module.exports = Self => { Self.remoteMethodCtx('send', { description: 'Creates a direct message in the chat model for a user or a channel', accessType: 'WRITE', accepts: [{ arg: 'to', type: 'string', required: true, description: 'User (@) or channel (#) to send the message' }, { arg: 'message', type: 'string', required: true, description: 'The message' }], returns: { type: 'object', root: true }, http: { path: `/send`, verb: 'POST' } }); Self.send = async(ctx, to, message) => { const models = Self.app.models; const accessToken = ctx.req.accessToken; const sender = await models.VnUser.findById(accessToken.userId); const recipient = to.replace('@', ''); if (sender.name != recipient) { const chat = await models.Chat.create({ senderFk: sender.id, recipient: to, dated: Date.vnNew(), checkUserStatus: 0, message: message, status: 'sending', attempts: 0 }); try { await Self.sendMessage(chat.senderFk, chat.recipient, chat.message); await Self.updateChat(chat, 'sent'); } catch (error) { await Self.updateChat(chat, 'error', error); } return true; } return false; }; };