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+/*
+The goal of this script is to create a large # of votes for stress testing.
+
+Execute it w/:
+    npx tsx db-data/2025-04-26-simulate-rand-votes.ts
+*/
+
+import './_env'
+
+import { mapValues } from 'lodash'
+
+import { firebase } from '../pages/api/_services'
+import { RP, random_bigint, stringToPoint } from '../src/crypto/curve'
+import encrypt from '../src/crypto/encrypt'
+import { CipherStrings } from '../src/crypto/stringify-shuffle'
+import { generateTrackingNum } from '../src/vote/tracking-num'
+
+const election_id = '1745688596280'
+
+let pub_key: RP
+let ballot_design: { id: string; options: { name: string }[] }[]
+type Vote = { [key: string]: CipherStrings }
+
+// ballot should look like:
+// {
+//   '2025 Priorities_1': '1534-8746-0441:testing',
+//   '2025 Priorities_2': '1534-8746-0441:testing',
+//   ...
+//   '2025 Priorities_27': '1534-8746-0441:testing',
+// }
+
+const random_vote = () => {
+  const verification = generateTrackingNum()
+  let num_blank = 0
+  return ballot_design.reduce((memo, { id, options }) => {
+    // Since this is an approval vote, we need to loop through each option
+
+    // And the non-index entry is blank
+    const plaintext = verification + ':' + 'BLANK'
+    const encoded = stringToPoint(plaintext.slice(0, 30))
+    const cipher = encrypt(pub_key, random_bigint(), encoded)
+    memo[id] = mapValues(cipher, String)
+
+    return options.reduce((memo, option, index) => {
+      const should_blank = Math.random() < 0.25
+      const choice = should_blank ? 'BLANK' : option.name
+      const plaintext = verification + ':' + choice
+
+      // Don't allow a fully blank vote
+      if (choice === 'BLANK') {
+        num_blank++
+        if (num_blank === options.length) return random_vote()
+      }
+      const encoded = stringToPoint(plaintext.slice(0, 30))
+      const cipher = encrypt(pub_key, random_bigint(), encoded)
+      memo[`${id}_${index + 1}`] = mapValues(cipher, String)
+      return memo
+    }, memo)
+  }, {} as Vote)
+}
+
+const create_and_store_random_votes = async (voters: Voter[]) => {
+  const db = firebase.firestore()
+
+  const electionDoc = db.collection('elections').doc(election_id)
+
+  // Get all existing votes
+  const votes = await electionDoc.collection('votes').get()
+  console.log(`Found ${votes.docs.length} existing votes`)
+  const votesByAuth = votes.docs.reduce((memo, doc) => ({ ...memo, [doc.data().auth]: true }), {})
+
+  // Firebase batches have size limits
+  const maxBatchSize = 500
+  const numBatches = Math.ceil((voters.length + 1) / maxBatchSize)
+  const batches = Array(numBatches)
+    .fill(0)
+    .map(() => db.batch())
+
+  voters.forEach(({ auth_token }, index) => {
+    if (votesByAuth[auth_token]) return // Skip if voted already
+
+    // Store the encrypted vote in db
+    const voteDoc = electionDoc.collection('votes').doc()
+    const batchIndex = Math.floor(index / maxBatchSize)
+
+    // console.log(random_vote())
+    batches[batchIndex].set(voteDoc, { auth: auth_token, created_at: new Date(), encrypted_vote: random_vote() })
+  })
+
+  // Update the electionDoc in the last batch
+  batches[batches.length - 1].update(electionDoc, { num_votes: voters.length })
+
+  // Commit all batches
+  await Promise.all(batches.map((batch) => batch.commit()))
+}
+
+type Voter = { auth_token: string }
+const getVoters = async (): Promise<Voter[]> => {
+  const docs = await firebase.firestore().collection('elections').doc(election_id).collection('voters').get()
+
+  return docs.docs.map((doc) => ({ ...(doc.data() as { auth_token: string }) }))
+}
+
+/** Load this election's pub key from the db */
+const getPubkeyAndBallotDesign = async () => {
+  const data = (await firebase.firestore().collection('elections').doc(election_id).get()).data()
+  pub_key = RP.fromHex(data?.threshold_public_key)
+  console.log(`Found pubkey ${pub_key}`)
+
+  ballot_design = JSON.parse(data?.ballot_design)
+  console.log(`Found ballot: ${ballot_design.map((col) => col.id)}`)
+}
+
+;(async () => {
+  await getPubkeyAndBallotDesign()
+
+  const voters = await getVoters()
+  console.log(`Found ${voters.length} voters`)
+
+  // Create votes
+  await create_and_store_random_votes(voters)
+
+  console.log('\nDone 👍')
+})()