From d092786fae20b2706c762a8dbefb71982448b2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha <oleksandr@status.im>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 00:12:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] prevent display of empty messages

---
 examples/web-chat/src/hooks.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/examples/web-chat/src/hooks.ts b/examples/web-chat/src/hooks.ts
index bab01c4..bc9d8db 100644
--- a/examples/web-chat/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/examples/web-chat/src/hooks.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const useMessages = (params: UseMessagesParams): UseMessagesResult => {
       .map(Message.fromWakuMessage)
       .concat(localMessages)
       .filter((v): v is Message => !!v)
+      .filter((v) => v.payloadAsUtf8 !== "")
       .sort(
         (left, right) => left.timestamp.getTime() - right.timestamp.getTime()
       );