Support room alias in rooms URL (ex: http://127.0.0.1:8000/#/room/#public:localhost:8080)

webclient/app.js

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ matrixWebClient.config(['$routeProvider', '$provide', '$httpProvider',
                 templateUrl: 'room/room.html',
                 controller: 'RoomController'
             }).
+            when('/room/', {    // room URL with room alias in it (ex: http://127.0.0.1:8000/#/room/#public:localhost:8080) will come here.
+                                // The reason is that 2nd hash key breaks routeProvider parameters cutting so that the URL will not match with 
+                                // the previous '/room/:room_id' URL rule
+                templateUrl: 'room/room.html',
+                controller: 'RoomController'
+            }).
             when('/rooms', {
                 templateUrl: 'rooms/rooms.html',
                 controller: 'RoomsController'

webclient/components/matrix/matrix-service.js

@@ -165,6 +165,16 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
             return doRequest("DELETE", path, undefined, undefined);
         },
 
+        // Retrieves the room ID corresponding to a room alias
+        resolveRoomAlias:function(room_alias) {
+            var path = "/matrix/client/api/v1/ds/room/$room_alias";
+            room_alias = encodeURIComponent(room_alias);
+
+            path = path.replace("$room_alias", room_alias);
+
+            return doRequest("GET", path, undefined, {});
+        },
+
         sendMessage: function(room_id, msg_id, content) {
             // The REST path spec
             var path = "/rooms/$room_id/messages/$from/$msg_id";

webclient/room/room-controller.js

@@ -108,8 +108,11 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize'])
                                function($scope, $http, $timeout, $routeParams, $location, matrixService, eventStreamService, eventHandlerService) {
    'use strict';
     var MESSAGES_PER_PAGINATION = 30;
+
+    // Room ids. Checked, computed and resolved in onInit
     $scope.room_id = $routeParams.room_id;
-    $scope.room_alias = matrixService.getRoomIdToAliasMapping($scope.room_id);
+    $scope.room_alias = undefined;
+
     $scope.state = {
         user_id: matrixService.config().user_id,
         events_from: "END", // when to start the event stream from.
@@ -342,7 +345,45 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize'])
     $scope.onInit = function() {
         // $timeout(function() { document.getElementById('textInput').focus() }, 0);
         console.log("onInit");
+        
+        // Does the room ID provided in the URL?
+        if ($scope.room_id) {
+            // Yes, we can start right now
+            $scope.room_alias = matrixService.getRoomIdToAliasMapping($scope.room_id);
+            onInit2();
+        }
+        else {
+            // No, the URL contains the room alias. Get this alias.
+            // ie: extract #public:localhost:8080 from http://127.0.0.1:8000/#/room/#public:localhost:8080
+            if (3 === location.hash.split("#").length) {
+                $scope.room_alias = "#" + location.hash.split("#")[2];
+            }
+            else {
+                // In case of issue, go to the default page
+                console.log("Error: cannot extract room alias");
+                $location.path("/");
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            console.log("Resolving alias: " + $scope.room_alias);
 
+            // Need a room ID required in Matrix API requests
+            matrixService.resolveRoomAlias($scope.room_alias).then(function(response) {
+                $scope.room_id = response.data.room_id;
+                console.log("   -> Room ID: " + $scope.room_id);
+
+                // Now, we can start
+                onInit2();
+            },
+            function () {
+                // In case of issue, go to the default page
+                console.log("Error: cannot resolve room alias");
+                $location.path("/");
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    var onInit2 = function() {
         // Join the room
         matrixService.join($scope.room_id).then(
             function() {