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+import request from 'superagent'
+import { v1 as uuidV1 } from 'uuid'
+import { io } from 'socket.io-client'
+import { createHash, hmacHex } from './crypto.js'
+import { isObject } from './util.js'
+import { aoEnv } from './settings.js'
+
+// The AO API server endpoint this ao-cli client will attempt to connect to
+export const AO_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME = 'localhost:8003'
+const HOSTNAME = aoEnv('AO_CLI_TARGET_HOSTNAME') || AO_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME
+const [HOST, PORT] = HOSTNAME.split(':')
+
+// The AO API server websocket endpoint this ao-cli client will attempt to connect to
+const AO_SOCKET_URL = 'http://' + AO_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME // was process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'http://' + AO_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME : '/'
+export const socket = io(AO_SOCKET_URL, {
+  autoConnect: false
+})
+
+// The current connected state of the websocket, can be 'attemptingAuthentication' | 'authenticationSuccess' | 'authenticationFailed'
+export let socketStatus
+
+// Load the current session cookies from the AO .env file
+let currentMemberId = aoEnv('AO_CLI_SESSION_MEMBERID')
+let currentSessionId = aoEnv('AO_CLI_SESSION_ID')
+let currentSessionToken = aoEnv('AO_CLI_SESSION_TOKEN')
+
+// Performs a GET request to the specified endpoint, sending the given payload
+export async function getRequest(endpoint, payload = null, alternateHost = null, verbose = true) {
+  const target = alternateHost || HOSTNAME
+  try {
+    if(payload) {
+      return await request
+        .get(target + endpoint)
+        .send(payload)
+    } else {
+      return await request.get(target + endpoint)
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    if(verbose) console.log('request failed', err)
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+// Performs a POST request to the specified endpoint, sending the given payload
+export async function postRequest(endpoint, payload = null, verbose = true) {
+  if (!currentSessionToken) {
+    if(verbose) console.log('Session token not set, API not ready.')
+    return new Promise(() => null)
+  }
+  try {
+    if(payload) {
+      return await request
+        .post(HOSTNAME + endpoint)
+        .send(payload)
+        .set('authorization', currentSessionToken)
+        .set('session', currentSessionId)
+    } else {
+      return await request.post(HOSTNAME + endpoint)
+        .set('authorization', currentSessionToken)
+        .set('session', currentSessionId)
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    if(verbose) console.log('request failed', err)
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+// Performs a post request to the /event endpoint, sending the given JSON object as the event
+export async function postEvent(event, verbose) {
+  return await postRequest('/events', event, verbose)
+}
+
+// Attempts login with the given username and password combo. If successful, returns the generated session and token (login cookies).
+export async function createSession(user, pass) {
+  const session = uuidV1()
+  let sessionKey = createHash(session + createHash(pass))
+  const token = hmacHex(session, sessionKey)
+  const result = await request
+    .post(HOSTNAME + '/session')
+    .set('authorization', token)
+    .set('session', session)
+    .set('name', user)
+    .on('error', () => false)
+  currentMemberId = result.body.memberId
+  currentSessionToken = token
+  currentSessionId = session
+  return { session, token, memberId: currentMemberId }
+}
+
+export async function logout() {
+  return await postRequest('/logout')
+}
+
+// AO p2p over tor features
+export async function nameAo(newName) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'ao-named',
+    alias: newName
+  })
+}
+
+// When you call startSocketListeners, it will either attempt to connect and authenticate on a web socket, or fail and return.
+// onAuthenticated is a function that will be called when the client authenticates on the web socket (logs in/connects).
+// In your onAuthenticated function, you should trigger fetchState or other initial fetching of state from server.
+// eventCallback is a function (ev) => {} that will be called whenever an event is received on the socket.
+// In this way, initial state can be fetched and then updates received after that can be used to update the local state model.
+export async function startSocketListeners(onAuthenticated, onEvent, verbose = true) {
+  if(typeof onAuthenticated !== 'function' || typeof onEvent !== 'function') {
+    console.log('startSocketListeners requires two callback functions as arguments.')
+    return
+  }
+  socket.connect()
+  socket.on('connect', () => {
+    if(verbose) console.log('websocket connected')
+    socketStatus = 'attemptingAuthentication'
+    if(!currentSessionId || !currentSessionToken) {
+      if(verbose) console.log('No current session, must log in to authenticate and use socket.')
+      return
+    }
+
+    socket.emit('authentication', {
+      session: currentSessionId,
+      token: currentSessionToken,
+    })
+  })
+  socket.on('authenticated', () => {
+    if(verbose) console.log('websocket authenticated')
+    socketStatus = 'authenticationSuccess'
+    socket.on('eventstream', onEvent)
+    onAuthenticated()
+  })
+  socket.on('disconnect', reason => {
+    if(verbose) console.log('websocket disconnected')
+    socketStatus = 'authenticationFailed'
+    socket.connect()
+  })
+}
+
+// Requests the public bootstrap list by making a public (not logged in) GET request to this or the specified server
+export async function getAoBootstrapList(serverOnion = null) {
+  const result = await getRequest('/bootstrap', undefined, serverOnion, false)
+  if(!result || !result.ok || result.body.addresses.length < 1) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return result.body.addresses
+}
+
+// Gets the bootsrap list from the specified or our server, then recursively bootstraps from each address on the list
+// The AO network is small right now so this shouldn't cause any problems for a while
+export async function bootstrap(serverOnion = null) {
+  if(!serverOnion) serverOnion = HOSTNAME
+  let alreadyQueried = [ serverOnion ]
+  let onionList = await getAoBootstrapList(serverOnion)
+  if(!onionList) {
+    return null
+  }
+  for(let i = 0; i < onionList.length; i++) {
+    const onion = onionList[i]
+    let more = await bootstrap(onion)
+    if(!more) continue
+    more = more.filter(onion => !onionList.concat(alreadyQueried).includes(onion))
+    onionList.concat(more)
+  }
+  return onionList
+}
+
+export async function shadowchat(room, message, username) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'shadowchat',
+    room: room,
+    name: username,
+    message: message,
+  })
+}
+
+export async function connectToAo(address, secret) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'ao-outbound-connected',
+    address: address,
+    secret: secret
+  })
+}
+
+export async function deleteAoConnection(address) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'ao-disconnected',
+    address: address
+  })
+}
+
+export async function relayEventToOtherAo(address, event) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'ao-relay',
+    address: address,
+    ev: event
+  })
+}
+
+export async function linkCardOnAo(taskId, address) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'ao-linked',
+    address: address,
+    taskId: taskId
+  })
+}
+
+// Avatar and presence features
+export async function bark() {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'doge-barked',
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function hopped(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'doge-hopped',
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    taskId: taskId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function mute() {
+  return await updateMemberField('muted', true)
+}
+
+export async function unmute() {
+  return await updateMemberField('muted', false)
+}
+
+// Memes feature
+export async function fetchMeme(memeHash, progressCallback) {
+  return request
+    .get(HOSTNAME + '/meme/' + memeHash)
+    .responseType('blob')
+    .set('Authorization', currentSessionToken)
+    .on('progress', function (e) {
+      progressCallback(e.percent)
+    })
+    .then(res => {
+      console.log('got meme! res is ', res)
+      return res.body
+    })
+}
+
+export async function downloadMeme(memeHash) {
+  return request
+    .get(HOSTNAME + '/download/' + memeHash)
+    .set('Authorization', currentSessionToken)
+    .then(res => {
+      // console.log('got meme! res is ', res)
+      return res
+    })
+}
+
+export async function uploadMemes(formData, progressCallback) {
+  return postRequest('/upload', formData)
+    .on('progress', function (e) {
+      console.log('Percentage done: ', e)
+      if (e && e.hasOwnProperty('percent') && e.percent >= 0) {
+        progressCallback(e.percent)
+      }
+    })
+    .on('error', err => {
+      console.log('Upload  failed with error:', err)
+      return false
+    })
+    .then(res => {
+      console.log('sent files. res is', res)
+      return res
+    })
+}
+
+export async function cacheMeme(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'meme-cached',
+    taskId
+  })
+}
+
+// Cards feature
+// Returns the card and other cards as specified by the alsoGetRelevant arg
+// If multiple cards are returned, they will be returned in their global deck order (global creation order on server)
+export async function getCard(taskId, alsoGetRelevant = 'subcards') {
+  taskId = taskId.trim().toLowerCase()
+  let payload = { taskId: taskId }
+  const result = await postRequest('/fetchTaskByID', payload, false) // todo: change to flat text, not JSON (?)
+  if(!result || !result.body) {
+    //console.log('Error fetching task.')
+    return null
+  }
+  if(alsoGetRelevant) {
+    let relevantCards = await getAllRelevantCards(result.body, alsoGetRelevant)
+    return [result.body, ...relevantCards]
+  }
+  return [result.body]
+}
+
+// Cards feature
+export async function getCardByName(taskName, alsoGetRelevant = 'subcards') {
+  taskName = taskName.trim()
+  let payload = { taskName: taskName }
+  const result = await postRequest('/fetchTaskByName_exact', payload, false) // todo: change to flat text, not JSON (?)
+  if(!result || !result.body || result.statusCode === 204 || result.statusCode === 400) {
+    //console.log('Error fetching task.')
+    return null
+  }
+  if(alsoGetRelevant) {
+    let relevantCards = await getAllRelevantCards(result.body, alsoGetRelevant)
+    return [result.body, ...relevantCards]
+  }
+  return [result.body]
+}
+
+// Fetches all cards related to the given card object, i.e., cards that could be seen or navigated to immediately from that card
+// scope = 'priority' returns only the first/top priority card within the specified card
+// scope = 'priorities' returns only the priorities within the specified card
+// scope = 'subcards' returns all subcards (priorities, pinned, subTasks, completed)
+// Further scopes are not currently needed because the server also includes some related cards with each send
+// If existingTasks: Map<string, Task> is provided, those cards will be skipped
+// Returns the new cards that were fetched (not any existingTasks), plus cards the server chooses to also include
+export async function getAllRelevantCards(
+  seedTask,
+  scope = 'priorities',
+  existingTasks
+) {
+  if(existingTasks === undefined) {
+    existingTasks = new Map()
+  }
+  let taskIdsToFetch
+
+  // Choose which taskIds we are going to request from the server
+  switch (scope) {
+    case 'priority':
+      taskIdsToFetch = new Set([seedTask.priorities.at(-1)])
+      break
+    case 'priorities':
+      taskIdsToFetch = new Set(seedTask.priorities)
+      break
+    case 'subcards':
+      taskIdsToFetch = new Set(
+        seedTask.priorities.concat(seedTask.subTasks, seedTask.completed)
+      )
+      if (seedTask.pins && seedTask.pins.length >= 1) {
+        seedTask.pins.forEach(pin => {
+          taskIdsToFetch.add(pin.taskId)
+        })
+      }
+  }
+  
+  // Filter out the taskIds for tasks we already have
+  taskIdsToFetch = [...taskIdsToFetch].filter(taskId => {
+    if (!taskId) {
+      return false
+    }
+    const existingTask = existingTasks.get(taskId)
+    return !existingTask
+  })
+  if(taskIdsToFetch.length < 1) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  // Fetch the cards
+  try {
+    const result = await postRequest('/fetchTasks', { taskIds: taskIdsToFetch })
+    // Filter again (overlapping queries or intelligent server can cause duplicates to be returned)
+    const newTasksOnly = result.body.filter(
+      fetchedTask => !existingTasks.get(fetchedTask.taskId)
+    )
+    return newTasksOnly
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log('Error fetching relevant tasks:', { taskIdsToFetch, error })
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+export async function createCard(
+  name,
+  anonymous = false,
+  prioritized = false
+) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-created',
+    name: name,
+    color: 'blue',
+    deck: (anonymous || !currentMemberId) ? [] : [currentMemberId],
+    inId: anonymous ? null : currentMemberId || null,
+    prioritized: prioritized,
+  }, false)
+}
+
+// This is different from only setting a card property because when a card's color changes, it is bumped to the top of the .subTasks color pile
+export async function colorCard(taskId, color) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-colored',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    color: color,
+    inId: null, // add this when we have context, mutation works on server
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Set arbitrary metadata on a card
+export async function setCardProperty(taskId, property, value) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-property-set',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    property: property,
+    value: value,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Card send feature
+export async function passCard(taskId, toMemberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-passed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    toMemberId: toMemberId,
+    fromMemberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Send an immediate bark and notification to the member if possible, reminding them that they have an unread message from you (no automated pings)
+export async function remindMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-reminded',
+    toMemberId: memberId,
+    fromMemberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Cards-in-cards feature
+export async function playCard(from = null, to) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-played',
+    from: from,
+    to: to,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function discardCardFromCard(taskId, inId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-de-sub-tasked',
+    taskId: inId,
+    subTask: taskId,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Empties a card's priorities and subtasks
+export async function emptyCard(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-emptied',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function swapCard(inId, taskId1, taskId2) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-swapped',
+    taskId: inId,
+    swapId1: taskId1,
+    swapId2: taskId2,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function bumpCard(taskId, inId, direction) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-bumped',
+    taskId: inId,
+    bumpId: taskId,
+    direction: direction,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Deck features
+export async function grabCard(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-grabbed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function grabPile(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'pile-grabbed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function dropCard(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-dropped',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function removeCards(taskIds) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'tasks-removed',
+    taskIds: taskIds,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function dropPile(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'pile-dropped',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Priority feature
+export async function prioritizeCard(taskId, inId, position = 0, echelon = null) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-prioritized',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    inId: inId,
+    position: position,
+    ...(echelon && { echelon: echelon }),
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function prioritizePile(inId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-prioritized',
+    inId: inId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function refocusCard(taskId, inId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-refocused',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    inId: inId,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function refocusPile(inId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'pile-refocused',
+    inId: inId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function allocatePriority(inId, taskId, points = 1) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-allocated',
+    taskId: inId,
+    allocatedId: taskId,
+    amount: points,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+    //inId: inId,
+  })
+}
+
+// Guilds feature
+export async function tagCard(taskId, newTitle) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-guilded',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    guild: newTitle,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function getCardsForTag(tag) {
+  return (await postRequest('/fetchTasksByGuild', { guild: tag })).body.cards
+}
+
+// Checkmarks feature
+export async function completeCard(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-claimed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function uncheckCard(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-unclaimed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function setClaimInterval(taskId, newClaimInterval) {
+  return await setCardProperty(taskId, claimInterval, newClaimInterval)
+}
+
+// Hardware resources feature
+export async function createResource(
+  resourceId,
+  name,
+  charged,
+  secret,
+  trackStock
+) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'resource-created',
+    resourceId: resourceId,
+    name: name,
+    charged: charged,
+    secret: secret,
+    trackStock: trackStock,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function useResource(resourceId, amount, charged, notes = '') {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'resource-used',
+    resourceId: resourceId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    amount: amount,
+    charged: charged,
+    notes: notes
+  })
+}
+
+export async function stockResource(resourceId, amount, paid, notes = '') {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'resource-stocked',
+    resourceId: resourceId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    amount: amount,
+    paid: paid,
+    notes: notes
+  })
+}
+
+export async function purgeResource(resourceId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'resource-purged',
+    resourceId: resourceId,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function bookResource(taskId, startTime, endTime) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'resource-booked',
+    resourceId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    startTs: startTime,
+    endTs: endTime
+  })
+}
+
+// Member account features
+export async function updateMemberField(field, newValue) {
+  if (field === 'secret') {
+    newValue = createHash(newValue)
+  }
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-field-updated',
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    field: field,
+    newfield: newValue
+  })
+}
+
+// Member admin features
+export async function createMember(name, fob = '') {
+  const secret = createHash(name)
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-created',
+    name,
+    secret,
+    fob
+  })
+}
+
+export async function activateMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-activated',
+    memberId: memberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function deactivateMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-deactivated',
+    memberId: memberId
+  })
+}
+
+// senpai function
+export async function resetPassword(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-secret-reset',
+    kohaiId: memberId,
+    senpaiId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// senpai function
+export async function promoteMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-promoted',
+    kohaiId: memberId,
+    senpaiId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// senpai function
+export async function banMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-banned',
+    kohaiId: memberId,
+    senpaiId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// senpai function
+export async function unbanMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-unbanned',
+    kohaiId: memberId,
+    senpaiId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// senpai function
+export async function purgeMember(memberId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-purged',
+    memberId: memberId,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Each member has a list of tickers. Each ticker is a string.
+// Sets the ticker at position tickerListIndex to symbol coinSymbol.
+export async function setTicker(fromCoin, toCoin, tickerListIndex) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'member-ticker-set',
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    fromCoin: fromCoin,
+    toCoin: toCoin,
+    index: tickerListIndex
+  })
+}
+
+// Timeclock features
+export async function clockTime(seconds, taskId, date) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-time-clocked',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    seconds: seconds,
+    date: date
+  })
+}
+
+export async function startTimeClock(taskId, inId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-started',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    inId: inId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function stopTimeClock(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-stopped',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Group membership features
+export async function assignMembership(taskId, memberId, level) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-membership',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: memberId,
+    level: level,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function stashCard(taskId, inId, level) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-stashed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    inId: inId,
+    level: level,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function unstashCard(taskId, inId, level) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-unstashed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    inId: inId,
+    level: level,
+    blame: currentMemberId
+  })
+}
+
+// Unreads feature
+export async function visitCard(taskId, inChat = false, notify = false) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-visited',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    area: inChat ? 1 : 0,
+    notify: notify
+  })
+}
+
+/*
+export async function markSeen(taskId) {
+  const task = aoStore.hashMap.get(taskId)
+  const act = {
+    type: 'task-seen',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+  }
+  // console.log('card marked seen')
+  return await postEvent(act)
+}
+*/
+
+// Pinboard feature
+export async function resizeGrid(taskId, newHeight, newWidth, newSize) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'grid-resized',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    height: newHeight,
+    width: newWidth,
+    size: newSize || 9
+  })
+}
+
+export async function createCardWithGrid(name, height, width) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'grid-created',
+    name: name,
+    height: height,
+    width: width,
+    color: 'blue',
+    deck: [currentMemberId]
+  })
+}
+
+export async function addGridToCard(taskId, height, width, spread = 'pyramid') {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'grid-added',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    spread: spread,
+    height: height,
+    width: width
+  })
+}
+
+export async function removeGridFromCard(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'grid-removed',
+    taskId: taskId
+  })
+}
+
+// This function encodes whatever is passed by the search box as a URIComponent and passes it to a search endpoint, returning the response when supplied
+export async function search(querystring, take = 10, skip = 0) {
+  const qs = encodeURIComponent(querystring)
+  const params = `?take=${take}&skip=${skip}`
+  return await postRequest('/search/' + qs + params)
+}
+
+export async function requestBtcQr(taskId) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'address-updated',
+    taskId
+  })
+}
+
+export async function requestLightningInvoice(taskId, amount = 0) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'invoice-created',
+    taskId,
+    amount: amount
+  })
+}
+
+// Proposals features
+export async function signCard(taskId, opinion = 1) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'task-signed',
+    taskId: taskId,
+    memberId: currentMemberId,
+    opinion: opinion
+  })
+}
+
+export async function setQuorum(quorum) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'quorum-set',
+    quorum: quorum
+  })
+}
+
+/*reaction(
+  () => {
+    //return aoStore.state.socketState
+  },
+  socketState => console.log('AO: client/api.ts: socketState: ' + socketState)
+)
+console.log("NODE_ENV is", process.env.NODE_ENV)*/
+
+//const api = new AoApi(socket)
+//export default api
+
+/*async fetchState() {
+  const session = window.localStorage.getItem('session')
+  const token = window.localStorage.getItem('token')
+  const user = window.localStorage.getItem('user')
+  if (session && token && user) {
+    return request
+      .post('/state')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .then(res => {
+        aoStore.state.user = user
+        // console.log(
+        //   'AO: client/api.ts: fetchState: initial state: ',
+        //   res.body
+        // )
+
+        let dataPackageToSendToClient = res.body
+        // Get the memberId
+        let memberId
+        dataPackageToSendToClient.stateToSend.sessions.forEach(sessionItem => {
+          if (session === sessionItem.session) {
+            memberId = sessionItem.ownerId
+          }
+        })
+      
+        // See if we got our member card
+        let foundMemberCard
+        if(!memberId) {
+            console.log("memberId missing when loading state")
+        } else {
+          dataPackageToSendToClient.stateToSend.tasks.forEach(task => {
+            if(task.taskId === memberId) {
+              foundMemberCard = task
+            }
+          })
+        }
+        if(foundMemberCard) {
+          console.log("State includes member card:", foundMemberCard)
+        } else {
+          console.log("State does not include member card")
+        }
+        
+        aoStore.initializeState(dataPackageToSendToClient.stateToSend)
+
+        let metaData = dataPackageToSendToClient.metaData
+        aoStore.memberDeckSize = metaData.memberDeckSize
+        aoStore.bookmarksTaskId = metaData.bookmarksTaskId
+
+        return true
+      })
+      .catch(() => false)
+  }
+  return Promise.resolve(false)
+}*/
+
+/*
+export async createCardIfDoesNotExist(
+  name,
+  color,
+  anonymous
+) {
+return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    aoStore.getTaskByName_async(name, (task) => {
+      if (isObject(task)) {
+        console.log("task exists!")
+        resolve(task)
+      } else {
+        const act = {
+          type: 'task-created',
+          name: name,
+          color: color || 'blue',
+          deck: [currentMemberId],
+          inId: null,
+          prioritized: false,
+        }
+        postEvent(act).then((res) => {
+            aoStore.getTaskByName_async(name, (task) => {
+              resolve(task)
+            })
+          })
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}
+*/
+
+/*
+export async createAndPlayCard(name, color, anonymous, to)  {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    this.createCardIfDoesNotExist(name, color, anonymous).then(success => {
+      aoStore.getTaskByName_async(name, found => {
+        to.taskId = found.taskId
+        resolve(this.playCard(null, to))
+      })
+    })
+  })
+}
+*/
+/*async findOrCreateCardInCard(
+  name,
+  inId,
+  prioritizedpostEvent(act) = false,
+  color = 'blue',
+  anonymous
+) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    aoStore.getTaskByName_async(name, found => {
+      console.log('gotTaskByName name was ', name, 'and found is ', found)
+      let act
+      if (found) {
+        if (prioritized) {
+          resolve(this.prioritizeCard(found.taskId, inId))
+          return
+        } else {
+          act = {
+            type: 'task-sub-tasked',
+            taskId: inId,
+            subTask: found.taskId,
+            memberId: anonymous ? null : currentMemberId,
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        act = {
+          type: 'task-created',
+          name: name,
+          color: color,
+          deck: anonymous ? [] : [currentMemberId],
+          inId: inId,
+          prioritized: prioritized,
+        }
+      }
+      resolve(
+        postEvent(act).then(res => return res)
+      )
+    })
+  })
+}*/
+
+/*async function pinCardToGrid(
+  x,
+  y,
+  name,
+  inId
+) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    aoStore.getTaskByName_async(name, (task) => {
+      console.log('gotTaskByName name was ', name, 'and found is ', task)
+      // console.log("AO: client/api.ts: pinCardToGrid: ", {x, y, name, inId, task})
+
+      if (isObject(task)) {
+        const fromLocation
+        const toLocation: CardLocation = {
+          taskId.taskId,
+          inId: inId,
+          coords: { y, x }
+        }
+        playCard()
+      } else {
+        const act = {
+          type: 'task-created',
+          name: name,
+          color: 'blue',
+          deck: [currentMemberId],
+          inId: inId,
+          prioritized: false,
+        }
+        postEvent(act).then(res => {
+            const taskId = JSON.parse(res.text).event.taskId
+            const gridAct = {
+              type: 'grid-pin',
+              inId: inId,
+              taskId: taskId,
+              x: x,
+              y: y,
+              memberId: currentMemberId,
+            }
+            resolve(
+              request
+                .post('/events')
+                .set('Authorization', currentSessionToken)
+                .send(gridAct)
+            )
+          })
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}*/
+
+/*async function unpinCardFromGrid(
+  x,
+  y,
+  inId
+) {
+  return await postEvent({
+    type: 'grid-unpin',
+    x,
+    y,
+    inId,
+  })
+}*/
diff --git a/src/ao-lib/crypto.ts b/src/ao-lib/crypto.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ao-lib/crypto.ts
rename to src/ao-lib/crypto.js
diff --git a/src/ao-lib/settings.js b/src/ao-lib/settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41f0582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ao-lib/settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import { parse, stringify } from 'envfile'
+
+export const AO_ENV_FILE_PATH = process.env.HOME + '/.ao/.env'
+
+function createAoFolderIfDoesNotExist() {
+  
+}
+
+// Check for an AO env file at ~/.ao/.env and returns true if it exists
+export function checkAoEnvFile() {
+  try {
+    execSync(`[ -f "${AO_ENV_FILE_PATH}" ]`)
+    return true
+  } catch(err) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+export function aoEnv(variable) {
+  let envFileContents = {}
+  try {
+    envFileContents = fs.readFileSync(AO_ENV_FILE_PATH)
+  } catch(err) {
+    if(err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      //console.log('The .env file does not exist, so the requested value', variable, 'is empty.')
+    } else {
+      console.log('Unknown error loading .env file in aoEnv, aborting.')
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+  const parsedFile = parse(envFileContents)
+  
+  if(!parsedFile.hasOwnProperty(variable)) {
+    return null
+  }
+  
+  // Convert ENV idiom to programmatic types
+  switch(parsedFile[variable]) {
+    case '1':
+    case 'true':
+    case 'TRUE':
+    case 'yes':
+    case 'YES':
+      return true
+    case '0':
+    case 'false':
+    case 'FALSE':
+    case 'no':
+    case 'NO':
+      return false
+  }
+  
+  return parsedFile[variable]
+}
+
+// Sets and saves the given ENV=value to the global ~/.ao/.env file
+// If value is null, the env variable will be deleted
+// Returns true if a change was made, false if no change was made or if it failed
+export function setAoEnv(variable, value) {
+  createAoFolderIfDoesNotExist()
+  if(typeof variable !== 'string') {
+    console.log('ENV variable name must be a string for setAoEnv')
+    return false
+  }
+  
+  // Convert types to standard ENV file idiom
+  switch(value) {
+    case true:
+    case 'TRUE':
+    case 'yes':
+    case 'YES':
+      value = '1'
+      break
+    case false:
+    case 'FALSE':
+    case 'no':
+    case 'NO':
+      value = '0'
+  }
+  
+  let envFileContents = {}
+  try {
+    envFileContents = fs.readFileSync(AO_ENV_FILE_PATH)
+  } catch(err) {
+    if(err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      console.log('The .env file hasn\'t been created yet, creating.')
+    } else {
+      console.log('Unknown error loading .env file in setAoEnv, aborting. Error:', err)
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+  
+  const parsedFile = parse(envFileContents)
+  if(parsedFile[variable] == value) {
+    console.log(variable, 'is already', value, 'so no change was made.')
+    return false
+  }
+  
+  if(value === null) {
+    delete parsedFile[variable]
+  } else {
+    parsedFile[variable] = value
+  }
+  
+  const stringified = stringify(parsedFile)
+  fs.writeFileSync(AO_ENV_FILE_PATH, stringified)
+  
+  // Confirm the variable was set in the .env file correctly
+  if(aoEnv(variable) != value) {
+    console.log('Value was not saved correctly, sorry.')
+    return false
+  }
+  return true
+}
+
+function setAndSaveEnvironmentVariable(variable, value, path) {
+  
+}
diff --git a/src/ao-lib/utils.ts b/src/ao-lib/util.js
similarity index 53%
rename from src/ao-lib/utils.ts
rename to src/ao-lib/util.js
index 0e1c471..0ee71a3 100644
--- a/src/ao-lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/ao-lib/util.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// General helper functions
+
 export const cancelablePromise = promise => {
   let isCanceled = false
 
@@ -13,16 +15,15 @@ export const cancelablePromise = promise => {
     cancel: () => (isCanceled = true),
   }
 }
+
 export const noop = () => {}
 
-export const delay = n => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, n))
+export const delay = (n = 550) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, n))
 
-export const isObject = obj => {
-  return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]'
-}
+export const isObject = obj => { return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]' }
 
-export const convertToDuration = (milliseconds: number) => {
-  const stringifyTime = (time: number): string => String(time).padStart(2, '0')
+export const convertToDuration = (milliseconds) => {
+  const stringifyTime = (time) => String(time).padStart(2, '0')
   const seconds = Math.floor(milliseconds / 1000)
   const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60)
   const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60)
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export const convertToDuration = (milliseconds: number) => {
   )}:${stringifyTime(seconds % 60)}`
 }
 
-export const convertToTimeWorked = (milliseconds: number) => {
+export const convertToTimeWorked = (milliseconds) => {
   const seconds = Math.floor(milliseconds / 1000)
   const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60)
   const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60)
@@ -42,3 +43,15 @@ export const convertToTimeWorked = (milliseconds: number) => {
     return `${minutes % 60}m`
   }
 }
+
+ // Returns a random int between min and max (inclusive)
+export function randomInt(min, max) {
+    min = Math.ceil(min);
+    max = Math.floor(max);
+    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
+}
+
+// Returns a random item from the given array
+export function selectRandom(arrayToChooseFrom) {
+  return arrayToChooseFrom[randomInt(0, arrayToChooseFrom.length - 1)]
+}