Add in mark as reaad button to list view, use ajax to preform the action without page refresh.

internal/domain/messages/domain.go

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ type MessageService interface {
 	GetByID(userID, id int64) (*Message, error)
 	Create(userID int64, in CreateMessageInput) (int64, error)
 	Archive(userID, id int64) error
-	//Restore()
-	//ToDo: implement
 	Unarchive(userID, id int64) error
-	//MarkRead(userID, id int64) error
+	MarkRead(userID, id int64) error
+	//MarkUnread(userID, id int64) error
 }

internal/handlers/account/messages/read.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package accountMessageHandler
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"database/sql"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -137,3 +138,36 @@ func (h *AccountMessageHandlers) ReadGet(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	c.Data(http.StatusOK, "text/html; charset=utf-8", buf.Bytes())
 }
+
+func (h *AccountMessageHandlers) MarkReadPost(c *gin.Context) {
+	app := c.MustGet("app").(*bootstrap.App)
+	sm := app.SessionManager
+	userID := mustUserID(c)
+
+	idStr := c.PostForm("id")
+	id, err := strconv.ParseInt(idStr, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil || id <= 0 {
+		sm.Put(c.Request.Context(), "flash", "Invalid message id.")
+		c.Redirect(http.StatusSeeOther, c.Request.Referer()) // back to where they came from
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := h.Svc.MarkRead(userID, id); err != nil {
+		logging.Info("❌ MarkRead error: %v", err)
+		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+			sm.Put(c.Request.Context(), "flash", "Message not found or not permitted.")
+		} else {
+			sm.Put(c.Request.Context(), "flash", "Could not mark message as read.")
+		}
+		c.Redirect(http.StatusSeeOther, "/account/messages")
+		return
+	}
+
+	sm.Put(c.Request.Context(), "flash", "Message marked as read.")
+	// Redirect back to referer when possible so UX is smooth.
+	if ref := c.Request.Referer(); ref != "" {
+		c.Redirect(http.StatusSeeOther, ref)
+	} else {
+		c.Redirect(http.StatusSeeOther, "/account/messages")
+	}
+}

internal/http/routes/accountroutes.go

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func RegisterAccountRoutes(app *bootstrap.App) {
 		messages.GET("/archive", msgH.ArchivedList) // view archived messages
 		messages.POST("/archive", msgH.ArchivePost) // archive a message
 		messages.POST("/restore", msgH.RestoreArchived)
+		messages.POST("/mark-read", msgH.MarkReadPost)
 	}
 
 	// Notifications (auth-required)

internal/platform/services/messages/service.go

@@ -277,3 +277,25 @@ func (s *Service) Unarchive(userID, id int64) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (s *Service) MarkRead(userID, id int64) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), s.Timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	q := `
+        UPDATE user_messages
+        SET is_read = 1
+        WHERE id = ? AND recipientId = ?
+    `
+	q = s.bind(q)
+
+	res, err := s.DB.ExecContext(ctx, q, id, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	n, _ := res.RowsAffected()
+	if n == 0 {
+		return sql.ErrNoRows
+	}
+	return nil
+}