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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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.
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.
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.
