📑MessageFormat

Used to deliver a unified format for all message data

The MessageFormat smart contract is a tool for organizing and formatting messages in KUTHULU. Its functionality ranges from grouping message details to integrating with other contracts for additional information retrieval.

Table of Contents

1. Public Functions

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Public Functions

buildMsg

This function is used to build an array of message details by message ID. It formats message data, tags, postedBy, and other information into a string array that represents a comprehensive message object.

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
msgData	uint256[]	An array of message data to format.
message	string	The body of the message.
postedBy	address[2]	An array of who posted the message. [0] = Address of the poster / [1] = proxy poster address.
hashtags	string[]	An array of hashtags in the message.
taggedAccounts	address[]	An array of tagged accounts in the message.
uri	string	The URI added to a message (also used for attachments).
inGroups	uint256[]	An array of group IDs that the message was posted into.
tipContract	address	The contract address of the ERC20 token used for tipping.

Returns

Name	Type	Details
messageDetails	string[]	An array of formatted message details.

Example Usage

Using ethers.js to call the buildMsg function:

const ethers = require('ethers');

let msgData = [0, 1612727763, 11782000, 10, 1, 0, 5, 2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 1];
let message = "Hello World";
let postedBy = [ethers.utils.getAddress('0xAddressOfPoster'), ethers.utils.getAddress('0xProxyAddress')];
let hashtags = ["#Polygon", "#smartcontract"];
let taggedAccounts = [ethers.utils.getAddress('0xAddressOfTaggedAccount1'), ethers.utils.getAddress('0xAddressOfTaggedAccount2')];
let uri = "https://example.com";
let inGroups = [1, 2, 3];
let tipContract = ethers.utils.getAddress('0xERC20TokenContractAddress');

let contract = new ethers.Contract(contractAddress, contractABI, signer);
let result = await contract.buildMsg(msgData, message, postedBy, hashtags, taggedAccounts, uri, inGroups, tipContract);