From 87bc37e1248ac18be5fec8af6cc5e470b76845cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Selimov <alex@alexselimov.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:31:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add anonymous upvote functionality

---
 assets/herman.css            | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 layouts/_default/single.html |  9 ++++++++
 static/upvote.js             | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 static/upvote.js

diff --git a/assets/herman.css b/assets/herman.css
index f2573c3..8a5ca66 100644
--- a/assets/herman.css
+++ b/assets/herman.css
@@ -190,6 +190,51 @@ td {
   transform: translateY(0%);
 }
 
+.upvote {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  width: fit-content;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+  margin-block: var(--spacing);
+}
+
+#upvote-btn {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: var(--color-light);
+  font-size: calc(var(--size) * 4);
+  line-height: 0.8;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0;
+  opacity: 0.4;
+  transition: opacity 0.15s, color 0.15s;
+}
+
+#upvote-btn:hover {
+  opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+#upvote-btn[voted] {
+  color: var(--color-primary);
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+
+#upvote-chevron {
+  display: block;
+  line-height: 1;
+  margin-bottom: -0.3em;
+}
+
+#upvote-count {
+  font-size: calc(var(--size) * 1.6);
+  line-height: 1;
+}
+
 figure {
   margin-inline-start: 0em;
   margin-inline-end: 0em;
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 0c85516..7a5fd7b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
     <a class="blog-tags" href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">#{{ lower .LinkTitle }}</a>
   {{ end }}
 </p>
+{{ if .Site.Params.upvotes }}
+<div class="upvote">
+  <button id="upvote-btn" aria-label="Upvote">
+    <span id="upvote-chevron">&#8963;</span>
+    <span id="upvote-count">—</span>
+  </button>
+</div>
+<script src="/upvote.js"></script>
+{{ end }}
 {{ if not .Params.hideReply }}
 {{ with .Site.Params.author.email }}
   <p>
diff --git a/static/upvote.js b/static/upvote.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5abf255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/upvote.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+(async function () {
+  // Define the slug
+  const slug = location.pathname.replace(/^\/|\/$/g, "").replaceAll("/", "-");
+  const API = "http://localhost:3000";
+
+  const btn = document.getElementById("upvote-btn");
+  const count = document.getElementById("upvote-count");
+
+  //  On load fetch curent vote count and whether the button should be clicked on or off
+  const res = await fetch(`${API}/posts/${slug}/votes`, {
+    credentials: "include",
+  });
+  const data = await res.json();
+
+  count.textContent = data.vote_count;
+  if (data.voted) btn.setAttribute("voted", true);
+
+  btn.addEventListener("click", async () => {
+    const alreadyVoted = btn.hasAttribute("voted");
+
+    const method = alreadyVoted ? "DELETE" : "POST";
+    const r = await fetch(`${API}/posts/${slug}/vote`, {
+      method,
+      credentials: "include",
+    });
+
+    if (r.ok) {
+      const updated = await fetch(`${API}/posts/${slug}/votes`, {
+        credentials: "include",
+      });
+      const d = await updated.json();
+      count.textContent = d.vote_count;
+      if (d.voted) btn.setAttribute("voted", false);
+      else btn.removeAttribute("voted");
+    }
+  });
+})();