Reply To: buddypress/v1/messages REST API

[dennis]

5. to add messages [POST] https://<yoursite>/?rest_route=/better-messages/v1/addmessagetothread&JWT=JWT

// register add message endpoint
add_action('rest_api_init', function () {
            register_rest_route( 'better-messages/v1', '/addmessagetothread',array(
                'methods'  => 'POST',
                'callback' => 'AddMessageToThread',
		'permission_callback' => '__return_true'
               ));
             });

// implementation
function AddMessageToThread($request) {

	$user = wp_get_current_user();

       // check if user is logged in >> return error
       if ( $user->exists() == false) {
         return new WP_Error( 'User is not logged in.', 'User is not logged in.', array('status' => 404) );
        }

	$sender_id  = $user->ID;
	

	$message_id = Better_Messages()->functions->new_message([
   		  'sender_id'    => $sender_id,
   		  'thread_id'    => $request['thread_id'],
    		  'content'      => $request['content'],
    		  'return'       => 'message_id',
		]);

      if ( is_wp_error( $message_id ) ) {
        $error = $message_id->get_error_message();
        return new WP_Error( 'Unable to post message to thread.' . $error, 'Unable to post message to thread.', array('status' => 404) );

	} else {
        $response = new WP_REST_Response($message_id);
        $response->set_status(200);
        return $response;
	}
}