Cache presence updates + waitForLastMessage option

src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export class WAConnection extends EventEmitter {
     connectOptions: WAConnectOptions = {
         timeoutMs: 60*1000,
         maxIdleTimeMs: 10*1000,
+        waitOnlyForLastMessage: false,
         waitForChats: true,
         maxRetries: 5,
         connectCooldownMs: 2250,

src/WAConnection/3.Connect.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
                 
                 // add wait for chats promise if required
                 if (typeof options?.waitForChats === 'undefined' ? true : options?.waitForChats) {
-                    const {waitForChats, cancelChats} = this.receiveChatsAndContacts()
+                    const {waitForChats, cancelChats} = this.receiveChatsAndContacts(this.connectOptions.waitOnlyForLastMessage)
                     task = waitForChats
                     cancel = cancelChats
                 }
@@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
     /**
      * Sets up callbacks to receive chats, contacts & messages.
      * Must be called immediately after connect
-     * @returns [chats, contacts]
      */
-    protected receiveChatsAndContacts() {
+    protected receiveChatsAndContacts(waitOnlyForLast: boolean) {
         const chats = new KeyedDB<WAChat>(Utils.waChatUniqueKey, c => c.jid)
         const contacts = {}
 
@@ -172,9 +171,11 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
         const deregisterCallbacks = () => {
             // wait for actual messages to load, "last" is the most recent message, "before" contains prior messages
             this.deregisterCallback(['action', 'add:last'])
-            this.deregisterCallback(['action', 'add:before'])
+            if (!waitOnlyForLast) {
-            this.deregisterCallback(['action', 'add:unread'])
+                this.deregisterCallback(['action', 'add:before'])
-
+                this.deregisterCallback(['action', 'add:unread'])    
+            }
+            
             this.deregisterCallback(['response', 'type:chat'])
             this.deregisterCallback(['response', 'type:contacts'])
         }
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
         const chatUpdate = json => {
             receivedMessages = true
 
-            const isLast = json[1].last
+            const isLast = json[1].last || waitOnlyForLast
             const messages = json[2] as WANode[]
 
             if (messages) {

src/WAConnection/4.Events.ts

@@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
             this.chatAddMessageAppropriate (message)
         })
         // presence updates
-        this.registerCallback('Presence', json => (
+        this.registerCallback('Presence', json => {
-            this.emit('user-presence-update', json[1] as PresenceUpdate)
+            const update = json[1] as PresenceUpdate
-        ))
+            const jid = whatsappID(update.participant || update.id)
+            const contact = this.contacts[jid]
+            if (!isGroupID(jid) && contact) {
+                contact.lastKnownPresence = update.type
+                if (update.t) contact.lastSeen = +update.t
+            }
+            this.emit('user-presence-update', update)
+        })
         // If a message has been updated (usually called when a video message gets its upload url)
         this.registerCallback (['action', 'add:update', 'message'], json => {
             const message: WAMessage = json[2][0][2]

src/WAConnection/Constants.ts

@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@ export enum ReconnectMode {
 export type WAConnectOptions = {
     /** timeout after which the connect attempt will fail, set to null for default timeout value */
     timeoutMs?: number
-    /**  */
+    /** fails the connection if no data is received for X seconds */
     maxIdleTimeMs?: number
     /** maximum attempts to connect */
     maxRetries?: number
     /** should the chats be waited for */
     waitForChats?: boolean
+    /** if set to true, the connect only waits for the last message of the chat */
+    waitOnlyForLastMessage?: boolean
     /** max time for the phone to respond to a connectivity test */
     phoneResponseTime?: number
 
@@ -174,6 +176,9 @@ export interface WAContact {
     index?: string
     /** short name for the contact */
     short?: string
+    // Baileys Added
+    lastKnownPresence?: Presence
+    lastSeen?: number
 }
 export interface WAUser extends WAContact {
     phone: any