Merge pull request #214 from andrii-i/bot_msg_deletion

Allow Users to delete messages if sender is a bot, add optional `bot` bool to user models

Author: andrii-i

packages/jupyter-chat/src/components/chat-messages.tsx

@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ export const ChatMessage = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, ChatMessageProps>(
         if (model.user.username === message.sender.username) {
           setCanEdit(model.updateMessage !== undefined);
           setCanDelete(model.deleteMessage !== undefined);
+          return;
+        }
+        if (message.sender.bot) {
+          setCanDelete(model.deleteMessage !== undefined);
         }
       } else {
         setCanEdit(false);

packages/jupyter-chat/src/types.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export interface IUser {
    * The string to use to mention a user in the chat.
    */
   mention_name?: string;
+  /**
+   * Boolean identifying if user is a bot.
+   */
+  bot?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**

python/jupyterlab-chat/jupyterlab_chat/models.py

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class User(JupyterUser):
     mention_name: Optional[str] = None
     """ The string to use as mention in chat """
 
+    bot: Optional[bool] = None
+    """ Boolean identifying if user is a bot """
+
 
 @dataclass
 class Attachment: