From c5fd09d71d73a911c701381bcaa51a44acdb96ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adolfo Reyna <aeroreyna@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:41:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add post translation queue and background AI
 translation via API

---
 dbTools/post.js          | 14 ++++++++++++++
 routes/post.js           | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 utils/chatTranslation.js |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dbTools/post.js b/dbTools/post.js
index fd3f336..f12cbcb 100644
--- a/dbTools/post.js
+++ b/dbTools/post.js
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ postDB = (DB)=>{
         });
     }
 
+    DB.addTranslation = (postid, lang, translatedText) => {
+        if(!DB.ObjectID.isValid(postid)) return false;
+        const id = DB.ObjectID(postid);
+        let update = {
+            $set:{
+                ["translations." + lang]: translatedText
+            }
+        }
+        return DB.postCols.updateOne({_id: id}, update).catch((err)=>{
+            console.log(err);
+            return false;
+        });
+    }
+
     DB.newReaction = (postid, profileid, reaction) => {
         if(!DB.ObjectID.isValid(postid)) return false;
         const id = DB.ObjectID(postid);
diff --git a/routes/post.js b/routes/post.js
index 3aaa08a..903abe1 100644
--- a/routes/post.js
+++ b/routes/post.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var router = express.Router();
 const DB = require("./../mongoDB.js");
 const Post = require("./../def/post.js");
 const Notifications = require("./../notifications.js");
+const { translateText, normalizeLanguageCode } = require("../utils/chatTranslation.js");
 
 DB.getDB.then((DB) => {
 
@@ -481,6 +482,45 @@ DB.getDB.then((DB) => {
         })
     });
 
+    router.post("/translate", async (req, res) => {
+        let postid = req.body.postid;
+        let targetLang = normalizeLanguageCode(req.body.targetLang);
+        
+        // Return ack immediately
+        res.json({ status: "ok", message: "Translation queued" });
+
+        if (!postid || !targetLang) return;
+
+        try {
+            // Get post
+            const posts = await DB.getPostsByTag('', null); // No good way to get one post by ID directly exposed? 
+            // Let's use dbCols directly if needed or find it. Wait, how do we get a single post?
+            // I'll assume DB.getPost exists, let me check that later. Actually I will use DB.postCols directly.
+            const post = await DB.postCols.findOne({ _id: DB.ObjectID(postid) });
+            if (!post || !post.content) return;
+
+            // Strip inline tags and bible tags before translating to reduce token usage and confusion,
+            // or just translate the raw content and let the AI handle it? The chat translator prompt says:
+            // "You translate chat messages. Keep meaning, tone, emojis, names, and references. Return only the translated text."
+            // So it can handle tags.
+
+            // To avoid huge translations or mostly-media posts
+            if (post.content.length > 1000) return;
+
+            const translation = await translateText({
+                text: post.content,
+                sourceLang: "auto",
+                targetLang: targetLang
+            });
+
+            if (translation && translation.translatedText) {
+                await DB.addTranslation(postid, targetLang, translation.translatedText);
+            }
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error("Error in background post translation", error);
+        }
+    });
+
     /**
  * @swagger
  * /post/react:
diff --git a/utils/chatTranslation.js b/utils/chatTranslation.js
index bdcc4ac..6b9b261 100644
--- a/utils/chatTranslation.js
+++ b/utils/chatTranslation.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const translateText = async ({ text, sourceLang, targetLang }) => {
                         content: [
                             {
                                 type: "input_text",
-                                text: "You translate chat messages. Keep meaning, tone, emojis, names, and references. Return only the translated text.",
+                                text: "You translate chat messages and posts. Keep meaning, tone, emojis, names, and references. Do not translate structural tags starting with @ (e.g. @image:..., @youtube:..., @bible:...). Leave them exactly as they are or omit them if they do not fit the text flow. Return only the translated text.",
                             },
                         ],
                     },