Messages

File Name : messages.js File Path : /server/routes/messages.js This route is used to handle user's chat (messages) related queries. For example: fetching favourite users and messages, fetching specific user messages, loading more messages etc

Fetch Users and Messages

GET /api/messages/usersMessages

Fetches the users's chat list (named as Favourites) of users and messages

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Authentication Token

200

{
   success: true,
   data: [
   {
      text,
      image,
      location,
      createdAt,
      senderId,
      receiverId,
   }
   . . . 
   . . .
   ]

}

or 
{
      success: true,
       message: 'No favourite users',
       data: null

}

Fetch Specific User Messages

GET /api/messages/?id=${_id}

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Authentication Token

200

{
     success: true,
     data: {
     _id,
      profileUrl,
      fname,
      lname,
      messages: [
      {
      text,
      image,
      location,
      createdAt,
      senderId,
      receiverId,
      }
      . . . 
      . . . 
     ]
     }
}

Load More Messages

GET /api/messages/loadMoreMessages

this loads the messages when user scrolls for older messages. initially only 20 messages are loaded.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
msgBody	object	msgBody contains length (messages length), userId, receiverId.
Authorization	string	Authentication Token

200

{
 messages : [
  {
  text,
  image,
  location,
  createdAt,
  senderId,
  receiverId,
  }
  . . . 
  . . . 
 ]
}