Support full html in system messages. Closes #747 (#814)

core/chat/client.go

@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ func (c *Client) chatMessageReceived(data []byte) {
 	c.Username = &msg.Author
 
 	msg.ClientID = c.ClientID
+	msg.RenderAndSanitizeMessageBody()
+
 	_server.SendToAll(msg)
 }
 

core/chat/messageRendering_test.go

@@ -52,3 +52,14 @@ func TestAllowEmojiImages(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("message rendering/sanitation does not match expected.  Got\n%s, \n\n want:\n%s", result, expected)
 	}
 }
+
+// Test to verify we can pass raw html and render markdown.
+func TestAllowHTML(t *testing.T) {
+	messageContent := `<img src="/img/emoji/beerparrot.gif"><ul><li>**test thing**</li></ul>`
+	expected := "<p><img src=\"/img/emoji/beerparrot.gif\"><ul><li><strong>test thing</strong></li></ul></p>\n"
+	result := models.RenderMarkdown(messageContent)
+
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Errorf("message rendering does not match expected.  Got\n%s, \n\n want:\n%s", result, expected)
+	}
+}

core/chat/server.go

@@ -135,13 +135,6 @@ func (s *server) Listen() {
 		case c := <-s.delCh:
 			s.removeClient(c)
 		case msg := <-s.sendAllCh:
-			// message was received from a client and should be sanitized, validated
-			// and distributed to other clients.
-			//
-			// Will turn markdown into html, sanitize user-supplied raw html
-			// and standardize this message into something safe we can send everyone else.
-			msg.RenderAndSanitizeMessageBody()
-
 			if !msg.Empty() {
 				// set defaults before sending msg to anywhere
 				msg.SetDefaults()