backend/src/main/kotlin/observer/nelle/nelleObserverBackend/plugins/Routing.kt

@@ -18,22 +18,26 @@ import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
 
 var meowTimedOut = false
 var beepTimedOut = false
-var timeoutTime = 33.minutes
 
+// function to facilitate the timeout for meows
 fun meowTimer() {
     meowTimedOut = true
+    // get the randomized timeout time, anywhere between
+    val timeoutTime = (10..180).random().minutes
+    println(timeoutTime)
     Timer("SettingUp", true).schedule(
         timerTask {
             meowTimedOut = false
             logger.debug { "timeout reset" }
         },
-        // 33 minutes in milliseconds
         timeoutTime.inWholeMilliseconds,
     )
 }
 
+// same as meowTimer, but for beeps
 fun beepTimer() {
     beepTimedOut = true
+    val timeoutTime = (1..1440).random().minutes
     Timer("SettingUp", true).schedule(
         timerTask {
             beepTimedOut = false
@@ -44,9 +48,11 @@ fun beepTimer() {
     )
 }
 
+// this is where the fun REST comes in!
 fun Application.configureRouting(client: HttpClient) {
     routing {
         rateLimit {
+            // route all paths of */api
             route("/api") {
                 // meow
                 route("/meow") {
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ fun Application.configureRouting(client: HttpClient) {
                         if (meowTimedOut) {
                             call.response.status(HttpStatusCode(423, "Timed Out"))
                             call.respondText("Timed Out")
-                            logger.debug { "timed out" }
+                            logger.debug { "timed out for some time" }
                         } else {
                             call.response.status(HttpStatusCode(100, "Not Timed Out"))
                             call.respondText("Not Timed Out")
@@ -72,13 +78,13 @@ fun Application.configureRouting(client: HttpClient) {
                         } else {
                             if (meowTimedOut) {
                                 call.response.status(HttpStatusCode(423, "Timed Out"))
-                                call.respondText("still sleeping...")
+                                call.respondText("still sleeping... timed out for some time")
                                 logger.info { "failed meow" }
                             } else {
                                 call.response.status(HttpStatusCode(201, "Meow Posted"))
                                 makePost(client, getMeow(), Config().instanceDomain)
                                 meowTimer()
-                                call.respondText("meow' sent!")
+                                call.respondText("meow' sent! timed out for some time")
                                 logger.info { "meowed" }
                             }
                         }

frontend/src/components/main-page/widgets/meow.astro

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <hr>
     <h3>meow/beep </h3>
     <p>press the buttons bellow to make me meow/beep on the fediverse, 
-        there is a global timeout of 33 minutes, and a separate timer for each button. if it says its sleeping, come back and try again later!</p>
+        there is a global timeout of anywhere between 10 and 180 minutes, and a separate timer for each button. if it says its sleeping, come back and try again later!</p>
 
         <button
         class="custom-btn btn-1 beep-buttons"