Blocking Profiles

Sometimes users are not comfortable, or are being harassed by another user. In order to help users to keep themselves safe, they can block others from engaging with them in certain ways.

How Blocks Work

When someone blocks someone else, they:

  • Prevent the blocked user from inviting them to chat rooms.
  • Prevent the blocked user from adding them to chat rooms.
  • Prevent the blocked user from directly replying to their comments.

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Note:

Block User is now supported in default ChatView from Android SDK 2.41 and Web SDK 2.15

Creating a Block

As an integrator, you can now allow users to block other users from sending invitations or adding them to chat rooms.

/*
To enable the user to block other users, you can implement the `blockProfile` method which is
a part of the `ChatClient`. It accepts a parameter `profileID` which corresponds to the id 
of the profile to be blocked.

On successful completion, the method returns an object of type `BlockInfo` which contains 
details of the profile blocked and the profile it was blocked by.
*/

sdk.chat.blockProfile(
		profileID: profileID
) { result in
   	switch result {
    case .success(let blockedProfile):
         self.showAlert(
            title: "Profile Blocked",
         		message: "Id:\(blockedProfile.blockedProfileID)"
         )
    case .failure(let error):
    		self.showAlert(title: "Error", message: error.localizedDescription)
		}
}
sdk.blockProfile(
  profileId,
  object: LiveLikeCallback < BlockedData > () {
    override fun onResponse(result: BlockedData ? , error : String ? ) {
      result?.let {
        showToast("BLocked User: ${it.blockedProfileID}, BlockID: ${it.id}")
      }
      error?.let {
        it1 -> showToast(it1)
      }
    }
  }
)
LiveLike.blockProfile({
    profileId: "aa7e03fc-01f0-4a98-a2e0-3fed689632d7"
})
.then(blockInfo => console.log(blockInfo))

Removing a Block

As an integrator, you can now allow users to unblock users they had previously blocked from sending invitations or adding them to chat rooms.

/*
To enable the user to unblock other users, you can implement the `unblockProfile` method 
which is a part of the `ChatClient`. It accepts one parameter: `blockRequestID` which 
corresponds to the id of the  `BlockInfo` for the blocked profile.
*/

sdk.chat.unblockProfile(blockRequestID: requestID) { result in
		switch result {
    case .success(_):
    		break
    case .failure(let error):
    		self.showAlert(title: "Error", message: error.localizedDescription)
		}
}
sdk.unBlockProfile(blockID,
  object: LiveLikeCallback < LiveLikeEmptyResponse > () {
    override fun onResponse(result: LiveLikeEmptyResponse ? , error : String ? ) {
      error?.let {
        showToast(it)
      }
      result?.let {
        showToast("Success Unblock")
      }
    }
  }
)
// blockId is the id of the blockInfo for a given blocked profile,
// could be fetched from `getBlockInfoList` or `getProfileBlockInfo`
LiveLike.unblockProfile({
    blockId: "c327a72c-94e5-4f5a-bcef-16ee84d35077"
 })
.then(response => console.log(response))

Getting a List of Blocks

As an integrator, you can show the user a list of all the profiles blocked by the user.

/*
To display the list, you can implement the `getBlockedProfileList` method which is a part
of the `ChatClient`. The method accepts a parameter `profileID` which corresponds to the id of the 
profile blocked which can be used as a filter for the 
request and is `optional`.

On successful completion, the method returns a paginated list of type `BlockInfo` which 
contains details of the profile blocked and the profile it was blocked by.
*/

sdk.chat.getBlockedProfileList(
		blockedProfileID: profileID, 
		page: .first
) { result in
            switch result {
		case .success(let blockedProfiles):
				if blockedProfiles.count >= 1 {
						self.showAlert(
            		title: "No. of Profiles:",
                message: "\(blockedProfiles.count)"
        		)
    		}
		case .failure(let error):
    		print(error.localizedDescription)
		}
}
sdk.getBlockedProfileList(LiveLikePagination.FIRST,
  blockedProfileId, // send it as null if you want to fetch all block profile
  object: LiveLikeCallback < List < BlockedData >> () {
    override fun onResponse(result: List < BlockedData > ? , error : String ? ) {
      error?.let {
        it1 -> showToast(it1)
      }
      result?.let {
        //block profile list  
      }
    }
  }
)
LiveLike.getBlockInfoList()
.then(paginatedBlockInfo => console.log(paginatedBlockInfo))

Getting block profile info

Use getProfileBlockInfo to get block information for a particular profile Id.

LiveLike.getProfileBlockInfo({
    profileId: "aa7e03fc-01f0-4a98-a2e0-3fed689632d7"
})
.then(blockInfo => console.log(blockInfo))
sdk.chat.getProfileBlockInfo(profileID: profileID) { result in
	switch result {
  	case .success(let blockInfo):
    	// Success Block
    case .failure(let error):
    	print(error.localizedDescription)
	}
}
sdk.chat().getProfileBlockInfo(<profileId>,object : LiveLikeCallback<BlockedInfo>() {
        override fun onResponse(result:BlockedInfo?,error: String?) {
//receive result or error
})

Real time block/unblock profile events

You can add listeners/delegators for getting real time block/unblock profile events

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Platform specific implementation

Implementation for receiving real time events is different for Web, Android and IOS.

// For adding block profile event listener
function onBlockProfileListener(blockInfo){
    console.log(blockInfo);
}

// When user is blocked, attach listener fn to be called 
LiveLike.addUserProfileEventListener(
    LiveLike.UserProfileEvent.BLOCK_PROFILE,
    onBlockProfileListener
)

// to remove block profile event listener
LiveLike.removeUserProfileEventListener(
    LiveLike.UserProfileEvent.BLOCK_PROFILE,
    onBlockProfileListener
);


// For adding unblock profile event listener
function onUnblockProfileListener(blockInfo){
    console.log(blockInfo);
}

// When user is Unblocked, attach listener fn to be called 
LiveLike.addUserProfileEventListener(
    LiveLike.UserProfileEvent.UNBLOCK_PROFILE,
    onUnblockProfileListener
)

// to remove unblock profile event listener
LiveLike.removeUserProfileEventListener(
    LiveLike.UserProfileEvent.UNBLOCK_PROFILE,
    onUnblockProfileListener
);
//To receive realtime events for blocking or unblocking a profile.
//The respective ViewController should confirm to ChatClientDelegate.

class SomeClass: UIViewController {
  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    sdk.chat.delegate = self
  }
}

extension SomeClass: ChatClientDelegate {
    func chatClient(_ chatClient: ChatClient, userDidGetBlocked blockInfo: BlockInfo) {
        //Block Realtime Event Received.
    }
    
    func chatClient(_ chatClient: ChatClient, userDidGetUnblocked unblockInfo: UnblockInfo) {
        // Unblock Realtime Event Received.
    }
}
sdk?.chat()?.chatRoomDelegate = object: ChatRoomDelegate() {
  override fun onBlockProfile(blockedInfo: BlockedInfo) {

  }

  override fun onUnBlockProfile(blockInfoId: String, blockProfileId: String) {

  }
}