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fix: pass schedule Date to mtcute so --schedule really schedules #40

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions telegram-client.js
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Expand Up @@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ function buildTextSendParams(options = {}) {
if (options.silent) params.silent = true;
if (options.noForwards || options.noforwards) params.forbidForwards = true;
const scheduleDate = resolveScheduleDate(options);
if (scheduleDate) params.scheduleDate = scheduleDate;
// mtcute's high-level send methods take `schedule` (Date, or a number in MILLISECONDS),
// not `scheduleDate`; resolveScheduleDate() returns unix seconds, so pass a Date.
if (scheduleDate) params.schedule = new Date(scheduleDate * 1000);
return Object.keys(params).length ? params : undefined;
}

Expand All @@ -289,7 +291,9 @@ function buildMediaSendParams(options = {}) {
if (options.silent) params.silent = true;
if (options.noForwards || options.noforwards) params.forbidForwards = true;
const scheduleDate = resolveScheduleDate(options);
if (scheduleDate) params.scheduleDate = scheduleDate;
// mtcute's high-level send methods take `schedule` (Date, or a number in MILLISECONDS),
// not `scheduleDate`; resolveScheduleDate() returns unix seconds, so pass a Date.
if (scheduleDate) params.schedule = new Date(scheduleDate * 1000);
if (options.captionAbove) params.invert = true;
return Object.keys(params).length ? params : undefined;
}
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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions tests/send-messages.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ describe('sendTextMessage new send parameters', () => {
expect(tc.client.sendText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', 'hello', { forbidForwards: true });
});

it('--schedule passes scheduleDate as unix timestamp in params', async () => {
it('--schedule passes `schedule` (Date) to mtcute, not the ignored `scheduleDate`', async () => {
const scheduleDate = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600;
await tc.sendTextMessage('@chat', 'hello', { scheduleDate });
expect(tc.client.sendText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', 'hello', { scheduleDate });
expect(tc.client.sendText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', 'hello', { schedule: new Date(scheduleDate * 1000) });
});

it('combined silent + replyTo passes both in params', async () => {
Expand All @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('sendTextMessage new send parameters', () => {
expect(tc.client.sendText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', 'hello', {
silent: true,
forbidForwards: true,
scheduleDate,
schedule: new Date(scheduleDate * 1000),
});
});

Expand All @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe('sendTextMessage new send parameters', () => {
const iso = '2027-01-15T09:00:00Z';
const expected = Math.floor(new Date(iso).getTime() / 1000);
await tc.sendTextMessage('@chat', 'hello', { schedule: iso });
expect(tc.client.sendText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', 'hello', { scheduleDate: expected });
expect(tc.client.sendText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', 'hello', { schedule: new Date(expected * 1000) });
});

it('no new params still sends undefined params (backward compat)', async () => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ describe('sendFileMessage new send parameters', () => {
it('--schedule passes scheduleDate in params', async () => {
const scheduleDate = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600;
await tc.sendFileMessage('@chat', temp.filePath, { scheduleDate });
expect(tc.client.sendMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', expect.anything(), { scheduleDate });
expect(tc.client.sendMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', expect.anything(), { schedule: new Date(scheduleDate * 1000) });
});

it('--caption-above passes invertMedia: true in params', async () => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ describe('sendFileMessage new send parameters', () => {
const iso = '2027-06-01T12:00:00Z';
const expected = Math.floor(new Date(iso).getTime() / 1000);
await tc.sendFileMessage('@chat', temp.filePath, { schedule: iso });
expect(tc.client.sendMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', expect.anything(), { scheduleDate: expected });
expect(tc.client.sendMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@chat', expect.anything(), { schedule: new Date(expected * 1000) });
});

it('combined silent + noforwards + replyTo passes all in params', async () => {
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