Add support to disable chat join messages. Closes #1582 (#1743)

controllers/admin/config.go

@@ -664,6 +664,26 @@ func SetSuggestedUsernameList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, true, "suggested username list updated")
 }
 
+// SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled will enable or disable the chat join messages.
+func SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if !requirePOST(w, r) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	configValue, success := getValueFromRequest(w, r)
+	if !success {
+		controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, false, "unable to update chat join messages enabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := data.SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled(configValue.Value.(bool)); err != nil {
+		controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, false, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, true, "chat join message status updated")
+}
+
 func requirePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	if r.Method != controllers.POST {
 		controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, false, r.Method+" not supported")

controllers/admin/serverConfig.go

@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ func GetServerConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			NSFW:             data.GetNSFW(),
 			CustomStyles:     data.GetCustomStyles(),
 		},
-		FFmpegPath:     ffmpeg,
-		StreamKey:      data.GetStreamKey(),
-		WebServerPort:  config.WebServerPort,
-		WebServerIP:    config.WebServerIP,
-		RTMPServerPort: data.GetRTMPPortNumber(),
-		ChatDisabled:   data.GetChatDisabled(),
+		FFmpegPath:              ffmpeg,
+		StreamKey:               data.GetStreamKey(),
+		WebServerPort:           config.WebServerPort,
+		WebServerIP:             config.WebServerIP,
+		RTMPServerPort:          data.GetRTMPPortNumber(),
+		ChatDisabled:            data.GetChatDisabled(),
+		ChatJoinMessagesEnabled: data.GetChatJoinMessagesEnabled(),
 		VideoSettings: videoSettings{
 			VideoQualityVariants: videoQualityVariants,
 			LatencyLevel:         data.GetStreamLatencyLevel().Level,
@@ -85,22 +86,23 @@ func GetServerConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 type serverConfigAdminResponse struct {
-	InstanceDetails    webConfigResponse        `json:"instanceDetails"`
-	FFmpegPath         string                   `json:"ffmpegPath"`
-	StreamKey          string                   `json:"streamKey"`
-	WebServerPort      int                      `json:"webServerPort"`
-	WebServerIP        string                   `json:"webServerIP"`
-	RTMPServerPort     int                      `json:"rtmpServerPort"`
-	S3                 models.S3                `json:"s3"`
-	VideoSettings      videoSettings            `json:"videoSettings"`
-	YP                 yp                       `json:"yp"`
-	ChatDisabled       bool                     `json:"chatDisabled"`
-	ExternalActions    []models.ExternalAction  `json:"externalActions"`
-	SupportedCodecs    []string                 `json:"supportedCodecs"`
-	VideoCodec         string                   `json:"videoCodec"`
-	ForbiddenUsernames []string                 `json:"forbiddenUsernames"`
-	Federation         federationConfigResponse `json:"federation"`
-	SuggestedUsernames []string                 `json:"suggestedUsernames"`
+	InstanceDetails         webConfigResponse        `json:"instanceDetails"`
+	FFmpegPath              string                   `json:"ffmpegPath"`
+	StreamKey               string                   `json:"streamKey"`
+	WebServerPort           int                      `json:"webServerPort"`
+	WebServerIP             string                   `json:"webServerIP"`
+	RTMPServerPort          int                      `json:"rtmpServerPort"`
+	S3                      models.S3                `json:"s3"`
+	VideoSettings           videoSettings            `json:"videoSettings"`
+	YP                      yp                       `json:"yp"`
+	ChatDisabled            bool                     `json:"chatDisabled"`
+	ChatJoinMessagesEnabled bool                     `json:"chatJoinMessagesEnabled"`
+	ExternalActions         []models.ExternalAction  `json:"externalActions"`
+	SupportedCodecs         []string                 `json:"supportedCodecs"`
+	VideoCodec              string                   `json:"videoCodec"`
+	ForbiddenUsernames      []string                 `json:"forbiddenUsernames"`
+	Federation              federationConfigResponse `json:"federation"`
+	SuggestedUsernames      []string                 `json:"suggestedUsernames"`
 }
 
 type videoSettings struct {

core/chat/server.go

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (s *Server) Addclient(conn *websocket.Conn, user *user.User, accessToken st
 	}
 
 	// Do not send user re-joined broadcast message if they've been active within 5 minutes.
-	shouldSendJoinedMessages := true
+	shouldSendJoinedMessages := data.GetChatJoinMessagesEnabled()
 	if previouslyLastSeen, ok := _lastSeenCache[user.ID]; ok && time.Since(previouslyLastSeen) < time.Minute*5 {
 		shouldSendJoinedMessages = false
 	}

core/data/config.go

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const (
 	federationShowEngagementKey  = "federation_show_engagement"
 	federationBlockedDomainsKey  = "federation_blocked_domains"
 	suggestedUsernamesKey        = "suggested_usernames"
+	chatJoinMessagesEnabledKey   = "chat_join_messages_enabled"
 )
 
 // GetExtraPageBodyContent will return the user-supplied body content.
@@ -754,3 +755,18 @@ func GetBlockedFederatedDomains() []string {
 
 	return strings.Split(domains, ",")
 }
+
+// SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled will set if chat join messages are enabled.
+func SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled(enabled bool) error {
+	return _datastore.SetBool(chatJoinMessagesEnabledKey, enabled)
+}
+
+// GetChatJoinMessagesEnabled will return if chat join messages are enabled.
+func GetChatJoinMessagesEnabled() bool {
+	enabled, err := _datastore.GetBool(chatJoinMessagesEnabledKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return enabled
+}

router/router.go

@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ func Start() error {
 	// Disable chat
 	http.HandleFunc("/api/admin/config/chat/disable", middleware.RequireAdminAuth(admin.SetChatDisabled))
 
+	// Disable chat user join messages
+	http.HandleFunc("/api/admin/config/chat/joinmessagesenabled", middleware.RequireAdminAuth(admin.SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled))
+
 	// Set chat usernames that are not allowed
 	http.HandleFunc("/api/admin/config/chat/forbiddenusernames", middleware.RequireAdminAuth(admin.SetForbiddenUsernameList))