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chatmail-core/deltachat-rpc-client
Hocuri bd6c9908e4 fix: Update the channel title after joining if the QR code included a wrong title (#8260)
Fix https://github.com/chatmail/core/issues/8250. Not sure why anyone
would tamper with the link, but maybe the name gets ellipsized because
it is very long, or maybe we decide to ellipsize more aggressively in
the future.

The fix is easy enough, just set the GroupNameTimestamp when creating
the channel, so that `HeaderDef::ChatGroupNameTimestamp` gets set when
sending a message and the logic in
`apply_chat_name_avatar_and_description_changes()` recognizes the
incoming name's timestamp as newer than `chat_group_name_timestamp`
(which is 0 right after joining a chat).

The test is somewhat hacky and depends on the title being the last
parameter in the invite code URL, but this is fine; if we ever change
that, then the test will fail and we need to modify it.

This also removes some wrong doc comments.

Since groups are unpromoted until sending a first message, the same fix isn't needed for groups.
2026-06-01 08:48:01 +00:00
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Delta Chat RPC python client

RPC client connects to standalone Delta Chat RPC server deltachat-rpc-server and provides asynchronous interface to it. rpc.start() performs a health-check RPC call to verify the server started successfully and will raise an error if startup fails (e.g. if the accounts directory could not be used).

Getting started

To use Delta Chat RPC client, first build a deltachat-rpc-server with cargo build -p deltachat-rpc-server or download a prebuilt release. Install it anywhere in your PATH.

Create a virtual environment if you don't have one already and activate it.

$ python -m venv env
$ . env/bin/activate

Install deltachat-rpc-client from source:

$ cd deltachat-rpc-client
$ pip install .

Testing

  1. Build deltachat-rpc-server with cargo build -p deltachat-rpc-server.
  2. Install tox pip install -U tox
  3. Run CHATMAIL_DOMAIN=ci-chatmail.testrun.org PATH="../target/debug:$PATH" tox.

Additional arguments to tox are passed to pytest, e.g. tox -- -s does not capture test output.

Activating current checkout of deltachat-rpc-client and -server for development

Go to root repository directory and run:

$ scripts/make-rpc-testenv.sh 
$ source venv/bin/activate 

Using in REPL

Setup a development environment:

$ tox --devenv env
$ . env/bin/activate
$ python
>>> from deltachat_rpc_client import *
>>> rpc = Rpc()
>>> rpc.start()
>>> dc = DeltaChat(rpc)
>>> system_info = dc.get_system_info()
>>> system_info["level"]
'awesome'
>>> rpc.close()