getRoomIdByAlias method

Future<GetRoomIdByAliasResponse> getRoomIdByAlias(
  1. String roomAlias
)
inherited

Requests that the server resolve a room alias to a room ID.

The server will use the federation API to resolve the alias if the domain part of the alias does not correspond to the server's own domain.

roomAlias The room alias. Its format is defined in the appendices.

Implementation

Future<GetRoomIdByAliasResponse> getRoomIdByAlias(String roomAlias) async {
  final requestUri = Uri(
      path:
          '_api/client/v3/directory/room/${Uri.encodeComponent(roomAlias)}');
  final request = Request('GET', baseUri!.resolveUri(requestUri));
  final response = await httpClient.send(request);
  final responseBody = await response.stream.toBytes();
  if (response.statusCode != 200) unexpectedResponse(response, responseBody);
  final responseString = utf8.decode(responseBody);
  final json = jsonDecode(responseString);
  return GetRoomIdByAliasResponse.fromJson(json as Map<String, Object?>);
}