Add number formatting (#148)

src/helpers/author.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
+import { formatNumber } from "./utils";
+
 /* The embed "author" text we populate with replies, retweets, and likes unless it's a video */
 export const getAuthorText = (tweet: APITweet): string | null => {
   /* Build out reply, retweet, like counts */
   if (tweet.likes > 0 || tweet.retweets > 0 || tweet.replies > 0) {
     let authorText = '';
     if (tweet.replies > 0) {
-      authorText += `${tweet.replies} 💬    `;
+      authorText += `${formatNumber(tweet.replies)} 💬    `;
     }
     if (tweet.retweets > 0) {
-      authorText += `${tweet.retweets} 🔁    `;
+      authorText += `${formatNumber(tweet.retweets)} 🔁    `;
     }
     if (tweet.likes > 0) {
-      authorText += `${tweet.likes} ❤️    `;
+      authorText += `${formatNumber(tweet.likes)} ❤️    `;
     }
     authorText = authorText.trim();
 

src/helpers/utils.ts

@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ export const unescapeText = (text: string) => {
     .replace(/>/g, '>')
     .replace(/&/g, '&');
 };
+
+const numberFormat = new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US');
+
+export const formatNumber = (num: number) => numberFormat.format(num)

src/status.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Constants } from './constants';
 import { handleQuote } from './helpers/quote';
-import { sanitizeText } from './helpers/utils';
+import { formatNumber, sanitizeText } from './helpers/utils';
 import { Strings } from './strings';
 import { getAuthorText } from './helpers/author';
 import { statusAPI } from './api';
@@ -272,9 +272,11 @@ export const handleStatus = async (
     });
 
     /* Finally, add the footer of the poll with # of votes and time left */
-    str += `\n${poll.total_votes} votes · ${poll.time_left_en}`;
+    str += `\n${formatNumber(poll.total_votes)} votes · ${poll.time_left_en}`;
 
-    /* Check if the poll is ongoing and apply low TTL cache control */
+    /* Check if the poll is ongoing and apply low TTL cache control.
+       Yes, checking if this is a string is a hacky way to do this, but
+       it can do it in way less code than actually comparing dates */
     if (poll.time_left_en !== 'Final results') {
       cacheControl = Constants.POLL_TWEET_CACHE;
     }