refactor: message decoding

1. removes redundant receipt (was exactly the same as delivery receipt without the timestamp)
2. decodeWAMessage now returns a proper message struct
3. each message stanza results in exactly one message decoded

src/Socket/messages-recv.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
         assertingPreKeys,
 		sendNode,
         relayMessage,
-        sendDeliveryReceipt,
+        sendReceipt,
         resyncMainAppState,
 	} = sock
 
@@ -357,102 +357,23 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
     }
     // recv a message
     ws.on('CB:message', async(stanza: BinaryNode) => {
-        const dec = await decodeMessageStanza(stanza, authState)
+        const msg = await decodeMessageStanza(stanza, authState)
-        const fullMessages: proto.IWebMessageInfo[] = []
+        // message failed to decrypt
-
+        if(msg.messageStubType === proto.WebMessageInfo.WebMessageInfoStubType.CIPHERTEXT) {
-        const { attrs } = stanza
-        const isGroup = !!stanza.attrs.participant
-        const sender = (attrs.participant || attrs.from)?.toString()
-        const isMe = areJidsSameUser(sender, authState.creds.me!.id)
-
-        const remoteJid = jidNormalizedUser(dec.chatId)
-        
-        const key: WAMessageKey = {
-            remoteJid,
-            fromMe: isMe,
-            id: dec.msgId,
-            participant: dec.participant
-        }
-        const partialMsg: Partial<proto.IWebMessageInfo> = {
-            messageTimestamp: dec.timestamp,
-            pushName: dec.pushname
-        }
-
-        if(!dec.failures.length) {
-            await sendMessageAck(stanza, { class: 'receipt' })
-        }
-        
-        // if there were some successful decryptions
-        if(dec.successes.length) {
-            // send message receipt
-            let recpAttrs: { [_: string]: any }
-            if(isMe) {
-                recpAttrs =  {
-                    type: 'sender',
-                    id: stanza.attrs.id,
-                    to: stanza.attrs.from,
-                }
-                if(isGroup) {
-                    recpAttrs.participant = stanza.attrs.participant
-                } else {
-                    recpAttrs.recipient = stanza.attrs.recipient
-                }
-            } else {
-                const isStatus = isJidStatusBroadcast(stanza.attrs.from)
-                recpAttrs = {
-                    id: stanza.attrs.id,
-                }
-                if(isGroup || isStatus) {
-                    recpAttrs.participant = stanza.attrs.participant
-                    recpAttrs.to = dec.chatId
-                } else {
-                    recpAttrs.to = jidNormalizedUser(dec.chatId)
-                }
-            }
-
-            await sendNode({ tag: 'receipt', attrs: recpAttrs })
-            logger.debug({ msgId: dec.msgId }, 'sent message receipt')
-
-            await sendDeliveryReceipt(dec.chatId, dec.participant, [dec.msgId])
-            logger.debug({ msgId: dec.msgId }, 'sent delivery receipt')
-        }
-
-        for(const msg of dec.successes) {
-            const message = msg.deviceSentMessage?.message || msg
-            fullMessages.push({
-                key,
-                message,
-                status: isMe ? proto.WebMessageInfo.WebMessageInfoStatus.SERVER_ACK : null,
-                ...partialMsg
-            })
-        }
-        
-		for(const { error } of dec.failures) {
             logger.error(
-                { msgId: dec.msgId, trace: error.stack, data: error.data }, 
+                { msgId: msg.key.id, params: msg.messageStubParameters }, 
                 'failure in decrypting message'
             )
             await sendRetryRequest(stanza)
-            
-            fullMessages.push({
-                key,
-                messageStubType: WAMessageStubType.CIPHERTEXT,
-                messageStubParameters: [error.message],
-                ...partialMsg
-            })
-        }
-
-        if(fullMessages.length) {
-            ev.emit(
-                'messages.upsert', 
-                { 
-                    messages: fullMessages.map(m => proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject(m)), 
-                    type: stanza.attrs.offline ? 'append' : 'notify' 
-                }
-            )
         } else {
-            logger.warn({ stanza }, `received node with 0 messages`)
+            await sendMessageAck(stanza, { class: 'receipt' })
+            // no type in the receipt => message delivered
+            await sendReceipt(msg.key.remoteJid!, msg.key.participant, [msg.key.id!], undefined)
+            logger.debug({ msg: msg.key }, 'sent delivery receipt')
         }
+        
+        msg.key.remoteJid = jidNormalizedUser(msg.key.remoteJid!)
+        ev.emit('messages.upsert', { messages: [msg], type: stanza.attrs.offline ? 'append' : 'notify' })
     })
 
     ws.on('CB:ack,class:message', async(node: BinaryNode) => {
@@ -477,7 +398,6 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
     })
 
     const sendMessagesAgain = async(key: proto.IMessageKey, ids: string[]) => {
-        
         const msgs = await Promise.all(
             ids.map(id => (
                 config.getMessage({ ...key, id })

src/Socket/messages-send.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
         }
         return mediaConn
     }
-
+    /**
+     * generic send receipt function 
+     * used for receipts of phone call, read, delivery etc.
+     * */
     const sendReceipt = async(jid: string, participant: string | undefined, messageIds: string[], type: 'read' | 'read-self' | undefined) => {
         const node: BinaryNode = {
             tag: 'receipt',
@@ -107,10 +110,6 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
         await sendNode(node)
     }
 
-    const sendDeliveryReceipt = (jid: string, participant: string | undefined, messageIds: string[]) => {
-        return sendReceipt(jid, participant, messageIds, undefined)
-    }
-
     const sendReadReceipt = async(jid: string, participant: string | undefined, messageIds: string[]) => {
         const privacySettings = await fetchPrivacySettings()
         // based on privacy settings, we have to change the read type
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		...sock,
         assertSessions,
         relayMessage,
-        sendDeliveryReceipt,
+        sendReceipt,
         sendReadReceipt,
         refreshMediaConn,
 	    waUploadToServer,

src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { Boom } from '@hapi/boom'
 import { unpadRandomMax16 } from "./generics"
-import { AuthenticationState } from "../Types"
+import { WAMessageKey, AuthenticationState } from '../Types'
-import { areJidsSameUser, BinaryNode as BinaryNodeM, encodeBinaryNode, isJidBroadcast, isJidGroup, isJidStatusBroadcast, isJidUser } from '../WABinary'
+import { areJidsSameUser, BinaryNode, isJidBroadcast, isJidGroup, isJidStatusBroadcast, isJidUser, jidNormalizedUser } from '../WABinary'
 import { decryptGroupSignalProto, decryptSignalProto, processSenderKeyMessage } from './signal'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto'
 
 type MessageType = 'chat' | 'peer_broadcast' | 'other_broadcast' | 'group' | 'direct_peer_status' | 'other_status'
 
-export const decodeMessageStanza = async(stanza: BinaryNodeM, auth: AuthenticationState) => {
+export const decodeMessageStanza = async(stanza: BinaryNode, auth: AuthenticationState) => {
-    const deviceIdentity = (stanza.content as BinaryNodeM[])?.find(m => m.tag === 'device-identity')
+    //const deviceIdentity = (stanza.content as BinaryNodeM[])?.find(m => m.tag === 'device-identity')
-    const deviceIdentityBytes = deviceIdentity ? deviceIdentity.content as Buffer : undefined
+    //const deviceIdentityBytes = deviceIdentity ? deviceIdentity.content as Buffer : undefined
 
     let msgType: MessageType
     let chatId: string
@@ -53,18 +53,34 @@ export const decodeMessageStanza = async(stanza: BinaryNodeM, auth: Authenticati
         chatId = from
         author = participant
     }
+
     const sender = msgType === 'chat' ? author : chatId
 
-    const successes: proto.Message[] = []
+    const fromMe = isMe(participant || chatId)
-    const failures: { error: Boom }[] = []
+    const pushname = stanza.attrs.notify
+    
+    const key: WAMessageKey = {
+        remoteJid: chatId,
+        fromMe,
+        id: msgId,
+        participant
+    }
+
+    const fullMessage: proto.IWebMessageInfo = {
+        key,
+        messageTimestamp: +stanza.attrs.t,
+        pushName: pushname,
+        status: key.fromMe ? proto.WebMessageInfo.WebMessageInfoStatus.SERVER_ACK : null,
+    }
+
     if(Array.isArray(stanza.content)) {
-        for(const { tag, attrs, content } of stanza.content as BinaryNodeM[]) {
+        for(const { tag, attrs, content } of stanza.content) {
             if(tag !== 'enc') continue
-            if(!Buffer.isBuffer(content) && !(content instanceof Uint8Array)) continue 
+            if(!(content instanceof Uint8Array)) continue 
+
+            let msgBuffer: Buffer
 
             try {
-                let msgBuffer: Buffer
-
                 const e2eType = attrs.type
                 switch(e2eType) {
                     case 'skmsg':
@@ -76,28 +92,20 @@ export const decodeMessageStanza = async(stanza: BinaryNodeM, auth: Authenticati
                         msgBuffer = await decryptSignalProto(user, e2eType, content as Buffer, auth)
                     break
                 }
-                const msg = proto.Message.decode(unpadRandomMax16(msgBuffer))
+                let msg: proto.IMessage = proto.Message.decode(unpadRandomMax16(msgBuffer))
+                msg = msg.deviceSentMessage?.message || msg
                 if(msg.senderKeyDistributionMessage) {
                     await processSenderKeyMessage(author, msg.senderKeyDistributionMessage, auth)
                 }
 
-                successes.push(msg)
+                if(fullMessage.message) Object.assign(fullMessage.message, msg)
+                else fullMessage.message = msg
             } catch(error) {
-                failures.push({ error: new Boom(error, { data: Buffer.from(encodeBinaryNode(stanza)).toString('base64') }) })
+                fullMessage.messageStubType = proto.WebMessageInfo.WebMessageInfoStubType.CIPHERTEXT
+                fullMessage.messageStubParameters = [error.message]
             }
         }
     }
 
-    return {
+    return fullMessage
-        msgId,
-        chatId,
-        author,
-        from,
-        timestamp: +stanza.attrs.t,
-        participant,
-        recipient,
-        pushname: stanza.attrs.notify,
-        successes,
-        failures
-    }
 }