js');
 const { getClaimList, resolveUri } = require('../helpers/lbryApi.js');
-const { createPublishParams, validateFile, checkClaimNameAvailability, checkChannelAvailability } = require('../helpers/publishHelpers.js');
+const { createPublishParams, validateApiPublishRequest, validatePublishSubmission, cleanseNSFW, cleanseChannelName, checkClaimNameAvailability, checkChannelAvailability } = require('../helpers/publishHelpers.js');
 const errorHandlers = require('../helpers/errorHandlers.js');
 const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../controllers/statsController.js');
-const { authenticateApiPublish } = require('../auth/authentication.js');
+const { authenticateChannelCredentials } = require('../auth/authentication.js');
 
 module.exports = (app) => {
   // route to run a claim_list request on the daemon
@@ -71,52 +71,80 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
     });
   });
   // route to run a publish request on the daemon
-  app.post('/api/publish', multipartMiddleware, ({ body, files, headers, ip, originalUrl }, res) => {
+  app.post('/api/publish', multipartMiddleware, (req, res) => {
-    // google analytics
+    logger.debug(req);
-    sendGoogleAnalytics('PUBLISH', headers, ip, originalUrl);
+    const body = req.body;
-    // validate that a file was provided
+    const files = req.files;
-    const file = files.speech || files.null;
-    const name = body.name || file.name.substring(0, file.name.indexOf('.'));
-    const title = body.title || null;
-    const description = body.description || null;
-    const license = body.license || 'No License Provided';
-    const nsfw = body.nsfw || null;
-    const channelName = body.channelName || 'none';
-    const channelPassword = body.channelPassword || null;
-    logger.debug(`name: ${name}, license: ${license}, nsfw: ${nsfw}`);
     try {
-      validateFile(file, name, license, nsfw);
+      validateApiPublishRequest(body, files);
     } catch (error) {
-      postToStats('publish', originalUrl, ip, null, null, error.message);
+      logger.debug('publish request rejected, insufficient request parameters');
-      logger.debug('rejected >>', error.message);
+      res.status(400).json({success: false, message: error.message});
-      res.status(400).send(error.message);
       return;
     }
+    // required inputs
+    const file = files.file;
     const fileName = file.name;
     const filePath = file.path;
     const fileType = file.type;
-    // channel authorization
+    const name = body.name;
-    authenticateApiPublish(channelName, channelPassword)
+    let nsfw = body.nsfw;
+    // cleanse nsfw
+    nsfw = cleanseNSFW(nsfw);
+    // validate file, name, license, and nsfw
+    try {
+      validatePublishSubmission(file, name, nsfw);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.debug('publish request rejected');
+      res.status(400).json({success: false, message: error.message});
+      return;
+    }
+    logger.debug(`name: ${name}, nsfw: ${nsfw}`);
+    // optional inputs
+    const license = body.license || null;
+    const title = body.title || null;
+    const description = body.description || null;
+    let channelName = body.channelName || null;
+    channelName = cleanseChannelName(channelName);
+    const channelPassword = body.channelPassword || null;
+    logger.debug(`license: ${license} title: "${title}" description: "${description}" channelName: "${channelName}" channelPassword: "${channelPassword}"`);
+    // check channel authorization
+    authenticateChannelCredentials(channelName, channelPassword)
     .then(result => {
       if (!result) {
-        res.status(401).send('Authentication failed, you do not have access to that channel');
+        throw new Error('Authentication failed, you do not have access to that channel');
-        throw new Error('authentication failed');
       }
-      return createPublishParams(name, filePath, title, description, license, nsfw, channelName);
+      // make sure the claim name is available
+      return checkClaimNameAvailability(name);
+    })
+    .then(result => {
+      if (!result) {
+        throw new Error('That name is already in use by spee.ch.');
+      }
+      // create publish parameters object
+      return createPublishParams(filePath, name, title, description, license, nsfw, channelName);
     })
-    // create publish parameters object
     .then(publishParams => {
+      logger.debug('publishParams:', publishParams);
+      // publish the asset
       return publish(publishParams, fileName, fileType);
     })
-    // publish the asset
     .then(result => {
-      postToStats('publish', originalUrl, ip, null, null, 'success');
+      // postToStats('publish', originalUrl, ip, null, null, 'success');
-      res.status(200).json(result);
+      res.status(200).json({
+        success: true,
+        message: {
+          url   : `spee.ch/${result.claim_id}/${name}`,
+          lbryTx: result,
+        },
+      });
     })
     .catch(error => {
       logger.error('publish api error', error);
+      res.status(400).json({success: false, message: error.message});
     });
   });
+
   // route to get a short claim id from long claim Id
   app.get('/api/shortClaimId/:longId/:name', ({ originalUrl, ip, params }, res) => {
     // serve content

routes/sockets-routes.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
-const publishController = require('../controllers/publishController.js');
+const { publish } = require('../controllers/publishController.js');
-const publishHelpers = require('../helpers/publishHelpers.js');
+const { createPublishParams } = require('../helpers/publishHelpers.js');
 const errorHandlers = require('../helpers/errorHandlers.js');
 const { postToStats } = require('../controllers/statsController.js');
 
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath) => {
         NOTE: need to validate that client has the credentials to the channel they chose
         otherwise they could circumvent security client side.
          */
-
+        let channelName = file.meta.cannel;
+        if (channelName === 'none') channelName = null;
         // prepare the publish parameters
-        const publishParams = publishHelpers.createPublishParams(file.meta.name, file.pathName, file.meta.title, file.meta.description, file.meta.license, file.meta.nsfw, file.meta.channel);
+        const publishParams = createPublishParams(file.pathName, file.meta.name, file.meta.title, file.meta.description, file.meta.license, file.meta.nsfw, channelName);
         logger.debug(publishParams);
         // publish the file
-        publishController.publish(publishParams, file.name, file.meta.type)
+        publish(publishParams, file.name, file.meta.type)
         .then(result => {
           postToStats('PUBLISH', '/', null, null, null, 'success');
           socket.emit('publish-complete', { name: publishParams.name, result });