/**
 * Defines a message of the site-wide chat, as the server sends it to the
 * chatbox.
 *
 * @module
 */

/**
 * Returned by `GET /api/chat`, and sent by the server in `chat_message` and
 * `chat_message_updated`. The client reads it through
 * `deserializeChatMessage`, which turns its dates back into Dates.
 */
export interface ChatMessage {
  id: string;
  userId: string;
  /** In Markdown, trimmed by the server. */
  body: string;
  createdAt: Date;
  /** Absent until the first edit. */
  updatedAt?: Date;
  authorUsername: string;
  authorAvatarMime?: string;
  /**
   * Kept when the message it points to is deleted, while `replyToAuthor` and
   * `replyToBody` then go absent.
   */
  replyToId?: string;
  replyToAuthor?: string;
  /** The first 300 characters of the replied-to body, in Markdown. */
  replyToBody?: string;
}