public function privateMessages()
{
$since = intval(Request::input('since'));
$limit = min(50, intval(Request::input('limit', 50)));
$messages = PrivateMessage::toOrFrom($this->current_user->user_id)->with('sender')->with('receiver');
if ($since) {
$messages = $messages->where('message_id', '>', $since);
}
$collection = json_collection($messages->orderBy('message_id', $since ? 'asc' : 'desc')->limit($limit)->get(), new PrivateMessageTransformer());
return $since ? $collection : array_reverse($collection);
}
public function sendMessage(User $sender, $body)
{
$message = new PrivateMessage();
$message->user_id = $sender->user_id;
$message->target_id = $this->user_id;
$message->content = $body;
$message->save();
}
