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Feat/profanity filter#164

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closes #95

Implementation Complete ✓
The profanity filter has been successfully added to the /register route in server.js. Here's what was implemented:

Changes Made:
Package Installation: The bad-words package was already installed in the project

Filter Initialization: Added the filter at the top of the route handler:

const Filter = require('bad-words');
const filter = new Filter();
Validation Logic: Added profanity check after basic field validation but before database operations:

// Extract the username part before the * for profanity check
const usernameOnly = username.split('*')[0];
if (filter.isProfane(usernameOnly)) {
return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Username contains restricted words' });
}
How It Works:
The filter checks only the username portion (before the * domain separator)
If profanity is detected, the request is rejected with a 400 Bad Request status
The error message returned is: "Username contains restricted words"
Valid usernames proceed through the normal registration flow
Testing Recommendations:
You can test this by attempting to register with profane usernames. The filter will catch common offensive words and prevent registration, keeping your federation directory professional and compliant.

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Fix checks

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Could you click the Update branch button on your end, or run git pull origin main locally and push? That will make the tests pass so I can merge this!"

nanaabdul1172 and others added 7 commits June 26, 2026 05:53
- Install bad-words package and initialise Filter at module load
- Reject usernames containing restricted words with 400 Bad Request
- Mock bad-words in server.test.js and receipts.test.js to fix Jest ESM
  parse error (badwords-list ships as ESM; Jest runs in CJS mode)
- Resolve merge conflicts: take Prisma-based server from remote branch
  and layer profanity check on top of existing length/secret-key guards
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Fix backend build test error

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Please check backend build test error and also fix conflicts

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It is still failing, Have you updated the branch ?

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Run npm ci
npm error code EUSAGE
npm error
npm error npm ci can only install packages when your package.json and package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json are in sync. Please update your lock file with npm install before continuing.
npm error
npm error Missing: bad-words@4.0.0 from lock file
npm error Missing: badwords-list@2.0.1-4 from lock file
npm error
npm error Clean install a project
npm error
npm error Usage:
npm error npm ci
npm error
npm error Options:
npm error [--install-strategy <hoisted|nested|shallow|linked>] [--legacy-bundling]
npm error [--global-style] [--omit <dev|optional|peer> [--omit <dev|optional|peer> ...]]
npm error [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> ...]]
npm error [--strict-peer-deps] [--foreground-scripts] [--ignore-scripts] [--no-audit]
npm error [--no-bin-links] [--no-fund] [--dry-run]
npm error [-w|--workspace [-w|--workspace ...]]
npm error [-ws|--workspaces] [--include-workspace-root] [--install-links]
npm error
npm error aliases: clean-install, ic, install-clean, isntall-clean
npm error
npm error Run "npm help ci" for more info
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2026-06-28T22_23_08_711Z-debug-0.log
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

This is the build error, update the lock file with npm install

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then paste build error code that i just sent to you to your AI to give you the solution to the problem

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@Abdulazeem-code Abdulazeem-code merged commit 0613553 into Abdulazeem-code:main Jun 30, 2026
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Implement a Profanity Filter for Federation Registrations

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