Replying to a chat message has a different path

content.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ INVALID_CONTENT_STRINGS = (
     'graph', 'showshare', 'category', 'showwanted',
     'rmshare', 'rmwanted', 'repeatprivate',
     'unrepeatprivate', 'replyto',
-    'replyfollowers', 'replydm', 'editblogpost',
+    'replyfollowers', 'replydm', 'replychat', 'editblogpost',
     'handle', 'blockdomain'
 )
 

daemon.py

@@ -15932,8 +15932,11 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
             # replying as a direct message,
             # for moderation posts or the dm timeline
-            if '?replydm=' in self.path:
+            if '?replydm=' in self.path or '?replychat=' in self.path:
-                in_reply_to_url = self.path.split('?replydm=')[1]
+                reply_type = 'replydm'
+                if '?replychat=' in self.path:
+                    reply_type = 'replychat'
+                in_reply_to_url = self.path.split('?' + reply_type + '=')[1]
                 in_reply_to_url = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(in_reply_to_url)
                 if '?' in in_reply_to_url:
                     # multiple parameters
@@ -15970,9 +15973,10 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                         share_description = \
                             share_description.replace('_', ' ')
 
-                self.path = self.path.split('?replydm=')[0] + '/newdm'
+                self.path = \
+                    self.path.split('?' + reply_type + '=')[0] + '/newdm'
                 if self.server.debug:
-                    print('DEBUG: replydm path ' + self.path)
+                    print('DEBUG: ' + reply_type + ' path ' + self.path)
 
             # Edit a blog post
             if authorized and \

utils.py

@@ -2654,6 +2654,19 @@ def reject_post_id(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
         reject_file.write('\n')
 
 
+def is_chat_message(post_json_object: {}) -> bool:
+    """Returns true if the given post is a chat message
+    Note that is_dm should be checked before calling this
+    """
+    if post_json_object['type'] != 'Create':
+        return False
+    if not has_object_dict(post_json_object):
+        return False
+    if post_json_object['object']['type'] != 'ChatMessage':
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
 def is_dm(post_json_object: {}) -> bool:
     """Returns true if the given post is a DM
     """

webapp_post.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from utils import has_object_dict
 from utils import update_announce_collection
 from utils import is_pgp_encrypted
 from utils import is_dm
+from utils import is_chat_message
 from utils import reject_post_id
 from utils import is_recent_post
 from utils import get_config_param
@@ -445,10 +446,13 @@ def _get_reply_icon_html(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
             '" title="' + reply_to_this_post_str + '">\n'
     else:
         if is_dm(post_json_object):
+            reply_type = 'replydm'
+            if is_chat_message(post_json_object):
+                reply_type = 'replychat'
             reply_str += \
                 '        ' + \
                 '<a class="imageAnchor" href="/users/' + nickname + \
-                '?replydm=' + reply_to_link + \
+                '?' + reply_type + '=' + reply_to_link + \
                 '?actor=' + post_json_object['actor'] + \
                 conversation_str + \
                 '" title="' + reply_to_this_post_str + '">\n'