I'm using Django Channels 2.1.2 with my Django 2 project and need some assistance in configuring the thread to only be saved if a user actually sends a message.
Right now, if a user clicks on chat, they go to the chat message page and the thread is created and saved in their inbox.
Even if they decide to not end up messaging, the empty chat is still visible in both users inboxes.
The thread needs to be saved only after either user has sent a message.
Would someone mind helping me with this as I'm not sure what to do? I assume this line somehow needs to be modified obj, created = Thread.objects.get_or_new(self.request.user, other_username)
views.py
class InboxView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
template_name = 'chat/inbox.html'
context_object_name = 'threads'
def get_queryset(self):
return Thread.objects.by_user(self.request.user).order_by('-timestamp')
# by_user(self.request.user)
class ThreadView(LoginRequiredMixin, FormMixin, DetailView):
template_name = 'chat/thread.html'
form_class = ComposeForm
success_url = '#'
def get_queryset(self):
return Thread.objects.by_user(self.request.user)
def get_object(self):
other_username = self.kwargs.get("username")
obj, created = Thread.objects.get_or_new(self.request.user, other_username)
if obj == None:
raise Http404
return obj
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['form'] = self.get_form()
return context
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
if not request.user.is_authenticated:
return HttpResponseForbidden()
self.object = self.get_object()
form = self.get_form()
if form.is_valid():
return self.form_valid(form)
else:
return self.form_invalid(form)
def form_valid(self, form):
thread = self.get_object()
user = self.request.user
message = form.cleaned_data.get("message")
ChatMessage.objects.create(user=user, thread=thread, message=message)
return super().form_valid(form)
They are multiple ways of doing this: