Private Message Functionality in Flarum Extension

suleymankndlc

Hello,

I'm developing an extension, and I want it to automatically send a private message to users using the "fof/byobu" extension when a new post is added to a specific discussion. I've tried different approaches, but I couldn't create the discussion as private. It doesn't function exactly like a private message. Below is the relevant code snippet. I'm new to Flarum, so I'm not entirely sure if I'm following the correct approach.

    $admin = User::find(1);

    // Create Discussion
    $discussion = new Discussion();
    $discussion->title = 'New Discussion Title';
    $discussion->user_id = $admin->id;
    $discussion->created_at = time();
    $discussion->save();

    // Create Post
    $newPost = new CommentPost();
    $newPost->discussion_id = $discussion->id;
    $newPost->user_id = $admin->id;
    $newPost->content = 'Hello, your request has been received. If you have any questions, you can contact us here.';
    $newPost->created_at = time();
    $newPost->number = 1;
    $newPost->is_private = true;
    $newPost->save();

    // Set discussion start post ID
    $discussion->first_post_id = $newPost->id;
    $discussion->last_posted_user_id = $admin->id;
    $discussion->last_post_id = $newPost->id;
    $discussion->last_post_number = 1;
    $discussion->is_private = true;
    $discussion->save();

I create the discussion without any errors using this code. However, even though I set is_private to true or 1 in the code, it doesn't get saved as private in the database.

I'm using the CommentPost class instead of the Post class because I couldn't find a way to set the post type in the Post class.

Thank you.

luceos

suleymankndlc you will need to add recipients, you can check the byobu source for the exact eloquent relations. I can give more details when I'm behind a PC if you need it.

suleymankndlc

Thank you, @luceos. I followed the path you provided and created a custom Recipient model for myself. Then, I saved the data as shown below. Finally, I also created the necessary data to send a notification to the recipient.

    // Add Recipients
$recipient = new Recipient();
$recipient->discussion_id = $discussion->id;
$recipient->user_id = $user->id;
$recipient->save();

$senderRecipient = new Recipient();
$senderRecipient->discussion_id = $discussion->id;
$senderRecipient->user_id = $admin->id;
$senderRecipient->save();

 // Send notification
$notification = new Notification();
$notification->user_id = $user->id;
$notification->from_user_id = $admin->id;
$notification->type = 'byobuPrivateDiscussionCreated';
$notification->subject_id = $discussion->id;
$notification->created_at = time();
$notification->save();

Recipient.php

use Flarum\Database\AbstractModel;

class Recipient extends AbstractModel
{
    protected $table = 'recipients';
}

luceos

suleymankndlc byobu already creates the recipients relations, you should really check it's source or wait for instructions.