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+
+
+// import { __createBinding, __importStar, __awaiter, __importDefault } from 'tslib';
+import validator from 'validator';
+import user from '../user';
+import meta from '../meta';
+import messaging from '../messaging';
+import plugins from '../plugins';
+import socketHelpers from '../socket.io/helpers';
+
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+const chatsAPI: { [key: string]: Function } = {};
+
+interface SessionData {
+    lastChatMessageTime?: number;
+}
+
+interface Caller {
+    uid: number;
+    request?: {
+        session: SessionData;
+    };
+    session?: SessionData;
+    ip?: string;
+}
+
+interface UsersResponse {
+    user: Caller[]; 
+}
+
+interface Data {
+    uids?: number[];
+    roomId?: number;
+    message?: string;
+    name?: string;
+}
+
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+
+function rateLimitExceeded(caller: Caller): boolean {
+    const session = caller.request ? caller.request.session : caller.session; // socket vs req
+    const now = Date.now();
+    session.lastChatMessageTime = session.lastChatMessageTime || 0;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+    if (now - session.lastChatMessageTime < meta.config.chatMessageDelay) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    session.lastChatMessageTime = now;
+    return false;
+}
+
+interface RoomData {
+   roomId: number
+}
+
+chatsAPI.create = async (caller: Caller, data: Data): Promise<RoomData> => {
+    if (rateLimitExceeded(caller)) {
+        throw new Error('[[error:too-many-messages]]');
+    }
+    if (!data.uids || !Array.isArray(data.uids)) {
+        throw new Error(`[[error:wrong-parameter-type, uids, ${typeof data.uids}, Array]]`);
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(data.uids.map(async (uid) => {
+        await messaging.canMessageUser(caller.uid, uid);
+    }));
+
+    const roomId = await messaging.newRoom(caller.uid, data.uids);
+    const roomData = await messaging.getRoomData(roomId);
+    return roomData;
+};
+
+
+
+
+chatsAPI.post = async (caller: Caller, data: Data) => {
+    if (rateLimitExceeded(caller)) {
+        throw new Error('[[error:too-many-messages]]');
+    }
+
+    // Fire a hook and destructure the result into the 'data' variable
+    ({ data } = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:messaging.send', {
+        data,
+        uid: caller.uid,
+    }) as { data: Data });
+
+    // Check if data.roomId, data.message, and caller.ip are defined
+    if (!data.roomId || !data.message || !caller.ip) {
+        throw new Error('Some required data is missing');
+    }
+
+    // Check if data.roomId is not null, then check if caller can message the room
+    await messaging.canMessageRoom(caller.uid, data.roomId);
+
+    // Construct and send the message
+    const message = await messaging.sendMessage({
+        uid: caller.uid,
+        roomId: data.roomId,
+        content: data.message,
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+        ip: caller.ip,
+    });
+
+    // Notify users in the room about the new message
+    messaging.notifyUsersInRoom(caller.uid, data.roomId, message);
+
+    // Update online user status
+    user.updateOnlineUsers(caller.uid);
+
+    // Return the sent message
+    return message;
+};
+
+
+chatsAPI.rename = async (caller: Caller, data: Data) => {
+    await messaging.renameRoom(caller.uid, data.roomId, data.name);
+    const uids = await messaging.getUidsInRoom(data.roomId, 0, -1);
+    const eventData = { roomId: data.roomId, newName: validator.escape(String(data.name)) };
+
+    socketHelpers.emitToUids('event:chats.roomRename', eventData, uids);
+
+    // Assuming `messaging.loadRoom` returns a Promise<RoomData>
+    return await messaging.loadRoom(caller.uid, {
+        roomId: data.roomId,
+    });
+};
+
+interface User {
+    uid: number;
+    canKick: boolean;
+}
+
+
+chatsAPI.users = async (caller: Caller, data: Data) => {
+    const [isOwner, users] = await Promise.all([
+        messaging.isRoomOwner(caller.uid, data.roomId!),
+        messaging.getUsersInRoom(data.roomId!, 0, -1),
+    ]) as [boolean, User[]]; 
+
+    users.forEach((user) => {
+        user.canKick = (parseInt(user.uid.toString(), 10) !== caller.uid) && isOwner;
+    });
+
+    return { users };
+};
+
+
+chatsAPI.invite = async (caller: Caller, data: Data) => {
+    const userCount = await messaging.getUserCountInRoom(data.roomId!);
+    const maxUsers = (meta.config as { maximumUsersInChatRoom: number }).maximumUsersInChatRoom;
+    if (maxUsers && userCount >= maxUsers) {
+        throw new Error('[[error:cant-add-more-users-to-chat-room]]');
+    }
+
+    const uidsExist = await user.exists(data.uids!);
+    if (!uidsExist.every(Boolean)) {
+        throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(data.uids!.map(async (uid: string | number) => messaging.canMessageUser(caller.uid, uid)));
+    await messaging.addUsersToRoom(caller.uid, data.uids!, data.roomId!);
+
+    delete data.uids;
+    return chatsAPI.users(caller, data) as UsersResponse; // Assuming UsersResponse is the correct type
+};
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+chatsAPI.kick = async (caller: Caller, data: Data): Promise<UsersResponse> => {
+    const uidsExist = await user.exists(data.uids);
+
+    if (!uidsExist.every((val: any) => !!val)) {
+        throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
+    }
+
+    const userIDsAsString = data.uids!.map(uid => uid.toString());
+
+    if (userIDsAsString.length === 1 && userIDsAsString[0] === caller.uid.toString()) {
+        await messaging.leaveRoom([caller.uid.toString()], data.roomId!);
+    } else {
+        await messaging.removeUsersFromRoom(caller.uid, userIDsAsString, data.roomId!);
+    }
+
+    delete data.uids;
+
+    // Assuming `chatsAPI.users` returns an object of type UsersResponse
+    const usersResponse = await chatsAPI.users(caller, data) as UsersResponse;
+    return usersResponse;
+};
+
+
+export = chatsAPI;