Support rel=me verification on blogs

This allows setting a URL, and then renders a <link> element
in the head of the blog. It requires a database migration.

Ref T744

account.go

@@ -862,9 +862,6 @@ func viewEditCollection(app *App, u *User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 		return ErrCollectionNotFound
 	}
 
-	// Add collection properties
-	c.Monetization = app.db.GetCollectionAttribute(c.ID, "monetization_pointer")
-
 	silenced, err := app.db.IsUserSilenced(u.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == ErrUserNotFound {

activitypub.go

@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/writeas/activity/streams"
+	"github.com/writeas/activityserve"
 	"github.com/writeas/httpsig"
 	"github.com/writeas/impart"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/activitypub"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/activitystreams"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/id"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/log"
+	"github.com/writeas/web-core/silobridge"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ type RemoteUser struct {
 	ActorID     string
 	Inbox       string
 	SharedInbox string
+	URL         string
 	Handle      string
 }
 
@@ -452,7 +456,7 @@ func handleFetchCollectionInbox(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 				followerID = remoteUser.ID
 			} else {
 				// Add follower locally, since it wasn't found before
-				res, err := t.Exec("INSERT INTO remoteusers (actor_id, inbox, shared_inbox) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", fullActor.ID, fullActor.Inbox, fullActor.Endpoints.SharedInbox)
+				res, err := t.Exec("INSERT INTO remoteusers (actor_id, inbox, shared_inbox, url) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", fullActor.ID, fullActor.Inbox, fullActor.Endpoints.SharedInbox, fullActor.URL)
 				if err != nil {
 					// if duplicate key, res will be nil and panic on
 					// res.LastInsertId below
@@ -764,8 +768,8 @@ func federatePost(app *App, p *PublicPost, collID int64, isUpdate bool) error {
 
 func getRemoteUser(app *App, actorID string) (*RemoteUser, error) {
 	u := RemoteUser{ActorID: actorID}
-	var handle sql.NullString
+	var urlVal, handle sql.NullString
-	err := app.db.QueryRow("SELECT id, inbox, shared_inbox, handle FROM remoteusers WHERE actor_id = ?", actorID).Scan(&u.ID, &u.Inbox, &u.SharedInbox, &handle)
+	err := app.db.QueryRow("SELECT id, inbox, shared_inbox, url, handle FROM remoteusers WHERE actor_id = ?", actorID).Scan(&u.ID, &u.Inbox, &u.SharedInbox, &urlVal, &handle)
 	switch {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
 		return nil, impart.HTTPError{http.StatusNotFound, "No remote user with that ID."}
@@ -774,6 +778,7 @@ func getRemoteUser(app *App, actorID string) (*RemoteUser, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	u.URL = urlVal.String
 	u.Handle = handle.String
 
 	return &u, nil
@@ -783,7 +788,8 @@ func getRemoteUser(app *App, actorID string) (*RemoteUser, error) {
 // from the @user@server.tld handle
 func getRemoteUserFromHandle(app *App, handle string) (*RemoteUser, error) {
 	u := RemoteUser{Handle: handle}
-	err := app.db.QueryRow("SELECT id, actor_id, inbox, shared_inbox FROM remoteusers WHERE handle = ?", handle).Scan(&u.ID, &u.ActorID, &u.Inbox, &u.SharedInbox)
+	var urlVal sql.NullString
+	err := app.db.QueryRow("SELECT id, actor_id, inbox, shared_inbox, url FROM remoteusers WHERE handle = ?", handle).Scan(&u.ID, &u.ActorID, &u.Inbox, &u.SharedInbox, &urlVal)
 	switch {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
 		return nil, ErrRemoteUserNotFound
@@ -791,6 +797,7 @@ func getRemoteUserFromHandle(app *App, handle string) (*RemoteUser, error) {
 		log.Error("Couldn't get remote user %s: %v", handle, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	u.URL = urlVal.String
 	return &u, nil
 }
 
@@ -824,6 +831,69 @@ func getActor(app *App, actorIRI string) (*activitystreams.Person, *RemoteUser,
 	return actor, remoteUser, nil
 }
 
+func GetProfileURLFromHandle(app *App, handle string) (string, error) {
+	handle = strings.TrimLeft(handle, "@")
+	actorIRI := ""
+	parts := strings.Split(handle, "@")
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid handle format")
+	}
+	domain := parts[1]
+
+	// Check non-AP instances
+	if siloProfileURL := silobridge.Profile(parts[0], domain); siloProfileURL != "" {
+		return siloProfileURL, nil
+	}
+
+	remoteUser, err := getRemoteUserFromHandle(app, handle)
+	if err != nil {
+		// can't find using handle in the table but the table may already have this user without
+		// handle from a previous version
+		// TODO: Make this determination. We should know whether a user exists without a handle, or doesn't exist at all
+		actorIRI = RemoteLookup(handle)
+		_, errRemoteUser := getRemoteUser(app, actorIRI)
+		// if it exists then we need to update the handle
+		if errRemoteUser == nil {
+			_, err := app.db.Exec("UPDATE remoteusers SET handle = ? WHERE actor_id = ?", handle, actorIRI)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Couldn't update handle '%s' for user %s", handle, actorIRI)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// this probably means we don't have the user in the table so let's try to insert it
+			// here we need to ask the server for the inboxes
+			remoteActor, err := activityserve.NewRemoteActor(actorIRI)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Couldn't fetch remote actor: %v", err)
+			}
+			if debugging {
+				log.Info("Got remote actor: %s %s %s %s %s", actorIRI, remoteActor.GetInbox(), remoteActor.GetSharedInbox(), remoteActor.URL(), handle)
+			}
+			_, err = app.db.Exec("INSERT INTO remoteusers (actor_id, inbox, shared_inbox, url, handle) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", actorIRI, remoteActor.GetInbox(), remoteActor.GetSharedInbox(), remoteActor.URL(), handle)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Couldn't insert remote user: %v", err)
+				return "", err
+			}
+			actorIRI = remoteActor.URL()
+		}
+	} else if remoteUser.URL == "" {
+		log.Info("Remote user %s URL empty, fetching", remoteUser.ActorID)
+		newRemoteActor, err := activityserve.NewRemoteActor(remoteUser.ActorID)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("Couldn't fetch remote actor: %v", err)
+		} else {
+			_, err := app.db.Exec("UPDATE remoteusers SET url = ? WHERE actor_id = ?", newRemoteActor.URL(), remoteUser.ActorID)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Couldn't update handle '%s' for user %s", handle, actorIRI)
+			} else {
+				actorIRI = newRemoteActor.URL()
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		actorIRI = remoteUser.URL
+	}
+	return actorIRI, nil
+}
+
 // unmarshal actor normalizes the actor response to conform to
 // the type Person from github.com/writeas/web-core/activitysteams
 //

collections.go

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type (
 		URL         string         `json:"url,omitempty"`
 
 		Monetization string `json:"monetization_pointer,omitempty"`
+		Verification string `json:"verification_link"`
 
 		db       *datastore
 		hostName string
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ type (
 		Script       *sql.NullString `schema:"script" json:"script"`
 		Signature    *sql.NullString `schema:"signature" json:"signature"`
 		Monetization *string         `schema:"monetization_pointer" json:"monetization_pointer"`
+		Verification *string         `schema:"verification_link" json:"verification_link"`
 		Visibility   *int            `schema:"visibility" json:"public"`
 		Format       *sql.NullString `schema:"format" json:"format"`
 	}
@@ -1132,7 +1134,7 @@ func existingCollection(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = app.db.UpdateCollection(&c, collAlias)
+	err = app.db.UpdateCollection(app, &c, collAlias)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err, ok := err.(impart.HTTPError); ok {
 			if reqJSON {

database.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/silobridge"
 	wf_db "github.com/writefreely/writefreely/db"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ type writestore interface {
 	GetCollection(alias string) (*Collection, error)
 	GetCollectionForPad(alias string) (*Collection, error)
 	GetCollectionByID(id int64) (*Collection, error)
-	UpdateCollection(c *SubmittedCollection, alias string) error
+	UpdateCollection(app *App, c *SubmittedCollection, alias string) error
 	DeleteCollection(alias string, userID int64) error
 
 	UpdatePostPinState(pinned bool, postID string, collID, ownerID, pos int64) error
@@ -815,6 +816,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetCollectionBy(condition string, value interface{}) (*Coll
 	c.Format = format.String
 	c.Public = c.IsPublic()
 	c.Monetization = db.GetCollectionAttribute(c.ID, "monetization_pointer")
+	c.Verification = db.GetCollectionAttribute(c.ID, "verification_link")
 
 	c.db = db
 
@@ -851,7 +853,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetCollectionFromDomain(host string) (*Collection, error) {
 	return db.GetCollectionBy("host = ?", host)
 }
 
-func (db *datastore) UpdateCollection(c *SubmittedCollection, alias string) error {
+func (db *datastore) UpdateCollection(app *App, c *SubmittedCollection, alias string) error {
 	q := query.NewUpdate().
 		SetStringPtr(c.Title, "title").
 		SetStringPtr(c.Description, "description").
@@ -910,6 +912,44 @@ func (db *datastore) UpdateCollection(c *SubmittedCollection, alias string) erro
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Update Verification link value
+	if c.Verification != nil {
+		skipUpdate := false
+		if *c.Verification != "" {
+			// Strip away any excess spaces
+			trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(*c.Verification)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "@") && strings.Count(trimmed, "@") == 2 {
+				// This looks like a fediverse handle, so resolve profile URL
+				profileURL, err := GetProfileURLFromHandle(app, trimmed)
+				if err != nil || profileURL == "" {
+					log.Error("Couldn't find user %s: %v", trimmed, err)
+					skipUpdate = true
+				} else {
+					c.Verification = &profileURL
+				}
+			} else {
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "http") {
+					trimmed = "https://" + trimmed
+				}
+				vu, err := url.Parse(trimmed)
+				if err != nil {
+					// Value appears invalid, so don't update
+					skipUpdate = true
+				} else {
+					s := vu.String()
+					c.Verification = &s
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if !skipUpdate {
+			err = db.SetCollectionAttribute(collID, "verification_link", *c.Verification)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Unable to insert verification_link value: %v", err)
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Update Monetization value
 	if c.Monetization != nil {
 		skipUpdate := false
@@ -2811,6 +2851,7 @@ func handleFailedPostInsert(err error) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// Deprecated: use GetProfileURLFromHandle() instead, which returns user-facing URL instead of actor_id
 func (db *datastore) GetProfilePageFromHandle(app *App, handle string) (string, error) {
 	handle = strings.TrimLeft(handle, "@")
 	actorIRI := ""

go.mod

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.7
 	github.com/writeas/activity v0.1.2
-	github.com/writeas/activityserve v0.0.0-20200409150223-d7ab3eaa4481
+	github.com/writeas/activityserve v0.0.0-20230428180247-dc13a4f4d835
 	github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown/v2 v2.1.1
 	github.com/writeas/go-webfinger v1.1.0
 	github.com/writeas/httpsig v1.0.0

go.sum

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ github.com/writeas/activity v0.1.2 h1:Y12B5lIrabfqKE7e7HFCWiXrlfXljr9tlkFm2mp7Dg
 github.com/writeas/activity v0.1.2/go.mod h1:mYYgiewmEM+8tlifirK/vl6tmB2EbjYaxwb+ndUw5T0=
 github.com/writeas/activityserve v0.0.0-20200409150223-d7ab3eaa4481 h1:BiSivIxLQFcKoUorpNN3rNwwFG5bITPnqUSyIccfdh0=
 github.com/writeas/activityserve v0.0.0-20200409150223-d7ab3eaa4481/go.mod h1:4akDJSl+sSp+QhrQKMqzAqdV1gJ1pPx6XPI77zgMM8o=
+github.com/writeas/activityserve v0.0.0-20230428180247-dc13a4f4d835 h1:bm/7gYo6y3GxtTa1qyUFyCk29CTnBAKt7z4D2MASYrw=
+github.com/writeas/activityserve v0.0.0-20230428180247-dc13a4f4d835/go.mod h1:4akDJSl+sSp+QhrQKMqzAqdV1gJ1pPx6XPI77zgMM8o=
 github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown/v2 v2.1.1 h1:hAxUM21Uhznf/FnbVGiJciqzska6iLei22Ijc3q2e28=
 github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:UvvgPJgn1vvN8nWuE5e7v/+qmDu3BSVnKAB6Gl7hFzA=
 github.com/writeas/go-webfinger v1.1.0 h1:MzNyt0ry/GMsRmJGftn2o9mPwqK1Q5MLdh4VuJCfb1Q=

migrations/migrations.go

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	New("optimize drafts retrieval", optimizeDrafts),                // V8 -> V9
 	New("support post signatures", supportPostSignatures),           // V9 -> V10
 	New("Widen oauth_users.access_token", widenOauthAcceesToken),    // V10 -> V11
+	New("support verifying fedi profile", fediverseVerifyProfile),   // V11 -> V12
 }
 
 // CurrentVer returns the current migration version the application is on

migrations/v12.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2023 Musing Studio LLC.
+ *
+ * This file is part of WriteFreely.
+ *
+ * WriteFreely is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, included
+ * in the LICENSE file in this source code package.
+ */
+
+package migrations
+
+func fediverseVerifyProfile(db *datastore) error {
+	t, err := db.Begin()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Rollback()
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = t.Exec(`ALTER TABLE remoteusers ADD COLUMN url ` + db.typeVarChar(255) + ` NULL` + db.after("shared_inbox"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Rollback()
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = t.Commit()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Rollback()
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

templates/include/post-render.tmpl

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 	{{if .Monetization -}}
 		<meta name="monetization" content="{{.DisplayMonetization}}" />
 	{{- end}}
+	{{if .Verification -}}
+		<link rel="me" href="{{.Verification}}" />
+	{{- end}}
 {{end}}
 
 {{define "highlighting"}}

templates/user/collection.tmpl

@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ textarea.section.norm {
 		</div>
 	</div>
 
+	<div class="option">
+		<h2>Verification</h2>
+		<div class="section">
+			<p class="explain">Verify that you own another site on the open web, fediverse, etc. For example, enter your Mastodon profile address here, then on Mastodon add a link back to this blog &mdash; it will show up as <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/verification" target="mastoverified">verified</a> there.</p>
+			<input type="text" name="verification_link" style="width:100%" value="{{.Verification}}" placeholder="https://writing.exchange/@writefreely" />
+			<p class="explain">This adds a <code>rel="me"</code> code in your blog's <code>&lt;head&gt;</code>.</p>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+
 	{{if .UserPage.StaticPage.AppCfg.Monetization}}
 	<div class="option">
 		<h2>Web Monetization</h2>