Add option to hide viewer count. Closes #1939

controllers/admin/config.go

@@ -711,6 +711,26 @@ func SetChatJoinMessagesEnabled(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, true, "chat join message status updated")
 }
 
+// SetHideViewerCount will enable or disable hiding the viewer count.
+func SetHideViewerCount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if !requirePOST(w, r) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	configValue, success := getValueFromRequest(w, r)
+	if !success {
+		controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, false, "unable to update hiding viewer count")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := data.SetHideViewerCount(configValue.Value.(bool)); err != nil {
+		controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, false, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, true, "hide viewer count setting updated")
+}
+
 func requirePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	if r.Method != controllers.POST {
 		controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, false, r.Method+" not supported")

controllers/admin/serverConfig.go

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func GetServerConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		ChatJoinMessagesEnabled: data.GetChatJoinMessagesEnabled(),
 		SocketHostOverride:      data.GetWebsocketOverrideHost(),
 		ChatEstablishedUserMode: data.GetChatEstbalishedUsersOnlyMode(),
+		HideViewerCount:         data.GetHideViewerCount(),
 		VideoSettings: videoSettings{
 			VideoQualityVariants: videoQualityVariants,
 			LatencyLevel:         data.GetStreamLatencyLevel().Level,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ type serverConfigAdminResponse struct {
 	SuggestedUsernames      []string                    `json:"suggestedUsernames"`
 	SocketHostOverride      string                      `json:"socketHostOverride,omitempty"`
 	Notifications           notificationsConfigResponse `json:"notifications"`
+	HideViewerCount         bool                        `json:"hideViewerCount"`
 }
 
 type videoSettings struct {

controllers/status.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/owncast/owncast/core"
+	"github.com/owncast/owncast/core/data"
 	"github.com/owncast/owncast/router/middleware"
 	"github.com/owncast/owncast/utils"
 )
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ func GetStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	status := core.GetStatus()
 	response := webStatusResponse{
 		Online:             status.Online,
-		ViewerCount:        status.ViewerCount,
 		ServerTime:         time.Now(),
 		LastConnectTime:    status.LastConnectTime,
 		LastDisconnectTime: status.LastDisconnectTime,
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ func GetStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		StreamTitle:        status.StreamTitle,
 	}
 
+	if !data.GetHideViewerCount() {
+		response.ViewerCount = status.ViewerCount
+	}
+
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	middleware.DisableCache(w)
 
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ func GetStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 type webStatusResponse struct {
 	Online             bool            `json:"online"`
-	ViewerCount        int             `json:"viewerCount"`
+	ViewerCount        int             `json:"viewerCount,omitempty"`
 	ServerTime         time.Time       `json:"serverTime"`
 	LastConnectTime    *utils.NullTime `json:"lastConnectTime"`
 	LastDisconnectTime *utils.NullTime `json:"lastDisconnectTime"`