send notification to refresh contacts list on adding member to group

server/db/db.js

@@ -192,10 +192,11 @@ async function createGroup(user_id, groupname) {
     const result = await client.query(query, [groupname]);
     const group_id = result.rows[0].group_id;
 
-    await addMemberToGroup(group_id, user_id);
-    return group_id;
+    const contact_user_id = await addMemberToGroup(group_id, user_id);
+    return { group_id, contact_user_id };
   } catch (e) {
     console.error("Failed to create conversation ", e);
+    return null;
   }
 }
 
@@ -210,8 +211,10 @@ async function addMemberToGroup(conversation_id, user_id) {
     console.log(
       `Added user_id ${user_id} to conversation_id ${conversation_id}`,
     );
+    return user_id;
   } catch (e) {
     console.error("Failed to add member to group ", e);
+    return null;
   }
 }
 

server/server.js

@@ -340,10 +340,11 @@ app.post("/api/chat/groups/create", authorizeUser, async (req, res) => {
   if (!groupname) {
     return res.status(400).json({ message: "Groupname not provided" });
   }
-  const group_id = await createGroup(user_id, groupname);
+  const { group_id, contact_user_id } = await createGroup(user_id, groupname);
   if (!group_id) {
     return res.status(500).json({ message: "Failed to create group" });
   }
+  io.to(contact_user_id).emit("added to group");
   return res.status(200).json({
     message: `Successfully created group: ${groupname}`,
     group_id: group_id,
@@ -361,6 +362,8 @@ app.post("/api/chat/groups/addMember", async (req, res) => {
   }
   const result = await addMemberToGroupByUsername(group_id, username);
   if (result !== null) {
+    io.to(result).emit("added to group");
+    console.log("added to group: ", result);
     return res.status(200).json({ message: "Successfully added member" });
   }
   res.status(500).json({ message: "Failed to add member" });

server/socket/socket.js

@@ -65,17 +65,11 @@ function initializeSocket(io) {
     try {
       const conversations = await getConversationsForUser(socket.user_id);
       conversations.push(socket.user_id);
-      console.log("join conversations: ", conversations);
       socket.join(conversations);
     } catch (e) {
       console.error("(socket) Failed to get user conversations");
     }
 
-    socket.on("join socket", (msg) => {
-      socket.join(msg.conversation_id);
-      console.log("joinsocket: ", msg.conversation_id);
-    });
-
     socket.on("chat message", async (msg, callback) => {
       const { message, recipient, recipient_id, attachment_url } = msg;
       const sender = socket.username;