MDL-63691 core_message: added api::can_create_group_conversation

2018-10-22 10:21:27 +08:00
parent a66ae84911
commit e66b915c40
2 changed files with 48 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -1385,6 +1385,25 @@ class api {
        return $conversation->id;
    }

+    /**
+     * Checks if a user can create a group conversation.
+     *
+     * @param int $userid The id of the user attempting to create the conversation
+     * @param \context $context The context they are creating the conversation from, most likely course context
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function can_create_group_conversation(int $userid, \context $context) : bool {
+        global $CFG;
+
+        // If we can't message at all, then we can't create a conversation.
+        if (empty($CFG->messaging)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // We need to check they have the capability to create the conversation.
+        return has_capability('moodle/course:creategroupconversations', $context, $userid);
+    }
+
    /**
     * Checks if a user can create a contact request.
     *