Add support for disabling chat. Closes #472 (#799)

controllers/admin/config.go

@@ -435,6 +435,23 @@ func SetSocialHandles(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, true, "social handles updated")
 }
 
+// SetChatDisabled will disable chat functionality.
+func SetChatDisabled(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 chat disabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	data.SetChatDisabled(configValue.Value.(bool))
+
+	controllers.WriteSimpleResponse(w, true, "chat disabled status 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

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func GetServerConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		StreamKey:      data.GetStreamKey(),
 		WebServerPort:  config.WebServerPort,
 		RTMPServerPort: data.GetRTMPPortNumber(),
+		ChatDisabled:   data.GetChatDisabled(),
 		VideoSettings: videoSettings{
 			VideoQualityVariants: videoQualityVariants,
 			LatencyLevel:         data.GetStreamLatencyLevel().Level,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ type serverConfigAdminResponse struct {
 	VideoSettings   videoSettings     `json:"videoSettings"`
 	LatencyLevel    int               `json:"latencyLevel"`
 	YP              yp                `json:"yp"`
+	ChatDisabled    bool              `json:"chatDisabled"`
 }
 
 type videoSettings struct {