Enforce max question length, description length, and tag length.

common/contract.ts

@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ export type Contract = {
 }
 
 export type outcomeType = 'BINARY' | 'MULTI' | 'FREE_RESPONSE'
+
+export const MAX_QUESTION_LENGTH = 480
+export const MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH = 10000
+export const MAX_TAG_LENGTH = 60

common/util/parse.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { MAX_TAG_LENGTH } from '../contract'
+
 export function parseTags(text: string) {
   const regex = /(?:^|\s)(?:[#][a-z0-9_]+)/gi
   const matches = (text.match(regex) || []).map((match) =>
-    match.trim().substring(1)
+    match.trim().substring(1).substring(0, MAX_TAG_LENGTH)
   )
   const tagSet = new Set()
   const uniqueTags: string[] = []

functions/src/create-contract.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import * as functions from 'firebase-functions'
 import * as admin from 'firebase-admin'
+import * as _ from 'lodash'
 
 import { chargeUser, getUser } from './utils'
-import { Contract, outcomeType } from '../../common/contract'
+import {
+  Contract,
+  MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
+  MAX_QUESTION_LENGTH,
+  MAX_TAG_LENGTH,
+  outcomeType,
+} from '../../common/contract'
 import { slugify } from '../../common/util/slugify'
 import { randomString } from '../../common/util/random'
 import { getNewContract } from '../../common/new-contract'
@@ -34,10 +41,19 @@ export const createContract = functions
       const creator = await getUser(userId)
       if (!creator) return { status: 'error', message: 'User not found' }
 
-      const { question, description, initialProb, ante, closeTime, tags } = data
+      let { question, description, initialProb, ante, closeTime, tags } = data
 
-      if (!question)
+      if (!question || typeof question != 'string')
-        return { status: 'error', message: 'Missing question field' }
+        return { status: 'error', message: 'Missing or invalid question field' }
+      question = question.slice(0, MAX_QUESTION_LENGTH)
+
+      if (typeof description !== 'string')
+        return { status: 'error', message: 'Invalid description field' }
+      description = description.slice(0, MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH)
+
+      if (tags !== undefined && !_.isArray(tags))
+        return { status: 'error', message: 'Invalid tags field' }
+      tags = tags?.map((tag) => tag.toString().slice(0, MAX_TAG_LENGTH))
 
       let outcomeType = data.outcomeType ?? 'BINARY'
       if (!['BINARY', 'MULTI', 'FREE_RESPONSE'].includes(outcomeType))

web/components/feed-create.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Spacer } from './layout/spacer'
 import { NewContract } from '../pages/create'
 import { firebaseLogin, User } from '../lib/firebase/users'
 import { ContractsGrid } from './contracts-list'
-import { Contract } from '../../common/contract'
+import { Contract, MAX_QUESTION_LENGTH } from '../../common/contract'
 import { Col } from './layout/col'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import { Row } from './layout/row'
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export default function FeedCreate(props: {
             placeholder={placeholder}
             value={question}
             rows={question.length > 68 ? 4 : 2}
+            maxLength={MAX_QUESTION_LENGTH}
             onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
             onChange={(e) => setQuestion(e.target.value.replace('\n', ''))}
             onFocus={() => setIsExpanded(true)}

web/pages/create.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { ProbabilitySelector } from '../components/probability-selector'
 import { parseWordsAsTags } from '../../common/util/parse'
 import { TagsList } from '../components/tags-list'
 import { Row } from '../components/layout/row'
-import { outcomeType } from '../../common/contract'
+import { MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH, outcomeType } from '../../common/contract'
 
 export default function Create() {
   const [question, setQuestion] = useState('')
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ export function NewContract(props: { question: string; tag?: string }) {
         <Textarea
           className="textarea textarea-bordered w-full"
           rows={3}
+          maxLength={MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH}
           placeholder={descriptionPlaceholder}
           value={description}
           disabled={isSubmitting}