generate edit on article update (without federation)

Cargo.lock

@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serial_test",
+ "sha2",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",

Cargo.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ futures = "0.3.29"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = "1.0.192"
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
+sha2 = "0.10.8"
 tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 url = "2.4.1"

src/api.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use axum::{Form, Json, Router};
 use axum_macros::debug_handler;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;
+use crate::federation::objects::edit::DbEdit;
 
 pub fn api_routes() -> Router {
     Router::new()
@@ -82,21 +83,28 @@ async fn edit_article(
     data: Data<DatabaseHandle>,
     Form(edit_article): Form<EditArticle>,
 ) -> MyResult<Json<DbArticle>> {
-    let article = {
+    let original_article = {
+        let mut lock = data.articles.lock().unwrap();
+        let article = lock.get_mut(edit_article.ap_id.inner()).unwrap();
+        article.clone()
+    };
+    let edit = DbEdit::new(&original_article, &edit_article.new_text)?;
+    let updated_article = {
         let mut lock = data.articles.lock().unwrap();
         let article = lock.get_mut(edit_article.ap_id.inner()).unwrap();
         article.text = edit_article.new_text;
+        article.edits.push(edit);
         article.clone()
     };
 
     CreateOrUpdateArticle::send_to_local_followers(
-        article.clone(),
+        updated_article.clone(),
         CreateOrUpdateType::Update,
         &data,
     )
     .await?;
 
-    Ok(Json(article))
+    Ok(Json(updated_article))
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone)]

src/federation/objects/edit.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use crate::database::DatabaseHandle;
-use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::error::{Error, MyResult};
 use crate::federation::objects::article::DbArticle;
 use activitypub_federation::config::Data;
 use activitypub_federation::fetch::object_id::ObjectId;
 use activitypub_federation::traits::Object;
+use diffy::create_patch;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha2::Sha224;
+use sha2::{Digest};
 use url::Url;
 
 /// Represents a single change to the article.
@@ -15,6 +18,21 @@ pub struct DbEdit {
     pub local: bool,
 }
 
+impl DbEdit {
+    pub fn new(original_article: &DbArticle, updated_text: &str) -> MyResult<Self> {
+        let diff = create_patch(&original_article.text, updated_text);
+        let mut sha224 = Sha224::new();
+        sha224.update(diff.to_bytes());
+        let hash = format!("{:X}", sha224.finalize());
+        let edit_id = ObjectId::parse(&format!("{}/{}", original_article.ap_id, hash))?;
+        Ok(DbEdit {
+            id: edit_id,
+            diff: diff.to_string(),
+            local: true
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum EditType {
     Edit,
@@ -26,7 +44,6 @@ pub struct ApubEdit {
     #[serde(rename = "type")]
     kind: EditType,
     id: ObjectId<DbEdit>,
-    article_id: ObjectId<DbArticle>,
     diff: String,
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +61,11 @@ impl Object for DbEdit {
     }
 
     async fn into_json(self, _data: &Data<Self::DataType>) -> Result<Self::Kind, Self::Error> {
-        todo!()
+        Ok(ApubEdit {
+            kind: EditType::Edit,
+            id: self.id,
+            diff: self.diff,
+        })
     }
 
     async fn verify(
@@ -52,13 +73,17 @@ impl Object for DbEdit {
         _expected_domain: &Url,
         _data: &Data<Self::DataType>,
     ) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
-        todo!()
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     async fn from_json(
-        _json: Self::Kind,
+        json: Self::Kind,
         _data: &Data<Self::DataType>,
     ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        todo!()
+        Ok(Self {
+            id: json.id,
+            diff: json.diff,
+            local: false,
+        })
     }
 }

src/federation/objects/edits_collection.rs

@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ impl Collection for DbEditCollection {
             try_join_all(apub.items.into_iter().map(|i| DbEdit::from_json(i, data))).await?;
         let mut articles = data.articles.lock().unwrap();
         let article = articles.get_mut(owner.ap_id.inner()).unwrap();
+        let edit_ids = article.edits.iter().map(|e| e.id.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
         for e in edits.clone() {
-            // TODO: edits need a unique id to avoid pushing duplicates
+            if !edit_ids.contains(&&e.id) {
-            article.edits.push(e);
+                article.edits.push(e);
+            }
         }
         // TODO: return value propably not needed
         Ok(DbEditCollection(edits))

tests/test.rs

@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ async fn test_federate_article_changes() -> MyResult<()> {
     };
     let edit_res: DbArticle = patch(data.hostname_beta, "article", &edit_form).await?;
     assert_eq!(edit_res.text, edit_form.new_text);
+    assert_eq!(edit_res.edits.len(), 1);
+    assert!(edit_res.edits[0].id.to_string().starts_with(&edit_res.ap_id.to_string()));
 
     // edit should be federated to alpha
     let get_article = GetArticle {