Add whatsapp support for group admin deletion of messages sent by others

[leonardo-fabricio]

Hi, is there any way to delete the message for everyone in your library? I couldn't find anything that helped me.

Thank you for the answer.

[d99kris]

Hi @leonardo-fabricio - I believe nchat attempts to revoke the message upon delete, as far as the underlying messaging platform permits. I tested just now, in a normal (1-to-1) chat a message sent and subsequently deleted gets:

• Fully removed from the chat for the other user in Telegram
• Replaced with "This message was deleted" for the other user in WhatsApp

I believe this should be the same as what happens if you "Delete for everyone" (WhatsApp) or use "Also delete for X" (Telegram) in the official mobile apps.

In order words, nchat always attempts to delete a message for everyone. Let me know if you're observing something else?

Edit: And to clarify, the way to do this in nchat is to use arrow up/down to select a message and then press ctrl-d (and press enter to confirm).

[d99kris]

I'll need to look into it. Btw, is this on Telegram or WhatsApp?

[ElielsonU]

In WhatsApp. I'm using the whatsmeow lib, and they have this function in the lib

[d99kris]

Thanks for clarifying @ElielsonU. So deleting messages sent by others as a group admin on whatsapp is currently not supported in nchat. Like you mentioned it looks like whatsmeow supports it. I'll look into adding support for it and update here again.

[d99kris]

I've now added whatsapp support for group admin deletion of messages sent by others. Please let me know if any issues are encountered. Thanks!

[d99kris]

I will proceed to close this topic, feel free to re-open or initiate a new discussion if you encounter any other issues.