Add use_community_slug option to support disabling the slug suffix

community/helpers/config_manager.py

@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ class ConfigManager:
         """
         return self.config.get("community_slug")
 
+    def get_use_community_slug(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Get the community slug suffix setting.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: Whether to use the community slug as a room suffix
+        """
+        return self.config.get("use_community_slug")
+
     def get_parent_room(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """Get the parent room ID.
 
@@ -201,7 +209,12 @@ class ConfigManager:
         Returns:
             List[str]: List of missing required configuration keys
         """
-        required_configs = ["parent_room", "room_version", "community_slug"]
+        required_configs = [
+            "parent_room",
+            "room_version",
+            "community_slug",
+            "use_community_slug",
+        ]
 
         missing = []
         for config_key in required_configs:
@@ -231,6 +244,7 @@ class ConfigManager:
         return {
             "room_version": self.get_room_version(),
             "community_slug": self.get_community_slug(),
+            "use_community_slug": self.get_use_community_slug(),
             "invitees": self.get_invitees(),
             "invite_power_level": self.get_invite_power_level(),
             "encrypt": self.is_encryption_enabled(),

community/helpers/room_creation_utils.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async def validate_room_creation_params(
     sanitized_name = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9]", "", roomname).lower()
 
     # Check if community slug is configured
-    if not config.get("community_slug", ""):
+    if config.get("use_community_slug", True) and not config.get("community_slug", ""):
         error_msg = "No community slug configured. Please run initialize command first."
         return sanitized_name, force_encryption, force_unencryption, error_msg, roomname
 
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ async def prepare_room_creation_data(
         Tuple of (alias_localpart, server, room_invitees, parent_room)
     """
     # Create alias with community slug
-    alias_localpart = f"{sanitized_name}-{config.get('community_slug', '')}"
+    if config.get("use_community_slug", True):
+        alias_localpart = f"{sanitized_name}-{config.get('community_slug', '')}"
+    else:
+        alias_localpart = sanitized_name
 
     # Get server and invitees
     server = client.parse_user_id(client.mxid)[1]

community/helpers/room_utils.py

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ async def validate_room_alias(client, alias_localpart: str, server: str) -> bool
 
 
 async def validate_room_aliases(
-    client, room_names: list[str], community_slug: str, server: str
+    client,
+    room_names: list[str],
+    community_slug: str,
+    use_community_slug: bool,
+    server: str,
 ) -> Tuple[bool, List[str]]:
     """Validate that all room aliases are available.
 
@@ -39,12 +43,13 @@ async def validate_room_aliases(
         client: Matrix client instance
         room_names: List of room names to validate
         community_slug: The community slug to append
+        use_community_slug: Whether to append a community slug
         server: The server domain
 
     Returns:
         tuple: (is_valid, list_of_conflicting_aliases)
     """
-    if not community_slug:
+    if use_community_slug and not community_slug:
         return False, []
 
     conflicting_aliases = []
@@ -54,7 +59,10 @@ async def validate_room_aliases(
         from .message_utils import sanitize_room_name
 
         sanitized_name = sanitize_room_name(room_name)
-        alias_localpart = f"{sanitized_name}-{community_slug}"
+        if use_community_slug:
+            alias_localpart = f"{sanitized_name}-{community_slug}"
+        else:
+            alias_localpart = sanitized_name
 
         # Check if alias is available
         is_available = await validate_room_alias(client, alias_localpart, server)