feat: add channel messages pagination indicators

src/channel.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ChannelState } from './channel_state';
-import { logChatPromiseExecution, normalizeQuerySort } from './utils';
+import { logChatPromiseExecution, messageSetPagination, normalizeQuerySort } from './utils';
 import { StreamChat } from './client';
 import {
   APIResponse,
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import {
   AscDesc,
 } from './types';
 import { Role } from './permissions';
+import { DEFAULT_QUERY_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE } from './constants';
 
 /**
  * Channel - The Channel class manages it's own state.
@@ -1002,7 +1003,7 @@ export class Channel<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultGene
    * @return {Promise<QueryChannelAPIResponse<StreamChatGenerics>>} Returns a query response
    */
   async query(
-    options: ChannelQueryOptions<StreamChatGenerics>,
+    options?: ChannelQueryOptions<StreamChatGenerics>,
     messageSetToAddToIfDoesNotExist: MessageSetType = 'current',
   ) {
     // Make sure we wait for the connect promise if there is a pending one
@@ -1046,6 +1047,16 @@ export class Channel<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultGene
 
     // add any messages to our channel state
     const { messageSet } = this._initializeState(state, messageSetToAddToIfDoesNotExist);
+    messageSet.pagination = {
+      ...messageSet.pagination,
+      ...messageSetPagination({
+        parentSet: messageSet,
+        messagePaginationOptions: options?.messages,
+        requestedPageSize: options?.messages?.limit ?? DEFAULT_QUERY_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE,
+        returnedPage: state.messages,
+        logger: this.getClient().logger,
+      }),
+    };
 
     const areCapabilitiesChanged =
       [...(state.channel.own_capabilities || [])].sort().join() !==

src/channel_state.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   ExtendableGenerics,
   FormatMessageResponse,
   MessageResponse,
+  MessageSet,
   MessageSetType,
   PendingMessageResponse,
   PollResponse,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   UserResponse,
 } from './types';
 import { addToMessageList } from './utils';
+import { DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SET_PAGINATION } from './constants';
 
 type ChannelReadStatus<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultGenerics> = Record<
   string,
@@ -56,11 +58,7 @@ export class ChannelState<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = Defaul
    * The state manages these lists and merges them when lists overlap
    * The messages array contains the currently active set
    */
-  messageSets: {
-    isCurrent: boolean;
-    isLatest: boolean;
-    messages: Array<ReturnType<ChannelState<StreamChatGenerics>['formatMessage']>>;
-  }[] = [];
+  messageSets: MessageSet[] = [];
   constructor(channel: Channel<StreamChatGenerics>) {
     this._channel = channel;
     this.watcher_count = 0;
@@ -108,6 +106,10 @@ export class ChannelState<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = Defaul
     this.messageSets[index].messages = messages;
   }
 
+  get messagePagination() {
+    return this.messageSets.find((s) => s.isCurrent)?.pagination || DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SET_PAGINATION;
+  }
+
   /**
    * addMessageSorted - Add a message to the state
    *
@@ -717,14 +719,15 @@ export class ChannelState<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = Defaul
   }
 
   initMessages() {
-    this.messageSets = [{ messages: [], isLatest: true, isCurrent: true }];
+    this.messageSets = [{ messages: [], isLatest: true, isCurrent: true, pagination: DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SET_PAGINATION }];
   }
 
   /**
    * loadMessageIntoState - Loads a given message (and messages around it) into the state
    *
    * @param {string} messageId The id of the message, or 'latest' to indicate switching to the latest messages
    * @param {string} parentMessageId The id of the parent message, if we want load a thread reply
+   * @param {number} limit The page size if the message has to be queried from the server
    */
   async loadMessageIntoState(messageId: string | 'latest', parentMessageId?: string, limit = 25) {
     let messageSetIndex: number;
@@ -820,7 +823,12 @@ export class ChannelState<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = Defaul
             targetMessageSetIndex = overlappingMessageSetIndices[0];
             // No new message set is created if newMessages only contains thread replies
           } else if (newMessages.some((m) => !m.parent_id)) {
-            this.messageSets.push({ messages: [], isCurrent: false, isLatest: false });
+            this.messageSets.push({
+              messages: [],
+              isCurrent: false,
+              isLatest: false,
+              pagination: DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SET_PAGINATION,
+            });
             targetMessageSetIndex = this.messageSets.length - 1;
           }
           break;
@@ -846,6 +854,14 @@ export class ChannelState<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = Defaul
         sources.forEach((messageSet) => {
           target.isLatest = target.isLatest || messageSet.isLatest;
           target.isCurrent = target.isCurrent || messageSet.isCurrent;
+          target.pagination.hasPrev =
+            messageSet.messages[0].created_at < target.messages[0].created_at
+              ? messageSet.pagination.hasPrev
+              : target.pagination.hasPrev;
+          target.pagination.hasNext =
+            target.messages.slice(-1)[0].created_at < messageSet.messages.slice(-1)[0].created_at
+              ? messageSet.pagination.hasNext
+              : target.pagination.hasNext;
           messagesToAdd = [...messagesToAdd, ...messageSet.messages];
         });
         sources.forEach((s) => this.messageSets.splice(this.messageSets.indexOf(s), 1));

src/client.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   isFunction,
   isOnline,
   isOwnUserBaseProperty,
+  messageSetPagination,
   normalizeQuerySort,
   randomId,
   retryInterval,
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ import {
 import { InsightMetrics, postInsights } from './insights';
 import { Thread } from './thread';
 import { Moderation } from './moderation';
+import { DEFAULT_QUERY_CHANNELS_MESSAGE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE } from './constants';
 
 function isString(x: unknown): x is string {
   return typeof x === 'string' || x instanceof String;
@@ -1601,7 +1603,7 @@ export class StreamChat<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultG
       },
     });
 
-    return this.hydrateActiveChannels(data.channels, stateOptions);
+    return this.hydrateActiveChannels(data.channels, stateOptions, options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1638,26 +1640,38 @@ export class StreamChat<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultG
   hydrateActiveChannels(
     channelsFromApi: ChannelAPIResponse<StreamChatGenerics>[] = [],
     stateOptions: ChannelStateOptions = {},
+    queryChannelsOptions?: ChannelOptions,
   ) {
     const { skipInitialization, offlineMode = false } = stateOptions;
-
-    for (const channelState of channelsFromApi) {
-      this._addChannelConfig(channelState.channel);
-    }
-
     const channels: Channel<StreamChatGenerics>[] = [];
 
     for (const channelState of channelsFromApi) {
+      this._addChannelConfig(channelState.channel);
       const c = this.channel(channelState.channel.type, channelState.channel.id);
       c.data = channelState.channel;
       c.offlineMode = offlineMode;
       c.initialized = !offlineMode;
 
+      let updatedMessagesSet;
       if (skipInitialization === undefined) {
-        c._initializeState(channelState, 'latest');
+        const { messageSet } = c._initializeState(channelState, 'latest');
+        updatedMessagesSet = messageSet;
       } else if (!skipInitialization.includes(channelState.channel.id)) {
         c.state.clearMessages();
-        c._initializeState(channelState, 'latest');
+        const { messageSet } = c._initializeState(channelState, 'latest');
+        updatedMessagesSet = messageSet;
+      }
+
+      if (updatedMessagesSet) {
+        updatedMessagesSet.pagination = {
+          ...updatedMessagesSet.pagination,
+          ...messageSetPagination({
+            parentSet: updatedMessagesSet,
+            requestedPageSize: queryChannelsOptions?.message_limit || DEFAULT_QUERY_CHANNELS_MESSAGE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE,
+            returnedPage: channelState.messages,
+            logger: this.logger,
+          }),
+        };
       }
 
       channels.push(c);

src/constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const DEFAULT_QUERY_CHANNELS_MESSAGE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE = 25;
+export const DEFAULT_QUERY_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE = 100;
+
+export const DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SET_PAGINATION = { hasNext: true, hasPrev: true };

src/types.ts

@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ export type PaginationOptions = {
   id_lt?: string;
   id_lte?: string;
   limit?: number;
-  offset?: number;
+  offset?: number; // should be avoided with channel.query()
 };
 
 export type MessagePaginationOptions = PaginationOptions & {
@@ -2900,6 +2900,12 @@ export type ImportTask = {
 };
 
 export type MessageSetType = 'latest' | 'current' | 'new';
+export type MessageSet<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultGenerics> = {
+  isCurrent: boolean;
+  isLatest: boolean;
+  messages: FormatMessageResponse<StreamChatGenerics>[];
+  pagination: { hasNext: boolean; hasPrev: boolean };
+};
 
 export type PushProviderUpsertResponse = {
   push_provider: PushProvider;