Create Direct Message Chatroom

LikeMinds React Native Chat SDK offers a convenient feature to create Direct Message Chatrooms, allowing you to communicate privately with specific individuals.

Steps to check Direct Messages limit

1. Check Direct Message Chatroom already exist or not and member have not crossed its limit to send Direct Message request, use the method checkDMLimit()
2. Pass in the required parameter uuid.
3. Process the response as per your requirement.

const payload: any = {
  uuid: 23233, // Enter the member's uuid to initiate a private message.
};
const response = await lmChatClient?.checkDMLimit(payload);

if (response.success) {
  // your function to process the response data
  processResponse(response);
} else {
  // your function to process error message
  processError(response);
}

Check DM Limit Payload

List of parameters for the checkDMLimit() function.

Variable	Type	Description	Optional
uuid	number or string	Member Uuid

Check DM Limit Response

List of parameters in the response.

Variable	Type	Description
success	boolean	API success status
error_message	string	Error message in case of failure
chatroom_id	number	Chatroom ID

Steps to create direct message chatroom

1. If Direct Message Chatroom does not exist and limit is not exceeded, use the method createDMChatroom()
2. Pass in the required parameter uuid.
3. Process the response as per your requirement.

const payload: any = {
  uuid: 23233, // Enter the member's uuid to initiate a private message.
};
const response = await lmChatClient?.checkDMLimit(payload);

if (response.success) {
  // your function to process the response data
  let res = response?.data;
  if (!!res?.chatroom_id) {
    //DM already created
    processResponse(response); // Open the respective chatroom
  } else {
    if (res?.is_request_dm_limit_exceeded === false) {
      const payloadCreateDM: any = {
        uuid: 23233, // Enter the member's uuid to initiate a private message.
      };
      const responseCreateDM = await lmChatClient?.createDMChatroom(
        payloadCreateDM
      );

      if (responseCreateDM.success) {
        // your function to process the response data
        processResponse(responseCreateDM);
      } else {
        // your function to process error message
        processError(responseCreateDM);
      }
    } else {
      Alert.alert("Request limit exceeded"); ////Show disclaimer popup on limit exceed.
    }
  }
} else {
  // your function to process error message
  processError(response);
}

Create DM Chatroom Payload

List of parameters for the createDMChatroom() function.

Variable	Type	Description	Optional
uuid	number or string	Member Uuid

Create DM Chatroom Response

List of parameters in the response.

Variable	Type	Description
success	boolean	API success status
error_message	string	Error message in case of failure
chatroom	object	Chatroom Details