From fe17cbc57b91c39c2b4476672a1564eccc236656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danish Arora <danisharora099@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:29:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: types

---
 src/lib/utils.ts      | 4 ++++
 src/lib/waku/codec.ts | 2 +-
 src/lib/waku/store.ts | 4 ++--
 src/lib/waku/types.ts | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index cacd391..a9b02df 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ export function hexToBytes(hex: string): Uint8Array {
     bytes[i / 2] = parseInt(hex.substring(i, i + 2), 16);
   }
   return bytes;
+}
+
+export function generateStringId(): string {
+  return crypto.randomUUID();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/waku/codec.ts b/src/lib/waku/codec.ts
index 2858fe8..ae84f12 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku/codec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku/codec.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function encodeMessage(message: OpchanMessage): Uint8Array {
 /**
  * Decode a message from a Uint8Array based on its type
  */
-export function decodeMessage(payload: Uint8Array): CellMessage | PostMessage | CommentMessage | VoteMessage {
+export function decodeMessage(payload: Uint8Array): OpchanMessage {
   const messageJson = new TextDecoder().decode(payload);  
   const message = JSON.parse(messageJson) as OpchanMessage;
   
diff --git a/src/lib/waku/store.ts b/src/lib/waku/store.ts
index ee1ce4f..1f16961 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku/store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku/store.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { IDecodedMessage, LightNode } from "@waku/sdk";
 import {  decodeMessage, decoders} from "./codec";
-import { CellMessage, PostMessage, CommentMessage, VoteMessage } from "./types";
+import { OpchanMessage } from "@/types/forum";
 
 class StoreManager {
     private node: LightNode;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class StoreManager {
     }
 
     public async queryStore() {
-        const result: (CellMessage | PostMessage | CommentMessage | VoteMessage)[] = [];
+        const result: OpchanMessage[] = [];
 
         try {
             // Add query options to prevent database overload
diff --git a/src/lib/waku/types.ts b/src/lib/waku/types.ts
index 026627a..477aff7 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export enum MessageType {
  */
 export interface BaseMessage {
   type: MessageType;
-  timestamp: number;
+  timestamp: number | Date;
   author: string;
   signature?: string; // Message signature for verification
   browserPubKey?: string; // Public key that signed the message