getting basic call to backend for a token but it's messy as hellll!!!!

nirvana-ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 		890C2460277BF896009B4A30 /* AgoraViewController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 890C245F277BF896009B4A30 /* AgoraViewController.swift */; };
 		890C2462277BF935009B4A30 /* CallView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 890C2461277BF935009B4A30 /* CallView.swift */; };
 		890C2464277BFA97009B4A30 /* AgroRep.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 890C2463277BFA97009B4A30 /* AgroRep.swift */; };
+		890C2466277C5711009B4A30 /* AgoraService.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 890C2465277C5711009B4A30 /* AgoraService.swift */; };
 		891060E4277359B900F14509 /* CloudStorageService.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 891060E3277359B900F14509 /* CloudStorageService.swift */; };
 		891060E82774460500F14509 /* FirebaseInAppMessaging-Beta in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = 891060E72774460500F14509 /* FirebaseInAppMessaging-Beta */; };
 		891060EA2774460500F14509 /* FirebaseInAppMessagingSwift-Beta in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = 891060E92774460500F14509 /* FirebaseInAppMessagingSwift-Beta */; };
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
 		890C245F277BF896009B4A30 /* AgoraViewController.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = AgoraViewController.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		890C2461277BF935009B4A30 /* CallView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = CallView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		890C2463277BFA97009B4A30 /* AgroRep.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = AgroRep.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		890C2465277C5711009B4A30 /* AgoraService.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = AgoraService.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		891060E3277359B900F14509 /* CloudStorageService.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = CloudStorageService.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		891060E527743FEB00F14509 /* nirvana-ios.entitlements */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.entitlements; path = "nirvana-ios.entitlements"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		89110713277166D6005797FA /* UserFriends.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = UserFriends.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -435,6 +437,7 @@
 				89F05BA3276ACC060002E9C7 /* ContactService.swift */,
 				89B46E70276893E200B74255 /* AuthSessionStore.swift */,
 				89A107E4277476CC00B971FD /* PushNotificationService.swift */,
+				890C2465277C5711009B4A30 /* AgoraService.swift */,
 			);
 			path = Services;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -601,6 +604,7 @@
 				89F05B9B276A87920002E9C7 /* ContactsViewModel.swift in Sources */,
 				896CE6FE27707E6B00DB474E /* CircleNavigationView.swift in Sources */,
 				89AD5573276DD790001658E0 /* SplashView.swift in Sources */,
+				890C2466277C5711009B4A30 /* AgoraService.swift in Sources */,
 				89F18AEC276E92BF00115B1E /* CustomExtensions.swift in Sources */,
 				89F18AF1276ECAA300115B1E /* RouterView.swift in Sources */,
 				89F18AEE276EB55C00115B1E /* ServiceState.swift in Sources */,

nirvana-ios.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/nirvana-ios-dev.xcscheme

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <EnvironmentVariables>
          <EnvironmentVariable
             key = "nirvana-server-url"
-            value = "http://localhost:3000/"
+            value = "http://192.168.50.26:3000/"
             isEnabled = "YES">
          </EnvironmentVariable>
       </EnvironmentVariables>

nirvana-ios/Services/AgoraService.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+//
+//  AgoraService.swift
+//  nirvana-ios
+//
+//  Created by Arjun Patel on 12/29/21.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import FirebaseAuth
+import Firebase
+
+class AgoraService {
+    func getAgoraUserToken(channelName: String) {
+        let currentUser = Auth.auth().currentUser
+        currentUser?.getIDTokenForcingRefresh(true) { idToken, error in
+          if let error = error {
+            // Handle error
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // Send token to your backend via HTTPS
+          // ...
+            let baseUrl = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["nirvana-server-url"] ?? "http://localhost:3000"
+            let reqUrl = baseUrl + "agoraToken?channelName=" + channelName
+            guard let url = URL(string: reqUrl) else { fatalError("Missing URL") }
+
+            var urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)
+            urlRequest.addValue(idToken!, forHTTPHeaderField: "authorization")
+            
+            let dataTask = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: urlRequest) { (data, response, error) in
+                if let error = error {
+                    print("Request error: ", error)
+                    return
+                }
+
+                guard let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse else { return }
+
+                if response.statusCode == 200 {
+                    guard let data = data else { return }
+                    print("the token is: \(data)")
+                }
+            }
+
+            dataTask.resume()
+        }
+    }
+}

nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ final class AuthSessionStore: ObservableObject, SessionStore {
         }
     }
     
-    func getCurrentUserId() -> String?  {
+    static func getCurrentUserId() -> String?  {
         return Auth.auth().currentUser?.uid
     }
     
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ extension AuthSessionStore {
         }
         
         // can't get proper listeners working if don't have current user's id
-        let currUserId = self.getCurrentUserId()
+        let currUserId = AuthSessionStore.getCurrentUserId()
         if currUserId == nil {
             print("no user id available to initiate data listeners")
             return
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ extension AuthSessionStore {
                 print("user already has status: \(userStatus)")
             }
             else {
-                if let uid = self.getCurrentUserId() {
+                if let uid = AuthSessionStore.getCurrentUserId() {
                     self.firestoreService.updateUserStatus(userId: uid, userStatus: userStatus) {res in
                        print(res)
                     }

nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/CircleGridView.swift

@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ struct CircleGridView: View {
                 if self.authSessionStore.friendsArr.count > 0 {
                     scrollReaderValue.scrollTo(self.selectedFriendIndex)
                 }
+                
+                // get this user's agora token
+                self.innerCircleVM.getAgoraToken()
             }
         } // scrollview reader
         .fullScreenCover(isPresented: $showCall, content: {

nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/InnerCircleViewModel.swift

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class InnerCircleViewModel: ObservableObject {
     private let cloudStorageService = CloudStorageService()
     private let firestoreService = FirestoreService()
     private let pushNotificationService = PushNotificationService()
+    private let agoraService = AgoraService()
     
     init() {
         // separate set up for listening vs recording
@@ -139,3 +140,14 @@ extension InnerCircleViewModel {
         
     }
 }
+
+extension InnerCircleViewModel {
+    func getAgoraToken() {
+        if let uid = AuthSessionStore.getCurrentUserId() {
+            self.agoraService.getAgoraUserToken(channelName: uid)
+        }
+        else {
+            print("no user authenticated to get an agora token")
+        }
+    }
+}