and so the db wars continue....

src/lib/server/connectors/surreal.db.ts

@@ -2,29 +2,62 @@ import Surreal, { StringRecordId } from "surrealdb";
 export type { QueryResult } from "surrealdb";
 
 try {
-    if (document || window) {
-        throw new Error("SurrealDB needs a NodeJS environment to run.");
-    }
+  if (document || window) {
+    throw new Error("SurrealDB needs a NodeJS environment to run.");
+  }
 } catch (err) {}
 
 const CONFIG = {
-    url: process.env.SURREAL_URL ?? "",
-    user: process.env.SURREAL_USER ?? "",
-    pass: process.env.SURREAL_PASS ?? "",
-    ns: process.env.SURREAL_NS ?? "",
-    db: process.env.SURREAL_DB ?? "",
+  url: process.env.SURREAL_URL ?? "",
+  user: process.env.SURREAL_USER ?? "",
+  pass: process.env.SURREAL_PASS ?? "",
+  ns: process.env.SURREAL_NS ?? "",
+  db: process.env.SURREAL_DB ?? "",
 } as const;
 
 const db = new Surreal();
 
-export function parseToRID(idStr: string) {
-    return new StringRecordId(idStr);
-}
-
-if (CONFIG.url.length > 0) {
+async function connectDB() {
+  try {
     await db.connect(`http://${CONFIG.url}/rpc`);
     await db.use({ namespace: CONFIG.ns, database: CONFIG.db });
-    await db.signin({ username: CONFIG.user, password: CONFIG.pass });
+    await authenticateDB();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error connecting to SurrealDB:", error);
+  }
 }
 
+async function authenticateDB() {
+  try {
+    await db.signin({ username: CONFIG.user, password: CONFIG.pass });
+    console.log("🔑 Successfully authenticated with SurrealDB");
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("❌ Authentication failed:", error);
+  }
+}
+
+async function ensureAuthenticated() {
+  try {
+    console.log("⏳ Ensuring authentication with SurrealDB...");
+    await db.query("RETURN 1");
+  } catch (error) {
+    const e = error as any;
+    if (e.status === 401) {
+      console.warn("⚠️ Token expired. Re-authenticating...");
+      await authenticateDB();
+    } else {
+      console.error("Unexpected database error:", e);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const MINS_5 = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+setInterval(ensureAuthenticated, MINS_5);
+
+await connectDB();
+
 export const surreal = db as Surreal;
+
+export function parseToRID(idStr: string) {
+  return new StringRecordId(idStr);
+}