Channel and Message Tags

Overview

When creating a channel from the control panel, it is possible to set channel tags and message tags. Channel and message tags are used to simplify searches. Based on tags, you can implement giving gifts, displaying system messages and much more:

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Tags should be used to simplify the search for messages and expand their functionality

• gp.channels.fetchChannels - channel search by tags

Through message tags you can get all messages in the channel, or part of the messages (for example, system messages or logs):

• gp.channels.fetchMessages - search for messages by tags in a channel

Search Channels by Tags

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Consider an example of searching for an in-game event: "passing a dungeon" by channel tags

The example shows the creation of a group for the passage of a location with four tags that characterize it:

• location: dungeon
• name: Demons Lord Castle
• number of participants: x5
• level of difficulty: heroic

Other players can find this dungeon by the corresponding tags:

JavaScript

gp.channels.fetchChannels({
    tags: ['dungeon', 'x5', 'demons_lord_castle', 'heroic']
});

Unity

public void FetchChannels()
{
    var filter = new FetchChannelsFilter();
    filter.tags = new string[] {"dungeon", "x5", "demons_lord_castle", "heroic"};

    GP_Channels.FetchChannels(filter);
}

Tags can make your search more flexible. If one of the characteristics of the search is not important, for example, the name Demons Lord Castle, then you can expand the search for available dungeons:

JavaScript

gp.channels.fetchChannels({
    tags: ['dungeon', 'x5', 'heroic']
});

Unity

public void FetchChannels()
{
    var filter = new FetchChannelsFilter();
    filter.tags = new string[] {"dungeon", "x5", "heroic"};

    GP_Channels.FetchChannels(filter);
}

Search Messages by Tags

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Example of searching messages in a chat by tags

In channels, it may be necessary to separate messages into categories. For example, you can separate communication and system messages. In this case, there is no need to create separate channels for categories, instead, you can mark up messages with tags and filter by them.

To send a chat message with channelId: 43 and "chat" tag:

JavaScript

gp.channels.sendMessage({
    channelId: 43,
    text: "Hi there, 5 min and go",
    tags: ["chat"]
});

Unity

GP_Channels.SendMessage(
  channel_ID: 43,
  text: "Hi there, 5 min and go",
  tags: "chat"
);

To get all messages with a tag "chat":

JavaScript

gp.channels.fetchMessages({
    channelId: 43,
    tags: ["chat"]
});

Unity

GP_Channels.FetchMessages(
  channel_ID: 43,
  tags: "chat"
);

You can get all dungeon system events using the tag "log":

JavaScript

gp.channels.fetchMessages({
    channelId: 43,
    tags: ["logs"]
});

Unity

GP_Channels.FetchMessages(
  channel_ID: 43,
  tags: "logs"
);

When killing a boss in a dungeon, you can report a reward. The developer can do this on behalf of the group leader in a convenient format, such as JSON:

JavaScript

gp.channels.sendMessage({
    channelId: 43,
    text: `{
        "event": "boss_killed",
        "boss": "DEMON_LORD",
        "loot": [
            "SAPOGI_SMERTI",
            "OGNENNYI_MECH",
        ]
    }`,
    tags: ["logs"]
});

Unity

GP_Channels.SendMessage(
  channel_ID: 43,
  text: 
  "{
    event: boss_killed,
    boss: DEMON_LORD,
    loot: 
    [
        SAPOGI_SMERTI,
        OGNENNYI_MECH,
    ]
  }",
  tags: "logs"
);

Tags in Private Messages and Feeds

Using message tags, you can implement gifts to players. For example, using the "gift" tag, you can send a personal message with a gift for the player playerId: 43:

JavaScript

gp.channels.sendPersonalMessage({
    playerId: 43,
    text: `{"itemId": 5}`,
    tags: ["gift"]
});

Unity

GP_Channels.SendPersonalMessage(
  player_ID: 43,
  text: "{itemId: 5}",
  tags: "gift"
);

You can view the list of sent gifts by requesting a list of messages:

JavaScript

gp.channels.fetchPersonalMessages({ playerId: 43, limit: 100 });

Unity

GP_Channels.FetchPersonalMessages(
  playerId: 43,
  limit: 100
);

However, if the players are actively using the chat, then the information about the gift can be quite far away. In order not to load all messages, you can also search for a gift by the gift tag:

JavaScript

gp.channels.fetchPersonalMessages({ playerId: 43, limit: 100, tags: ["gift"] });

Unity

GP_Channels.FetchPersonalMessages(
  playerId: 43,
  limit: 100,
  tags: "gift"
);

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