When updating cases, update existing case embed in case log channel if possible

backend/src/data/entities/Case.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ export class Case {
 
   @Column() pp_name: string;
 
+  /**
+   * ID of the channel and message where this case was logged.
+   * Format: "channelid-messageid"
+   */
+  @Column() log_message_id: string;
+
   @OneToMany(
     type => CaseNote,
     note => note.case,

backend/src/migrations/1597015567215-AddLogMessageIdToCases.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+import { TableColumn } from "typeorm/index";
+
+export class AddLogMessageIdToCases1597015567215 implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<any> {
+    await queryRunner.addColumn(
+      "cases",
+      new TableColumn({
+        name: "log_message_id",
+        type: "varchar",
+        length: "64",
+        isNullable: true,
+        default: null,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<any> {
+    await queryRunner.dropColumn("cases", "log_message_id");
+  }
+}

backend/src/plugins/Cases/functions/createCase.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { CaseArgs, CasesPluginType } from "../types";
 import { resolveUser } from "../../../utils";
-import { PluginData } from "knub";
+import { plugin, PluginData } from "knub";
 import { createCaseNote } from "./createCaseNote";
 import { postCaseToCaseLogChannel } from "./postToCaseLogChannel";
 import { logger } from "../../../logger";

backend/src/plugins/Cases/functions/postToCaseLogChannel.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function postToCaseLogChannel(
   pluginData: PluginData<CasesPluginType>,
   content: MessageContent,
   file: MessageFile = null,
-): Promise<Message> {
+): Promise<Message | null> {
   const caseLogChannelId = pluginData.config.get().case_log_channel;
   if (!caseLogChannelId) return;
 
@@ -42,15 +42,30 @@ export async function postToCaseLogChannel(
 export async function postCaseToCaseLogChannel(
   pluginData: PluginData<CasesPluginType>,
   caseOrCaseId: Case | number,
-): Promise<Message> {
+): Promise<Message | null> {
   const theCase = await pluginData.state.cases.find(resolveCaseId(caseOrCaseId));
   if (!theCase) return;
 
   const caseEmbed = await getCaseEmbed(pluginData, caseOrCaseId);
   if (!caseEmbed) return;
 
+  if (theCase.log_message_id) {
+    const [channelId, messageId] = theCase.log_message_id.split("-");
+
+    try {
+      await pluginData.client.editMessage(channelId, messageId, caseEmbed);
+      return;
+    } catch (e) {} // tslint:disable-line:no-empty
+  }
+
   try {
-    return postToCaseLogChannel(pluginData, caseEmbed);
+    const postedMessage = await postToCaseLogChannel(pluginData, caseEmbed);
+    if (postedMessage) {
+      await pluginData.state.cases.update(theCase.id, {
+        log_message_id: `${postedMessage.channel.id}-${postedMessage.id}`,
+      });
+    }
+    return postedMessage;
   } catch (e) {
     pluginData.state.logs.log(LogType.BOT_ALERT, {
       body: `Failed to post case #${theCase.case_number} to the case log channel`,