From 98c22251fb0b3466817349f03803be6aa01d4d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sinclair Chen <abc.sinclair@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:49:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Accept string descriptions in market POST api

---
 docs/docs/api.md                 |  1 +
 functions/src/create-contract.ts | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/docs/api.md b/docs/docs/api.md
index 85be28ee..a30243e8 100644
--- a/docs/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/docs/api.md
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `outcomeType`: Required. One of `BINARY`, `FREE_RESPONSE`, or `NUMERIC`.
 - `question`: Required. The headline question for the market.
 - `description`: Required. A long description describing the rules for the market.
+  - Note: string descriptions do **not** turn into links, mentions, formatted text. Instead, rich text descriptions must be in [TipTap json](https://tiptap.dev/guide/output#option-1-json).
 - `closeTime`: Required. The time at which the market will close, represented as milliseconds since the epoch.
 - `tags`: Optional. An array of string tags for the market.
 
diff --git a/functions/src/create-contract.ts b/functions/src/create-contract.ts
index 786ee8ae..21a9dbbd 100644
--- a/functions/src/create-contract.ts
+++ b/functions/src/create-contract.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const descScehma: z.ZodType<JSONContent> = z.lazy(() =>
 
 const bodySchema = z.object({
   question: z.string().min(1).max(MAX_QUESTION_LENGTH),
-  description: descScehma.optional(),
+  description: descScehma.or(z.string()).optional(),
   tags: z.array(z.string().min(1).max(MAX_TAG_LENGTH)).optional(),
   closeTime: zTimestamp().refine(
     (date) => date.getTime() > new Date().getTime(),
@@ -166,13 +166,27 @@ export const createmarket = newEndpoint({}, async (req, auth) => {
     ante || 0
   )
 
+  // convert string descriptions into JSONContent
+  const newDescription =
+    typeof description === 'string'
+      ? {
+          type: 'doc',
+          content: [
+            {
+              type: 'paragraph',
+              content: [{ type: 'text', text: description }],
+            },
+          ],
+        }
+      : description ?? {}
+
   const contract = getNewContract(
     contractRef.id,
     slug,
     user,
     question,
     outcomeType,
-    description ?? {},
+    newDescription,
     initialProb ?? 0,
     ante,
     closeTime.getTime(),