Merge branch 'develop' into activation-meta

[akkoma] / docs / API / chats.md

diff --git a/docs/API/chats.md b/docs/API/chats.md
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--- a/docs/API/chats.md
+++ b/docs/API/chats.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This is the overview of using the API. The API is also documented via OpenAPI, s
 To create or get an existing Chat for a certain recipient (identified by Account ID)
 you can call:
 
-`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/by-account-id/{account_id}`
+`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/by-account-id/:account_id`
 
 The account id is the normal FlakeId of the user
 ```
@@ -75,10 +75,15 @@ Returned data:
 
 ### Marking a chat as read
 
-To set the `unread` count of a chat to 0, call
+To mark a number of messages in a chat up to a certain message as read, you can use
 
 `POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/:id/read`
 
+
+Parameters:
+- last_read_id: Given this id, all chat messages until this one will be marked as read. Required.
+
+
 Returned data:
 
 ```json
@@ -94,6 +99,15 @@ Returned data:
 }
 ```
 
+### Marking a single chat message as read
+
+To set the `unread` property of a message to `false`
+
+`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/:id/messages/:message_id/read`
+
+Returned data:
+
+The modified chat message
 
 ### Getting a list of Chats
 
@@ -121,13 +135,13 @@ Returned data:
 ```
 
 The recipient of messages that are sent to this chat is given by their AP ID.
-The usual pagination options are implemented.
+No pagination is implemented for now.
 
 ### Getting the messages for a Chat
 
 For a given Chat id, you can get the associated messages with
 
-`GET /api/v1/pleroma/chats/{id}/messages`
+`GET /api/v1/pleroma/chats/:id/messages`
 
 This will return all messages, sorted by most recent to least recent. The usual
 pagination options are implemented.
@@ -149,7 +163,8 @@ Returned data:
         "visible_in_picker": false
       }
     ],
-    "id": "13"
+    "id": "13",
+    "unread": true
   },
   {
     "account_id": "someflakeid",
@@ -157,7 +172,8 @@ Returned data:
     "content": "Whats' up?",
     "created_at": "2020-04-21T15:06:45.000Z",
     "emojis": [],
-    "id": "12"
+    "id": "12",
+    "unread": false
   }
 ]
 ```
@@ -166,7 +182,7 @@ Returned data:
 
 Posting a chat message for given Chat id works like this:
 
-`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/{id}/messages`
+`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/:id/messages`
 
 Parameters:
 - content: The text content of the message. Optional if media is attached.
@@ -190,7 +206,8 @@ Returned data:
       "visible_in_picker": false
     }
   ],
-  "id": "13"
+  "id": "13",
+  "unread": false
 }
 ```
 
@@ -198,13 +215,13 @@ Returned data:
 
 Deleting a chat message for given Chat id works like this:
 
-`DELETE /api/v1/pleroma/chats/{chat_id}/messages/{message_id}`
+`DELETE /api/v1/pleroma/chats/:chat_id/messages/:message_id`
 
 Returned data is the deleted message.
 
 ### Notifications
 
-There's a new `pleroma:chat_mention` notification, which has this form:
+There's a new `pleroma:chat_mention` notification, which has this form. It is not given out in the notifications endpoint by default, you need to explicitly request it with `include_types[]=pleroma:chat_mention`:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -215,8 +232,17 @@ There's a new `pleroma:chat_mention` notification, which has this form:
     "chat_id": "1",
     "id": "10",
     "content": "Hello",
-    "account_id": "someflakeid"
+    "account_id": "someflakeid",
+    "unread": false
   },
   "created_at": "somedate"
 }
 ```
+
+### Streaming
+
+There is an additional `user:pleroma_chat` stream. Incoming chat messages will make the current chat be sent to this `user` stream. The `event` of an incoming chat message is `pleroma:chat_update`. The payload is the updated chat with the incoming chat message in the `last_message` field.
+
+### Web Push
+
+If you want to receive push messages for this type, you'll need to add the `pleroma:chat_mention` type to your alerts in the push subscription.