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authorAlexey Rusakov <Kitsune-Ral@users.sf.net>2022-05-31 18:24:53 +0200
committerAlexey Rusakov <Kitsune-Ral@users.sf.net>2022-05-31 18:25:37 +0200
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diff --git a/lib/csapi/message_pagination.h b/lib/csapi/message_pagination.h
index 8c18f104..9831ae2d 100644
--- a/lib/csapi/message_pagination.h
+++ b/lib/csapi/message_pagination.h
@@ -25,20 +25,30 @@ public:
* \param roomId
* The room to get events from.
*
+ * \param dir
+ * The direction to return events from. If this is set to `f`, events
+ * will be returned in chronological order starting at `from`. If it
+ * is set to `b`, events will be returned in *reverse* chronological
+ * order, again starting at `from`.
+ *
* \param from
* The token to start returning events from. This token can be obtained
- * from a `prev_batch` token returned for each room by the sync API,
- * or from a `start` or `end` token returned by a previous request
- * to this endpoint.
+ * from a `prev_batch` or `next_batch` token returned by the `/sync`
+ * endpoint, or from an `end` token returned by a previous request to this
+ * endpoint.
*
- * \param dir
- * The direction to return events from.
+ * This endpoint can also accept a value returned as a `start` token
+ * by a previous request to this endpoint, though servers are not
+ * required to support this. Clients should not rely on the behaviour.
+ *
+ * If it is not provided, the homeserver shall return a list of messages
+ * from the first or last (per the value of the `dir` parameter) visible
+ * event in the room history for the requesting user.
*
* \param to
* The token to stop returning events at. This token can be obtained from
- * a `prev_batch` token returned for each room by the sync endpoint,
- * or from a `start` or `end` token returned by a previous request to
- * this endpoint.
+ * a `prev_batch` or `next_batch` token returned by the `/sync` endpoint,
+ * or from an `end` token returned by a previous request to this endpoint.
*
* \param limit
* The maximum number of events to return. Default: 10.
@@ -46,8 +56,8 @@ public:
* \param filter
* A JSON RoomEventFilter to filter returned events with.
*/
- explicit GetRoomEventsJob(const QString& roomId, const QString& from,
- const QString& dir, const QString& to = {},
+ explicit GetRoomEventsJob(const QString& roomId, const QString& dir,
+ const QString& from = {}, const QString& to = {},
Omittable<int> limit = none,
const QString& filter = {});
@@ -57,25 +67,34 @@ public:
* is necessary but the job itself isn't.
*/
static QUrl makeRequestUrl(QUrl baseUrl, const QString& roomId,
- const QString& from, const QString& dir,
+ const QString& dir, const QString& from = {},
const QString& to = {},
Omittable<int> limit = none,
const QString& filter = {});
// Result properties
- /// The token the pagination starts from. If `dir=b` this will be
- /// the token supplied in `from`.
+ /// A token corresponding to the start of `chunk`. This will be the same as
+ /// the value given in `from`.
QString begin() const { return loadFromJson<QString>("start"_ls); }
- /// The token the pagination ends at. If `dir=b` this token should
- /// be used again to request even earlier events.
+ /// A token corresponding to the end of `chunk`. This token can be passed
+ /// back to this endpoint to request further events.
+ ///
+ /// If no further events are available (either because we have
+ /// reached the start of the timeline, or because the user does
+ /// not have permission to see any more events), this property
+ /// is omitted from the response.
QString end() const { return loadFromJson<QString>("end"_ls); }
/// A list of room events. The order depends on the `dir` parameter.
/// For `dir=b` events will be in reverse-chronological order,
- /// for `dir=f` in chronological order, so that events start
- /// at the `from` point.
+ /// for `dir=f` in chronological order. (The exact definition of
+ /// `chronological` is dependent on the server implementation.)
+ ///
+ /// Note that an empty `chunk` does not *necessarily* imply that no more
+ /// events are available. Clients should continue to paginate until no `end`
+ /// property is returned.
RoomEvents chunk() { return takeFromJson<RoomEvents>("chunk"_ls); }
/// A list of state events relevant to showing the `chunk`. For example, if
@@ -86,7 +105,7 @@ public:
/// may remove membership events which would have already been
/// sent to the client in prior calls to this endpoint, assuming
/// the membership of those members has not changed.
- StateEvents state() { return takeFromJson<StateEvents>("state"_ls); }
+ RoomEvents state() { return takeFromJson<RoomEvents>("state"_ls); }
};
} // namespace Quotient