From cf4b474c700918932b3a306bdc4eda6f6e685474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Corn <alex@alexcorn.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 21:30:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added steamID coalescing helper, although currently unused

---
 components/helpers.js | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/helpers.js b/components/helpers.js
index e887fff..d56b4f3 100644
--- a/components/helpers.js
+++ b/components/helpers.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-const EResult = require('../resources/EResult.js');
 const request = require('request');
+const SteamID = require('steamid');
 const xml2js  = require('xml2js');
 
+const EResult = require('../resources/EResult.js');
+
 exports.isSteamID = function(input) {
 	var keys = Object.keys(input);
 	if (keys.length != 4) {
@@ -105,4 +107,22 @@ exports.resolveVanityURL = function(url, callback) {
 			callback(null, {"vanityURL": vanityURL, "steamID": steamID64});
 		});
 	});
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+/**
+ * Converts `input` into a SteamID object, if it's a parseable string.
+ * @param {SteamID|string} input
+ * @return {SteamID}
+ */
+exports.steamID = function(input) {
+	if (exports.isSteamID(input)) {
+		return input;
+	}
+
+	if (typeof input != 'string') {
+		throw new Error(`Input SteamID value "${input}" is not a string`);
+	}
+
+	// This will throw if the input is not a well-formed SteamID
+	return new SteamID(input);
+};