comty/packages/server/services/chats/routes/chats/my/get.js

import { User, ChatMessage } from "@db_models"

export default {
    middlewares: ["withAuthentication"],
    fn: async (req) => {
        // get recent messages
        // query messages sended to current user or from current user
        // must pick one message by user_id

        const current_user_id = req.auth.session.user_id

        let history = await ChatMessage.aggregate([
            {
                $match: {
                    $or: [
                        { from_user_id: current_user_id },
                        { to_user_id: current_user_id }
                    ]
                }
            },
            {
                $sort: { created_at: -1 }
            },
            {
                $group: {
                    _id: {
                        $cond: [
                            { $eq: ["$from_user_id", current_user_id] },
                            "$to_user_id",
                            "$from_user_id"
                        ]
                    },
                    latestMessage: { $first: "$$ROOT" }
                }
            },
            {
                $replaceRoot: { newRoot: "$latestMessage" }
            }
        ])

        if (history.length === 0) {
            return history
        }

        history = history.map((message) => {

            // chose an user_id that is not the `current_user_id`
            message.chat_user_id = message.from_user_id === current_user_id ? message.to_user_id : message.from_user_id

            return message
        })

        // order by created_at
        history = history.sort((a, b) => {
            return new Date(b.created_at) - new Date(a.created_at)
        })

        const userData = await User.find({
            _id: {
                $in: history.map((message) => {
                    return message.chat_user_id
                })
            }
        })


        history = history.map((message) => {
            message.user = userData.find((user) => {
                return user._id.toString() === message.chat_user_id
            })

            return message
        })

        return history
    },
}