don't store auction ids

might be an even worse idea

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/database.ts b/src/database.ts
index d0c5da0..4d2eb4d 100644
--- a/src/database.ts
+++ b/src/database.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ export interface AccountSchema {
 }
 
 export interface SimpleAuctionSchemaBson {
-	/** The UUID of the auction so we can look it up later. */
-	id: Binary
 	coins: number
 	/**
 	 * The timestamp as **seconds** since epoch. It's in seconds instead of ms
@@ -134,8 +132,6 @@ export interface SimpleAuctionSchemaBson {
 	lore: string
 }
 export interface SimpleAuctionSchema {
-	/** The UUID of the auction so we can look it up later. */
-	id: string
 	coins: number
 	/**
 	 * The timestamp as **seconds** since epoch. It's in seconds instead of ms
@@ -1128,7 +1124,6 @@ function toItemAuctionsSchema(i: ItemAuctionsSchemaBson): ItemAuctionsSchema {
 		auctions: i.auctions.map(a => {
 			return {
 				...a,
-				id: a.id.toString('hex'),
 				bin: a.bin ?? false
 			}
 		}),
@@ -1142,7 +1137,6 @@ function toItemAuctionsSchemaBson(i: ItemAuctionsSchema): ItemAuctionsSchemaBson
 		auctions: i.auctions.map(a => {
 			return {
 				...a,
-				id: createUuid(a.id),
 				bin: a.bin ? true : undefined
 			}
 		}),
diff --git a/src/hypixel.ts b/src/hypixel.ts
index 70753f7..42a219d 100644
--- a/src/hypixel.ts
+++ b/src/hypixel.ts
@@ -401,13 +401,14 @@ export async function periodicallyFetchRecentlyEndedAuctions() {
 			const simpleAuction: SimpleAuctionSchema = {
 				s: true,
 				coins: Math.round(auction.coins / auction.item.count),
-				id: auction.id,
 				ts: Math.floor(auction.timestamp / 1000),
 				bin: auction.bin,
 				lore: auction.item.display.lore.join('\n')
 			}
 			// make sure the auction isn't already in there
-			if (!auctions.find((a) => a.id === simpleAuction.id)) {
+			// we use the timestamp because it's sorta unique enough
+			// (we don't store auction ids in the database because they're too big)
+			if (!auctions.find((a) => a.ts === simpleAuction.ts)) {
 				auctions.push(simpleAuction)
 				// keep only the last 100 items
 				if (auctions.length > 100)