separated out connect & receiving chats

WhatsAppWeb.Session.js

@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@ module.exports = {
 	 * Connect to WhatsAppWeb
 	 * @param {Object} [authInfo] credentials to log back in
 	 * @param {number} [timeoutMs] timeout after which the connect will fail, set to null for an infinite timeout
-	 * @return {promise<[object, any[], any[], any[]]>} returns [userMetaData, chats, contacts, unreadMessages]
+	 * @return {[object, object[], object[], object[]]} returns [userMetaData, chats, contacts, unreadMessages]
 	 */
-    connect: function (authInfo, timeoutMs) {
+    connect: async function (authInfo, timeoutMs) {
+		const userInfo = await this.connectSlim (authInfo, timeoutMs)
+		const chats = await this.receiveChatsAndContacts (authInfo, timeoutMs)
+		return [userInfo, ...chats]
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Connect to WhatsAppWeb, resolves without waiting for chats & contacts
+	 * @param {Object} [authInfo] credentials to log back in
+	 * @param {number} [timeoutMs] timeout after which the connect will fail, set to null for an infinite timeout
+	 * @return {Promise<Object>} returns [userMetaData, chats, contacts, unreadMessages]
+	 */
+    connectSlim: function (authInfo, timeoutMs) {
 		// set authentication credentials if required
 		if (authInfo) {
 			this.authInfo = Object.assign ({}, authInfo) // copy credentials
@@ -26,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 		let promise = new Promise ( (resolve, reject) => {
 			this.conn.on('open', () => {
-				this.conn.on('message', (m) => this.onMessageRecieved(m)) // in WhatsAppWeb.Recv.js	
+				this.conn.on('message', m => this.onMessageRecieved(m)) // in WhatsAppWeb.Recv.js	
 				this.beginAuthentication ().then (resolve).catch (reject)
 			})
 			this.conn.on('error', error => { // if there was an error in the WebSocket
@@ -35,12 +46,10 @@ module.exports = {
 			})
 		})
 		promise = timeoutMs ? Utils.promiseTimeout (timeoutMs, promise) : promise
-		return promise.catch (err => {
-			this.close ()
-			throw err
-		})
+		return promise.catch (err => {this.close (); throw err;})
 	},
-	/** once a connection has been successfully established
+	/** 
+	 * Once a connection has been successfully established
 	 * @private
 	 * @return {promise<object[]>}
 	 */
@@ -51,11 +60,6 @@ module.exports = {
             this.authInfo = { clientID: Utils.generateClientID() } // generate a client ID
 		}
 		    
-		let chats = []
-		let contacts = []
-		let unreadMessages = []
-		let unreadMap = {}
-        
         const data = ["admin", "init", this.version, this.browserDescriptions, this.authInfo.clientID, true]
 		return this.query(data)
 		.then (([json, _]) => {
@@ -102,6 +106,21 @@ module.exports = {
 			this.startKeepAliveRequest() // start sending keep alive requests (keeps the WebSocket alive & updates our last seen)
 		}) // validate the connection
 		.then (() => {
+			this.log("connected successfully")
+			return this.userMetaData
+		})
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Sets up callbacks to receive chats, contacts & unread messages. 
+	 * Must be called immediately after connect
+	 * @returns {[ object[], object[], object[] ]} - [chats, contacts, unreadMessages]
+	 */
+	receiveChatsAndContacts: function () {
+		let chats = []
+		let contacts = []
+		let unreadMessages = []
+		let unreadMap = {}
+
 		this.log ("waiting for chats & contacts") // wait for the message with chats
 		const waitForConvos = () => new Promise ((resolve, _) => {
 			const chatUpdate = (json) => {
@@ -140,14 +159,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		const waitForContacts = this.registerCallbackOneTime (["response", "type:contacts"])
 								.then (json => contacts = json[2])
 		// wait for the chats & contacts to load
-			return Promise.all ([waitForChats, waitForContacts])
-		})
-		.then (() => {
-			// now we're successfully connected
-			this.log("connected successfully")
-			// resolve the promise
-			return [this.userMetaData, chats, contacts, unreadMessages]
-		})
+		return Promise.all ([waitForChats, waitForContacts]).then (() => [chats, contacts, unreadMessages])
 	},
 	/**
 	 * Once the QR code is scanned and we can validate our connection, or we resolved the challenge when logging back in

WhatsAppWeb.js

@@ -178,9 +178,7 @@ class WhatsAppWeb {
 		QR.generate(str, {small: true})
     }
 
-	log (text) {
-		console.log (`[Baileys] ${text}"`)
-	}
+	log (text) { console.log (`[Baileys] ${text}`) }
 }
 
 /* Import the rest of the code */
@@ -203,6 +201,8 @@ WhatsAppWeb.prototype.decodeMediaMessage = recv.decodeMediaMessage
 
 const session = require("./WhatsAppWeb.Session")
 WhatsAppWeb.prototype.connect = session.connect
+WhatsAppWeb.prototype.connectSlim = session.connectSlim
+WhatsAppWeb.prototype.receiveChatsAndContacts = session.receiveChatsAndContacts
 WhatsAppWeb.prototype.beginAuthentication = session.beginAuthentication
 WhatsAppWeb.prototype.validateNewConnection = session.validateNewConnection
 WhatsAppWeb.prototype.respondToChallenge = session.respondToChallenge

example/example.js

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ try {
     authInfo = JSON.parse(file)
 } catch { }
 
-client.connect (authInfo, 30*1000) // connect or timeout in 30 seconds
+client.connect (authInfo, 20*1000) // connect or timeout in 20 seconds
 .then (([user, chats, contacts, unread]) => {
     console.log ("oh hello " + user.name + " (" + user.id + ")")
     console.log ("you have " + unread.length + " unread messages")