Mintplex-Labs · timothycarambat · Oct 21, 2024 · Oct 18, 2024 · Oct 19, 2024 · Oct 21, 2024
diff --git a/docker/.env.example b/docker/.env.example
@@ -279,4 +279,12 @@ GID='1000'
 # AGENT_SERPLY_API_KEY=
 
 #------ SearXNG ----------- https://github.com/searxng/searxng
-# AGENT_SEARXNG_API_URL=
+# AGENT_SEARXNG_API_URL=
+
+###########################################
+######## Other Configurations ############
+###########################################
+
+# Disable viewing chat history from the UI and frontend APIs.
+# See https://docs.anythingllm.com/configuration#disable-view-chat-history for more information.
+# DISABLE_VIEW_CHAT_HISTORY=1
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CanViewChatHistory/index.jsx b/frontend/src/components/CanViewChatHistory/index.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { FullScreenLoader } from "@/components/Preloader";
+import System from "@/models/system";
+import paths from "@/utils/paths";
+
+/**
+ * Protects the view from system set ups who cannot view chat history.
+ * If the user cannot view chat history, they are redirected to the home page.
+ * @param {React.ReactNode} children
+ */
+export function CanViewChatHistory({ children }) {
+  const { loading, viewable } = useCanViewChatHistory();
+  if (loading) return <FullScreenLoader />;
+  if (!viewable) {
+    window.location.href = paths.home();
+    return <FullScreenLoader />;
+  }
+
+  return <>{children}</>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Provides the `viewable` state to the children.
+ * @returns {React.ReactNode}
+ */
+export function CanViewChatHistoryProvider({ children }) {
+  const { loading, viewable } = useCanViewChatHistory();
+  if (loading) return null;
+  return <>{children({ viewable })}</>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook that fetches the can view chat history state from local storage or the system settings.
+ * @returns {Promise<{viewable: boolean, error: string | null}>}
+ */
+export function useCanViewChatHistory() {
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [viewable, setViewable] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    async function fetchViewable() {
+      const { viewable } = await System.fetchCanViewChatHistory();
+      setViewable(viewable);
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+    fetchViewable();
+  }, []);
+
+  return { loading, viewable };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SettingsSidebar/MenuOption/index.jsx b/frontend/src/components/SettingsSidebar/MenuOption/index.jsx
@@ -149,17 +149,32 @@ function useIsExpanded({
   return { isExpanded, setIsExpanded };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the child options are visible to the user.
+ * This hides the top level options if the child options are not visible
+ * for either the users permissions or the child options hidden prop is set to true by other means.
+ * If all child options return false for `isVisible` then the parent option will not be visible as well.
+ * @param {object} user - The user object.
+ * @param {array} childOptions - The child options.
+ * @returns {boolean} - True if the child options are visible, false otherwise.
+ */
 function hasVisibleOptions(user = null, childOptions = []) {
   if (!Array.isArray(childOptions) || childOptions?.length === 0) return false;
 
-  function isVisible({ roles = [], user = null, flex = false }) {
+  function isVisible({
+    roles = [],
+    user = null,
+    flex = false,
+    hidden = false,
+  }) {
+    if (hidden) return false;
     if (!flex && !roles.includes(user?.role)) return false;
     if (flex && !!user && !roles.includes(user?.role)) return false;
     return true;
   }
 
   return childOptions.some((opt) =>
-    isVisible({ roles: opt.roles, user, flex: opt.flex })
+    isVisible({ roles: opt.roles, user, flex: opt.flex, hidden: opt.hidden })
   );
 }