Serve actors by ID

Cargo.lock

@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ checksum = "658bd65b1cf4c852a3cc96f18a8ce7b5640f6b703f905c7d74532294c2a63984"
 name = "fetch"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "derive_more",
  "reqwest",
  "serde_json",
  "sigh",
@@ -1441,6 +1442,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "puppy",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
 ]
 

bin/pupctl/src/main.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use puppy::{
+    mixin_ap_actor,
     model::{schema, Bite, FollowRequest, Follows, Profile, Username},
     post::Author,
-    store::{self, Error},
+    store::{self, Error, OK},
     Key, Store,
 };
 
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ fn main() -> store::Result<()> {
     println!("creating actors");
     let riley = get_or_create_actor(&db, "riley")?;
     let linen = get_or_create_actor(&db, "linen")?;
+    // db.run(|tx| {
+    //     mixin_ap_actor(tx, riley, "test.pup.riley.lgbt")?;
+    //     mixin_ap_actor(tx, linen, "test.pup.riley.lgbt")?;
+    //     OK
+    // })?;
     if true {
         println!("creating posts");
         puppy::post::create_post(&db, riley, "@linen <3")?;
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ fn get_or_create_actor(db: &Store, username: &str) -> Result<Key, Error> {
         }
         Ok(None) => {
             println!("'{username}' doesn't exist yet, creating");
-            let r = puppy::create_actor(&db, username);
+            let r = puppy::create_local_actor(&db, username, "test.pup.riley.lgbt");
             if let Ok(ref key) = r {
                 println!("created '{username}' with key {key}");
             }

bin/server/Cargo.toml

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 puppy = { path = "../../lib/puppy" }
 tokio = { version = "*", features = ["full"] }
 axum = "*"
+serde_json = "*"

bin/server/src/main.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-use axum::{routing::get, Router};
+use axum::{extract::Path, routing::get, Json, Router};
+use puppy::{get_local_ap_object, model::schema, Key, Store};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }));
+    let db = Store::open(".state", schema()).unwrap();
+    let app = Router::new().route(
+        "/o/:ulid",
+        get(|Path(raw_object_id): Path<String>| async move {
+            let object_id = raw_object_id.parse::<Key>().unwrap();
+            let obj = get_local_ap_object(&db, object_id).unwrap().to_json_ld();
+            Json(obj)
+        }),
+    );
     let sock = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:1312").await.unwrap();
     axum::serve(sock, app).await.unwrap();
 }

lib/fetch/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 reqwest     = "*"
 sigh        = "*"
 serde_json  = "*"
+derive_more = "*"

lib/fetch/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use derive_more::{Display, From, Into};
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+
+pub enum Object {
+    Activity(Activity),
+    Actor(Actor),
+    Object { id: Id },
+}
+
+impl Object {
+    pub fn to_json(self) -> Value {
+        match self {
+            Object::Activity(_) => todo!(),
+            Object::Actor(a) => json!({
+                "id": a.id.to_string(),
+                "inbox": a.inbox.to_string(),
+                "preferredUsername": a.account_name,
+                "name": a.display_name,
+            }),
+            Object::Object { id } => json!({
+                "id": id.to_string()
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn to_json_ld(self) -> Value {
+        let mut json = self.to_json();
+        json["@context"] = json!([]);
+        json
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Activity {
+    pub id: Id,
+}
+
+/// An actor is an entity capable of producing Takes.
+pub struct Actor {
+    /// The URL pointing to this object.
+    pub id: Id,
+    /// Where others should send activities.
+    pub inbox: Id,
+    /// Note: this maps to the `preferredUsername` property.
+    pub account_name: String,
+    /// Note: this maps to the `name` property.
+    pub display_name: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Display, From, Into, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Id(String);

lib/macro/src/lib.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn make_alias_impl(name: &syn::Ident, field: &syn::Field) -> TokenStream {
     })
 }
 
-#[proc_macro_derive(Mixin)]
+#[proc_macro_derive(Mixin, attributes(index))]
 pub fn mixin(item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let input = syn::parse_macro_input!(item as syn::DeriveInput);
 

lib/puppy/src/bites.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//! The most essential feature of any social network.
+
+use store::{Arrow, Key, Store};
+
+/// *Bites you*
+#[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Bite {
+    #[identity]
+    pub id: Key,
+    #[origin]
+    pub biter: Key,
+    #[target]
+    pub victim: Key,
+}
+
+pub fn bite_actor(db: &Store, biter: Key, victim: Key) -> store::Result<Key> {
+    db.run(|tx| {
+        let id = Key::gen();
+        // TODO: Create an `Activity` arrow with the same ID.
+        tx.create(Bite { id, biter, victim })?;
+        Ok(id)
+    })
+}
+
+/// Who has bitten `victim`?
+pub fn bites_on(db: &Store, victim: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<Bite>> {
+    db.incoming::<Bite>(victim).try_collect()
+}

lib/puppy/src/follows.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+//! Follow requests and related stuff.
+
+use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
+use store::{util::IterExt, Arrow, Error, Key, Mixin, Store, OK};
+
+/// A predicate; `follower` "follows" `followed`.
+#[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Follows {
+    #[origin]
+    pub follower: Key,
+    #[target]
+    pub followed: Key,
+}
+
+/// An instance of a request from some `origin` user to follow a `target` user.
+///
+/// This should not be used to determine whether two actors are following each other. For that, use
+/// [`Follows`], a basic arrow for exactly this purpose. *This* arrow is used to identify specific
+/// instances of *requests*, and serves mostly as a historical reference and for synchronizing with
+/// other servers.
+///
+/// Mixins always present for the `id`:
+///
+/// - [`Status`], carrying the status of the request.
+#[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct FollowRequest {
+    /// The unique ID of this particular request.
+    #[identity]
+    pub id: Key,
+    /// The "follower", the user that made the request.
+    pub origin: Key,
+    /// The one the request is made to.
+    pub target: Key,
+}
+
+impl FollowRequest {
+    /// Determine if this follow request is pending.
+    pub fn is_pending(&self, db: &Store) -> store::Result<bool> {
+        // The status is stored as a mixin, so we need to get it.
+        let Some(st) = db.get_mixin::<Status>(self.id)? else {
+            // If we don't have a status for a follow request, something is borked.
+            return Err(Error::Missing);
+        };
+        // If the status of the follow request is pending, it can't also be true that the follows
+        // relation already exists.
+        debug_assert! {
+            !(st == Status::Pending)
+                || db.exists::<Follows>(self.origin, self.target).map(|x| !x)?,
+            "fr.is_pending -> !(fr.origin follows fr.target)"
+        };
+        Ok(st == Status::Pending)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The status of a [`FollowRequest`].
+///
+/// Valid state transitions:
+///
+/// ```text
+///                      ┌──────────────▶  Rejected
+///                      │                         
+///                      │                         
+///                      │                         
+///                                                
+/// None  ─────────▶  Pending   ────────▶  Accepted
+///                                                
+///                      │                    │    
+///                      │                    │    
+///                      │                    │    
+///                      ▼                    │    
+///                  Withdrawn   ◀────────────┘        
+/// ```
+///
+/// In addition, a follow request will be deleted if either endpoint is removed from the graph.
+#[derive(Mixin, Encode, Decode, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
+pub enum Status {
+    /// The follow request was previously pending or accepted, but since withdrawn.
+    ///
+    /// This can happen when someone cancels their follow request or unfollows the target.
+    Withdrawn,
+    /// The follow request was accepted.
+    Accepted,
+    /// The follow request was denied.
+    Rejected,
+    /// The follow request is still under review.
+    Pending,
+}
+
+/// Request to follow another actor.
+pub fn request(db: &Store, requester: Key, target: Key) -> store::Result<FollowRequest> {
+    db.run(|tx| {
+        let req = FollowRequest {
+            id: Key::gen(),
+            origin: requester,
+            target,
+        };
+        tx.create(req)?;
+        tx.add_mixin(req.id, Status::Pending)?;
+        Ok(req)
+    })
+}
+
+/// Accept the open follow request from `requester` to `target`, if one exists.
+pub fn accept(db: &Store, requester: Key, target: Key) -> store::Result<()> {
+    db.run(|tx| {
+        // TODO: This logic is a little broken but it'll do for now. i'll fix it later.
+        let fr = tx
+            .between::<FollowRequest>(requester, target)
+            .filter(|fr| fr.as_ref().is_ok_and(|f| f.target == target))
+            // We'll want the latest one, because that one was inserted last so it'll be the most
+            // recent
+            .last()
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::Missing)??;
+        // Only apply the update if the last follow request is still in a pending state.
+        if let Some(Status::Pending) = db.get_mixin(fr.id)? {
+            tx.update(fr.id, |_| Status::Accepted)?;
+            tx.create(Follows {
+                follower: requester,
+                followed: target,
+            })?;
+        }
+        OK
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn reject(db: &Store, request: Key) -> store::Result<()> {
+    db.run(|tx| {
+        tx.update(request, |_| Status::Rejected)?;
+        OK
+    })
+}
+
+/// List all pending follow requests for a user.
+pub fn list_pending(db: &Store, target: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<FollowRequest>> {
+    db.incoming::<FollowRequest>(target)
+        .filter_bind_results(|req| Ok(if req.is_pending(db)? { Some(req) } else { None }))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Get all actors followed by `actor`.
+pub fn following_of(db: &Store, actor: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<Key>> {
+    db.outgoing::<Follows>(actor)
+        .map_ok(|a| a.followed)
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Get all actors following `actor`.
+pub fn followers_of(db: &Store, actor: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<Key>> {
+    db.incoming::<Follows>(actor)
+        .map_ok(|a| a.follower)
+        .collect()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use store::{Key, Store, OK};
+
+    use crate::{
+        create_actor,
+        model::{schema, FollowRequest, Follows},
+    };
+
+    fn make_test_actors(db: &Store) -> store::Result<(Key, Key)> {
+        let alice = create_actor(&db, "alice")?;
+        let bob = create_actor(&db, "bob")?;
+        eprintln!("alice={alice}, bob={bob}");
+        Ok((alice, bob))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_fr() -> store::Result<()> {
+        Store::test(schema(), |db| {
+            let (alice, bob) = make_test_actors(&db)?;
+            super::request(&db, alice, bob)?;
+            assert!(
+                db.exists::<FollowRequest>(alice, bob)?,
+                "(alice -> bob) ∈ follow-requested"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                !db.exists::<Follows>(alice, bob)?,
+                "(alice -> bob) ∉ follows"
+            );
+            let pending_for_bob = super::list_pending(&db, bob)?
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|fr| fr.origin)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            assert_eq!(pending_for_bob, vec![alice], "bob.pending = {{alice}}");
+            OK
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn accept_fr() -> store::Result<()> {
+        Store::test(schema(), |db| {
+            let (alice, bob) = make_test_actors(&db)?;
+            super::request(&db, alice, bob)?;
+            super::accept(&db, alice, bob)?;
+
+            assert!(
+                db.exists::<Follows>(alice, bob)?,
+                "(alice -> bob) ∈ follows"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                !db.exists::<Follows>(bob, alice)?,
+                "(bob -> alice) ∉ follows"
+            );
+
+            let pending_for_bob = super::list_pending(&db, bob)?;
+            assert!(pending_for_bob.is_empty(), "bob.pending = ∅");
+
+            let followers_of_bob = super::followers_of(&db, bob)?;
+            assert_eq!(followers_of_bob, vec![alice], "bob.followers = {{alice}}");
+
+            OK
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn listing_follow_relations() -> store::Result<()> {
+        Store::test(schema(), |db| {
+            let (alice, bob) = make_test_actors(&db)?;
+            super::request(&db, alice, bob)?;
+            super::accept(&db, alice, bob)?;
+
+            let followers_of_bob = super::followers_of(&db, bob)?;
+            assert_eq!(followers_of_bob, vec![alice], "bob.followers = {{alice}}");
+
+            let following_of_alice = super::following_of(&db, alice)?;
+            assert_eq!(following_of_alice, vec![bob], "alice.following = {{bob}}");
+
+            OK
+        })
+    }
+}

lib/puppy/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![feature(iterator_try_collect, try_blocks)]
-use model::{Profile, Username};
+use model::{Channel, Id, Object, ObjectKind, Profile, Username};
 pub use store::{self, Key, Store};
+use store::{Error, Transaction, OK};
 
 pub mod model {
     use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ pub mod model {
         /// How many posts has this user made?
         pub post_count: usize,
         /// The name used for the profile's handle.
+        #[index] // <- currently doesnt do anything but i have an idea
         pub account_name: Username,
         /// The name displayed above their posts.
         pub display_name: Option<String>,
@@ -31,6 +33,46 @@ pub mod model {
         pub about_fields: Vec<(String, String)>,
     }
 
+    /// Properties of ActivityPub objects.
+    #[derive(Mixin, Encode, Decode, Debug, Clone)]
+    pub struct Object {
+        #[index]
+        pub id: Id,
+        pub kind: ObjectKind,
+    }
+
+    /// Allows case analysis on the type of ActivityPub objects.
+    #[derive(Encode, Decode, Debug, Clone)]
+    pub enum ObjectKind {
+        Actor,
+        Activity(ActivityKind),
+        Notelike(String),
+    }
+
+    /// The type of an activity.
+    #[derive(Encode, Decode, Debug, Clone)]
+    pub enum ActivityKind {
+        /// Used for posting stuff!
+        Create = 0,
+        /// Represents a follow request.
+        Follow = 1,
+        /// Used to signal that a follow request was accepted.
+        Accept = 2,
+        /// Used to reject a follow request.
+        Reject = 3,
+        /// See [`bites`](crate::bites).
+        Bite = 4,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Mixin, Encode, Decode, Debug, Clone)]
+    pub struct Channel {
+        pub inbox: String,
+    }
+
+    /// An ActivityPub ID, used to look up remote objects by their canonical URL.
+    #[derive(Alias, Encode, Decode, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash, Display)]
+    pub struct Id(pub String);
+
     /// A unique name for an actor that is part of their "handle".
     #[derive(Alias, Encode, Decode, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash, Display)]
     pub struct Username(pub String);
@@ -42,8 +84,11 @@ pub mod model {
             .has::<Profile>()
             .has::<Content>()
             .has::<Status>()
+            .has::<Object>()
+            .has::<Channel>()
             // Aliases
             .has::<Username>()
+            .has::<Id>()
             // Arrows
             .has::<Bite>()
             .has::<FollowRequest>()
@@ -52,10 +97,43 @@ pub mod model {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn create_actor(db: &Store, username: impl ToString) -> store::Result<Key> {
+/// Retrieve an ActivityPub object from the database.
+///
+/// Fails with `Error::Missing` if the required properties are not present.
+pub fn get_local_ap_object(db: &Store, key: Key) -> store::Result<fetch::Object> {
+    let Some(obj) = db.get_mixin::<Object>(key)? else {
+        return Err(Error::Missing);
+    };
+    match obj.kind {
+        ObjectKind::Actor => {
+            let Some(Profile { account_name, display_name, .. }) = db.get_mixin(key)? else {
+                return Err(Error::Missing);
+            };
+            let Some(Channel { inbox }) = db.get_mixin(key)? else {
+                return Err(Error::Missing);
+            };
+            Ok(fetch::Object::Actor(fetch::Actor {
+                id: obj.id.0.into(),
+                inbox: inbox.into(),
+                account_name: account_name.0,
+                display_name,
+            }))
+        }
+        ObjectKind::Activity(_) => {
+            todo!()
+        }
+        ObjectKind::Notelike(_) => todo!(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Create a fresh local actor.
+pub fn create_local_actor(db: &Store, domain: &str, username: impl ToString) -> store::Result<Key> {
     let key = Key::gen();
     db.run(|tx| {
         let username: Username = username.to_string().into();
+        // Federation stuff
+        mixin_ap_actor(tx, key, domain)?;
+        // Social properties
         tx.add_alias(key, username.clone())?;
         tx.add_mixin(key, Profile {
             post_count: 0,
@@ -68,440 +146,15 @@ pub fn create_actor(db: &Store, username: impl ToString) -> store::Result<Key> {
     })
 }
 
-pub mod bites {
+/// Add properties related to ActivityPub actors to a vertex.
-    //! The most essential feature of any social network.
+pub fn mixin_ap_actor(tx: &Transaction<'_>, vertex: Key, domain: &str) -> store::Result<()> {
-
+    let id = Id(format!("http://{domain}/o/{vertex}"));
-    use store::{Arrow, Key, Store};
+    tx.add_alias(vertex, id.clone())?;
-
+    tx.add_mixin(vertex, Channel { inbox: format!("{id}/inbox") })?;
-    /// *Bites you*
+    tx.add_mixin(vertex, Object { id, kind: ObjectKind::Actor })?;
-    #[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
-    pub struct Bite {
-        #[identity]
-        pub id: Key,
-        #[origin]
-        pub biter: Key,
-        #[target]
-        pub victim: Key,
-    }
-
-    pub fn bite_actor(db: &Store, biter: Key, victim: Key) -> store::Result<Key> {
-        db.run(|tx| {
-            let id = Key::gen();
-            tx.create(Bite { id, biter, victim })?;
-            Ok(id)
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Who has bitten `victim`?
-    pub fn bites_on(db: &Store, victim: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<Bite>> {
-        db.incoming::<Bite>(victim).try_collect()
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod post {
-    //! Timelines: where you go to view the posts.
-
-    use std::ops::RangeBounds;
-
-    use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
-    use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-    use either::Either::{Left, Right};
-    use store::{util::IterExt as _, Arrow, Error, Key, Mixin, Result, Store, Transaction};
-
-    use crate::model::Profile;
-
-    /// The contents of a post.
-    #[derive(Mixin, Encode, Decode, Debug, Clone, Default)]
-    pub struct Content {
-        /// Main post body.
-        pub content: Option<String>,
-        /// Content warning for the post.
-        pub warning: Option<String>,
-    }
-
-    impl From<&str> for Content {
-        fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
-            value.to_string().into()
-        }
-    }
-
-    impl From<String> for Content {
-        fn from(value: String) -> Self {
-            Content {
-                content: Some(value),
-                warning: None,
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// The relation that `author` has constructed and published `object`.
-    #[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
-    pub struct AuthorOf {
-        #[origin]
-        pub author: Key,
-        #[target]
-        pub object: Key,
-    }
-
-    /// A piece of content posted by someone.
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-    pub struct Post {
-        /// The post's internal ID.
-        pub id: Key,
-        /// The actual post contents.
-        pub content: Content,
-        /// Metadata about the post's author.
-        pub author: Author,
-    }
-
-    /// Information about a [`Post`]'s author.
-    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-    pub struct Author {
-        /// The identifier of the author.
-        pub id: Key,
-        /// The name to display along with the post.
-        pub display_name: String,
-        /// An informal identifier for a particular author.
-        pub handle: String,
-    }
-
-    /// An ordered list of [`Post`]s for viewing.
-    #[derive(Debug)]
-    pub struct Timeline {
-        items: Vec<Item>,
-    }
-
-    /// Discrete events that can be displayed to a user as part of a timeline.
-    #[derive(Debug)]
-    enum Item {
-        Post(Post),
-    }
-
-    impl Item {
-        /// Get the timeline item if it is a [`Post`].
-        pub fn as_post(&self) -> Option<&Post> {
-            match self {
-                Item::Post(ref post) => Some(post),
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    impl Timeline {
-        /// Get all the posts in the timeline.
-        pub fn posts(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Post> {
-            self.items.iter().filter_map(|x| x.as_post())
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Gets at most `limit` of the posts known to the instance that were inserted within `time_range`.
-    pub fn fetch_timeline(
-        db: &Store,
-        time_range: impl RangeBounds<DateTime<Utc>>,
-        limit: Option<usize>,
-    ) -> Result<Timeline> {
-        let posts = db.run(|tx| {
-            // Get all post content entries (the argument passed here is a range of chrono datetimes).
-            let iter = tx.range::<Content>(time_range);
-            let iter = match limit {
-                Some(n) => Left(iter.take(n)),
-                None => Right(iter),
-            };
-            // Then, we're gonna map each of them to their author, and get the profile information needed to
-            // render the post (mostly display name and handle).
-            iter.bind_results(|(id, content)| {
-                // Take the first author. There is nothing stopping a post from having multiple authors, but
-                // let's take it one step at a time.
-                let (author, Some(Profile { display_name, account_name, .. })) = tx
-                    .join_on(|a: AuthorOf| a.author, tx.incoming(id))?
-                    .swap_remove(0)
-                else {
-                    // We expect all posts to have at least one author, so we should complain if there is one
-                    // that doesn't (for now). For robustness, the `.collect()` down there should be replaced
-                    // with a strategy where we log a warning instead of failing, but in the current state of
-                    // the project, failing fast is a good thing.
-                    return Err(Error::Missing);
-                };
-                Ok(Item::Post(Post {
-                    id,
-                    author: Author {
-                        id: author,
-                        handle: format!("@{account_name}"),
-                        display_name: display_name.unwrap_or(account_name.0),
-                    },
-                    content,
-                }))
-            })
-            .collect()
-        })?;
-        Ok(Timeline { items: posts })
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new post.
-    pub fn create_post(db: &Store, author: Key, content: impl Into<Content>) -> store::Result<Key> {
-        db.run(|tx| mixin_post(tx, Key::gen(), author, content))
-    }
-
-    /// Add a post's mixins and predicates to an existing `node`.
-    pub fn mixin_post(
-        tx: &Transaction<'_>,
-        node: Key,
-        author: Key,
-        content: impl Into<Content>,
-    ) -> store::Result<Key> {
-        tx.update::<Profile>(author, |mut profile| {
-            profile.post_count += 1;
-            profile
-        })?;
-        tx.add_mixin(node, content.into())?;
-        tx.create(AuthorOf { author, object: node })?;
-        Ok(node)
-    }
-
-    pub fn list_posts_by_author(db: &Store, author: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<(Key, Content)>> {
-        db.run(|tx| {
-            let posts = tx
-                .join_on(|a: AuthorOf| a.object, tx.outgoing(author))?
-                .into_iter()
-                .filter_map(|(k, opt)| try { (k, opt?) })
-                .collect();
-            Ok(posts)
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod follows {
-    //! Follow requests and related stuff.
-
-    use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
-    use store::{util::IterExt, Arrow, Error, Key, Mixin, Store, OK};
-
-    /// A predicate; `follower` "follows" `followed`.
-    #[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
-    pub struct Follows {
-        #[origin]
-        pub follower: Key,
-        #[target]
-        pub followed: Key,
-    }
-
-    /// An instance of a request from some `origin` user to follow a `target` user.
-    ///
-    /// This should not be used to determine whether two actors are following each other. For that, use
-    /// [`Follows`], a basic arrow for exactly this purpose. *This* arrow is used to identify specific
-    /// instances of *requests*, and serves mostly as a historical reference and for synchronizing with
-    /// other servers.
-    ///
-    /// Mixins always present for the `id`:
-    ///
-    /// - [`Status`], carrying the status of the request.
-    #[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
-    pub struct FollowRequest {
-        /// The unique ID of this particular request.
-        #[identity]
-        pub id: Key,
-        /// The "follower", the user that made the request.
-        pub origin: Key,
-        /// The one the request is made to.
-        pub target: Key,
-    }
-
-    impl FollowRequest {
-        /// Determine if this follow request is pending.
-        pub fn is_pending(&self, db: &Store) -> store::Result<bool> {
-            // The status is stored as a mixin, so we need to get it.
-            let Some(st) = db.get_mixin::<Status>(self.id)? else {
-                // If we don't have a status for a follow request, something is borked.
-                return Err(Error::Missing);
-            };
-            // If the status of the follow request is pending, it can't also be true that the follows
-            // relation already exists.
-            debug_assert! {
-                !(st == Status::Pending)
-                    || db.exists::<Follows>(self.origin, self.target).map(|x| !x)?,
-                "fr.is_pending -> !(fr.origin follows fr.target)"
-            };
-            Ok(st == Status::Pending)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// The status of a [`FollowRequest`].
-    ///
-    /// Valid state transitions:
-    ///
-    /// ```text
-    ///                      ┌──────────────▶  Rejected
-    ///                      │                         
-    ///                      │                         
-    ///                      │                         
-    ///                                                
-    /// None  ─────────▶  Pending   ────────▶  Accepted
-    ///                                                
-    ///                      │                    │    
-    ///                      │                    │    
-    ///                      │                    │    
-    ///                      ▼                    │    
-    ///                  Withdrawn   ◀────────────┘        
-    /// ```
-    ///
-    /// In addition, a follow request will be deleted if either endpoint is removed from the graph.
-    #[derive(Mixin, Encode, Decode, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
-    pub enum Status {
-        /// The follow request was previously pending or accepted, but since withdrawn.
-        ///
-        /// This can happen when someone cancels their follow request or unfollows the target.
-        Withdrawn,
-        /// The follow request was accepted.
-        Accepted,
-        /// The follow request was denied.
-        Rejected,
-        /// The follow request is still under review.
-        Pending,
-    }
-
-    /// Request to follow another actor.
-    pub fn request(db: &Store, requester: Key, target: Key) -> store::Result<FollowRequest> {
-        db.run(|tx| {
-            let req = FollowRequest {
-                id: Key::gen(),
-                origin: requester,
-                target,
-            };
-            tx.create(req)?;
-            tx.add_mixin(req.id, Status::Pending)?;
-            Ok(req)
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Accept the open follow request from `requester` to `target`, if one exists.
-    pub fn accept(db: &Store, requester: Key, target: Key) -> store::Result<()> {
-        db.run(|tx| {
-            // TODO: This logic is a little broken but it'll do for now. i'll fix it later.
-            let fr = tx
-                .between::<FollowRequest>(requester, target)
-                .filter(|fr| fr.as_ref().is_ok_and(|f| f.target == target))
-                // We'll want the latest one, because that one was inserted last so it'll be the most
-                // recent
-                .last()
-                .ok_or_else(|| Error::Missing)??;
-            // Only apply the update if the last follow request is still in a pending state.
-            if let Some(Status::Pending) = db.get_mixin(fr.id)? {
-                tx.update(fr.id, |_| Status::Accepted)?;
-                tx.create(Follows {
-                    follower: requester,
-                    followed: target,
-                })?;
-            }
     OK
-        })
 }
 
-    pub fn reject(db: &Store, request: Key) -> store::Result<()> {
+pub mod bites;
-        db.run(|tx| {
+pub mod post;
-            tx.update(request, |_| Status::Rejected)?;
+pub mod follows;
-            OK
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// List all pending follow requests for a user.
-    pub fn list_pending(db: &Store, target: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<FollowRequest>> {
-        db.incoming::<FollowRequest>(target)
-            .filter_bind_results(|req| Ok(if req.is_pending(db)? { Some(req) } else { None }))
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    /// Get all actors followed by `actor`.
-    pub fn following_of(db: &Store, actor: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<Key>> {
-        db.outgoing::<Follows>(actor)
-            .map_ok(|a| a.followed)
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    /// Get all actors following `actor`.
-    pub fn followers_of(db: &Store, actor: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<Key>> {
-        db.incoming::<Follows>(actor)
-            .map_ok(|a| a.follower)
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    mod tests {
-        use store::{Key, Store, OK};
-
-        use crate::{
-            create_actor,
-            model::{schema, FollowRequest, Follows},
-        };
-
-        fn make_test_actors(db: &Store) -> store::Result<(Key, Key)> {
-            let alice = create_actor(&db, "alice")?;
-            let bob = create_actor(&db, "bob")?;
-            eprintln!("alice={alice}, bob={bob}");
-            Ok((alice, bob))
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn create_fr() -> store::Result<()> {
-            Store::test(schema(), |db| {
-                let (alice, bob) = make_test_actors(&db)?;
-                super::request(&db, alice, bob)?;
-                assert!(
-                    db.exists::<FollowRequest>(alice, bob)?,
-                    "(alice -> bob) ∈ follow-requested"
-                );
-                assert!(
-                    !db.exists::<Follows>(alice, bob)?,
-                    "(alice -> bob) ∉ follows"
-                );
-                let pending_for_bob = super::list_pending(&db, bob)?
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|fr| fr.origin)
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-                assert_eq!(pending_for_bob, vec![alice], "bob.pending = {{alice}}");
-                OK
-            })
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn accept_fr() -> store::Result<()> {
-            Store::test(schema(), |db| {
-                let (alice, bob) = make_test_actors(&db)?;
-                super::request(&db, alice, bob)?;
-                super::accept(&db, alice, bob)?;
-
-                assert!(
-                    db.exists::<Follows>(alice, bob)?,
-                    "(alice -> bob) ∈ follows"
-                );
-                assert!(
-                    !db.exists::<Follows>(bob, alice)?,
-                    "(bob -> alice) ∉ follows"
-                );
-
-                let pending_for_bob = super::list_pending(&db, bob)?;
-                assert!(pending_for_bob.is_empty(), "bob.pending = ∅");
-
-                let followers_of_bob = super::followers_of(&db, bob)?;
-                assert_eq!(followers_of_bob, vec![alice], "bob.followers = {{alice}}");
-
-                OK
-            })
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn listing_follow_relations() -> store::Result<()> {
-            Store::test(schema(), |db| {
-                let (alice, bob) = make_test_actors(&db)?;
-                super::request(&db, alice, bob)?;
-                super::accept(&db, alice, bob)?;
-
-                let followers_of_bob = super::followers_of(&db, bob)?;
-                assert_eq!(followers_of_bob, vec![alice], "bob.followers = {{alice}}");
-
-                let following_of_alice = super::following_of(&db, alice)?;
-                assert_eq!(following_of_alice, vec![bob], "alice.following = {{bob}}");
-
-                OK
-            })
-        }
-    }
-}

lib/puppy/src/post.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+//! Timelines: where you go to view the posts.
+
+use std::ops::RangeBounds;
+
+use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use either::Either::{Left, Right};
+use store::{util::IterExt as _, Arrow, Error, Key, Mixin, Result, Store, Transaction};
+
+use crate::model::Profile;
+
+/// The contents of a post.
+#[derive(Mixin, Encode, Decode, Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct Content {
+    /// Main post body.
+    pub content: Option<String>,
+    /// Content warning for the post.
+    pub warning: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl From<&str> for Content {
+    fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
+        value.to_string().into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for Content {
+    fn from(value: String) -> Self {
+        Content {
+            content: Some(value),
+            warning: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The relation that `author` has constructed and published `object`.
+#[derive(Arrow, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct AuthorOf {
+    #[origin]
+    pub author: Key,
+    #[target]
+    pub object: Key,
+}
+
+/// A piece of content posted by someone.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Post {
+    /// The post's internal ID.
+    pub id: Key,
+    /// The actual post contents.
+    pub content: Content,
+    /// Metadata about the post's author.
+    pub author: Author,
+}
+
+/// Information about a [`Post`]'s author.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Author {
+    /// The identifier of the author.
+    pub id: Key,
+    /// The name to display along with the post.
+    pub display_name: String,
+    /// An informal identifier for a particular author.
+    pub handle: String,
+}
+
+/// An ordered list of [`Post`]s for viewing.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Timeline {
+    items: Vec<Item>,
+}
+
+/// Discrete events that can be displayed to a user as part of a timeline.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Item {
+    Post(Post),
+}
+
+impl Item {
+    /// Get the timeline item if it is a [`Post`].
+    pub fn as_post(&self) -> Option<&Post> {
+        match self {
+            Item::Post(ref post) => Some(post),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Timeline {
+    /// Get all the posts in the timeline.
+    pub fn posts(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Post> {
+        self.items.iter().filter_map(|x| x.as_post())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Gets at most `limit` of the posts known to the instance that were inserted within `time_range`.
+pub fn fetch_timeline(
+    db: &Store,
+    time_range: impl RangeBounds<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
+) -> Result<Timeline> {
+    let posts = db.run(|tx| {
+        // Get all post content entries (the argument passed here is a range of chrono datetimes).
+        let iter = tx.range::<Content>(time_range);
+        let iter = match limit {
+            Some(n) => Left(iter.take(n)),
+            None => Right(iter),
+        };
+        // Then, we're gonna map each of them to their author, and get the profile information needed to
+        // render the post (mostly display name and handle).
+        iter.bind_results(|(id, content)| {
+            // Take the first author. There is nothing stopping a post from having multiple authors, but
+            // let's take it one step at a time.
+            let (author, Some(Profile { display_name, account_name, .. })) = tx
+                .join_on(|a: AuthorOf| a.author, tx.incoming(id))?
+                .swap_remove(0)
+            else {
+                // We expect all posts to have at least one author, so we should complain if there is one
+                // that doesn't (for now). For robustness, the `.collect()` down there should be replaced
+                // with a strategy where we log a warning instead of failing, but in the current state of
+                // the project, failing fast is a good thing.
+                return Err(Error::Missing);
+            };
+            Ok(Item::Post(Post {
+                id,
+                author: Author {
+                    id: author,
+                    handle: format!("@{account_name}"),
+                    display_name: display_name.unwrap_or(account_name.0),
+                },
+                content,
+            }))
+        })
+        .collect()
+    })?;
+    Ok(Timeline { items: posts })
+}
+
+/// Create a new post.
+pub fn create_post(db: &Store, author: Key, content: impl Into<Content>) -> store::Result<Key> {
+    db.run(|tx| mixin_post(tx, Key::gen(), author, content))
+}
+
+/// Add a post's mixins and predicates to an existing `node`.
+pub fn mixin_post(
+    tx: &Transaction<'_>,
+    node: Key,
+    author: Key,
+    content: impl Into<Content>,
+) -> store::Result<Key> {
+    tx.update::<Profile>(author, |mut profile| {
+        profile.post_count += 1;
+        profile
+    })?;
+    tx.add_mixin(node, content.into())?;
+    tx.create(AuthorOf { author, object: node })?;
+    Ok(node)
+}
+
+pub fn list_posts_by_author(db: &Store, author: Key) -> store::Result<Vec<(Key, Content)>> {
+    db.run(|tx| {
+        let posts = tx
+            .join_on(|a: AuthorOf| a.object, tx.outgoing(author))?
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|(k, opt)| try { (k, opt?) })
+            .collect();
+        Ok(posts)
+    })
+}

lib/store/src/key.rs

@@ -1,35 +1,23 @@
-use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
+use std::{
+    fmt::{Debug, Display},
+    str::FromStr,
+};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use ulid::Ulid;
 
-use crate::arrow::{ArrowKind, Basic, Multi};
+use crate::Error;
 
 /// A unique identifier for vertices in the database.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
 pub struct Key(pub(crate) [u8; 16]);
 
-impl Display for Key {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        Display::fmt(&Ulid::from_bytes(self.0), f)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Debug for Key {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "Key({})", Ulid::from_bytes(self.0))
-    }
-}
-
 impl Key {
+    /// Generate a new node identifier.
     pub fn gen() -> Key {
         Key(ulid::Ulid::new().to_bytes())
     }
-    pub(crate) fn from_slice(buf: &[u8]) -> Key {
+    /// Get the time at which this key was generated.
-        let mut key = [0; 16];
-        key.copy_from_slice(&buf);
-        Key(key)
-    }
     pub fn timestamp(self) -> DateTime<Utc> {
         let ms = self.to_ulid().timestamp_ms();
         DateTime::from_timestamp_millis(ms as i64).unwrap()
@@ -41,11 +29,17 @@ impl Key {
         buf[16..].copy_from_slice(&other.0);
         buf
     }
+    pub(crate) fn from_slice(buf: &[u8]) -> Key {
+        let mut key = [0; 16];
+        key.copy_from_slice(&buf);
+        Key(key)
+    }
     pub(crate) fn split(buf: &[u8]) -> (Key, Key) {
         let tail = Key::from_slice(&buf[..16]);
         let head = Key::from_slice(&buf[16..]);
         (tail, head)
     }
+    // TODO: This doesn't belong here lmao
     pub(crate) fn range(ts: DateTime<Utc>) -> ([u8; 16], [u8; 16]) {
         let min = Ulid::from_parts(ts.timestamp_millis() as u64, u128::MIN).to_bytes();
         let max = Ulid::from_parts(ts.timestamp_millis() as u64, u128::MAX).to_bytes();
@@ -61,3 +55,25 @@ impl AsRef<[u8]> for Key {
         &self.0
     }
 }
+
+impl FromStr for Key {
+    type Err = crate::Error;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        s.parse::<Ulid>()
+            .map(|x| Key(x.to_bytes()))
+            .map_err(|err| Error::BadKey(err))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Key {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        Display::fmt(&self.to_ulid(), f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Debug for Key {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Key({})", Ulid::from_bytes(self.0))
+    }
+}

lib/store/src/lib.rs

@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Returned if there is a conflict; for example, if the uniqueness property of an alias would
     /// be violated by inserting one.
     Conflict,
+    /// A node key couldn't be decoded.
+    BadKey(ulid::DecodeError),
     /// Signals a failure related to the data store's backend.
     Internal(rocksdb::Error),
     Encoding(bincode::error::EncodeError),