Allow hiding private messages

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5b4d429..74a9012 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ To make config options persistent, set them in `~/.ssb/config`, e.g.:
     "port": 8027,
     "host": "::",
     "filter": "all",
+    "showPrivates": true,
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ To make config options persistent, set them in `~/.ssb/config`, e.g.:
 - `encode_msgids`: whether to URL-encode message ids in local links. default: `true`
 - `auth`: HTTP auth password. default: `null` (no password required)
 - `filter`: Filter setting. `"all"` to show all messages. `"invert"` to show messages that would be hidden by the default setting. Otherwise the default setting applies, which is so to only show messages authored or upvoted by yourself or by a feed that you you follow. Exceptions are that if you navigate to a user feed page, you will see messages authored by that feed, and if you navigate to a message page, you will see that message - regardless of the filter setting. The `filter` setting may also be specified per-request as a query string parameter.
+- `showPrivates`: Whether or not to show private messages. Default is `true`. Overridden by `filter=all`.
 
 ## TODO
 
diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index 22e1e0e..99ba776 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function App(sbot, config) {
   this.port = conf.port || 8027
   this.host = conf.host || 'localhost'
   this.msgFilter = conf.filter
+  this.showPrivates = conf.showPrivates == null ? true : conf.showPrivates
 
   var base = conf.base || '/'
   this.opts = {
@@ -687,9 +688,11 @@ App.prototype.filterMsg = function (msg, opts, cb) {
   var myId = self.sbot.id
   var author = msg.value && msg.value.author
   var filter = opts.filter || self.msgFilter
+  if (filter === 'all') return cb(null, true)
   var show = (filter !== 'invert')
-  if (filter === 'all'
-   || author === myId
+  var isPrivate = msg.value && typeof msg.value.content === 'string'
+  if (isPrivate && !self.showPrivates) return cb(null, !show)
+  if (author === myId
    || author === opts.feed
    || msg.key === opts.msgId) return cb(null, show)
   self.follows.getFollows(myId, function (err, follows) {