The Message object is the standard class for handling message data in react-chat-ui.
- id: The
idof a message is a number used to identify which user created the message. It's used for grouping messages together and determining the bubble colour. (This may be renamed in the future) - message: This is the actual text that will be displayed in the bubble
- senderName (optional): the sender name is an optional parameter that associates a name to a message (can be thought of as a string representation of an
id, although your id's will be unique, users may have the same name) - avatar: React node that displays the avatar of the user, typically an image or svg
- timestamp: Post date of the message
- type: Type of message default to text but can be any of 'text','image' or 'file'
- isRead: Determines of your message is read by other person or not defaults to false
- metaData: Object that holds the attributes 'thumbnail' - url of image to display as thumbnail , 'name' - name of file , 'fileType' which are used to further specify the data for any other type other than text on 'type' field
- styles: Apply individual styles to bubbles overiding the norm , needs to contain the an attribute 'bubbleStyles' containing react style object
const myMessage = new Message(1,
'Hello World!',
'Elon Musk',
<img src='./myimage.png'/>,new Date(),
'text',
true,
{},
{bubbleStyles:{backgroundColor:'green'}});
const anotherMessage = new Message(0, 'Hey Elon!');