Readjustment for linting

Change the way error handling works so I dont have explicit any type.

global.d.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { link } from "fs";
+
 declare namespace NodeJS {
     interface ProcessEnv {
       NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL: string;
@@ -8,6 +10,14 @@ declare namespace NodeJS {
     interface Window {
       kofiWidgetOverlay: any;
       dataLayer: any[];
+      googletag: {
+        cmd: any[];
+        pubads: () => {
+          refresh: () => void;
+          enableSingleRequest: () => void;
+        };
+        enableServices: () => void;
+      };
     }
   }
 export {};

public/ads.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+google.com, pub-1843060382170565, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0

src/app/api/feed/route.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export async function GET(){
         feed_url: `${BASE_URL}/api/feed`,
         language: "en",
     });
-    
-    data.forEach((chapter: Chapter) => {
+    const data_sorted = data.sort((a: Chapter, b: Chapter) => { return new Date(a.release_datetime).getTime() - new Date(b.release_datetime).getTime(); });
+    data_sorted.forEach((chapter: Chapter) => {
         feed.item({
             title: chapter.book?.title + ": c" + chapter.number,
             description: "Daily chapter release for " + chapter.book?.title,

src/app/api/reports/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+export async function POST(request: Request) {
+  try {
+    const API_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL;
+    const API_TOKEN = process.env.STRAPI_API_TOKEN;
+
+    const body = await request.json();
+
+    if (!API_URL || !API_TOKEN) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ message: 'Server configuration error' }, {status: 500});
+    }
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(`${API_URL}/api/reports`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${API_TOKEN}`,
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+      });
+
+      const data = await response.json();
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: data }, { status: response.status });
+      }
+
+      return NextResponse.json({data: data}, {status: response.status});
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error handling request:', error);
+      NextResponse.json({message: 'Going to server error'}, {status: 500});
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error handling request:', error);
+    return NextResponse.json({ message: 'Internal Server Error'}, { status: 500 });
+  }
+}

src/app/books/[bookId]/chapters/[chapterId]/page.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import NavigationButtons from "@/components/NavigationButtons";
+import ReportButton from "@/components/ReportButton";
 import ChapterRenderer from "@/components/ChapterContentRenderer";
 import { Chapter } from "@/lib/types";
 import { fetchChapterByBookId, fetchGlossaryByBookId } from "@/lib/api";
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export default async function ChapterPage(props: { params: paramsType}) {
                 <div className="pt-4"></div>
                 <ChapterRenderer content={chapter_content_html} glossary={english_glossary} />
                 <NavigationButtons bookId={bookId} documentId={chapterId} prevChapter={prev_chapter} nextChapter={next_chapter}/>
+                <ReportButton bookId={bookId} chapterId={chapterId} />
             </div>
     );
 }

src/app/books/[bookId]/page.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { fetchBookById } from "@/lib/api";
 import { Book, Chapter } from "@/lib/types";
-import { formatDateToMonthDayYear, markdownToHtml } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { encodeId, formatDateToMonthDayYear, markdownToHtml } from "@/lib/utils";
 import ChapterDropdown from "@/components/ChapterDropdown";
 import { Ad } from "@/lib/types";
+import { Countdown } from "@/components/Countdown";
 
-export type paramsType = Promise<{ bookId: string}>;
+export type paramsType = Promise<{ bookId: string }>;
 
 export const metadata = {
     title: 'Null Translation Group',
@@ -25,63 +26,45 @@ export default async function BookPage(props: { params: paramsType }) {
         );
     }
 
-    const {title, author, description, chapters, cover, translator_note, glossary} = book;
+    const { title, author, description, chapters, cover, translator_note, glossary } = book;
     const english_glossary = glossary?.english_english;
     const translator_note_html = await markdownToHtml(translator_note);
-    const sorted_chapters:Chapter[] = chapters.sort((a, b) => a.number - b.number);
-
+    const sorted_chapters: Chapter[] = chapters.sort((a, b) => a.number - b.number);
+    const current_chapters = sorted_chapters.filter(chapter => new Date(chapter.release_datetime) < new Date());
+    const next_chapter = sorted_chapters.find((chapter) => new Date(chapter.release_datetime) > new Date());
+    const next_chapters = sorted_chapters.filter(chapter => new Date(chapter.release_datetime) > new Date())
     const cover_media = cover?.at(0);
-    const recentChapters = sorted_chapters.length > 6 ? sorted_chapters.slice(sorted_chapters.length - 6, sorted_chapters.length) : sorted_chapters;
-
+    const recentChapters = sorted_chapters.length > 8 ? sorted_chapters.slice(sorted_chapters.length - 8, sorted_chapters.length - 2) : current_chapters;
     return (
-            <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto py-10 px-4">
-                <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
-                    <img src={`${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL}${cover_media?.url}`}
-                        alt={cover_media?.alternativeText || `Cover of ${book.title}`}
-                        className="rounded-lg object-cover w-64 h-96"
-                    />
-                        <h1 className="text-5xl pb-2 font-bold">{title}</h1>
-                        <a
-                            href={Ad.patreon}
-                            target="_blank"
-                            rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                            className="ml-4 bg-yellow-500 text-white font-semibold py-2 px-4 rounded hover:bg-yellow-600 transition duration-200"
-                        >
-                            Join Our Patreon to read ahead!
-                        </a>
-                </div>
+        <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto py-10 px-4">
+            <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
+                <img src={`${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL}${cover_media?.url}`}
+                    alt={cover_media?.alternativeText || `Cover of ${book.title}`}
+                    className="rounded-lg object-cover w-64 h-96"
+                />
+                <h1 className="text-5xl pb-2 font-bold">{title}</h1>
+                <h3 className="text-2xl text-green-600 dark:text-green-400 font-bold pb-2"> {book.release_rate} chapters/day</h3>
+                <a
+                    href={Ad.patreon}
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    className="ml-4 bg-yellow-500 text-white font-semibold py-2 px-4 rounded hover:bg-yellow-600 transition duration-200"
+                >
+                    Join Our Patreon to read ahead!
+                </a>
+            </div>
 
-                <p className="text-lg text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-4">
-                    <strong>Author:</strong> {author}
-                    <br></br>
-                    <strong>Translator:</strong> Null Translation Group
-                </p>
-                <p className="mb-6">Description: {description}</p>
-                <div className="mb-6" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: translator_note_html}} />
-                <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold mb-4">Recent Chapters</h2>
-                <ul className="grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
-                    {recentChapters.map((chapter) => (
-                        <li key={chapter.id}>
-                            <a
-                                href={`/books/${bookId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`}
-                                className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow p-4 hover:shadow-lg transition duration-200"
-                            >
-                                <h3 className="text-xl font-medium">
-                                    Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
-                                </h3>
-                                <p className="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 mt-2">
-                                    <strong>Release Date:</strong> {formatDateToMonthDayYear(new Date(chapter.release_datetime))}
-                                </p>
-                            </a>
-                        </li>
-                    ))}
-                </ul>
-                <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-4 pt-4">
-                    <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold">All Chapters</h2>
-                    <ChapterDropdown chapters={sorted_chapters} bookId={bookId} />
-                </div>
-                {sorted_chapters.map((chapter) => (
-                    <li key={chapter.id} className="mb-2 list-none">
+            <p className="text-lg text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-4">
+                <strong>Author:</strong> {author}
+                <br></br>
+                <strong>Translator:</strong> Null Translation Group
+            </p>
+            <p className="mb-6">Description: {description}</p>
+            <div className="mb-6" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: translator_note_html }} />
+            <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold mb-4">Recent Chapters</h2>
+            <ul className="grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
+                {recentChapters.map((chapter) => (
+                    <li key={chapter.id}>
                         <a
                             href={`/books/${bookId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`}
                             className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow p-4 hover:shadow-lg transition duration-200"
@@ -95,19 +78,140 @@ export default async function BookPage(props: { params: paramsType }) {
                         </a>
                     </li>
                 ))}
-                {glossary && (
-                    <div className="mt-8">
-                        <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold">Glossary</h2>
-                        <ul className="list-disc list-inside mt-4">
+            </ul>
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-4 pt-4">
+                <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold">Next Chapters</h2>
+            </div>
+            {next_chapters.map((chapter) =>
+                (
+                    <li key={chapter.id+"next_chapters"} className="mb-2 list-none relative">
+                    <a
+                        href={`/books/${bookId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`}
+                        className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow p-4 hover:shadow-lg transition duration-200 relative opacity-50 pointer-events-none"
+                    >
+                        <h3 className="text-xl font-medium">
+                            Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
+                        </h3>
+                        <p className="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 mt-2">
+                            <strong>Release Date:</strong>{" "}
+                            {formatDateToMonthDayYear(new Date(chapter.release_datetime))}
+                        </p>
+                    </a>
+
+                    {/* Overlay */}
+                    <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gray-400 opacity-50 rounded-lg"></div>
+                    <div className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
+                        <p className="text-xl font-bold text-red-500 bg-gray-800 bg-opacity-80 px-4 py-2 rounded-lg shadow-lg">
+                           <Countdown release_datetime={chapter.release_datetime} />
+                        </p>
+                        {chapter.number === next_chapter?.number ? (
+                            <a
+                                href={'/early?bookId=' + encodeId(bookId)}
+                                className={`
+                                bg-red-500 text-white py-2 px-4 mx-2 rounded 
+                                hover:bg-red-600 
+                                transition duration-200
+                                `}
+                            >
+                                Unlock Early AdWalled Chapter
+                            </a>
+                            )
+                         : (
+                            <a
+                                href={Ad.patreon}
+                                className={`
+                                bg-yellow-500 text-white py-2 px-4 mx-2 rounded 
+                                hover:bg-yellow-600 
+                                transition duration-200
+                                `}
+                            >
+                                Join Patreon for More Early Chapters
+                            </a>
+                        )}
+                    </div>
+                </li>
+                )
+            )}
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-4 pt-4">
+                <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold">All Chapters</h2>
+                <ChapterDropdown chapters={current_chapters} bookId={bookId} />
+            </div>
+            {sorted_chapters.map((chapter) =>
+                new Date(chapter.release_datetime) < new Date() ? (
+                    <li key={chapter.id} className="mb-2 list-none">
+                        <a
+                            href={`/books/${bookId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`}
+                            className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow p-4 hover:shadow-lg transition duration-200"
+                        >
+                            <h3 className="text-xl font-medium">
+                                Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
+                            </h3>
+                            <p className="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 mt-2">
+                                <strong>Release Date:</strong>{" "}
+                                {formatDateToMonthDayYear(new Date(chapter.release_datetime))}
+                            </p>
+                        </a>
+                    </li>
+                ) : <li key={chapter.id} className="mb-2 list-none relative">
+                    <a
+                        href={`/books/${bookId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`}
+                        className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow p-4 hover:shadow-lg transition duration-200 relative opacity-50 pointer-events-none"
+                    >
+                        <h3 className="text-xl font-medium">
+                            Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
+                        </h3>
+                        <p className="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 mt-2">
+                            <strong>Release Date:</strong>{" "}
+                            {formatDateToMonthDayYear(new Date(chapter.release_datetime))}
+                        </p>
+                    </a>
+
+                    {/* Overlay */}
+                    <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gray-400 opacity-50 rounded-lg"></div>
+                    <div className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
+                        <p className="text-xl font-bold text-red-500 bg-gray-800 bg-opacity-80 px-4 py-2 rounded-lg shadow-lg">
+                           <Countdown release_datetime={chapter.release_datetime} />
+                        </p>
+                        {chapter.number === next_chapter?.number ? (
+                            <a
+                                href={'/early?bookId=' + encodeId(bookId)}
+                                className={`
+                                bg-red-500 text-white py-2 px-4 mx-2 rounded 
+                                hover:bg-red-600 
+                                transition duration-200
+                                `}
+                            >
+                                Unlock Early Ad-Walled Chapter
+                            </a>
+                            )
+                         : (
+                            <a
+                                href={Ad.patreon}
+                                className={`
+                                bg-yellow-500 text-white py-2 px-4 mx-2 rounded 
+                                hover:bg-yellow-600 
+                                transition duration-200
+                                `}
+                            >
+                                Join Patreon for More Early Chapters
+                            </a>
+                        )}
+                    </div>
+                </li>
+            )}
+            {glossary && (
+                <div className="mt-8">
+                    <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold">Glossary</h2>
+                    <ul className="list-disc list-inside mt-4">
                         {Object.entries(english_glossary).map(([term, definition]) => (
                             <li key={term} className="mb-2">
                                 <strong>{term}:</strong> {definition}
                             </li>
                         ))}
-                        </ul>
-                    </div>
-                )}
-            </div>
-        );
-            
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            )}
+        </div>
+    );
+
 }

src/app/early/[bookId]/[chapterId]/page.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import React from "react";
+import NavigationButtons from "@/components/NavigationButtons";
+import ReportButton from "@/components/ReportButton";
+import ChapterRenderer from "@/components/ChapterContentRenderer";
+import { Chapter } from "@/lib/types";
+import { fetchChapterByBookId, fetchGlossaryByBookId } from "@/lib/api";
+import { decodeId, markdownToHtml } from "@/lib/utils";
+export type paramsType = Promise<{ bookId: string; chapterId: string }>;
+
+export const metadata = {
+    title: 'Null Translation Group',
+    description: 'This is the chapter page default description',
+};
+
+// Dynamic page component
+export default async function ChapterPage(props: { params: paramsType}) {
+    let { bookId, chapterId } = await props.params;
+    bookId = decodeId(bookId);
+    chapterId = decodeId(chapterId);
+    let chapters: Chapter[];
+    try{
+        chapters = await fetchChapterByBookId(bookId, chapterId);
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+        return (    
+                <div className="prose dark:prose-invert mx-auto p-6 bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 shadow-md rounded-lg mt-4">
+                    <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: '<center><h1> Chapter not found !</h1></center>' }}></div>
+                <NavigationButtons bookId={bookId} documentId={chapterId} prevChapter={""} nextChapter={""} />
+                </div>
+        )
+    }
+    const glossary_data = await fetchGlossaryByBookId(bookId);
+    const english_glossary = glossary_data.english_english;
+    const sorted_chapters:Chapter[] = chapters.sort((a, b) => a.number - b.number);
+    const current_chapter = sorted_chapters.find((chapter) => chapter.documentId === chapterId) || null;
+    const next_chapter = current_chapter ? sorted_chapters.find((chapter) => chapter.number === current_chapter.number + 1 && new Date(chapter.release_datetime).getTime() <= new Date().getTime())?.documentId || "" : "";
+    const prev_chapter = current_chapter ? sorted_chapters.find((chapter) => chapter.number === current_chapter.number - 1 && new Date(chapter.release_datetime).getTime() <= new Date().getTime())?.documentId || "" : "";
+    const chapter_content_html = current_chapter ? await markdownToHtml(current_chapter.content) : "";
+    if(current_chapter === null){
+        return (    
+                <div className="prose dark:prose-invert mx-auto p-6 bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 shadow-md rounded-lg mt-4">
+                    <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: '<NavigationButtons bookId={bookId} documentId={chapterId} prevChapter={prev_chapter} nextChapter={next_chapter} /><center><NavigationButtons /><h1> Chapter not found !</h1></center>' }}></div>
+                <NavigationButtons bookId={bookId} documentId={chapterId} prevChapter={""} nextChapter={""} />
+                </div>
+        )
+    }
+
+    return (
+            <div className="prose dark:prose-invert mx-auto p-6 bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 shadow-md rounded-lg mt-4">
+            <NavigationButtons bookId={bookId} documentId={chapterId} prevChapter={prev_chapter} nextChapter={next_chapter} />
+                <div className="pt-4"></div>
+                <ChapterRenderer content={chapter_content_html} glossary={english_glossary} />
+                <NavigationButtons bookId={bookId} documentId={chapterId} prevChapter={prev_chapter} nextChapter={next_chapter}/>
+                <ReportButton bookId={bookId} chapterId={chapterId} />
+            </div>
+    );
+}

src/app/early/page.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { fetchEarlyRelease } from "@/lib/api";
+import { Chapter } from "@/lib/types";
+import { encodeId, linkvertise } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { Ad } from "@/lib/types";
+export type searchParams = Promise<{ bookId: string }>;
+
+export const metadata = {
+    title: 'Null Translation Group',
+    description: 'Null Translation Group Early Adcess Page',
+};
+
+export default async function BookPage({ searchParams }: { searchParams: searchParams }) {
+    const bookId = (await searchParams).bookId;
+    let early_chapters: Chapter[] = []
+    try {
+        early_chapters = await fetchEarlyRelease();
+    }
+    catch {
+        console.error("Error fetching early chapters")
+        return (
+            <div className="prose dark:prose-invert mx-auto p-6 bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 shadow-md rounded-lg mt-4">
+                <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: '<center><h1> Error fetching early chapters</h1></center>' }}></div>
+            </div>
+        )
+    }
+
+    const by_book_title = early_chapters.reduce<{ [key: string]: Chapter[] }>((acc, chapter) => {
+        if (chapter.book === undefined) {
+            return acc;
+        }
+        else if (!acc[chapter.book.title!]) {
+            acc[chapter.book.title!] = [];
+        }
+        acc[chapter.book.title!].push(chapter);
+        return acc;
+    }
+        , {});
+    for (const book of Object.keys(by_book_title)) {
+        by_book_title[book].sort((a, b) => a.number - b.number);
+        by_book_title[book] = by_book_title[book].slice(0, 1);
+    }
+    early_chapters = Array.from(Object.values(by_book_title)).flat()
+    early_chapters.sort((a, b) => a.book?.title.localeCompare(b.book?.title || "") || a.number - b.number);
+    const early_chapter_from_params = early_chapters.find((chapter) => encodeId(chapter.book?.documentId || "") === bookId) || null;
+    return (
+        <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto py-12 px-6">
+            <div className="flex flex-col items-center text-center space-y-6">
+                <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold">Early Adcess Page</h1>
+                <p className="text-lg text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
+                    Get early access to chapters by completing Linkvertise and Google Offerwall tasks. Read ahead by <span className="font-bold">1 chapter !</span>
+                </p>
+                <p className="text-lg text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
+                    Tasks vary from watching an ad video to completing surveys and more.
+                </p>
+                <p className="text-lg text-red-700 dark:text-red-300">
+                    This is AdHell, and its meant to be that way. If you hate it support us on Patreon instead.
+                </p>
+                <p className="text-lg text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
+                    Want to read even further? Join our Patreon to unlock even more chapters!
+                </p>
+
+                <a
+                    href={Ad.patreon}
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    className="bg-yellow-500 text-white font-semibold py-3 px-6 rounded-lg shadow-md hover:bg-yellow-600 transition duration-300"
+                >
+                    Join Our Patreon – Read More Ahead!
+                </a>
+            </div>
+            {early_chapter_from_params && <div className="mt-10 mb-6 text-center">
+                <a
+                    href={linkvertise(1318261,`https://nulltranslation.com/early/${encodeId(early_chapter_from_params.book?.documentId || "")}/${encodeId(early_chapter_from_params.documentId)}`)}
+                    className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-xl shadow-lg p-6 hover:shadow-xl transition duration-300"
+                >
+                    <h3 className="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-white truncate">
+                        {early_chapter_from_params.book?.title}
+                    </h3>
+                    <h4 className="text-lg font-medium text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 truncate">
+                        Chapter {early_chapter_from_params.number}: {early_chapter_from_params.title}
+                    </h4>
+                    <p className="text-md text-red-600 dark:text-red-400 mt-3 font-semibold">
+                        Click to Unlock Chapter
+                    </p>
+                </a>
+            </div>
+            }
+            {/* Chapters Grid */}
+            <ul className="grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 mt-10">
+                {early_chapters.map((chapter) => (
+                    <li key={chapter.id}>
+                        <a
+                            href={linkvertise(1318261,`https://nulltranslation.com/early/${encodeId(chapter.book?.documentId || "")}/${encodeId(chapter.documentId)}`)}
+                            className="block bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-xl shadow-lg p-6 hover:shadow-xl transition duration-300"
+                        >
+                            <h3 className="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-white truncate">
+                                {chapter.book?.title}
+                            </h3>
+                            <h4 className="text-lg font-medium text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 truncate">
+                                Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
+                            </h4>
+                            <p className="text-md text-red-600 dark:text-red-400 mt-3 font-semibold">
+                                Click to Unlock Chapter
+                            </p>
+                        </a>
+                    </li>
+                ))}
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+    );
+
+}

src/app/layout.tsx

@@ -35,18 +35,17 @@ export default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode })
 
   const Default_Fallback = () => (
     <div className="flex items-center justify-center min-h-screen bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-800 text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300">
-    <img
-      src="/logo.png" // Replace this with the actual path to your logo
-      alt="Loading..."
-      className="h-16 w-16 animate-bounce" // Add animation if desired
-    />
-    <span className="ml-3 text-lg">Loading content...</span>
-  </div>
+      <img
+        src="/logo.png" // Replace this with the actual path to your logo
+        alt="Loading..."
+        className="h-16 w-16 animate-bounce" // Add animation if desired
+      />
+      <span className="ml-3 text-lg">Loading content...</span>
+    </div>
   )
-
   return (
     <html lang="en" className={isDarkMode ? "dark" : ""} suppressHydrationWarning>
-       <head>
+      <head>
         <script
           dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
             __html: `
@@ -62,22 +61,33 @@ export default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode })
             `,
           }}
         />
-        <Script 
-        async 
-        src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1843060382170565" 
+        <Script
+          async
+          src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1843060382170565"
           crossOrigin="anonymous"></Script>
         <Script
-           src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-6SXB46RSDE"
-            strategy="afterInteractive"
+          src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-6SXB46RSDE"
+          strategy="afterInteractive"
         />
         <Script id="google-analytics" strategy="afterInteractive">
-        {`
+          {`
           window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
           function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
           gtag('js', new Date());
           gtag('config', 'G-6SXB46RSDE');
         `}
-      </Script>
+        </Script>
+        <Script
+          strategy="afterInteractive"
+          src="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js"
+          onLoad={() => {
+            window.googletag = window.googletag || { cmd: [] };
+            window.googletag.cmd.push(() => {
+              window.googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();
+              window.googletag.enableServices();
+            });
+          }}
+        />
       </head>
       <body className="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900 text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 min-h-screen">
         <KofiWidget />

src/app/releases/page.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { formatDateToMonthDayYear } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { Chapter, Ad } from "@/lib/types";
 import { fetchReleases } from "@/lib/api";
-import Link from "next/link";
+import { Countdown } from "@/components/Countdown";
 
 
 export const metadata = {
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ export default async function ReleasePage() {
     return (
         <div className="mx-auto p-6 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900 text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 min-h-screen">
             <div className="hidden md:block bg-yellow-500 text-black py-2 px-4 rounded-lg hover:bg-yellow-600 transition duration-200 mb-6">
-                    <a
-                      href={Ad.patreon}
-                      target="_blank"
-                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                      className="font-semibold text-center block"
-                    >
-                        WANT TO READ AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ? JOIN OUR PATREON !
-                    </a>
+                <a
+                    href={Ad.patreon}
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    className="font-semibold text-center block"
+                >
+                    WANT TO READ AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ? JOIN OUR PATREON !
+                </a>
             </div>
             <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-8">
                 {/* Current Releases Section */}
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ export default async function ReleasePage() {
                             .sort(([titleA], [titleB]) => titleA.localeCompare(titleB))
                             .map(([bookTitle, chapters]) => (
                                 <div key={bookTitle} className="mb-6">
-                                    <Link href={`/books/${chapters[0].book?.documentId}`}
+                                    <a href={`/books/${chapters[0].book?.documentId}`}
                                         className="text-lg font-semibold text-gray-700 dark:text-yellow-300 mb-4 hover:underline">
                                         {bookTitle}
-                                    </Link>
+                                    </a>
                                     <ul className="space-y-4">
                                         {chapters.map((chapter) => (
                                             <li
                                                 key={chapter.id}
                                                 className="p-4 bg-yellow-100 dark:bg-yellow-800 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 rounded-lg shadow-sm border border-yellow-300 dark:border-yellow-700 transition-transform transform hover:scale-105"
                                             >
-                                                <Link href={`books/${chapter.book?.documentId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`} className="block">
+                                                <a href={`books/${chapter.book?.documentId}/chapters/${chapter.documentId}`} className="block">
 
                                                     <h4 className="text-md font-medium">
                                                         Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export default async function ReleasePage() {
                                                             new Date(chapter.release_datetime)
                                                         )}
                                                     </p>
-                                                </Link>
+                                                </a>
                                             </li>
                                         ))}
                                     </ul>
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ export default async function ReleasePage() {
                             .sort(([titleA], [titleB]) => titleA.localeCompare(titleB))
                             .map(([bookTitle, chapters]) => (
                                 <div key={bookTitle} className="mb-6">
-                                    <Link href={`/books/${chapters[0].book?.documentId}`}
+                                    <a href={`/books/${chapters[0].book?.documentId}`}
                                         className="text-lg font-semibold text-blue-700 dark:text-blue-300 mb-4 hover:underline">
                                         {bookTitle}
-                                    </Link>
+                                    </a>
                                     <ul className="space-y-4">
                                         {chapters.map((chapter) => (
                                             <li
@@ -120,12 +120,9 @@ export default async function ReleasePage() {
                                                 <h4 className="text-md font-medium">
                                                     Chapter {chapter.number}: {chapter.title}
                                                 </h4>
-                                                <p className="text-sm">
-                                                    Release date:{" "}
-                                                    {formatDateToMonthDayYear(
-                                                            new Date(chapter.release_datetime)
-                                                    )}
-                                                </p>
+                                                <h3 className="text-md font-bold text-red-600 dark:text-red-400">
+                                                    <Countdown release_datetime={chapter.release_datetime} />
+                                                </h3>
                                             </li>
                                         ))}
                                     </ul>

src/components/Countdown.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"use client";
+
+import {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
+
+export function Countdown({release_datetime}: {release_datetime: string}) {
+    const calculateTimeLeft = () => {
+        const now = new Date().getTime();
+        const releaseTime = new Date(release_datetime).getTime();
+        const difference = releaseTime - now;
+    
+        if (difference <= 0) {
+          return "Released!";
+        }
+
+        const hours = Math.floor((difference / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24);
+        const minutes = Math.floor((difference / (1000 * 60)) % 60);
+        const seconds = Math.floor((difference / 1000) % 60);
+    
+        return `${hours}h ${minutes}m ${seconds}s`;
+    }
+    
+    const [timeLeft, setTimeLeft] = useState<string>(calculateTimeLeft());
+
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+            setTimeLeft(calculateTimeLeft());
+        }, 1000);
+        return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+    });
+
+    return (
+        <span>{timeLeft}</span>
+    );
+}

src/components/KofiWidget.tsx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const KofiWidget = () => {
       if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.kofiWidgetOverlay) {
         window.kofiWidgetOverlay.draw('nulltranslationgroup', {
           'type': 'floating-chat',
-          'floating-chat.donateButton.text': 'Support me',
+          'floating-chat.donateButton.text': '',
           'floating-chat.donateButton.background-color': '#00b9fe',
           'floating-chat.donateButton.text-color': '#fff',
         });

src/components/NavigationBar.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import Image from "next/image";
-import Link from "next/link";
 import { Ad } from "@/lib/types";
 export default function Navbar() {
   const [isMenuOpen, setIsMenuOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -17,28 +16,29 @@ export default function Navbar() {
             alt="Logo"
             className="h-8 w-8"
           />
-          <Link href="/" className="text-2xl font-bold">
+          <a href="https://nulltranslation.com" className="text-2xl font-bold">
             Null Translation Group
-          </Link>
+          </a>
         </div>
 
         {/* Navigation Links */}
 
         <nav className="hidden md:flex space-x-6">
-          <Link href={"/announcements"} className="hover:text-gray-400">
+          <a href={"/announcements"} className="hover:text-gray-400">
             Announcements
-          </Link>
-          <Link href="/" className="hover:text-gray-400">
+          </a>
+          <a href="https://nulltranslation.com" className="hover:text-gray-400">
             Books
-          </Link>
-          <Link href={"/releases"} className="hover:text-gray-400">
+          </a>
+          <a href={"/releases"} className="hover:text-gray-400">
             Releases
-          </Link>
-          <Link href={Ad.patreon} className="hover:text-gray-400">
+          </a>
+          <a href={"/early"} className="hover:text-gray-400">
+            Early Access
+          </a>
+          <a href={Ad.patreon} className="hover:text-yellow-400 text-yellow-200 font-semibold">
             Patreon
-          </Link>
-
-
+          </a>
         </nav>
 
         {/* Mobile Menu Button */}
@@ -66,18 +66,21 @@ export default function Navbar() {
       {/* Mobile Menu */}
       {isMenuOpen && (
         <div className="md:hidden bg-gray-700 px-6 pb-4">
-          <Link href={"/announcements"} className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
+          <a href={"/announcements"} className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
             Announcements
-          </Link>
-          <Link href={"/releases"} className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
+          </a>
+          <a href={"/releases"} className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
             Release
-          </Link>
-          <Link href="/" className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
+          </a>
+          <a href="https://nulltranslation.com" className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
             Book List
-          </Link>
-          <Link href={Ad.patreon} className="block py-2 hover:text-gray-400">
+          </a>
+          <a href={"/early"} className="hover:text-gray-400">
+            Early Access
+          </a>
+          <a href={Ad.patreon} className="hover:text-yellow-400 text-yellow-200 font-semibold">
             Patreon
-          </Link>
+          </a>
         </div>
       )}
     </div>

src/components/NavigationButtons.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import React from "react";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
-import { Ad } from "@/lib/types";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import { encodeId } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 interface NavigationButtonsProps {
   bookId: string;
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ const NavigationButtons: React.FC<NavigationButtonsProps> = ({ bookId, prevChapt
     router.push(`/books/${bookId}`);
   };
 
-
   return (
     <div className="mt-2 flex justify-between">
       <button
@@ -53,18 +53,16 @@ const NavigationButtons: React.FC<NavigationButtonsProps> = ({ bookId, prevChapt
           Next Chapter
         </button>
       ) : (
-        <a
-          href={Ad.patreon}
-          target="_blank"
-          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+        <Link
+          href={'/early?bookId=' + encodeId(bookId)}
           className={`
             bg-yellow-500 text-white py-2 px-4 rounded 
             hover:bg-yellow-600 
             transition duration-200
           `}
         >
-          Unreleased Chapters
-        </a>
+          Unlock Early Chapter
+        </Link>
       )
       }
     </div>

src/components/ReportButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+"use client"
+import React, { useState, useRef } from "react";
+import { createReport
+
+ } from "@/lib/api";
+interface ReportButtonProps {
+    bookId: string;
+    chapterId: string;
+}
+
+const ReportButton: React.FC<ReportButtonProps> = ({ bookId, chapterId }) => {
+    const modalRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+    const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false)
+    const [errorType, setErrorType] = useState('')
+    const [details, setDetails] = useState('')
+    const [email, setEmail] = useState('')
+    const handleSubmitReport = async (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
+        // Implement report submission here
+        event.preventDefault()
+        const response = await createReport(errorType,details,bookId,chapterId,email)
+        //Linting be linting
+        if (response.status === 201){
+            alert('Report submitted successfully')
+        }
+        else{
+            alert('Failed to submit report')
+        }
+        setErrorType('')
+        setDetails('') 
+        setEmail('')
+        setIsOpen(false)
+    }
+    const handleExit = (event: React.MouseEvent) => {        
+        setErrorType('')
+        setDetails('')
+        setEmail('')
+        if (modalRef.current && !modalRef.current.contains(event.target as Node)) {
+            setIsOpen(false)
+        }
+        event.stopPropagation()
+    }
+    return (
+        <div className="flex justify-center pt-4"
+            onClick={handleExit}>
+            <button onClick={() => setIsOpen(true)} className="px-4 py-2 bg-red-600 text-white font-semibold rounded-lg shadow-md hover:bg-red-700 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-red-400 focus:ring-offset-2"> Report </button>
+            {isOpen && (<div className="fixed inset-0 z-50 flex items-center justify-center bg-black bg-opacity-50">
+                <div
+                    className="dark:bg-gray-800 bg-white w-11/12 md:w-1/2 lg:w-1/3 p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg relative"
+                    ref={modalRef}
+                    onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                    <div className="flex justify-between items-center border-b pb-3">
+                        <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold ">Report Chapter</h3>
+                    </div>
+                    <div className="mt-4">
+                        <form className="p-6 rounded-lg max-w-md mx-auto space-y-4"
+                            onSubmit={handleSubmitReport}>
+                            <div>
+                                <label className="block text-md font-semibold mb-1" htmlFor="report_email">
+                                    Email :
+                                </label>
+                                <input 
+                                id="report_email" 
+                                className="block w-full border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 rounded-lg p-2 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500" 
+                                type="email" 
+                                placeholder="If you want credit/update"
+                                value={email}
+                                onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)}>
+                            </input>
+                            </div>
+                            <div>
+                                <label className="block text-md font-semibold mb-1 dark:text-gray-300" htmlFor="error-type">
+                                    Select Error Type :
+                                </label>
+                                <select
+                                    id="error-type"
+                                    className="block w-full border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 rounded-lg p-2 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"                               
+                                    value={errorType}
+                                    onChange={(e)=> setErrorType(e.target.value)}
+                                    >
+                                    <option value="">Select your Type</option>
+                                    <option value="Spelling Error">Spelling Error</option>
+                                    <option value="Pronoun Error">Pronoun Error</option>
+                                    <option value="Formatting Error">Formatting Error</option>
+                                    <option value="Missing Content">Missing Content</option>
+                                </select>
+                            </div>
+
+                            <div>
+                                <label className="block text-md font-semibold mb-1" htmlFor="details">
+                                    Additional Details :
+                                </label>
+                                <textarea
+                                    id="details"
+                                    placeholder="Provide additional details"
+                                    value={details}
+                                    onChange={(e) => setDetails(e.target.value)}
+                                    className="block w-full h-24 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 rounded-lg p-2 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 resize-none overflow-y-auto"/>
+                            </div>
+
+                            
+                            <div className="flex justify-between">
+                                <button
+                                    type="submit"
+                                    className="px-4 py-2 bg-green-500 text-white font-medium rounded-lg hover:bg-green-600 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-400 focus:ring-offset-2"
+                                >
+                                    Submit
+                                </button>
+                                <button
+                                    onClick={handleExit}
+                                    className="px-4 py-2 dark:bg-gray-500 bg-gray-200 rounded-lg hover:bg-gray-300"
+                                >
+                                    Close
+                                </button>
+                            </div>
+                        </form>
+
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            )}
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+
+export default ReportButton;

src/hooks/useRefreshAds.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"use client"
+
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
+
+const useRefreshAds = () => {
+  const router = useRouter();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+      console.log("Initializing Ad Refresh...");
+      window.googletag = window.googletag || { cmd: [] };
+
+      router.events.on('routeChangeComplete', () => {
+        console.log("Refreshing Ads...");
+        window.googletag.cmd.push(() => {
+          if (window.googletag?.pubads) {
+            window.googletag.pubads().refresh();
+          }
+        });
+      });
+
+      return () => {
+        router.events.off('routeChangeComplete', () => {});
+      };
+    }
+  }, [router]);
+
+  return null;
+};
+
+export default useRefreshAds;

src/lib/api.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,33 @@ import { Book, Chapter, Editor, Announcement, Glossary } from "./types";
 const API_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL as string;
 const API_TOKEN = process.env.STRAPI_API_TOKEN as string;
 
+export async function createFromAPI<T>(
+  endpoint: string,
+  payload: string,
+  options: RequestInit = {},
+): Promise<T> {
+
+  const headers: HeadersInit = {
+    Authorization: `Bearer ${API_TOKEN}`,
+    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+  };
+
+
+  const config: RequestInit = {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers,
+    body: payload,
+    ...options,
+  }
+
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${API_URL}${endpoint}`, config)
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`API request failed with status ${response.status}`)
+  }
+  return response.json()
+}
+
 export async function fetchFromAPI<T>(
   endpoint: string,
   options: RequestInit = {}
@@ -13,8 +40,9 @@ export async function fetchFromAPI<T>(
     "Content-Type": "application/json",
   };
 
+
   const config: RequestInit = {
-    method: "GET", // Default method is GET
+    method: "GET",
     headers,
     ...options,
   };
@@ -52,12 +80,12 @@ export async function fetchFromAPI<T>(
  * Populates optional fields like Chapters or Editors based on requirements.
  */
 export async function fetchBooks(): Promise<Book[]> {
-  const data = await fetchFromAPI<Book>("/api/books?populate=cover&sort[title]=asc");
+  const data = await fetchFromAPI<Book>(`/api/books?populate=cover&sort[title]=asc&filters[release_datetime][$lte]=${new Date().toISOString()}`);
   return data;
 }
 
 export async function fetchAnnouncements(): Promise<Announcement[]> {
-  const data = await fetchFromAPI<Announcement>("/api/announcements?");
+  const data = await fetchFromAPI<Announcement>(`/api/announcements?filters[datetime][$lte]=${new Date().toISOString()}&sort[datetime]=desc`);
   return data;
 }
 
@@ -81,10 +109,21 @@ export async function fetchBookChapterLinks(bookId: string): Promise<Book> {
  */
 export async function fetchBookById(bookId: string): Promise<Book> {
   const currentDateTime = new Date().toISOString();
+  const nextday = addDays(new Date(), 1).toISOString();
   //[chapters][filters][release_datetime][$lte]=${currentDateTime}
   const data = await fetchFromAPI<Book>(
-    `/api/books/${bookId}?populate[chapters][filters][release_datetime][$lte]=${currentDateTime}&populate=cover`
+    `/api/books/${bookId}?populate[chapters][filters][release_datetime][$lte]=${nextday}&populate=cover`
   );
+  const stripped_data = []
+  for (const chapter of data[0].chapters) {
+    const stripped_chapter = chapter;
+    if (new Date(chapter.release_datetime).toISOString() > currentDateTime) {
+      stripped_chapter.content = "";
+      stripped_chapter.documentId = "";
+    }
+    stripped_data.push(stripped_chapter)
+  }
+  data[0].chapters = stripped_data;
   //I do not know why the hell it refuse to populate glossary only 1 field is allow to be populated after ????????
   const glossary = await fetchGlossaryByBookId(bookId);
   data[0].glossary = glossary;
@@ -112,11 +151,17 @@ export async function fetchEditors(): Promise<Editor[]> {
   return data;
 }
 
+export async function fetchEarlyRelease(): Promise<Chapter[]> {
+  const current_datetime = new Date()
+  const data = await fetchFromAPI<Chapter>(`/api/chapters/?populate[book][fields][0]=title&fields[0]=number&fields[1]=title&fields[2]=release_datetime&filters[release_datetime][$gte]=${current_datetime.toISOString()}&filters[release_datetime][$lte]=${addDays(current_datetime, 1).toISOString()}`);
+  return data;
+}
+
 export type ChapterRelease = { current_chapters: Chapter[], future_chapters: Chapter[] }
 export async function fetchReleases(): Promise<{ current_chapters: Chapter[], future_chapters: Chapter[] }> {
   const current_datetime = new Date()
-  const previous_week = subDays(current_datetime, 3);
-  const next_week = addDays(current_datetime, 3);
+  const previous_week = subDays(current_datetime, 1);
+  const next_week = addDays(current_datetime, 1);
 
   const data = await fetchFromAPI<Chapter>(`/api/chapters/?populate[book][fields][0]=title&fields[0]=number&fields[1]=title&fields[2]=release_datetime&filters[release_datetime][$gte]=${previous_week.toISOString()}&filters[release_datetime][$lte]=${next_week.toISOString()}`);
   const chapters: Chapter[] = data;
@@ -133,4 +178,38 @@ export async function fetchAnnouncementById(announcementId: string): Promise<Ann
 export async function fetchGlossaryByBookId(bookId: string): Promise<Glossary> {
   const data = await fetchFromAPI<Glossary>(`/api/glossaries?filters[book][documentId]=${bookId}`);
   return data[0];
+}
+
+export async function createReport(
+  error_type: string,
+  details: string,
+  book_id: string,
+  chapter_id: string,
+  email: string
+) {
+  const payload = {
+    data: {
+      error_type: error_type,
+      details: details,
+      book: book_id,
+      chapter: chapter_id,
+      report_email: email
+    }
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(
+    '/api/reports',
+    {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(payload)
+    }
+  )
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`API request failed with status ${response.status}`)
+  }
+  return response
 }

src/lib/types.tsx

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export interface Book {
     rating: number;
     views: number;
     readers: number;
+    release_rate: number;
   }
 
 export interface Announcement {

src/lib/utils.tsx

@@ -28,4 +28,31 @@ export async function markdownToHtml(markdown: string): Promise<string> {
     return markdown
   }
   return sanitizedHtml
+}
+
+export function encodeId(documentId: string): string {
+  const salt = "salty_aff"
+  return Buffer.from(documentId + salt).toString('base64')
+}
+
+export function decodeId(encodedId: string): string {
+  const salt = "salty_aff"
+  return Buffer.from(encodedId, 'base64').toString().replace(salt, '')
+}
+
+export function btoa(str: string): string {
+  let buffer: Buffer;
+
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(str)) {
+    buffer = str;
+  } else {
+    buffer = Buffer.from(str, "binary");
+  }
+  return buffer.toString("base64");
+}
+
+export function linkvertise(userid: number, link: string): string {
+  const base_url = `https://link-to.net/${userid}/${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000)}/dynamic`;
+  const href = `${base_url}?r=${btoa(encodeURI(link))}`;
+  return href;
 }

src/middleware.ts

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+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+const rateLimitCache = new Map<string, { timestamp: number; count: number }>();
+const RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS = 60000; 
+const RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS = 5; 
+
+export function middleware(request: Request) {
+  const ip = request.headers.get('x-forwarded-for') || '127.0.0.1';
+  const now = Date.now();
+
+  const userRateLimit = rateLimitCache.get(ip) || { count: 0, timestamp: now };
+
+  if (now - userRateLimit.timestamp > RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS) {
+    rateLimitCache.set(ip, { count: 1, timestamp: now });
+  } else if (userRateLimit.count >= RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { message: 'Rate limit exceeded. Please wait a moment.' },
+      { status: 429 }
+    );
+  } else {
+    userRateLimit.count += 1;
+    rateLimitCache.set(ip, userRateLimit);
+  }
+
+  return NextResponse.next(); 
+}
+
+// Apply middleware only to API routes
+export const config = {
+  matcher: '/api/:path*',
+};