moodle/message/externallib.php

<?php

// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
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/**
 * External message API
 *
 * @package    moodlecore
 * @subpackage message
 * @copyright  2011 Moodle Pty Ltd (http://moodle.com)
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
require_once("$CFG->libdir/externallib.php");

class moodle_message_external extends external_api {

    /**
     * Returns description of method parameters
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function send_messages_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array(
                'messages' => new external_multiple_structure(
                    new external_single_structure(
                        array(
                            'touserid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of the user to send the private message'),
                            'text' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'the text of the message - not that you can send anything it will be automatically cleaned to PARAM_TEXT and used againt MOODLE_FORMAT'),
                            'clientmsgid' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'your own client id for the message. If this id is provided, the fail message id will be returned to you', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                        )
                    )
                )
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Send private messages from the current USER to other users
     *
     * @param $messages  An array of message to send.
     * @return boolean
     */
    public static function send_messages($messages = array()) {
        global $CFG, $USER, $DB;
        require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/message/lib.php");

        //check if messaging is enabled
        if (!$CFG->messaging) {
            throw new moodle_exception('disabled', 'message');
        }

        // Ensure the current user is allowed to run this function
        $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM);
        self::validate_context($context);
        require_capability('moodle/site:sendmessage', $context);

        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::send_messages_parameters(), array('messages' => $messages));

        //retrieve all tousers of the messages
        $touserids = array();
        foreach($params['messages'] as $message) {
            $touserids[] = $message['touserid'];
        }
        list($sqluserids, $sqlparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($touserids, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED, 'userid_');
        $tousers = $DB->get_records_select("user", "id " . $sqluserids . " AND deleted = 0", $sqlparams);

        //retrieve the tousers who are blocking the $USER
        $sqlparams['contactid'] = $USER->id;
        $sqlparams['blocked'] = 1;
        //Note: return userid field should be unique for the below request,
        //so we'll use this field as key of $blockingcontacts
        $blockingcontacts = $DB->get_records_select("message_contacts",
                "userid " . $sqluserids . " AND contactid = :contactid AND blocked = :blocked",
                $sqlparams, '', "userid");

        $canreadallmessages = has_capability('moodle/site:readallmessages', $context);

        $resultmessages = array();
        foreach ($params['messages'] as $message) {
            $text = clean_param($message['text'], PARAM_TEXT);
            $resultmsg = array(); //the infos about the success of the operation

            //we are going to do some checking
            //code should match /messages/index.php checks
            $success = true;

            //check the user exists
            if (empty($tousers[$message['touserid']])) {
                $success = false;
                $errormessage = get_string('touserdoesntexist', 'message', $message['touserid']);
            }

            //check that the touser is not blocking the current user
            if ($success and isset($blockingcontacts[$message['touserid']]) and !$canreadallmessages) {
                $success = false;
                $errormessage = get_string('userisblockingyou', 'message');
            }

            // Check if the user is a contact
            //TODO: performance improvement - edit the function so we can pass an array instead userid
            if ($success && empty($contact) && get_user_preferences('message_blocknoncontacts', NULL, $message['touserid']) == null) {
                // The user isn't a contact and they have selected to block non contacts so this message won't be sent.
                $success = false;
                $errormessage = get_string('userisblockingyounoncontact', 'message');
            }

            //now we can send the message (at least try)
            if ($success) {
                //TODO: performance improvement - edit the function so we can pass an array instead one touser object
                $success = message_post_message($USER, $tousers[$message['touserid']], $text, FORMAT_MOODLE);
            }

            //build the resultmsg
            if (isset($message['clientmsgid'])) {
                $resultmsg['clientmsgid'] = $message['clientmsgid'];
            }
            if ($success) {
                $resultmsg['msgid'] = $success;
            } else {
                $resultmsg['msgid'] = -1;
                $resultmsg['errormessage'] = $errormessage;
            }

            $resultmessages[] = $resultmsg;
        }

        return $resultmessages;
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method result value
     * @return external_description
     */
    public static function send_messages_returns() {
        return new external_multiple_structure(
            new external_single_structure(
                array(
                    'clientmsgid' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'your own id for the message', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'msgid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'test this to know if it succeeds:  id of the created message if it succeeded, -1 when failed'),
                    'errormessage' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'error message - if it failed', VALUE_OPTIONAL)
                )
            )
        );
    }

}