fix: avatar update rate

api/src/chat/services/chat.service.ts

@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ export class ChatService {
       let subscriber = await this.subscriberService.findOne({
         foreign_id: foreignId,
       });
+
       if (!subscriber) {
         const subscriberData = await handler.getSubscriberData(event);
         subscriberData.channel = event.getChannelData();
@@ -262,6 +263,25 @@ export class ChatService {
         if (!subscriber) {
           throw new Error('Unable to create a new subscriber');
         }
+
+        // Retrieve and store the subscriber avatar
+        // @TODO: We need to handle the avatar update (based on the lastvisit?)
+        if (handler.getSubscriberAvatar) {
+          try {
+            const file = await handler.getSubscriberAvatar(event);
+            if (file) {
+              subscriber = await this.subscriberService.storeAvatar(
+                subscriber.id,
+                file,
+              );
+            }
+          } catch (err) {
+            this.logger.error(
+              `Unable to retrieve avatar for subscriber ${event.getSenderForeignId()}`,
+              err,
+            );
+          }
+        }
       }
       event.setSender(subscriber);
       // Exec lastvisit hook
@@ -269,21 +289,6 @@ export class ChatService {
 
       this.websocketGateway.broadcastSubscriberUpdate(subscriber);
 
-      // Retrieve and store the subscriber avatar
-      if (handler.getSubscriberAvatar) {
-        try {
-          const file = await handler.getSubscriberAvatar(event);
-          if (file) {
-            await this.subscriberService.storeAvatar(subscriber.id, file);
-          }
-        } catch (err) {
-          this.logger.error(
-            `Unable to retrieve avatar for subscriber ${event.getSenderForeignId()}`,
-            err,
-          );
-        }
-      }
-
       // Set the subscriber object
       event.setSender(subscriber!);
 

api/src/chat/services/subscriber.service.spec.ts

@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ describe('SubscriberService', () => {
 
       const fakeAttachment = { id: '9'.repeat(24) } as Attachment;
       jest.spyOn(attachmentService, 'store').mockResolvedValue(fakeAttachment);
-      const updateOneSpy = jest
-        .spyOn(subscriberService, 'updateOne')
-        .mockResolvedValue(allSubscribers[0]);
 
-      await subscriberService.storeAvatar(subscriber.id, avatarPayload);
+      const result = await subscriberService.storeAvatar(
+        subscriber.id,
+        avatarPayload,
+      );
 
       expect(attachmentService.store).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(attachmentService.store).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ describe('SubscriberService', () => {
         }),
       );
 
-      expect(updateOneSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(subscriber.id, {
-        avatar: fakeAttachment.id,
-      });
+      expect(result.avatar).toBe(fakeAttachment.id);
     });
 
     it('should propagate an error from AttachmentService and leave the subscriber unchanged', async () => {

api/src/chat/services/subscriber.service.ts

@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ export class SubscriberService extends BaseService<
    *
    * @returns Resolves once the subscriber avatar is stored
    */
-  async storeAvatar(subscriberId: string, avatar: AttachmentFile) {
+  async storeAvatar(
+    subscriberId: string,
+    avatar: AttachmentFile,
+  ): Promise<Subscriber> {
     const { file, type, size } = avatar;
     const extension = mime.extension(type);
 
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ export class SubscriberService extends BaseService<
       createdBy: subscriberId,
     });
 
-    await this.updateOne(subscriberId, {
+    return await this.updateOne(subscriberId, {
       avatar: attachment.id,
     });
   }