feat: Apps-Engine method to read multiple messages from a room

.changeset/polite-foxes-repair.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@rocket.chat/meteor': minor
+---
+
+Added a method to the Apps-Engine that allows apps to read multiple messages from a room

apps/meteor/app/apps/server/bridges/rooms.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import type { IAppServerOrchestrator } from '@rocket.chat/apps';
-import type { IMessage } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/messages';
+import type { IMessage, IMessageRaw } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/messages';
 import type { IRoom } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/rooms';
 import { RoomType } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/rooms';
 import type { IUser } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/users';
+import type { GetMessagesOptions } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/server/bridges/RoomBridge';
 import { RoomBridge } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/server/bridges/RoomBridge';
-import type { ISubscription, IUser as ICoreUser, IRoom as ICoreRoom } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
-import { Subscriptions, Users, Rooms } from '@rocket.chat/models';
+import type { ISubscription, IUser as ICoreUser, IRoom as ICoreRoom, IMessage as ICoreMessage } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
+import { Subscriptions, Users, Rooms, Messages } from '@rocket.chat/models';
+import type { FindOptions, Sort } from 'mongodb';
 
 import { createDirectMessage } from '../../../../server/methods/createDirectMessage';
 import { createDiscussion } from '../../../discussion/server/methods/createDiscussion';
@@ -103,6 +105,38 @@ export class AppRoomBridge extends RoomBridge {
 		return this.orch.getConverters()?.get('users').convertById(room.u._id);
 	}
 
+	protected async getMessages(roomId: string, options: GetMessagesOptions, appId: string): Promise<IMessageRaw[]> {
+		this.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is getting the messages of the room: "${roomId}" with options:`, options);
+
+		const { limit, skip = 0, sort: _sort } = options;
+
+		const messageConverter = this.orch.getConverters()?.get('messages');
+		if (!messageConverter) {
+			throw new Error('Message converter not found');
+		}
+
+		// We support only one field for now
+		const sort: Sort | undefined = _sort?.createdAt ? { ts: _sort.createdAt } : undefined;
+
+		const messageQueryOptions: FindOptions<ICoreMessage> = {
+			limit,
+			skip,
+			sort,
+		};
+
+		const query = {
+			rid: roomId,
+			_hidden: { $ne: true },
+			t: { $exists: false },
+		};
+
+		const cursor = Messages.find(query, messageQueryOptions);
+
+		const messagePromises: Promise<IMessageRaw>[] = await cursor.map((message) => messageConverter.convertMessageRaw(message)).toArray();
+
+		return Promise.all(messagePromises);
+	}
+
 	protected async getMembers(roomId: string, appId: string): Promise<Array<IUser>> {
 		this.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is getting the room's members by room id: "${roomId}"`);
 		const subscriptions = await Subscriptions.findByRoomId(roomId, {});
@@ -220,12 +254,4 @@ export class AppRoomBridge extends RoomBridge {
 		const members = await Users.findUsersByUsernames(usernames, { limit: 50 }).toArray();
 		await Promise.all(members.map((user) => removeUserFromRoom(roomId, user)));
 	}
-
-	protected getMessages(
-		_roomId: string,
-		_options: { limit: number; skip?: number; sort?: Record<string, 1 | -1> },
-		_appId: string,
-	): Promise<IMessage[]> {
-		throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-	}
 }

apps/meteor/app/apps/server/converters/messages.js

@@ -17,6 +17,40 @@ export class AppMessagesConverter {
 		return this.convertMessage(msg);
 	}
 
+	async convertMessageRaw(msgObj) {
+		if (!msgObj) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		const { attachments, ...message } = msgObj;
+		const getAttachments = async () => this._convertAttachmentsToApp(attachments);
+
+		const map = {
+			id: '_id',
+			threadId: 'tmid',
+			reactions: 'reactions',
+			parseUrls: 'parseUrls',
+			text: 'msg',
+			createdAt: 'ts',
+			updatedAt: '_updatedAt',
+			editedAt: 'editedAt',
+			emoji: 'emoji',
+			avatarUrl: 'avatar',
+			alias: 'alias',
+			file: 'file',
+			customFields: 'customFields',
+			groupable: 'groupable',
+			token: 'token',
+			blocks: 'blocks',
+			roomId: 'rid',
+			editor: 'editedBy',
+			attachments: getAttachments,
+			sender: 'u',
+		};
+
+		return transformMappedData(message, map);
+	}
+
 	async convertMessage(msgObj) {
 		if (!msgObj) {
 			return undefined;

packages/apps/src/AppsEngine.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type {
 	IVisitorPhone as IAppsVisitorPhone,
 } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/livechat';
 export type { IMessage as IAppsMessage } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/messages';
+export type { IMessageRaw as IAppsMesssageRaw } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/messages';
 export { AppInterface as AppEvents } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/metadata';
 export type { IUser as IAppsUser } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/users';
 export type { IRole as IAppsRole } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/roles';

packages/apps/src/converters/IAppMessagesConverter.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { IMessage } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
 
-import type { IAppsMessage } from '../AppsEngine';
+import type { IAppsMessage, IAppsMesssageRaw } from '../AppsEngine';
 
 export interface IAppMessagesConverter {
 	convertById(messageId: IMessage['_id']): Promise<IAppsMessage | undefined>;
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ export interface IAppMessagesConverter {
 	convertAppMessage(message: undefined | null): Promise<undefined>;
 	convertAppMessage(message: IAppsMessage): Promise<IMessage | undefined>;
 	convertAppMessage(message: IAppsMessage | undefined | null): Promise<IMessage | undefined>;
+	convertMessageRaw(message: IMessage): Promise<IAppsMesssageRaw>;
+	convertMessageRaw(message: IMessage | undefined | null): Promise<IAppsMesssageRaw | undefined>;
 }

yarn.lock

@@ -8510,8 +8510,8 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: soft
 
 "@rocket.chat/apps-engine@npm:alpha":
-  version: 1.44.0-alpha.818
-  resolution: "@rocket.chat/apps-engine@npm:1.44.0-alpha.818"
+  version: 1.44.0-alpha.828
+  resolution: "@rocket.chat/apps-engine@npm:1.44.0-alpha.828"
   dependencies:
     "@msgpack/msgpack": 3.0.0-beta2
     adm-zip: ^0.5.9
@@ -8527,7 +8527,7 @@ __metadata:
     uuid: ~8.3.2
   peerDependencies:
     "@rocket.chat/ui-kit": "*"
-  checksum: acef47bc7f13e0682d018531638b5168c3acd59beae37b013e881ea6fadfe12670fe10545f4a89487f7bedbe9166028833cba7ed3fc401d4283327e47e00e61c
+  checksum: e26914b62d2e9823577fe8165a2635d65f69ddc315a880bbc417ddd674e4df487dc9bc9507bf3a0616de06cd927596872c1e90e4c29c61da8581e0a1b7c8d97d
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard