1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/messages.ts b/src/utils/messages.ts
index d63f2b7a..dd29f317 100644
--- a/src/utils/messages.ts
+++ b/src/utils/messages.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-community/async-storage';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import {loadChatTokenService} from '../services/ChatService';
 import {RootState} from '../store/rootReducer';
 import {ChannelGroupedType} from '../types';
+import {StreamChat} from 'stream-chat';
 
 /**
  * Finds the difference in time in minutes
@@ -81,3 +84,59 @@ export const getMember = (
     : [];
   return otherMembers.length === 1 ? otherMembers[0] : undefined;
 };
+
+export const connectChatAccount = async (
+  loggedInUserId: string,
+  chatClient: StreamChat,
+) => {
+  try {
+    await getChatToken();
+    const chatToken = await AsyncStorage.getItem('chatToken');
+    if (!chatClient.user && chatToken) {
+      await chatClient.connectUser(
+        {
+          id: loggedInUserId,
+        },
+        chatToken,
+      );
+      return true;
+    } else if (chatClient.user) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      console.log('Unable to connect to stream. Empty chat token');
+      return false;
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('Error while connecting user to Stream: ', err);
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+export const getChatToken = async () => {
+  try {
+    const currentChatToken = await AsyncStorage.getItem('chatToken');
+    if (currentChatToken === null) {
+      const chatToken = await loadChatTokenService();
+      await AsyncStorage.setItem('chatToken', chatToken);
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err);
+  }
+};
+
+export const createChannel = async (
+  loggedInUser: string,
+  id: string,
+  chatClient: any,
+) => {
+  try {
+    const channel = chatClient.channel('messaging', {
+      members: [loggedInUser, id],
+    });
+    await channel.watch();
+    return channel;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+};