From 65e904b286b85be07870a35dbabfb3ff03b9becc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Ballestrini <russell.ballestrini@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 08:23:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] don't duplicate previous messages if they already exist
 (reconnects) 	modified:   templates/chat.html

---
 templates/chat.html | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/templates/chat.html b/templates/chat.html
index c1fc80b..8fa33df 100644
--- a/templates/chat.html
+++ b/templates/chat.html
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ socket.on("message", (data) => {
 
 // Socket event for receiving previous messages
 socket.on("previous_messages", (data) => {
+
+    if (document.getElementById("message-" + data.id)) {
+        // If it exists, skip appending it
+        return;
+    }
+
     const messageWrapper = document.createElement("div");
     messageWrapper.className = "message-wrapper";
     messageWrapper.id = "message-" + data.id;