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Retrieve Conversations

CometChat Allows you to fetch the list of conversations the logged-in user is a part of. This list of conversations consists of both user and group conversations.

Retrieve List of Conversations​

In other words, as a logged-in user, how do I retrieve the latest conversations that I've been a part of?

In order to fetch the list of conversations, you can use the ConversationsRequest class. To use this class i.e to create an object of the ConversationsRequest class, you need to use the ConversationsRequestBuilder class. The ConversationsRequestBuilder class allows you to set the parameters based on which the conversations are to be fetched.

The ConversationsRequestBuilder class allows you to set the below parameters:

  1. setLimit(int limit) - This method sets the limit i.e. the number of conversations that should be fetched in a single iteration.
var conversationRequest = ConversationRequest.ConversationRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.build();
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A Maximum of only 50 Conversations can be fetched at once. If you want to fetch more conversation, you can use the fetchNext() on the same conversationsRequest Object

  1. setConversationType(String conversationType) - This method can be used to fetch user or group conversations specifically.
    The conversationType variable can hold one of the below two values:
    a. CometChat.conversationType.user(user) - Only fetches user conversation.
    b. CometChat.conversationType.group(group)- Only fetches group conversations
    If none is set, the list of conversations will include both user and group conversations.
var conversationRequest = ConversationRequest.ConversationRequestBuilder()
.setLimit(50)
.setConversationType(conversationType: .user)
.build();

Finally, once all the parameters are set to the builder class, you need to call the build() method to get the object of the ConversationsRequest class.

Once you have the object of the ConversationsRequest class, you need to call the fetchNext() method. Calling this method will return a list of Conversation objects containing X number of users depending on the limit set.

let convRequest = ConversationRequest.ConversationRequestBuilder(limit: 20).setConversationType(conversationType: .user).build()

convRequest.fetchNext(onSuccess: { (conversationList) in
            
  print("success of convRequest \(conversationList)")            
}) { (exception) in
            
  print("here exception \(String(describing: exception?.errorDescription))")
}

The Conversationobject consists of the below fields:

FieldInformation
conversationIdid of the conversation
conversationTypetype of conversation (user/group)
lastMessagelast message the conversation.
conversationWithUser or Group object containing the details of the user or group.
unreadMessageCountunread message count for the conversation.

Retrieve Single Conversation​

In other words, as a logged-in user, how do I retrieve a specific conversation?

In order to fetch a specific conversation, you can use the getConversation method. The getConversation method accepts two parameters.

  1. conversationWith: UID/GUID of the user/group whose conversation you want to fetch.
  2. conversationType: The conversationType variable can hold one of the below two values:
  • user - Only fetches user conversation.
  • group - Only fetches group conversations.
CometChat.getConversation(conversationWith: "conversationWith", conversationType: .user, onSuccess: { (conversation) in
	print("success \(String(describing: conversation?.stringValue()))")
}) { (error) in
  print("error \(String(describing: error?.errorDescription))")
}

Get Conversation From Message​

For real-time events, you will always receive Message objects and not conversation objects. Thus, you will need a mechanism to convert the Message object to Conversation object. You can use the getConversationFromMessage(BaseMessage message) of the CometChatHelper class.

let myConversation = CometChat.getConversationFromMessage(message)
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While converting a Message object to Conversation object, the unreadMessagecount will not be available in the Conversation object. As this is for the real-time events, the unread message count needs to be managed in your client-side code.