Set a captions_file_id post prop to avoid indirection when fetching c…

…aptions file for video preview (#581)

server/bot_api.go

@@ -334,15 +334,49 @@ func (p *Plugin) handleBotPostTranscriptions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 
 	// We update the metadata with the file and post IDs for the transcription.
 	transcriptions, ok := post.GetProp("transcriptions").(map[string]any)
-	if ok {
-		var tm jobMetadata
-		tm.fromMap(transcriptions[info.JobID])
-		tm.FileID = info.FileIDs[0]
-		tm.PostID = trPost.Id
-		transcriptions[info.JobID] = tm.toMap()
-		post.AddProp("transcriptions", transcriptions)
+	if !ok {
+		res.Err = "unexpected data found in transcriptions post prop"
+		res.Code = http.StatusInternalServerError
+		p.LogError(res.Err, "trID", info.JobID)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var tm jobMetadata
+	tm.fromMap(transcriptions[info.JobID])
+	tm.FileID = info.FileIDs[0]
+	tm.PostID = trPost.Id
+	transcriptions[info.JobID] = tm.toMap()
+	post.AddProp("transcriptions", transcriptions)
+
+	// We retrieve the related recording info (if any) so that we can save the file id
+	// for the VTT captions in the props of the recording post that will
+	// eventually render them on top of the video player.
+	recordings, ok := post.GetProp("recordings").(map[string]any)
+	if !ok {
+		res.Err = "unexpected data found in recordings post prop"
+		res.Code = http.StatusInternalServerError
+		p.LogError(res.Err, "trID", info.JobID)
+		return
+	}
+	var rm jobMetadata
+	rm.fromMap(recordings[tm.RecID])
+	if rm.PostID != "" {
+		recPost, appErr := p.API.GetPost(rm.PostID)
+		if appErr != nil {
+			res.Err = "failed to get recording post: " + appErr.Error()
+			res.Code = http.StatusInternalServerError
+			p.LogError(res.Err, "trID", info.JobID)
+			return
+		}
+		recPost.AddProp("captions_file_id", tm.FileID)
+		if _, appErr := p.API.UpdatePost(recPost); appErr != nil {
+			res.Err = "failed to update recording post: " + appErr.Error()
+			res.Code = http.StatusInternalServerError
+			p.LogError(res.Err, "trID", info.JobID)
+			return
+		}
 	} else {
-		p.LogError("unexpected data found in transcriptions post prop", "trID", info.JobID)
+		p.LogWarn("unexpected missing recording post ID", "trID", info.JobID)
 	}
 
 	_, appErr = p.API.UpdatePost(post)

server/job_metadata.go

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ type jobMetadata struct {
 	FileID string
 	// PostID is the Post.Id that holds the job's artifacts (e.g. recording post).
 	PostID string
-	// RecID is the recording ID.
+	// RecID is the recording job ID.
 	RecID string
-	// TrID is the transcription ID.
+	// TrID is the transcription job ID.
 	TrID string
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ func (p *Plugin) saveRecordingMetadata(postID, recID, trID string) error {
 	post.AddProp("recordings", recordings)
 
 	// This is where we map a transcription to a recording.
-	// This information will be used by the client when rendering the recording preview.
+	// This information will be used when the transcribing job completes to populate
+	// the recording post props with the captions file id.
 	if trID != "" {
 		tm := jobMetadata{
 			RecID: recID,

webapp/src/components/recordings_file_preview.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import {FileInfo} from '@mattermost/types/files';
 import {Post} from '@mattermost/types/posts';
-import {GlobalState} from '@mattermost/types/store';
 import {Client4} from 'mattermost-redux/client';
-import {getPost} from 'mattermost-redux/selectors/entities/posts';
 import React, {useMemo} from 'react';
-import {useSelector} from 'react-redux';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -13,12 +10,7 @@ type Props = {
 }
 
 const RecordingsFilePreview = ({fileInfo, post}: Props) => {
-    const callPost = useSelector((state: GlobalState) => getPost(state, post.props?.call_post_id));
-
-    const recording = callPost?.props?.recordings?.[post.props?.recording_id];
-    const transcription = callPost?.props?.transcriptions?.[recording?.tr_id];
-
-    const now = useMemo(() => Date.now(), [recording, transcription]);
+    const now = useMemo(() => Date.now(), [post.props.captions_file_id]);
 
     return (
         <Video
@@ -31,13 +23,13 @@ const RecordingsFilePreview = ({fileInfo, post}: Props) => {
                 src={Client4.getFileUrl(fileInfo.id, now)}
                 type={fileInfo.mime_type}
             />
-            { transcription?.file_id &&
+            { post.props.captions_file_id &&
             <track
                 data-testid='calls-recording-transcription'
                 label='Transcription'
                 kind='subtitles'
                 srcLang='en'
-                src={Client4.getFileUrl(transcription.file_id, now)}
+                src={Client4.getFileUrl(post.props.captions_file_id, now)}
                 default={true}
             />
             }