Creates a new topic, a new post, or a private message

//native

type Discourse = {

  apiKey: string;

  defaultHost: string;

  apiUsername: string;

};

/**

 * Creates a new topic, a new post, or a private message

 *

 */

export async function main(

  auth: Discourse,

  body: {

    title?: string;

    raw: string;

    topic_id?: number;

    category?: number;

    target_recipients?: string;

    target_usernames?: string;

    archetype?: string;

    created_at?: string;

    reply_to_post_number?: number;

    embed_url?: string;

    external_id?: string;

  },

) {

  const url = new URL(`https://${auth.defaultHost}/posts.json`);

  const response = await fetch(url, {

    method: "POST",

    headers: {

      "Content-Type": "application/json",

      "API-KEY": auth.apiKey,

      "API-USERNAME": auth.apiUsername,

    },

    body: JSON.stringify(body),

  });

  if (!response.ok) {

    const text = await response.text();

    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`);

  }

  return await response.json();

}