Send extensible events structure and support on-demand parsing

package.json

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "bs58": "^4.0.1",
     "content-type": "^1.0.4",
     "loglevel": "^1.7.1",
+    "matrix-events-sdk": "^0.0.1-beta.2",
     "p-retry": "^4.5.0",
     "qs": "^6.9.6",
     "request": "^2.88.2",

spec/integ/matrix-client-crypto.spec.js

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ function recvMessage(httpBackend, client, sender, message) {
         return testUtils.awaitDecryption(event);
     }).then((event) => {
         expect(event.getType()).toEqual("m.room.message");
-        expect(event.getContent()).toEqual({
+        expect(event.getContent()).toMatchObject({
             msgtype: "m.text",
             body: "Hello, World",
         });

spec/unit/room-state.spec.js

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe("RoomState", function() {
         it("should return a single MatrixEvent if a state_key was specified",
         function() {
             const event = state.getStateEvents("m.room.member", userA);
-            expect(event.getContent()).toEqual({
+            expect(event.getContent()).toMatchObject({
                 membership: "join",
             });
         });

src/client.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
  */
 
 import { EventEmitter } from "events";
+import { EmoteEvent, MessageEvent, NoticeEvent } from "matrix-events-sdk";
 
 import { ISyncStateData, SyncApi, SyncState } from "./sync";
 import { EventStatus, IContent, IDecryptOptions, IEvent, MatrixEvent } from "./models/event";
@@ -86,7 +87,14 @@ import {
 } from "./crypto/keybackup";
 import { IIdentityServerProvider } from "./@types/IIdentityServerProvider";
 import { MatrixScheduler } from "./scheduler";
-import { IAuthData, ICryptoCallbacks, IMinimalEvent, IRoomEvent, IStateEvent, NotificationCountType } from "./matrix";
+import {
+    IAuthData,
+    ICryptoCallbacks,
+    IMinimalEvent,
+    IRoomEvent,
+    IStateEvent,
+    NotificationCountType,
+} from "./matrix";
 import {
     CrossSigningKey,
     IAddSecretStorageKeyOpts,
@@ -3935,11 +3943,30 @@ export class MatrixClient extends EventEmitter {
             callback = txnId as any as Callback; // for legacy
             txnId = undefined;
         }
+
+        // Populate all outbound events with Extensible Events metadata to ensure there's a
+        // reasonably large pool of messages to parse.
+        let eventType: string = EventType.RoomMessage;
+        let sendContent: IContent = content as IContent;
+        if (sendContent['msgtype'] === MsgType.Text) {
+            const serialized = MessageEvent.from(sendContent['body'], sendContent['formatted_body']).serialize();
+            eventType = serialized.type;
+            sendContent = serialized.content;
+        } else if (sendContent['msgtype'] === MsgType.Emote) {
+            const serialized = EmoteEvent.from(sendContent['body'], sendContent['formatted_body']).serialize();
+            eventType = serialized.type;
+            sendContent = serialized.content;
+        } else if (sendContent['msgtype'] === MsgType.Notice) {
+            const serialized = NoticeEvent.from(sendContent['body'], sendContent['formatted_body']).serialize();
+            eventType = serialized.type;
+            sendContent = serialized.content;
+        }
+
         return this.sendEvent(
             roomId,
             threadId as (string | null),
-            EventType.RoomMessage,
-            content as IContent,
+            eventType,
+            sendContent,
             txnId as string,
             callback,
         );

src/models/event.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2015 - 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+Copyright 2015 - 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ limitations under the License.
  */
 
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { ExtensibleEvent, ExtensibleEvents, Optional } from "matrix-events-sdk";
 
 import { logger } from '../logger';
 import { VerificationRequest } from "../crypto/verification/request/VerificationRequest";
@@ -210,6 +211,12 @@ export class MatrixEvent extends EventEmitter {
     */
     private visibility: MessageVisibility = MESSAGE_VISIBLE;
 
+    // Not all events will be extensible-event compatible, so cache a flag in
+    // addition to a falsy cached event value. We check the flag later on in
+    // a public getter to decide if the cache is valid.
+    private _hasCachedExtEv = false;
+    private _cachedExtEv: Optional<ExtensibleEvent> = undefined;
+
     /* curve25519 key which we believe belongs to the sender of the event. See
      * getSenderKey()
      */
@@ -327,6 +334,25 @@ export class MatrixEvent extends EventEmitter {
         this.reEmitter = new ReEmitter(this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Unstable getter to try and get an extensible event. Note that this might
+     * return a falsy value if the event could not be parsed as an extensible
+     * event.
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use stable functions where possible.
+     */
+    public get unstableExtensibleEvent(): Optional<ExtensibleEvent> {
+        if (!this._hasCachedExtEv) {
+            this._cachedExtEv = ExtensibleEvents.parse(this.getEffectiveEvent());
+        }
+        return this._cachedExtEv;
+    }
+
+    private invalidateExtensibleEvent() {
+        // just reset the flag - that'll trick the getter into parsing a new event
+        this._hasCachedExtEv = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the event as though it would appear unencrypted. If the event is already not
      * encrypted, it is simply returned as-is.
@@ -861,6 +887,7 @@ export class MatrixEvent extends EventEmitter {
         this.forwardingCurve25519KeyChain =
             decryptionResult.forwardingCurve25519KeyChain || [];
         this.untrusted = decryptionResult.untrusted || false;
+        this.invalidateExtensibleEvent();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1079,6 +1106,8 @@ export class MatrixEvent extends EventEmitter {
                 delete content[key];
             }
         }
+
+        this.invalidateExtensibleEvent();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1282,6 +1311,7 @@ export class MatrixEvent extends EventEmitter {
         if (this._replacingEvent !== newEvent) {
             this._replacingEvent = newEvent;
             this.emit("Event.replaced", this);
+            this.invalidateExtensibleEvent();
         }
     }
 

yarn.lock

@@ -5470,6 +5470,11 @@ marked@^2.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/marked/-/marked-2.1.3.tgz#bd017cef6431724fd4b27e0657f5ceb14bff3753"
   integrity sha512-/Q+7MGzaETqifOMWYEA7HVMaZb4XbcRfaOzcSsHZEith83KGlvaSG33u0SKu89Mj5h+T8V2hM+8O45Qc5XTgwA==
 
+matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.2:
+  version "0.0.1-beta.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.2.tgz#28efdcc3259152c4d53094cedb72b3843e5f772e"
+  integrity sha512-a3VIZeb9IxxxPrvFnUbt4pjP7A6irv7eWLv1GBoq+80m7v5n3QhzT/mmeUGJx2KNt7jLboFau4g1iIU82H3wEg==
+
 matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"