api: add JSON-RPC API to get past members

Author: link2xt

deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs

@@ -836,6 +836,13 @@ impl CommandApi {
         Ok(contacts.iter().map(|id| id.to_u32()).collect::<Vec<u32>>())
     }
 
+    /// Returns contact IDs of the past chat members.
+    async fn get_past_chat_contacts(&self, account_id: u32, chat_id: u32) -> Result<Vec<u32>> {
+        let ctx = self.get_context(account_id).await?;
+        let contacts = chat::get_past_chat_contacts(&ctx, ChatId::new(chat_id)).await?;
+        Ok(contacts.iter().map(|id| id.to_u32()).collect::<Vec<u32>>())
+    }
+
     /// Create a new group chat.
     ///
     /// After creation,

deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context as _, Result};
-use deltachat::chat::{self, get_chat_contacts, ChatVisibility};
+use deltachat::chat::{self, get_chat_contacts, get_past_chat_contacts, ChatVisibility};
 use deltachat::chat::{Chat, ChatId};
 use deltachat::constants::Chattype;
 use deltachat::contact::{Contact, ContactId};
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ pub struct FullChat {
     is_self_talk: bool,
     contacts: Vec<ContactObject>,
     contact_ids: Vec<u32>,
+
+    /// Contact IDs of the past chat members.
+    past_contact_ids: Vec<u32>,
+
     color: String,
     fresh_message_counter: usize,
     // is_group - please check over chat.type in frontend instead
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ impl FullChat {
         let chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, rust_chat_id).await?;
 
         let contact_ids = get_chat_contacts(context, rust_chat_id).await?;
+        let past_contact_ids = get_past_chat_contacts(context, rust_chat_id).await?;
 
         let mut contacts = Vec::with_capacity(contact_ids.len());
 
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ impl FullChat {
             is_self_talk: chat.is_self_talk(),
             contacts,
             contact_ids: contact_ids.iter().map(|id| id.to_u32()).collect(),
+            past_contact_ids: past_contact_ids.iter().map(|id| id.to_u32()).collect(),
             color,
             fresh_message_counter,
             is_contact_request: chat.is_contact_request(),

deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/chat.py

@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ def get_contacts(self) -> list[Contact]:
         contacts = self._rpc.get_chat_contacts(self.account.id, self.id)
         return [Contact(self.account, contact_id) for contact_id in contacts]
 
+    def get_past_contacts(self) -> list[Contact]:
+        """Get past contacts for this chat."""
+        past_contacts = self._rpc.get_past_chat_contacts(self.account.id, self.id)
+        return [Contact(self.account, contact_id) for contact_id in past_contacts]
+
     def set_image(self, path: str) -> None:
         """Set profile image of this chat.
 

deltachat-rpc-client/tests/test_something.py

@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ def test_chat(acfactory) -> None:
     group.get_fresh_message_count()
     group.mark_noticed()
     assert group.get_contacts()
-    group.remove_contact(alice_chat_bob)
+    assert group.get_past_contacts() == []
+    group.remove_contact(alice_contact_bob)
+    assert len(group.get_past_contacts()) == 1
     group.get_locations()