Added feature to view all messages recieved

backend/controllers/message.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { Conversation } from "../models/communication.model.js";
 export const sendMsg = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const { message } = req.body;
-    const senderId = req.params.id;
-    const recieverId = req.user._id;
+    const recieverId = req.params.id;
+    const senderId = req.user._id;
     const msg = new Message({
       senderId,
       recieverId,
@@ -43,3 +43,21 @@ export const sendMsg = async (req, res) => {
     res.status(500).json({ error: "error while sending message" });
   }
 };
+
+export const getMsg = async (req, res) => {
+  let mess = [];
+  const otherId = req.params.id;
+  const thisId = req.user._id;
+  const conv = await Conversation.findOne({
+    participants: { $all: [otherId, thisId] },
+  }).populate("messages");
+  if (!conv) {
+    res.send("No messages found");
+  } else {
+    res.send(
+      conv.messages.map((data) => {
+        return data.message;
+      })
+    );
+  }
+};

backend/controllers/users.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { User } from "../models/user.auth.js";
+
+export const getUsers = async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const thisId = req.user._id;
+    const allUsers = await User.find({ _id: { $ne: thisId } }).select(
+      "-password"
+    );
+    res.send(allUsers);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log("error in obtaining users for sidebar", error.message);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: "Internal server error" });
+  }
+};

backend/index.js

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
-dotenv.config();
 import express from "express";
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser";
 
 import authrouter from "./routes/user.auth.js";
 import msgRouter from "./routes/message.route.js";
+import usersRouter from "./routes/users.js";
 import { authConn } from "./db/user.auth.js";
 
+dotenv.config();
+
 const app = express();
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000;
 
@@ -15,9 +17,9 @@ app.use(cookieParser());
 
 app.use("/api/auth", authrouter);
 app.use("/api/message", msgRouter);
+app.use("/api/users", usersRouter);
 
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
   authConn();
   console.log(`Listening to ${PORT}`);
-  app.use("/api/auth", authrouter);
 });

backend/routes/message.route.js

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import express from "express";
-import { sendMsg } from "../controllers/message.js";
+import { sendMsg, getMsg } from "../controllers/message.js";
 import protectRoute from "../middleware/protectRoute.js";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
 router.post("/send/:id", protectRoute, sendMsg);
 
+router.get("/:id", protectRoute, getMsg);
+
 export default router;

backend/routes/users.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import express from "express";
+import { getUsers } from "../controllers/users.js";
+import protectRoute from "../middleware/protectRoute.js";
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get("/", protectRoute, getUsers);
+
+export default router;