basic market categories

common/categories.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+export type category =
+  | 'sports'
+  | 'politics'
+  | 'technology'
+  | 'science'
+  | 'manifold'
+  | 'geopolitics'
+  | 'personal'
+  | 'fun'
+  | 'business'
+  | 'finance'
+  | 'society'
+  | 'entertainment'
+  | 'gaming'
+  | 'crypto'
+  | 'health'
+  | 'other'
+
+export const CATEGORIES = {
+  politics: 'Politics',
+  personal: 'Personal',
+  friends: 'Friends / Community',
+  technology: 'Technology',
+  gaming: 'Gaming / Esports',
+  science: 'Science',
+  manifold: 'Manifold Markets',
+  society: 'Society',
+  sports: 'Sports',
+  geopolitics: 'Geopolitics',
+  fun: 'Goofing around',
+  business: 'Business',
+  finance: 'Finance',
+  crypto: 'Crypto',
+  health: 'Health',
+  entertainment: 'Entertainment',
+  other: 'Other',
+}
+
+export const TO_CATEGORY = Object.fromEntries(
+  Object.entries(CATEGORIES).map(([k, v]) => [v, k])
+)
+
+export const CATEGORY_LIST = Object.keys(CATEGORIES) as category[]

common/contract.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Answer } from './answer'
+import { category } from './categories'
 import { Fees } from './fees'
 
 export type FullContract<
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export type FullContract<
 
   question: string
   description: string // More info about what the contract is about
+  category: category
   tags: string[]
   lowercaseTags: string[]
   visibility: 'public' | 'unlisted'

common/new-contract.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { User } from './user'
 import { parseTags } from './util/parse'
 import { removeUndefinedProps } from './util/object'
 import { calcDpmInitialPool } from './calculate-dpm'
+import { category } from './categories'
 
 export function getNewContract(
   id: string,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export function getNewContract(
   initialProb: number,
   ante: number,
   closeTime: number,
+  category: category,
   extraTags: string[]
 ) {
   const tags = parseTags(
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export function getNewContract(
 
     question: question.trim(),
     description: description.trim(),
+    category,
     tags,
     lowercaseTags,
     visibility: 'public',

functions/src/create-contract.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   MINIMUM_ANTE,
 } from '../../common/antes'
 import { getNoneAnswer } from '../../common/answer'
+import { category, CATEGORY_LIST } from '../../common/categories'
 
 export const createContract = functions
   .runWith({ minInstances: 1 })
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export const createContract = functions
         question: string
         outcomeType: outcomeType
         description: string
+        category: category
         initialProb: number
         ante: number
         closeTime: number
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ export const createContract = functions
       const creator = await getUser(userId)
       if (!creator) return { status: 'error', message: 'User not found' }
 
-      let { question, description, initialProb, closeTime, tags } = data
+      let { question, description, initialProb, closeTime, tags, category } =
+        data
 
       if (!question || typeof question != 'string')
         return { status: 'error', message: 'Missing or invalid question field' }
@@ -58,6 +61,10 @@ export const createContract = functions
         return { status: 'error', message: 'Invalid description field' }
       description = description.slice(0, MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH)
 
+      if (category !== undefined && !CATEGORY_LIST.includes(category))
+        return { status: 'error', message: 'Invalid category' }
+
+      // deprecated:
       if (tags !== undefined && !_.isArray(tags))
         return { status: 'error', message: 'Invalid tags field' }
       tags = tags?.map((tag) => tag.toString().slice(0, MAX_TAG_LENGTH))
@@ -114,6 +121,7 @@ export const createContract = functions
         initialProb,
         ante,
         closeTime,
+        category,
         tags ?? []
       )
 

web/components/contract/contract-info-dialog.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { Bet } from '../../../common/bet'
+import { CATEGORIES } from '../../../common/categories'
 
 import { Contract } from '../../../common/contract'
 import { formatMoney } from '../../../common/util/format'
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export function ContractInfoDialog(props: { contract: Contract; bets: Bet[] }) {
 
   const formatTime = (dt: number) => dayjs(dt).format('MMM DD, YYYY hh:mm a z')
 
-  const { createdTime, closeTime, resolutionTime } = contract
+  const { createdTime, closeTime, resolutionTime, category } = contract
   const tradersCount = _.uniqBy(bets, 'userId').length
 
   return (
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ export function ContractInfoDialog(props: { contract: Contract; bets: Bet[] }) {
           <div className="text-gray-500">Stats</div>
           <table className="table-compact table-zebra table w-full text-gray-500">
             <tbody>
+              {category && (
+                <tr>
+                  <td>Category</td>
+                  <td>{CATEGORIES[category]}</td>
+                </tr>
+              )}
+
               <tr>
                 <td>Market created</td>
                 <td>{formatTime(createdTime)}</td>

web/pages/create.tsx

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ import { Row } from '../components/layout/row'
 import { MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH, outcomeType } from '../../common/contract'
 import { formatMoney } from '../../common/util/format'
 import { useHasCreatedContractToday } from '../hooks/use-has-created-contract-today'
+import {
+  CATEGORIES,
+  category,
+  CATEGORY_LIST,
+  TO_CATEGORY,
+} from '../../common/categories'
 
 export default function Create() {
   const [question, setQuestion] = useState('')
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ export function NewContract(props: { question: string; tag?: string }) {
   const [outcomeType, setOutcomeType] = useState<outcomeType>('BINARY')
   const [initialProb, setInitialProb] = useState(50)
   const [description, setDescription] = useState('')
+  const [category, setCategory] = useState<string>(CATEGORY_LIST[0])
   const [tagText, setTagText] = useState<string>(tag ?? '')
   const tags = parseWordsAsTags(tagText)
 
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ export function NewContract(props: { question: string; tag?: string }) {
       initialProb,
       ante,
       closeTime,
+      category,
       tags,
     }).then((r) => r.data || {})
 
@@ -199,25 +207,27 @@ export function NewContract(props: { question: string; tag?: string }) {
         />
       </div>
 
-      {/* <Spacer h={4} />
+      <Spacer h={4} />
 
       <div className="form-control max-w-sm items-start">
         <label className="label gap-2">
-          <span className="mb-1">Tags</span>
+          <span className="mb-1">Category</span>
-          <InfoTooltip text="Optional. Help categorize your market with related tags." />
         </label>
 
-        <input
+        <select
-          placeholder="e.g. Politics, Economics..."
+          className="select select-bordered w-full max-w-xs"
-          className="input input-bordered resize-none"
+          onChange={(e) =>
-          disabled={isSubmitting}
+            setCategory(TO_CATEGORY[e.currentTarget.value] as category)
-          value={tagText}
+          }
-          onChange={(e) => setTagText(e.target.value || '')}
+        >
-        />
+          {CATEGORY_LIST.map((cat) => (
-      </div> */}
+            <option selected={category === cat} value={CATEGORIES[cat]}>
+              {CATEGORIES[cat]}
+            </option>
+          ))}
+        </select>
+      </div>
 
-      <Spacer h={4} />
-      <TagsList tags={tags} noLink noLabel />
       <Spacer h={4} />
 
       <div className="form-control mb-1 items-start">