Copying entire friend ID via custom_packets.

[SkyzohKey]

A user should be able to copy friends ToxID. To achieve this I think it would be nice to use the custom_packets "method" provided by ToxCore.

Example:

• Alice right click Bob FriendListRow and click on "Ask for ToxID" ;
• Alice client send a friend_request_toxid packet to Bob ;
• Bob is asked for sending his entire ToxID (not only the pubkey) ;
  • If Bob answer by Yes his client send a friend_response_toxid containing it's ToxID ;
  • If Bob answer by No his client send a friend_response_toxid containing null or false.
• Alice client get notified of the friend_response_toxid and can:
  • Copy Bob ToxID in the Clipboard ;
  • Notify Alice that Bob rejected her request to get Bob entire ToxID.

Extra: It should be possible to auto-accept friend_request_toxid but this should be disabled by default.

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[benwaffle]

why do you need the other friend's ToxID

[SkyzohKey]

It's sometimes useful to have friend ID, for example when you want to add it on another client/computer. Or if a friend demands you the ToxID of another friend ^^

[ProMcTagonist]

I believe @subliun is doing something similar for Antox, you should use the same method and be compatible.

[SkyzohKey]

ah, nice! @subliun could you talk here about what you did, in order to make Ricin compatible, and maybe adding this in the Tacos/Tox-STS :3

[Doom032]

Great idea. Came here from Tox group chat. As a regular Tox user who's been trying to get his friends to use it for a year now(with limited success), I say every Tox client should have this feature. If it can be, it'd be nice if this would be supported in toxcore. One of the most annoying things right now is adding friends of friends. You have to either keep a database of friend IDs like I do, or ask them when they happen to be online.

[FoundOne]

I'd like to have such feature. I hate when I have to add every friend's id manually on my phone.

[benwaffle]

Antox/Antox#134

[SkyzohKey]

@subliun any news about what you did for Antox ?

[codedust]

Wouldn't it be nice to have some kind of contact sharing? This could be relatively trivially implemented by displaying a suggestion to make a friend request when someone sends you a Tox ID. Additionally, we could implement a "share contact" button that would automatically ask for another contacts Tox ID (as suggested above) and paste it into the current conversation.

[SkyzohKey]

@codedust Yep, should be doable i guess. Can you open an issue for this suggestion please ? x)

[codedust]

Done ;)

[IngvarX]

You can implement it using plugins like I did in my client (https://github.com/ingvar1995/toxygen_plugins/tree/master/CopyableToxId)