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bryanpollack
Ace
11 years ago

Check if a message is moved

Are there any ways to tell if a message has been moved (i.e. check if a message is a placeholder message)? I'd like to display "Moved:" in my custom component like in the default message-list, but I ...
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samudhraa
Expert
11 years ago

Hi ,

 

I had a similar requirement awhile back . Unfortunately after asking around and searching , I found there isn't a way to find out if a post has been moved. 

 

Thanks,

Sam

 

 

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NicoB
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
11 years ago
Hi,
the only approach I can think about is:
Given you know the message ID you can do:
/search/messages?q=ID:[MESSAGE ID HERE]&showMoved=true
If this query returns something it means the message has been moved, otherwise it isn't.
Not very elegant, I know, but I don't know any other way to achieve this.
  • Claudius's avatar
    Claudius
    Boss
    11 years ago

    I compared the response of API calls to a placeholder message and the moved message at the new location. There indeed seems to be no metadata exposed that allows to tell whether a message is a placeholder. But two in combination seem to set placeholder messages apart: Their body is empty and they are set to read-only:

    <body type="string"/>
....
<read_only type="boolean">true</read_only>

    If you disallow messages with empty bodies maybe this is already reliable enough.