Everything uses data.getdata()

data.getdata() excepts two parameters, if desired, the second will be the index, however if you don't specify anything, the whole array will be returned
Also, comments now have a composite key of postID-commentID, with each post's comments having their own set starting at 0, this makes it easier to index and find a specific comment, and making the getcomment() function unessesary

data/data.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"hitcount":8,"comment_counter":0}
+{"hitcount":16,"comment_counter":1}

src/data.js

@@ -4,22 +4,18 @@ const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const config = require("../config.json")
 const fs = require("fs")
 
-export function getdata(data, key='', value='') {
+export function getdata(data, index=-1) {
 
 	if (config["data_storage"] == "json") {
 		if (data == "posts" || data == 'users' || data == 'comments') {
 			let result = require(`../data/${data}.json`)
-			if (key != '') {
+			if (index != -1) {
-				result.forEach((object, index) => {
+				return result[index]
-					if (object[key] == value) {
-						return object
-					}
-				})
 			}
 			return result
 		}
-		else if (data == "hitcount") {
+		else if (data == "other_data") {
-			let result = fs.readFileSync("../data/hitcount.txt")
+			let result = require('../data/data.json') // This file is actually called data.json
 			return result
 		}
 		else {

src/routes/form_actions.js

@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ router.post("/submit_comment", (req,res) => {
     new_comment = {
         "name": name,
         "content": func.escape_input(req.body.content),
-         "id": comments.counter,
+         "id": data.getdata('other_data').comment_counter,
-         "pubdate": unix_timestamp
+         "pubdate": unix_timestamp,
+         "postID": req.body.post_index,
     };
+    let other_data = data.getdata('other_data')
     other_data.comment_counter += 1;
+    let comments = data.getdata('comments')
     comments[req.body.post_index].push(new_comment);
     fs.writeFileSync(`../data/comments.json`, `${JSON.stringify(comments)}`, 'utf-8');
+    fs.writeFileSync('../data/data.json', JSON.stringify(other_data), 'utf-8');
 
     res.redirect(301,`/post/${req.body.post_index}`)
 }); // /submit_comment

src/routes/standard_pages.js

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ router.get("/", (req,res) => {
 }); // /
 router.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
     const userID = func.get_userID(req.params.username)
-    console.log(data.getdata('users', 'id', userID)[0])
+    let user = data.getdata('users', userID)
     if (userID != -1) {
         res.render("pages/user",
                    {
                        config,
                        locale,
                        posts: data.getdata('posts'),
-                       user: data.getdata('users', 'id', userID),
+                       user,
                        userID: userID,
                        comments: data.getdata('comments'),
                        fromUnixTime,
@@ -55,21 +55,23 @@ router.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
 }); // /user/:username
 router.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
     const postID = req.params.post_index
-    if (postID > posts.length-1 || posts[postID]["deleted"] == true) {
+    let post = data.getdata('posts', postID)
+
+    if (post["deleted"] == true || post == 1) { // data.getdata returns error code 1 if nothing is available
         res.render("partials/message", {
             message: locale.post_doesnt_exist,
             config,
         })
     }
-    else if (typeof posts[postID]["deleted"] == "undefined" || posts[postID]["deleted"] == false) {
+    else if (typeof post["deleted"] == "undefined" || post["deleted"] == false) {
         res.render("pages/post",
                    {
                        config,
                        locale,
-                       post: posts[postID],
+                       post,
-                       postID: postID,
+                       postID,
-                       user: users[posts[postID].userID],
+                       user: data.getdata('users', post.userID),
-                       comments: comments.comments[postID],
+                       comments: data.getdata('comments', postID),
                        fromUnixTime,
                        format,
                         getUnixTime,
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ router.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
         res.redirect(301,"/")
     }
 }); // /post/:post_index
+
+
 router.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
     const tag = req.params.tag
     res.render("pages/tag",
@@ -88,18 +92,21 @@ router.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
                    config,
                    locale,
                    tag,
-                   posts,
+                   posts: data.getdata('posts'),
-                   users,
+                   users: data.getdata('users'),
-                   comments: comments.comments,
+                   comments: data.getdata('comments'),
-                   fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+                   fromUnixTime,
-                   format: format,
+                   format,
-                       getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+                    getUnixTime,
                     func,
                })
 }); // /tag/:tag
-router.get("/comment/:commentID", (req,res) => {
+router.get("/comment/:postID-:commentID", (req,res) => {
     const commentID = req.params.commentID;
-    const comment = func.get_comment(commentID)
+    const postID = req.params.postID;
+
+    let posts_comments = data.getdata('comments', postID)
+    let comment = posts_comments[commentID]
     if (comment == -1) {
         res.render("partials/message", {
             config,
@@ -109,14 +116,13 @@ router.get("/comment/:commentID", (req,res) => {
     else {
         res.render("pages/comment",
                    {
-                       config: config,
+                       config,
                        locale,
-                       post: posts[comment["id"]],
-                       users,
                        comment,
-                       fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+                       postID,
-                       format: format,
+                       fromUnixTime,
-                           getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+                       format,
+                        getUnixTime,
                         func,
                    })
     }

src/routes/syndication.js

@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ const config = require('../../config')
 const data = require('../data')
 const func = require('../functions')
 
-let users = require('../../data/users.json');
-let posts = require('../../data/posts.json');
-let comments = require('../../data/comments.json');
-
 const router = express.Router();
 
 ////////////////////// SYNDICATION ////////////////////////

views/partials/comment.ejs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-<b><%= comment.name %></b> <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(comment.pubdate) %> <i>No. <%= comment.id %></i>:<br/>
+<b><%= comment.name %></b>
+<%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(comment.pubdate) %>
+<a href='/comment/<%= postID %>-<%= comment.id %>'>No. <%= postID %>-<%= comment.id %></a>:<br/>
 <%- func.render_comment(comment.content) %>
 <br/>