server/AyaNova/Controllers/NotifyController.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
 using AyaNova.Biz;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 {
@@ -164,6 +167,42 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         }
 
 
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send direct message notification to selected users
+        /// </summary>       
+        /// <returns>NoContent on success or error</returns>        
+        [HttpPost("direct-message")]
+        public async Task<IActionResult> SendNotifyDirectMessage([FromBody] NotifyDirectMessage notifyDirectMessage)
+        {
+            if (serverState.IsClosed)
+                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
+
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
+
+            var message = $"{UserNameFromContext.Name(HttpContext.Items)}: \"{notifyDirectMessage.Message}\"";
+            foreach (long l in notifyDirectMessage.Users)
+            {
+                if (l != 0)
+                    await NotifyEventProcessor.AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType.GeneralNotification, message, null, l);
+            }
+
+            return NoContent();
+        }
+
+        public class NotifyDirectMessage
+        {
+            public NotifyDirectMessage()
+            {
+                Users = new List<long>();
+            }
+            [Required]
+            public string Message { get; set; }
+
+            [Required]
+            public List<long> Users { get; set; }
+        }
         //------------