Ported bin folder to typescript.

bin/createUserSession.ts

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+'use strict';
+
+/*
+ * A tool for generating a test user session which can be used for debugging configs
+ * that require sessions.
+ */
+
+// As of v14, Node.js does not exit when there is an unhandled Promise rejection. Convert an
+// unhandled rejection into an uncaught exception, which does cause Node.js to exit.
+import fs from "fs";
+
+import path from "path";
+
+import querystring from "querystring";
+
+import axios from 'axios'
+
+
+process.on('unhandledRejection', (err) => { throw err; });
+const settings = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node/utils/Settings');
+(async () => {
+  axios.defaults.baseURL = `http://${settings.ip}:${settings.port}`;
+  const api = axios;
+
+  const filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../APIKEY.txt');
+  const apikey = fs.readFileSync(filePath, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
+
+  let res;
+
+  res = await api.get('/api/');
+  const apiVersion = res.data.currentVersion;
+  if (!apiVersion) throw new Error('No version set in API');
+  console.log('apiVersion', apiVersion);
+  const uri = (cmd: string, args: querystring.ParsedUrlQueryInput ) => `/api/${apiVersion}/${cmd}?${querystring.stringify(args)}`;
+
+  res = await api.post(uri('createGroup', {apikey}));
+  if (res.data.code === 1) throw new Error(`Error creating group: ${res.data}`);
+  const groupID = res.data.data.groupID;
+  console.log('groupID', groupID);
+
+  res = await api.post(uri('createGroupPad', {apikey, groupID}));
+  if (res.data.code === 1) throw new Error(`Error creating group pad: ${res.data}`);
+  console.log('Test Pad ID ====> ', res.data.data.padID);
+
+  res = await api.post(uri('createAuthor', {apikey}));
+  if (res.data.code === 1) throw new Error(`Error creating author: ${res.data}`);
+  const authorID = res.data.data.authorID;
+  console.log('authorID', authorID);
+
+  const validUntil = Math.floor(new Date().getTime()  / 1000) + 60000;
+  console.log('validUntil', validUntil);
+  res = await api.post(uri('createSession', {apikey, groupID, authorID, validUntil}));
+  if (res.data.code === 1) throw new Error(`Error creating session: ${JSON.stringify(res.data)}`);
+  console.log('Session made: ====> create a cookie named sessionID and set the value to',
+      res.data.data.sessionID);
+})();