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+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import type { IAppDiscoverCarousel, IAppDiscoverElement, IAppDiscoverElements, IAppDiscoverPost, IAppDiscoverShowcase } from '../constants/AppDiscoverTypes.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Helper to transform the JSON API results to proper frontend objects (app discover section elements)
+ *
+ * @param element The JSON API element to transform
+ */
+export const parseApiResponse = (element: Record<string, unknown>): IAppDiscoverElements => {
+	const appElement = { ...element }
+	if (appElement.date) {
+		appElement.date = Date.parse(appElement.date as string)
+	}
+	if (appElement.expiryDate) {
+		appElement.expiryDate = Date.parse(appElement.expiryDate as string)
+	}
+
+	if (appElement.type === 'post') {
+		return appElement as unknown as IAppDiscoverPost
+	} else if (appElement.type === 'showcase') {
+		return appElement as unknown as IAppDiscoverShowcase
+	} else if (appElement.type === 'carousel') {
+		return appElement as unknown as IAppDiscoverCarousel
+	}
+	throw new Error(`Invalid argument, app discover element with type ${element.type ?? 'unknown'} is unknown`)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Filter outdated or upcoming elements
+ * @param element Element to check
+ */
+export const filterElements = (element: IAppDiscoverElement) => {
+	const now = Date.now()
+	// Element not yet published
+	if (element.date && element.date > now) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Element expired
+	if (element.expiryDate && element.expiryDate < now) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}