Added actor creation page.

src/actors.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { differenceInYears } from 'date-fns';
 import { unit } from 'mathjs';
 import { MerkleJson } from 'merkle-json';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import omit from 'object.omit';
 import convert from 'convert';
 import unprint from 'unprint';
@@ -521,6 +522,27 @@ export async function fetchActors(filters, rawOptions, reqUser) {
 	};
 }
 
+function curateActorEntry(actor, context) {
+	return {
+		name: actor.name,
+		slug: slugify(actor.name),
+		entry_id: nanoid(), // allows for manual creation of multiple actors with the same name
+		gender: actor.gender,
+		comment: context?.comment,
+	};
+}
+
+export async function createActor(newActor, context, reqUser) {
+	if (!reqUser || reqUser.role === 'user') {
+		throw new HttpError('You are not permitted to create actors', 403);
+	}
+
+	const curatedActorEntry = curateActorEntry(newActor, context);
+	const [actorEntry] = await knex('actors').insert(curatedActorEntry).returning('*');
+
+	return curateActor(actorEntry);
+}
+
 export async function fetchActorRevisions(revisionId, filters = {}, reqUser) {
 	const limit = filters.limit || 50;
 	const page = filters.page || 1;