messages: Support passing user ID to sender operator.

zerver/lib/validator.py

@@ -337,3 +337,9 @@ def check_string_or_int_list(var_name: str, val: object) -> Optional[str]:
         return _('%s is not a string or an integer list') % (var_name,)
 
     return check_list(check_int)(var_name, val)
+
+def check_string_or_int(var_name: str, val: object) -> Optional[str]:
+    if isinstance(val, str) or isinstance(val, int):
+        return None
+
+    return _('%s is not a string or integer') % (var_name,)

zerver/tests/test_decorators.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from zerver.lib.validator import (
     check_string, check_dict, check_dict_only, check_bool, check_float, check_int, check_list, Validator,
     check_variable_type, equals, check_none_or, check_url, check_short_string,
     check_string_fixed_length, check_capped_string, check_color, to_non_negative_int,
-    check_string_or_int_list
+    check_string_or_int_list, check_string_or_int
 )
 from zerver.models import \
     get_realm, get_user, UserProfile, Realm
@@ -919,6 +919,16 @@ class ValidatorTestCase(TestCase):
         x = [1, 2, '3']
         self.assertEqual(check_string_or_int_list('x', x), 'x[2] is not an integer')
 
+    def test_check_string_or_int(self) -> None:
+        x = "string"  # type: Any
+        self.assertEqual(check_string_or_int('x', x), None)
+
+        x = 1
+        self.assertEqual(check_string_or_int('x', x), None)
+
+        x = None
+        self.assertEqual(check_string_or_int('x', x), 'x is not a string or integer')
+
 
 class DeactivatedRealmTest(ZulipTestCase):
     def test_send_deactivated_realm(self) -> None:

zerver/tests/test_narrow.py

@@ -1426,11 +1426,13 @@ class GetOldMessagesTest(ZulipTestCase):
         self.send_personal_message(self.example_email("othello"), self.example_email("hamlet"))
         self.send_stream_message(self.example_email("iago"), "Scotland")
 
-        narrow = [dict(operator='sender', operand=self.example_email("othello"))]
+        test_operands = [self.example_email("othello"), self.example_user("othello").id]
-        result = self.get_and_check_messages(dict(narrow=ujson.dumps(narrow)))
+        for operand in test_operands:
+            narrow = [dict(operator='sender', operand=operand)]
+            result = self.get_and_check_messages(dict(narrow=ujson.dumps(narrow)))
 
-        for message in result["messages"]:
+            for message in result["messages"]:
-            self.assertEqual(message["sender_email"], self.example_email("othello"))
+                self.assertEqual(message["sender_email"], self.example_email("othello"))
 
     def _update_tsvector_index(self) -> None:
         # We use brute force here and update our text search index

zerver/views/messages.py

@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ from zerver.lib.topic import (
 from zerver.lib.topic_mutes import exclude_topic_mutes
 from zerver.lib.utils import statsd
 from zerver.lib.validator import \
-    check_list, check_int, check_dict, check_string, check_bool, check_string_or_int_list
+    check_list, check_int, check_dict, check_string, check_bool, \
+    check_string_or_int_list, check_string_or_int
 from zerver.lib.zephyr import compute_mit_user_fullname
 from zerver.models import Message, UserProfile, Stream, Subscription, Client,\
     Realm, RealmDomain, Recipient, UserMessage, bulk_get_recipients, get_personal_recipient, \
     get_stream, email_to_domain, get_realm, get_active_streams, \
-    get_user_including_cross_realm, get_stream_recipient
+    get_user_including_cross_realm, get_user_by_id_in_realm_including_cross_realm, get_stream_recipient
 
 from sqlalchemy import func
 from sqlalchemy.sql import select, join, column, literal_column, literal, and_, \
@@ -282,11 +283,14 @@ class NarrowBuilder:
         cond = topic_match_sa(operand)
         return query.where(maybe_negate(cond))
 
-    def by_sender(self, query: Query, operand: str, maybe_negate: ConditionTransform) -> Query:
+    def by_sender(self, query: Query, operand: Union[str, int], maybe_negate: ConditionTransform) -> Query:
         try:
-            sender = get_user_including_cross_realm(operand, self.user_realm)
+            if isinstance(operand, str):
+                sender = get_user_including_cross_realm(operand, self.user_realm)
+            else:
+                sender = get_user_by_id_in_realm_including_cross_realm(operand, self.user_realm)
         except UserProfile.DoesNotExist:
-            raise BadNarrowOperator('unknown user ' + operand)
+            raise BadNarrowOperator('unknown user ' + str(operand))
 
         cond = column("sender_id") == literal(sender.id)
         return query.where(maybe_negate(cond))
@@ -513,9 +517,14 @@ def narrow_parameter(json: str) -> Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
             # Make sure to sync this list to frontend also when adding a new operator.
             # that supports user IDs. Relevant code is located in static/js/message_fetch.js
             # in handle_user_ids_supported_operators function where you will need to update
-            # the user_ids_supported_operator.
+            # user_id_supported_operator, or user_ids_supported_operator array.
+            user_id_supported_operator = ['sender']
             user_ids_supported_operators = ['pm-with']
-            if elem.get('operator', '') in user_ids_supported_operators:
+
+            operator = elem.get('operator', '')
+            if operator in user_id_supported_operator:
+                operand_validator = check_string_or_int
+            elif operator in user_ids_supported_operators:
                 operand_validator = check_string_or_int_list
             else:
                 operand_validator = check_string