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+/*
+ Spacebar: A FOSS re-implementation and extension of the Discord.com backend.
+ Copyright (C) 2025 Spacebar and Spacebar Contributors
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
+import { Channel, Config, DmMessagesResponseSchema, Message, User } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
+const router = Router();
+
+router.get(
+ "/",
+ route({
+ responses: {
+ 200: {
+ body: "DmMessagesResponseSchema",
+ },
+ 400: {
+ body: "APIErrorResponse",
+ },
+ },
+ }),
+ async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+ const user = await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: req.params.id } });
+ const channel = await user.getDmChannelWith(req.user_id);
+
+ const messages = (
+ await Message.find({
+ where: { channel_id: channel?.id },
+ order: { timestamp: "DESC" },
+ take: Math.clamp(req.query.limit ? Number(req.query.limit) : 50, 1, Config.get().limits.message.maxPreloadCount),
+ })
+ ).filter((x) => x !== null) as Message[];
+
+ const filteredMessages = messages.map((message) => message.toPartialMessage()) as DmMessagesResponseSchema;
+
+ return res.status(200).send(filteredMessages);
+ },
+);
+
+export default router;
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