Mailbox refresh is working completely now.

[citadel.git] / webcit-ng / static / js / view_mail.js

diff --git a/webcit-ng/static/js/view_mail.js b/webcit-ng/static/js/view_mail.js
index b53cb7adce68280281283dc2cd3717be175a2260..c104c429827217b848db5526b1fdb08b29dca454 100644 (file)
--- a/webcit-ng/static/js/view_mail.js
+++ b/webcit-ng/static/js/view_mail.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 var selected_message = 0;                                                      // Remember the last message that was selected
 var RefreshMailboxInterval;                                                    // We store our refresh timer here
-var last_mtime;                                                                        // Watch this mailbox using the room's mtime
 
 
 // Render a message into the mailbox view
@@ -140,8 +139,7 @@ function mail_display() {
                = "<div id=\"ctdl-reading-pane\" class=\"ctdl-reading-pane\"></div>"
        ;
 
-       last_mtime = 0;                                         // Keep track of room's mod time so we know when to refresh
-       refresh_mail_display();
+       render_mailbox_display();
        try {                                                   // if this was already set up, clear it so there aren't multiple
                clearInterval(RefreshMailboxInterval);
        }
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ function mail_display() {
 }
 
 
-// Display or refresh the mailbox
+// Refresh the mailbox, either for the first time or whenever needed
 function refresh_mail_display() {
 
        // If the "ctdl-mailbox-pane" no longer exists, the user has navigated to a different part of the site,
@@ -166,12 +164,23 @@ function refresh_mail_display() {
                return;
        }
 
-       if (last_mtime == 0) {
-               last_mtime = room_mtime;
+       // Ask the server if the room has been written to since our last look at it.
+       url = "/ctdl/r/" + escapeHTMLURI(current_room) + "/stat";
+       fetch_stat = async() => {
+               response = await fetch(url);
+               stat = await(response.json());
+               if (stat.room_mtime > room_mtime) {
+                       room_mtime = stat.room_mtime;
+                       render_mailbox_display();
+               }
        }
-       console.log("refresh_mail_display() last_mtime is " + last_mtime + " FIXME");
+       fetch_stat();
+}
+
+
+// This is where the rendering of the message list in the mailbox view is performed.
+function render_mailbox_display() {
 
-       // Now go to the server.
        url = "/ctdl/r/" + escapeHTMLURI(current_room) + "/mailbox";
        fetch_mailbox = async() => {
                response = await fetch(url);