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+import { Router, Response, Request } from "express";
+import { Channel, Config, emitEvent, getPermission, getRights, MessageDeleteBulkEvent, Message } from "@fosscord/util";
+import { HTTPError } from "@fosscord/util";
+import { route } from "@fosscord/api";
+import { In } from "typeorm";
+
+const router: Router = Router();
+
+export default router;
+
+// should users be able to bulk delete messages or only bots? ANSWER: all users
+// should this request fail, if you provide messages older than 14 days/invalid ids? ANSWER: NO
+// https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/channel#bulk-delete-messages
+router.post("/", route({ body: "BulkDeleteSchema" }), async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+ const { channel_id } = req.params;
+ const channel = await Channel.findOneOrFail({where:{ id: channel_id} });
+ if (!channel.guild_id) throw new HTTPError("Can't bulk delete dm channel messages", 400);
+
+ const rights = await getRights(req.user_id);
+ rights.hasThrow("SELF_DELETE_MESSAGES");
+
+ let superuser = rights.has("MANAGE_MESSAGES");
+ const permission = await getPermission(req.user_id, channel?.guild_id, channel_id);
+
+ const { maxBulkDelete } = Config.get().limits.message;
+
+ const { messages } = req.body as { messages: string[] };
+ if (messages.length === 0) throw new HTTPError("You must specify messages to bulk delete");
+ if (!superuser) {
+ permission.hasThrow("MANAGE_MESSAGES");
+ if (messages.length > maxBulkDelete) throw new HTTPError(`You cannot delete more than ${maxBulkDelete} messages`);
+ }
+
+ await Message.delete({ id: In(messages) });
+
+ await emitEvent({
+ event: "MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK",
+ channel_id,
+ data: { ids: messages, channel_id, guild_id: channel.guild_id }
+ } as MessageDeleteBulkEvent);
+
+ res.sendStatus(204);
+});
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