## API
-In general, the way to send a `ChatMessage` is to first create a `Chat`, then post a message to that `Chat`. The actors in the API are generally given by their ActivityPub id to make it easier to support later `Group` scenarios.
+In general, the way to send a `ChatMessage` is to first create a `Chat`, then post a message to that `Chat`. `Group`s will later be supported by making them a sub-type of `Account`.
This is the overview of using the API. The API is also documented via OpenAPI, so you can view it and play with it by pointing SwaggerUI or a similar OpenAPI tool to `https://yourinstance.tld/api/openapi`.
### Creating or getting a chat.
-To create or get an existing Chat for a certain recipient (identified by AP ID)
+To create or get an existing Chat for a certain recipient (identified by Account ID)
you can call:
-`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/by-ap-id/{ap_id}`
+`POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/by-account-id/{account_id}`
-The ap_id of the recipients needs to be www-form encoded, so
+The account id is the normal FlakeId of the usre
```
-https://originalpatchou.li/user/lambda
-```
-
-would become
-
-```
-https%3A%2F%2Foriginalpatchou.li%2Fuser%2Flambda
-```
-
-The full call would then be
-
-```
-POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/by-ap-id/https%3A%2F%2Foriginalpatchou.li%2Fuser%2Flambda
+POST /api/v1/pleroma/chats/by-account-id/someflakeid
```
There will only ever be ONE Chat for you and a given recipient, so this call
```json
{
- "recipient" : "https://dontbulling.me/users/lain",
- "recipient_account": {
+ "account": {
"id": "someflakeid",
"username": "somenick",
...
```json
[
{
- "recipient" : "https://dontbulling.me/users/lain",
- "recipient_account": {
+ "account": {
"id": "someflakeid",
"username": "somenick",
...
```json
[
{
- "actor": "https://dontbulling.me/users/lain",
+ "account_id": "someflakeid",
"chat_id": "1",
"content": "Check this out :firefox:",
"created_at": "2020-04-21T15:11:46.000Z",
"id": "13"
},
{
- "actor": "https://dontbulling.me/users/lain",
+ "account_id": "someflakeid",
"chat_id": "1",
"content": "Whats' up?",
"created_at": "2020-04-21T15:06:45.000Z",
```json
{
- "actor": "https://dontbulling.me/users/lain",
+ "account_id": "someflakeid",
"chat_id": "1",
"content": "Check this out :firefox:",
"created_at": "2020-04-21T15:11:46.000Z",
"chat_id": "1",
"id": "10",
"content": "Hello",
- "actor": "https://dontbulling.me/users/lain"
+ "account_id": "someflakeid"
},
"created_at": "somedate"
}