rewrite apub object search to be generic

api_tests/src/post.spec.ts

@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ test('Update a post', async () => {
 test('Sticky a post', async () => {
   let postRes = await createPost(alpha, betaCommunity.community.id);
 
-  let stickiedPostRes = await stickyPost(alpha, true, postRes.post_view.post);
+  let betaPost1 = (await resolvePost(beta, postRes.post_view.post)).post;
+  let stickiedPostRes = await stickyPost(beta, true, betaPost1.post);
   expect(stickiedPostRes.post_view.post.stickied).toBe(true);
 
   // Make sure that post is stickied on beta
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ test('Sticky a post', async () => {
   expect(betaPost.post.stickied).toBe(true);
 
   // Unsticky a post
-  let unstickiedPost = await stickyPost(alpha, false, postRes.post_view.post);
+  let unstickiedPost = await stickyPost(beta, false, betaPost1.post);
   expect(unstickiedPost.post_view.post.stickied).toBe(false);
 
   // Make sure that post is unstickied on beta

crates/api/src/site.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::Perform;
 use actix_web::web::Data;
 use anyhow::Context;
+use diesel::NotFound;
 use lemmy_api_common::{
   blocking,
   build_federated_instances,
@@ -9,24 +10,32 @@ use lemmy_api_common::{
   is_admin,
   site::*,
 };
-use lemmy_apub::{build_actor_id_from_shortname, fetcher::search::search_by_apub_id, EndpointType};
+use lemmy_apub::{
+  build_actor_id_from_shortname,
+  fetcher::search::{search_by_apub_id, SearchableObjects},
+  EndpointType,
+};
 use lemmy_db_queries::{
   from_opt_str_to_opt_enum,
   source::site::Site_,
   Crud,
+  DbPool,
   DeleteableOrRemoveable,
   ListingType,
   SearchType,
   SortType,
 };
-use lemmy_db_schema::source::{moderator::*, site::Site};
+use lemmy_db_schema::{
+  source::{moderator::*, site::Site},
+  PersonId,
+};
 use lemmy_db_views::{
-  comment_view::CommentQueryBuilder,
+  comment_view::{CommentQueryBuilder, CommentView},
-  post_view::PostQueryBuilder,
+  post_view::{PostQueryBuilder, PostView},
   site_view::SiteView,
 };
 use lemmy_db_views_actor::{
-  community_view::CommunityQueryBuilder,
+  community_view::{CommunityQueryBuilder, CommunityView},
   person_view::{PersonQueryBuilder, PersonViewSafe},
 };
 use lemmy_db_views_moderator::{
@@ -376,13 +385,54 @@ impl Perform for ResolveObject {
     _websocket_id: Option<ConnectionId>,
   ) -> Result<ResolveObjectResponse, LemmyError> {
     let local_user_view = get_local_user_view_from_jwt_opt(&self.auth, context.pool()).await?;
-    let res = search_by_apub_id(&self.q, local_user_view, context)
+    let res = search_by_apub_id(&self.q, context)
       .await
       .map_err(|_| ApiError::err("couldnt_find_object"))?;
-    Ok(res)
+    convert_response(res, local_user_view.map(|l| l.person.id), context.pool())
+      .await
+      .map_err(|_| ApiError::err("couldnt_find_object").into())
   }
 }
 
+async fn convert_response(
+  object: SearchableObjects,
+  user_id: Option<PersonId>,
+  pool: &DbPool,
+) -> Result<ResolveObjectResponse, LemmyError> {
+  let removed_or_deleted;
+  let mut res = ResolveObjectResponse {
+    comment: None,
+    post: None,
+    community: None,
+    person: None,
+  };
+  use SearchableObjects::*;
+  match object {
+    Person(p) => {
+      removed_or_deleted = p.deleted;
+      res.person = Some(blocking(pool, move |conn| PersonViewSafe::read(conn, p.id)).await??)
+    }
+    Community(c) => {
+      removed_or_deleted = c.deleted || c.removed;
+      res.community =
+        Some(blocking(pool, move |conn| CommunityView::read(conn, c.id, user_id)).await??)
+    }
+    Post(p) => {
+      removed_or_deleted = p.deleted || p.removed;
+      res.post = Some(blocking(pool, move |conn| PostView::read(conn, p.id, user_id)).await??)
+    }
+    Comment(c) => {
+      removed_or_deleted = c.deleted || c.removed;
+      res.comment = Some(blocking(pool, move |conn| CommentView::read(conn, c.id, user_id)).await??)
+    }
+  };
+  // if the object was deleted from database, dont return it
+  if removed_or_deleted {
+    return Err(NotFound {}.into());
+  }
+  Ok(res)
+}
+
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
 impl Perform for TransferSite {
   type Response = GetSiteResponse;

crates/apub/src/activities/deletion/delete.rs

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ use lemmy_websocket::{
   UserOperationCrud,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_with::skip_serializing_none;
 use url::Url;
 
 /// This is very confusing, because there are four distinct cases to handle:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ use url::Url;
 ///
 /// TODO: we should probably change how community deletions work to simplify this. Probably by
 /// wrapping it in an announce just like other activities, instead of having the community send it.
+#[skip_serializing_none]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, ActivityFields)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct Delete {

crates/apub/src/fetcher/fetch.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ use crate::{check_is_apub_id_valid, APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use lemmy_utils::{request::retry, LemmyError};
 use log::info;
-use reqwest::{Client, StatusCode};
+use reqwest::Client;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use thiserror::Error;
 use url::Url;
 
 /// Maximum number of HTTP requests allowed to handle a single incoming activity (or a single object
@@ -15,50 +14,19 @@ use url::Url;
 /// So we are looking at a maximum of 22 requests (rounded up just to be safe).
 static MAX_REQUEST_NUMBER: i32 = 25;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-pub(in crate::fetcher) struct FetchError {
-  pub inner: anyhow::Error,
-  pub status_code: Option<StatusCode>,
-}
-
-impl From<LemmyError> for FetchError {
-  fn from(t: LemmyError) -> Self {
-    FetchError {
-      inner: t.inner,
-      status_code: None,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-impl From<reqwest::Error> for FetchError {
-  fn from(t: reqwest::Error) -> Self {
-    let status = t.status();
-    FetchError {
-      inner: t.into(),
-      status_code: status,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Display for FetchError {
-  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-    std::fmt::Display::fmt(&self, f)
-  }
-}
-
 /// Fetch any type of ActivityPub object, handling things like HTTP headers, deserialisation,
 /// timeouts etc.
 pub(in crate::fetcher) async fn fetch_remote_object<Response>(
   client: &Client,
   url: &Url,
   recursion_counter: &mut i32,
-) -> Result<Response, FetchError>
+) -> Result<Response, LemmyError>
 where
   Response: for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + std::fmt::Debug,
 {
   *recursion_counter += 1;
   if *recursion_counter > MAX_REQUEST_NUMBER {
-    return Err(LemmyError::from(anyhow!("Maximum recursion depth reached")).into());
+    return Err(anyhow!("Maximum recursion depth reached").into());
   }
   check_is_apub_id_valid(url, false)?;
 
@@ -73,14 +41,6 @@ where
   })
   .await?;
 
-  if res.status() == StatusCode::GONE {
-    info!("Fetched remote object {} which was deleted", url);
-    return Err(FetchError {
-      inner: anyhow!("Fetched remote object {} which was deleted", url),
-      status_code: Some(res.status()),
-    });
-  }
-
   let object = res.json().await?;
   info!("Fetched remote object {}", url);
   Ok(object)

crates/apub/src/fetcher/mod.rs

@@ -5,38 +5,19 @@ pub mod object_id;
 pub mod post_or_comment;
 pub mod search;
 
-use crate::{
+use crate::{fetcher::object_id::ObjectId, ActorType};
-  fetcher::{fetch::FetchError, object_id::ObjectId},
-  ActorType,
-};
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
-use http::StatusCode;
 use lemmy_db_schema::{
   naive_now,
   source::{community::Community, person::Person},
 };
 use lemmy_utils::LemmyError;
 use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
-use serde::Deserialize;
 use url::Url;
 
 static ACTOR_REFETCH_INTERVAL_SECONDS: i64 = 24 * 60 * 60;
 static ACTOR_REFETCH_INTERVAL_SECONDS_DEBUG: i64 = 10;
 
-fn is_deleted<Response>(fetch_response: &Result<Response, FetchError>) -> bool
-where
-  Response: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>,
-{
-  if let Err(e) = fetch_response {
-    if let Some(status) = e.status_code {
-      if status == StatusCode::GONE {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  false
-}
-
 /// Get a remote actor from its apub ID (either a person or a community). Thin wrapper around
 /// `get_or_fetch_and_upsert_person()` and `get_or_fetch_and_upsert_community()`.
 ///

crates/apub/src/fetcher/object_id.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use log::debug;
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
-  fmt::{Display, Formatter},
+  fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter},
   marker::PhantomData,
   time::Duration,
 };
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ where
     context: &LemmyContext,
     request_counter: &mut i32,
   ) -> Result<Kind, LemmyError> {
+    debug!("dereference {}", self.to_string());
     let db_object = self.dereference_locally(context.pool()).await?;
+
     // if its a local object, only fetch it from the database and not over http
     if self.0.domain() == Some(&Settings::get().get_hostname_without_port()?) {
       return match db_object {
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ where
 
   /// returning none means the object was not found in local db
   async fn dereference_locally(&self, pool: &DbPool) -> Result<Option<Kind>, LemmyError> {
+    debug!("dereference_locally {}", self.to_string());
     let id: DbUrl = self.0.clone().into();
     let object = blocking(pool, move |conn| ApubObject::read_from_apub_id(conn, &id)).await?;
     match object {
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ where
     request_counter: &mut i32,
     db_object: Option<Kind>,
   ) -> Result<Kind, LemmyError> {
+    debug!("dereference_remotely {}", self.to_string());
     // dont fetch local objects this way
     debug_assert!(self.0.domain() != Some(&Settings::get().hostname));
 
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ where
     .await?;
 
     if res.status() == StatusCode::GONE {
+      debug!("is deleted {}", self.to_string());
       if let Some(db_object) = db_object {
         db_object.delete(context).await?;
       }

crates/apub/src/fetcher/search.rs

@@ -1,47 +1,27 @@
 use crate::{
-  fetcher::{fetch::fetch_remote_object, is_deleted, object_id::ObjectId},
+  fetcher::{deletable_apub_object::DeletableApubObject, object_id::ObjectId},
-  find_object_by_id,
   objects::{comment::Note, community::Group, person::Person as ApubPerson, post::Page, FromApub},
-  Object,
 };
+use activitystreams::chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
+use diesel::{result::Error, PgConnection};
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use lemmy_api_common::{blocking, site::ResolveObjectResponse};
+use lemmy_api_common::blocking;
 use lemmy_apub_lib::webfinger::{webfinger_resolve_actor, WebfingerType};
-use lemmy_db_queries::source::{
+use lemmy_db_queries::{
-  comment::Comment_,
+  source::{community::Community_, person::Person_},
-  community::Community_,
+  ApubObject,
-  person::Person_,
+  DbPool,
-  post::Post_,
-  private_message::PrivateMessage_,
 };
-use lemmy_db_schema::source::{
+use lemmy_db_schema::{
-  comment::Comment,
+  source::{comment::Comment, community::Community, person::Person, post::Post},
-  community::Community,
+  DbUrl,
-  person::Person,
-  post::Post,
-  private_message::PrivateMessage,
 };
-use lemmy_db_views::{
-  comment_view::CommentView,
-  local_user_view::LocalUserView,
-  post_view::PostView,
-};
-use lemmy_db_views_actor::{community_view::CommunityView, person_view::PersonViewSafe};
 use lemmy_utils::LemmyError;
 use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use url::Url;
 
-/// The types of ActivityPub objects that can be fetched directly by searching for their ID.
-#[derive(serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(untagged)]
-enum SearchAcceptedObjects {
-  Person(Box<ApubPerson>),
-  Group(Box<Group>),
-  Page(Box<Page>),
-  Comment(Box<Note>),
-}
-
 /// Attempt to parse the query as URL, and fetch an ActivityPub object from it.
 ///
 /// Some working examples for use with the `docker/federation/` setup:
@@ -51,9 +31,8 @@ enum SearchAcceptedObjects {
 /// http://lemmy_delta:8571/comment/2
 pub async fn search_by_apub_id(
   query: &str,
-  local_user_view: Option<LocalUserView>,
   context: &LemmyContext,
-) -> Result<ResolveObjectResponse, LemmyError> {
+) -> Result<SearchableObjects, LemmyError> {
   let query_url = match Url::parse(query) {
     Ok(u) => u,
     Err(_) => {
@@ -70,144 +49,120 @@ pub async fn search_by_apub_id(
       }
       // local actor, read from database and return
       else {
-        let name: String = name.into();
+        return find_local_actor_by_name(name, kind, context.pool()).await;
-        return match kind {
-          WebfingerType::Group => {
-            let res = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-              let community = Community::read_from_name(conn, &name)?;
-              CommunityView::read(conn, community.id, local_user_view.map(|l| l.person.id))
-            })
-            .await??;
-            Ok(ResolveObjectResponse {
-              community: Some(res),
-              ..ResolveObjectResponse::default()
-            })
-          }
-          WebfingerType::Person => {
-            let res = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-              let person = Person::find_by_name(conn, &name)?;
-              PersonViewSafe::read(conn, person.id)
-            })
-            .await??;
-            Ok(ResolveObjectResponse {
-              person: Some(res),
-              ..ResolveObjectResponse::default()
-            })
-          }
-        };
       }
     }
   };
 
   let request_counter = &mut 0;
-  // this does a fetch (even for local objects), just to determine its type and fetch it again
+  ObjectId::<SearchableObjects>::new(query_url)
-  // below. we need to fix this when rewriting the fetcher.
+    .dereference(context, request_counter)
-  let fetch_response =
+    .await
-    fetch_remote_object::<SearchAcceptedObjects>(context.client(), &query_url, request_counter)
-      .await;
-  if is_deleted(&fetch_response) {
-    delete_object_locally(&query_url, context).await?;
-    return Err(anyhow!("Object was deleted").into());
-  }
-
-  // Necessary because we get a stack overflow using FetchError
-  let fet_res = fetch_response.map_err(|e| LemmyError::from(e.inner))?;
-  build_response(fet_res, query_url, request_counter, context).await
 }
 
-async fn build_response(
+async fn find_local_actor_by_name(
-  fetch_response: SearchAcceptedObjects,
+  name: &str,
-  query_url: Url,
+  kind: WebfingerType,
-  recursion_counter: &mut i32,
+  pool: &DbPool,
+) -> Result<SearchableObjects, LemmyError> {
+  let name: String = name.into();
+  Ok(match kind {
+    WebfingerType::Group => SearchableObjects::Community(
+      blocking(pool, move |conn| Community::read_from_name(conn, &name)).await??,
+    ),
+    WebfingerType::Person => SearchableObjects::Person(
+      blocking(pool, move |conn| Person::find_by_name(conn, &name)).await??,
+    ),
+  })
+}
+
+/// The types of ActivityPub objects that can be fetched directly by searching for their ID.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum SearchableObjects {
+  Person(Person),
+  Community(Community),
+  Post(Post),
+  Comment(Comment),
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum SearchableApubTypes {
+  Group(Group),
+  Person(ApubPerson),
+  Page(Page),
+  Note(Note),
+}
+
+impl ApubObject for SearchableObjects {
+  type Form = ();
+
+  fn last_refreshed_at(&self) -> Option<NaiveDateTime> {
+    match self {
+      SearchableObjects::Person(p) => p.last_refreshed_at(),
+      SearchableObjects::Community(c) => c.last_refreshed_at(),
+      SearchableObjects::Post(p) => p.last_refreshed_at(),
+      SearchableObjects::Comment(c) => c.last_refreshed_at(),
+    }
+  }
+
+  // TODO: this is inefficient, because if the object is not in local db, it will run 4 db queries
+  //       before finally returning an error. it would be nice if we could check all 4 tables in
+  //       a single query.
+  //       we could skip this and always return an error, but then it would not be able to mark
+  //       objects as deleted that were deleted by remote server.
+  fn read_from_apub_id(conn: &PgConnection, object_id: &DbUrl) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    let c = Community::read_from_apub_id(conn, object_id);
+    if let Ok(c) = c {
+      return Ok(SearchableObjects::Community(c));
+    }
+    let p = Person::read_from_apub_id(conn, object_id);
+    if let Ok(p) = p {
+      return Ok(SearchableObjects::Person(p));
+    }
+    let p = Post::read_from_apub_id(conn, object_id);
+    if let Ok(p) = p {
+      return Ok(SearchableObjects::Post(p));
+    }
+    let c = Comment::read_from_apub_id(conn, object_id);
+    Ok(SearchableObjects::Comment(c?))
+  }
+
+  // TODO: move this (and the Form type) elsewhere, as it isnt really needed on this trait
+  fn upsert(_conn: &PgConnection, _user_form: &Self::Form) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    unimplemented!()
+  }
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
+impl FromApub for SearchableObjects {
+  type ApubType = SearchableApubTypes;
+
+  async fn from_apub(
+    apub: &Self::ApubType,
     context: &LemmyContext,
-) -> Result<ResolveObjectResponse, LemmyError> {
+    ed: &Url,
-  use ResolveObjectResponse as ROR;
+    rc: &mut i32,
-  Ok(match fetch_response {
+  ) -> Result<Self, LemmyError> {
-    SearchAcceptedObjects::Person(p) => {
+    use SearchableApubTypes as SAT;
-      let person_uri: ObjectId<Person> = ObjectId::<Person>::new(p.id(&query_url)?.clone());
+    use SearchableObjects as SO;
-
+    Ok(match apub {
-      let person = person_uri.dereference(context, recursion_counter).await?;
+      SAT::Group(g) => SO::Community(Community::from_apub(g, context, ed, rc).await?),
-      ROR {
+      SAT::Person(p) => SO::Person(Person::from_apub(p, context, ed, rc).await?),
-        person: blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
+      SAT::Page(p) => SO::Post(Post::from_apub(p, context, ed, rc).await?),
-          PersonViewSafe::read(conn, person.id)
+      SAT::Note(n) => SO::Comment(Comment::from_apub(n, context, ed, rc).await?),
     })
-        .await?
-        .ok(),
-        ..ROR::default()
   }
-    }
-    SearchAcceptedObjects::Group(g) => {
-      let community_uri: ObjectId<Community> =
-        ObjectId::<Community>::new(g.id(&query_url)?.clone());
-      let community = community_uri
-        .dereference(context, recursion_counter)
-        .await?;
-      ROR {
-        community: blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-          CommunityView::read(conn, community.id, None)
-        })
-        .await?
-        .ok(),
-        ..ROR::default()
-      }
-    }
-    SearchAcceptedObjects::Page(p) => {
-      let p = Post::from_apub(&p, context, &query_url, recursion_counter).await?;
-      ROR {
-        post: blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| PostView::read(conn, p.id, None))
-          .await?
-          .ok(),
-        ..ROR::default()
-      }
-    }
-    SearchAcceptedObjects::Comment(c) => {
-      let c = Comment::from_apub(&c, context, &query_url, recursion_counter).await?;
-      ROR {
-        comment: blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-          CommentView::read(conn, c.id, None)
-        })
-        .await?
-        .ok(),
-        ..ROR::default()
-      }
-    }
-  })
 }
 
-async fn delete_object_locally(query_url: &Url, context: &LemmyContext) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
+#[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
-  let res = find_object_by_id(context, query_url.to_owned()).await?;
+impl DeletableApubObject for SearchableObjects {
-  match res {
+  async fn delete(self, context: &LemmyContext) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
-    Object::Comment(c) => {
+    match self {
-      blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
+      SearchableObjects::Person(p) => p.delete(context).await,
-        Comment::update_deleted(conn, c.id, true)
+      SearchableObjects::Community(c) => c.delete(context).await,
-      })
+      SearchableObjects::Post(p) => p.delete(context).await,
-      .await??;
+      SearchableObjects::Comment(c) => c.delete(context).await,
-    }
-    Object::Post(p) => {
-      blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-        Post::update_deleted(conn, p.id, true)
-      })
-      .await??;
-    }
-    Object::Person(u) => {
-      // TODO: implement update_deleted() for user, move it to ApubObject trait
-      blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-        Person::delete_account(conn, u.id)
-      })
-      .await??;
-    }
-    Object::Community(c) => {
-      blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-        Community::update_deleted(conn, c.id, true)
-      })
-      .await??;
-    }
-    Object::PrivateMessage(pm) => {
-      blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-        PrivateMessage::update_deleted(conn, pm.id, true)
-      })
-      .await??;
     }
   }
-  Ok(())
 }

crates/apub/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,24 +11,15 @@ pub mod objects;
 
 use crate::{extensions::signatures::PublicKey, fetcher::post_or_comment::PostOrComment};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
-use diesel::NotFound;
 use lemmy_api_common::blocking;
-use lemmy_db_queries::{source::activity::Activity_, ApubObject, DbPool};
+use lemmy_db_queries::{source::activity::Activity_, DbPool};
 use lemmy_db_schema::{
-  source::{
+  source::{activity::Activity, person::Person},
-    activity::Activity,
-    comment::Comment,
-    community::Community,
-    person::{Person as DbPerson, Person},
-    post::Post,
-    private_message::PrivateMessage,
-  },
   CommunityId,
   DbUrl,
 };
 use lemmy_db_views_actor::community_person_ban_view::CommunityPersonBanView;
 use lemmy_utils::{location_info, settings::structs::Settings, LemmyError};
-use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use url::{ParseError, Url};
@@ -244,81 +235,6 @@ where
   Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Tries to find a post or comment in the local database, without any network requests.
-/// This is used to handle deletions and removals, because in case we dont have the object, we can
-/// simply ignore the activity.
-pub(crate) async fn find_post_or_comment_by_id(
-  context: &LemmyContext,
-  apub_id: Url,
-) -> Result<PostOrComment, LemmyError> {
-  let ap_id = apub_id.clone();
-  let post = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-    Post::read_from_apub_id(conn, &ap_id.into())
-  })
-  .await?;
-  if let Ok(p) = post {
-    return Ok(PostOrComment::Post(Box::new(p)));
-  }
-
-  let ap_id = apub_id.clone();
-  let comment = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-    Comment::read_from_apub_id(conn, &ap_id.into())
-  })
-  .await?;
-  if let Ok(c) = comment {
-    return Ok(PostOrComment::Comment(Box::new(c)));
-  }
-
-  Err(NotFound.into())
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-enum Object {
-  Comment(Box<Comment>),
-  Post(Box<Post>),
-  Community(Box<Community>),
-  Person(Box<DbPerson>),
-  PrivateMessage(Box<PrivateMessage>),
-}
-
-async fn find_object_by_id(context: &LemmyContext, apub_id: Url) -> Result<Object, LemmyError> {
-  let ap_id = apub_id.clone();
-  if let Ok(pc) = find_post_or_comment_by_id(context, ap_id.to_owned()).await {
-    return Ok(match pc {
-      PostOrComment::Post(p) => Object::Post(Box::new(*p)),
-      PostOrComment::Comment(c) => Object::Comment(Box::new(*c)),
-    });
-  }
-
-  let ap_id = apub_id.clone();
-  let person = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-    DbPerson::read_from_apub_id(conn, &ap_id.into())
-  })
-  .await?;
-  if let Ok(u) = person {
-    return Ok(Object::Person(Box::new(u)));
-  }
-
-  let ap_id = apub_id.clone();
-  let community = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-    Community::read_from_apub_id(conn, &ap_id.into())
-  })
-  .await?;
-  if let Ok(c) = community {
-    return Ok(Object::Community(Box::new(c)));
-  }
-
-  let private_message = blocking(context.pool(), move |conn| {
-    PrivateMessage::read_from_apub_id(conn, &apub_id.into())
-  })
-  .await?;
-  if let Ok(pm) = private_message {
-    return Ok(Object::PrivateMessage(Box::new(pm)));
-  }
-
-  Err(NotFound.into())
-}
-
 async fn check_community_or_site_ban(
   person: &Person,
   community_id: CommunityId,