Follows and relationships (#27)

* Follows -- create and undo, both remote and local
* Statuses -- federate new posts, including media, attachments, CWs and image descriptions.

PROGRESS.md

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
     * [x] /api/v1/accounts/:id GET                          (Get account information)
     * [x] /api/v1/accounts/:id/statuses GET                 (Get an account's statuses)
     * [x] /api/v1/accounts/:id/followers GET                (Get an account's followers)
-    * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/following GET                (Get an account's following)
+    * [x] /api/v1/accounts/:id/following GET                (Get an account's following)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/featured_tags GET            (Get an account's featured tags)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/lists GET                    (Get lists containing this account)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/identity_proofs GET          (Get identity proofs for this account)
-    * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/follow POST                  (Follow this account)
-    * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/unfollow POST                (Unfollow this account)
+    * [x] /api/v1/accounts/:id/follow POST                  (Follow this account)
+    * [x] /api/v1/accounts/:id/unfollow POST                (Unfollow this account)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/block POST                   (Block this account)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/unblock POST                 (Unblock this account)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/mute POST                    (Mute this account)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/pin POST                     (Feature this account on profile)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/unpin POST                   (Remove this account from profile)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/:id/note POST                    (Make a personal note about this account)
-    * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/relationships GET                (Check relationships with accounts)
+    * [x] /api/v1/accounts/relationships GET                (Check relationships with accounts)
     * [ ] /api/v1/accounts/search GET                       (Search for an account)
   * [ ] Bookmarks
     * [ ] /api/v1/bookmarks GET                             (See bookmarked statuses)
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
     * [ ] 'Greedy' federation
     * [ ] No federation (insulate this instance from the Fediverse)
       * [ ] Allowlist
+  * [x] Secure HTTP signatures (creation and validation)
 * [ ] Storage
   * [x] Internal/statuses/preferences etc
     * [x] Postgres interface

internal/api/client/account/account.go

@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
 	GetStatusesPath = BasePathWithID + "/statuses"
 	// GetFollowersPath is for showing an account's followers
 	GetFollowersPath = BasePathWithID + "/followers"
+	// GetFollowingPath is for showing account's that an account follows.
+	GetFollowingPath = BasePathWithID + "/following"
+	// GetRelationshipsPath is for showing an account's relationship with other accounts
+	GetRelationshipsPath = BasePath + "/relationships"
+	// FollowPath is for POSTing new follows to, and updating existing follows
+	PostFollowPath = BasePathWithID + "/follow"
+	// PostUnfollowPath is for POSTing an unfollow
+	PostUnfollowPath = BasePathWithID + "/unfollow"
 )
 
 // Module implements the ClientAPIModule interface for account-related actions
@@ -82,6 +90,10 @@ func (m *Module) Route(r router.Router) error {
 	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodPatch, BasePathWithID, m.muxHandler)
 	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, GetStatusesPath, m.AccountStatusesGETHandler)
 	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, GetFollowersPath, m.AccountFollowersGETHandler)
+	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, GetFollowingPath, m.AccountFollowingGETHandler)
+	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, GetRelationshipsPath, m.AccountRelationshipsGETHandler)
+	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodPost, PostFollowPath, m.AccountFollowPOSTHandler)
+	r.AttachHandler(http.MethodPost, PostUnfollowPath, m.AccountUnfollowPOSTHandler)
 	return nil
 }
 

internal/api/client/account/follow.go

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package account
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/model"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
+)
+
+// AccountFollowPOSTHandler is the endpoint for creating a new follow request to the target account
+func (m *Module) AccountFollowPOSTHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	authed, err := oauth.Authed(c, true, true, true, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, gin.H{"error": "unauthorized"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	targetAcctID := c.Param(IDKey)
+	if targetAcctID == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no account id specified"})
+		return
+	}
+	form := &model.AccountFollowRequest{}
+	if err := c.ShouldBind(form); err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+	form.TargetAccountID = targetAcctID
+
+	relationship, errWithCode := m.processor.AccountFollowCreate(authed, form)
+	if errWithCode != nil {
+		c.JSON(errWithCode.Code(), gin.H{"error": errWithCode.Safe()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, relationship)
+}

internal/api/client/account/following.go

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package account
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
+)
+
+// AccountFollowersGETHandler serves the followers of the requested account, if they're visible to the requester.
+func (m *Module) AccountFollowingGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	authed, err := oauth.Authed(c, true, true, true, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, gin.H{"error": "unauthorized"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	targetAcctID := c.Param(IDKey)
+	if targetAcctID == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no account id specified"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	following, errWithCode := m.processor.AccountFollowingGet(authed, targetAcctID)
+	if errWithCode != nil {
+		c.JSON(errWithCode.Code(), gin.H{"error": errWithCode.Safe()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, following)
+}

internal/api/client/account/relationships.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package account
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/model"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
+)
+
+// AccountRelationshipsGETHandler serves the relationship of the requesting account with one or more requested account IDs.
+func (m *Module) AccountRelationshipsGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	l := m.log.WithField("func", "AccountRelationshipsGETHandler")
+
+	authed, err := oauth.Authed(c, true, true, true, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Debugf("error authing: %s", err)
+		c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, gin.H{"error": "unauthorized"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	targetAccountIDs := c.QueryArray("id[]")
+	if len(targetAccountIDs) == 0 {
+		// check fallback -- let's be generous and see if maybe it's just set as 'id'?
+		id := c.Query("id")
+		if id == "" {
+			l.Debug("no account id specified in query")
+			c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no account id specified"})
+			return
+		}
+		targetAccountIDs = append(targetAccountIDs, id)
+	}
+
+	relationships := []model.Relationship{}
+
+	for _, targetAccountID := range targetAccountIDs {
+		r, errWithCode := m.processor.AccountRelationshipGet(authed, targetAccountID)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(errWithCode.Code(), gin.H{"error": errWithCode.Safe()})
+			return
+		}
+		relationships = append(relationships, *r)
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, relationships)
+}

internal/api/client/account/unfollow.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package account
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
+)
+
+// AccountUnfollowPOSTHandler is the endpoint for removing a follow and/or follow request to the target account
+func (m *Module) AccountUnfollowPOSTHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	l := m.log.WithField("func", "AccountUnfollowPOSTHandler")
+	authed, err := oauth.Authed(c, true, true, true, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Debug(err)
+		c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, gin.H{"error": "unauthorized"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	targetAcctID := c.Param(IDKey)
+	if targetAcctID == "" {
+		l.Debug(err)
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no account id specified"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	relationship, errWithCode := m.processor.AccountFollowRemove(authed, targetAcctID)
+	if errWithCode != nil {
+		l.Debug(errWithCode.Error())
+		c.JSON(errWithCode.Code(), gin.H{"error": errWithCode.Safe()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, relationship)
+}

internal/api/client/auth/authorize.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/model"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func (m *Module) AuthorizeGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	app := &gtsmodel.Application{
 		ClientID: clientID,
 	}
-	if err := m.db.GetWhere("client_id", app.ClientID, app); err != nil {
+	if err := m.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "client_id", Value: app.ClientID}}, app); err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": fmt.Sprintf("no application found for client id %s", clientID)})
 		return
 	}

internal/api/client/auth/middleware.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
 )
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func (m *Module) OauthTokenMiddleware(c *gin.Context) {
 	if cid := ti.GetClientID(); cid != "" {
 		l.Tracef("authenticated client %s with bearer token, scope is %s", cid, ti.GetScope())
 		app := &gtsmodel.Application{}
-		if err := m.db.GetWhere("client_id", cid, app); err != nil {
+		if err := m.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "client_id",Value: cid}}, app); err != nil {
 			l.Tracef("no app found for client %s", cid)
 		}
 		c.Set(oauth.SessionAuthorizedApplication, app)

internal/api/client/auth/signin.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
 )
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func (m *Module) ValidatePassword(email string, password string) (userid string,
 	// first we select the user from the database based on email address, bail if no user found for that email
 	gtsUser := &gtsmodel.User{}
 
-	if err := m.db.GetWhere("email", email, gtsUser); err != nil {
+	if err := m.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "email", Value: email}}, gtsUser); err != nil {
 		l.Debugf("user %s was not retrievable from db during oauth authorization attempt: %s", email, err)
 		return incorrectPassword()
 	}

internal/api/client/followrequest/accept.go

@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ func (m *Module) FollowRequestAcceptPOSTHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if errWithCode := m.processor.FollowRequestAccept(authed, originAccountID); errWithCode != nil {
+	r, errWithCode := m.processor.FollowRequestAccept(authed, originAccountID)
+	if errWithCode != nil {
 		l.Debug(errWithCode.Error())
 		c.JSON(errWithCode.Code(), gin.H{"error": errWithCode.Safe()})
 		return
 	}
-	c.Status(http.StatusOK)
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, r)
 }

internal/api/client/status/statuscreate_test.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/client/status"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/model"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/testrig"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostNewStatus() {
 	}, statusReply.Tags[0])
 
 	gtsTag := &gtsmodel.Tag{}
-	err = suite.db.GetWhere("name", "helloworld", gtsTag)
+	err = suite.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "name", Value: "helloworld"}}, gtsTag)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), statusReply.Account.ID, gtsTag.FirstSeenFromAccountID)
 }

internal/api/model/account.go

@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ type Account struct {
 // See https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/accounts/
 type AccountCreateRequest struct {
 	// Text that will be reviewed by moderators if registrations require manual approval.
-	Reason string `form:"reason"`
+	Reason string `form:"reason" json:"reason" xml:"reason"`
 	// The desired username for the account
-	Username string `form:"username" binding:"required"`
+	Username string `form:"username" json:"username" xml:"username" binding:"required"`
 	// The email address to be used for login
-	Email string `form:"email" binding:"required"`
+	Email string `form:"email" json:"email" xml:"email" binding:"required"`
 	// The password to be used for login
-	Password string `form:"password" binding:"required"`
+	Password string `form:"password" json:"password" xml:"password" binding:"required"`
 	// Whether the user agrees to the local rules, terms, and policies.
 	// These should be presented to the user in order to allow them to consent before setting this parameter to TRUE.
-	Agreement bool `form:"agreement" binding:"required"`
+	Agreement bool `form:"agreement"  json:"agreement" xml:"agreement" binding:"required"`
 	// The language of the confirmation email that will be sent
-	Locale string `form:"locale" binding:"required"`
+	Locale string `form:"locale" json:"locale" xml:"locale" binding:"required"`
 	// The IP of the sign up request, will not be parsed from the form but must be added manually
 	IP net.IP `form:"-"`
 }
@@ -97,40 +97,51 @@ type AccountCreateRequest struct {
 // See https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/accounts/
 type UpdateCredentialsRequest struct {
 	// Whether the account should be shown in the profile directory.
-	Discoverable *bool `form:"discoverable"`
+	Discoverable *bool `form:"discoverable" json:"discoverable" xml:"discoverable"`
 	// Whether the account has a bot flag.
-	Bot *bool `form:"bot"`
+	Bot *bool `form:"bot" json:"bot" xml:"bot"`
 	// The display name to use for the profile.
-	DisplayName *string `form:"display_name"`
+	DisplayName *string `form:"display_name" json:"display_name" xml:"display_name"`
 	// The account bio.
-	Note *string `form:"note"`
+	Note *string `form:"note" json:"note" xml:"note"`
 	// Avatar image encoded using multipart/form-data
-	Avatar *multipart.FileHeader `form:"avatar"`
+	Avatar *multipart.FileHeader `form:"avatar" json:"avatar" xml:"avatar"`
 	// Header image encoded using multipart/form-data
-	Header *multipart.FileHeader `form:"header"`
+	Header *multipart.FileHeader `form:"header" json:"header" xml:"header"`
 	// Whether manual approval of follow requests is required.
-	Locked *bool `form:"locked"`
+	Locked *bool `form:"locked" json:"locked" xml:"locked"`
 	// New Source values for this account
-	Source *UpdateSource `form:"source"`
+	Source *UpdateSource `form:"source" json:"source" xml:"source"`
 	// Profile metadata name and value
-	FieldsAttributes *[]UpdateField `form:"fields_attributes"`
+	FieldsAttributes *[]UpdateField `form:"fields_attributes" json:"fields_attributes" xml:"fields_attributes"`
 }
 
 // UpdateSource is to be used specifically in an UpdateCredentialsRequest.
 type UpdateSource struct {
 	// Default post privacy for authored statuses.
-	Privacy *string `form:"privacy"`
+	Privacy *string `form:"privacy" json:"privacy" xml:"privacy"`
 	// Whether to mark authored statuses as sensitive by default.
-	Sensitive *bool `form:"sensitive"`
+	Sensitive *bool `form:"sensitive" json:"sensitive" xml:"sensitive"`
 	// Default language to use for authored statuses. (ISO 6391)
-	Language *string `form:"language"`
+	Language *string `form:"language" json:"language" xml:"language"`
 }
 
 // UpdateField is to be used specifically in an UpdateCredentialsRequest.
 // By default, max 4 fields and 255 characters per property/value.
 type UpdateField struct {
 	// Name of the field
-	Name *string `form:"name"`
+	Name *string `form:"name" json:"name" xml:"name"`
 	// Value of the field
-	Value *string `form:"value"`
+	Value *string `form:"value" json:"value" xml:"value"`
+}
+
+// AccountFollowRequest is for parsing requests at /api/v1/accounts/:id/follow
+type AccountFollowRequest struct {
+	// ID of the account to follow request
+	// This should be a URL parameter not a form field
+	TargetAccountID string `form:"-"`
+	// Show reblogs for this account?
+	Reblogs *bool `form:"reblogs" json:"reblogs" xml:"reblogs"`
+	// Notify when this account posts?
+	Notify *bool `form:"notify" json:"notify" xml:"notify"`
 }

internal/api/s2s/user/followers.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package user
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func (m *Module) FollowersGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	l := m.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+		"func": "FollowersGETHandler",
+		"url":  c.Request.RequestURI,
+	})
+
+	requestedUsername := c.Param(UsernameKey)
+	if requestedUsername == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no username specified in request"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	// make sure this actually an AP request
+	format := c.NegotiateFormat(ActivityPubAcceptHeaders...)
+	if format == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotAcceptable, gin.H{"error": "could not negotiate format with given Accept header(s)"})
+		return
+	}
+	l.Tracef("negotiated format: %s", format)
+
+	// make a copy of the context to pass along so we don't break anything
+	cp := c.Copy()
+	user, err := m.processor.GetFediFollowers(requestedUsername, cp.Request) // GetFediUser handles auth as well
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Info(err.Error())
+		c.JSON(err.Code(), gin.H{"error": err.Safe()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, user)
+}

internal/api/s2s/user/statusget.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package user
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func (m *Module) StatusGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	l := m.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+		"func": "StatusGETHandler",
+		"url":  c.Request.RequestURI,
+	})
+
+	requestedUsername := c.Param(UsernameKey)
+	if requestedUsername == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no username specified in request"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	requestedStatusID := c.Param(StatusIDKey)
+	if requestedStatusID == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "no status id specified in request"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	// make sure this actually an AP request
+	format := c.NegotiateFormat(ActivityPubAcceptHeaders...)
+	if format == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotAcceptable, gin.H{"error": "could not negotiate format with given Accept header(s)"})
+		return
+	}
+	l.Tracef("negotiated format: %s", format)
+
+	// make a copy of the context to pass along so we don't break anything
+	cp := c.Copy()
+	status, err := m.processor.GetFediStatus(requestedUsername, requestedStatusID, cp.Request) // handles auth as well
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Info(err.Error())
+		c.JSON(err.Code(), gin.H{"error": err.Safe()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, status)
+}

internal/api/s2s/user/user.go

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 const (
 	// UsernameKey is for account usernames.
 	UsernameKey = "username"
+	// StatusIDKey is for status IDs
+	StatusIDKey = "status"
 	// UsersBasePath is the base path for serving information about Users eg https://example.org/users
 	UsersBasePath = "/" + util.UsersPath
 	// UsersBasePathWithUsername is just the users base path with the Username key in it.
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@
 	UsersBasePathWithUsername = UsersBasePath + "/:" + UsernameKey
 	// UsersInboxPath is for serving POST requests to a user's inbox with the given username key.
 	UsersInboxPath = UsersBasePathWithUsername + "/" + util.InboxPath
+	// UsersFollowersPath is for serving GET request's to a user's followers list, with the given username key.
+	UsersFollowersPath = UsersBasePathWithUsername + "/" + util.FollowersPath
+	// UsersStatusPath is for serving GET requests to a particular status by a user, with the given username key and status ID
+	UsersStatusPath = UsersBasePathWithUsername + "/" + util.StatusesPath + "/:" + StatusIDKey
 )
 
 // ActivityPubAcceptHeaders represents the Accept headers mentioned here:
@@ -69,5 +75,7 @@ func New(config *config.Config, processor message.Processor, log *logrus.Logger)
 func (m *Module) Route(s router.Router) error {
 	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, UsersBasePathWithUsername, m.UsersGETHandler)
 	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodPost, UsersInboxPath, m.InboxPOSTHandler)
+	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, UsersFollowersPath, m.FollowersGETHandler)
+	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, UsersStatusPath, m.StatusGETHandler)
 	return nil
 }

internal/api/security/security.go

@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ func New(config *config.Config, log *logrus.Logger) api.ClientModule {
 func (m *Module) Route(s router.Router) error {
 	s.AttachMiddleware(m.FlocBlock)
 	s.AttachMiddleware(m.ExtraHeaders)
+	s.AttachMiddleware(m.UserAgentBlock)
 	return nil
 }

internal/api/security/useragentblock.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package security
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+// UserAgentBlock is a middleware that prevents google chrome cohort tracking by
+// writing the Permissions-Policy header after all other parts of the request have been completed.
+// See: https://plausible.io/blog/google-floc
+func (m *Module) UserAgentBlock(c *gin.Context) {
+
+	ua := c.Request.UserAgent()
+	if ua == "" {
+		c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusTeapot)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(c.Request.UserAgent()), strings.ToLower("friendica")) {
+		c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusTeapot)
+		return
+	}
+}

internal/db/db.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 	"context"
 	"net"
 
-	"github.com/go-fed/activity/pub"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
@@ -33,18 +32,28 @@
 
 // ErrNoEntries is to be returned from the DB interface when no entries are found for a given query.
 type ErrNoEntries struct{}
-
 func (e ErrNoEntries) Error() string {
 	return "no entries"
 }
 
+// ErrAlreadyExists is to be returned from the DB interface when an entry already exists for a given query or its constraints.
+type ErrAlreadyExists struct{}
+func (e ErrAlreadyExists) Error() string {
+	return "already exists"
+}
+
+type Where struct {
+	Key string
+	Value interface{}
+}
+
 // DB provides methods for interacting with an underlying database or other storage mechanism (for now, just postgres).
 // Note that in all of the functions below, the passed interface should be a pointer or a slice, which will then be populated
 // by whatever is returned from the database.
 type DB interface {
 	// Federation returns an interface that's compatible with go-fed, for performing federation storage/retrieval functions.
 	// See: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-fed/activity@v1.0.0/pub?utm_source=gopls#Database
-	Federation() pub.Database
+	// Federation() federatingdb.FederatingDB
 
 	/*
 		BASIC DB FUNCTIONALITY
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ type DB interface {
 	// name of the key to select from.
 	// The given interface i will be set to the result of the query, whatever it is. Use a pointer or a slice.
 	// In case of no entries, a 'no entries' error will be returned
-	GetWhere(key string, value interface{}, i interface{}) error
+	GetWhere(where []Where, i interface{}) error
 
 	// // GetWhereMany gets one entry where key = value for *ALL* parameters passed as "where".
 	// // That is, if you pass 2 'where' entries, with 1 being Key username and Value test, and the second
@@ -109,7 +118,7 @@ type DB interface {
 
 	// DeleteWhere deletes i where key = value
 	// If i didn't exist anyway, then no error should be returned.
-	DeleteWhere(key string, value interface{}, i interface{}) error
+	DeleteWhere(where []Where, i interface{}) error
 
 	/*
 		HANDY SHORTCUTS
@@ -117,7 +126,9 @@ type DB interface {
 
 	// AcceptFollowRequest moves a follow request in the database from the follow_requests table to the follows table.
 	// In other words, it should create the follow, and delete the existing follow request.
-	AcceptFollowRequest(originAccountID string, targetAccountID string) error
+	//
+	// It will return the newly created follow for further processing.
+	AcceptFollowRequest(originAccountID string, targetAccountID string) (*gtsmodel.Follow, error)
 
 	// CreateInstanceAccount creates an account in the database with the same username as the instance host value.
 	// Ie., if the instance is hosted at 'example.org' the instance user will have a username of 'example.org'.
@@ -204,6 +215,9 @@ type DB interface {
 	// That is, it returns true if account1 blocks account2, OR if account2 blocks account1.
 	Blocked(account1 string, account2 string) (bool, error)
 
+	// GetRelationship retrieves the relationship of the targetAccount to the requestingAccount.
+	GetRelationship(requestingAccount string, targetAccount string) (*gtsmodel.Relationship, error)
+
 	// StatusVisible returns true if targetStatus is visible to requestingAccount, based on the
 	// privacy settings of the status, and any blocks/mutes that might exist between the two accounts
 	// or account domains.
@@ -222,6 +236,9 @@ type DB interface {
 	// Follows returns true if sourceAccount follows target account, or an error if something goes wrong while finding out.
 	Follows(sourceAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) (bool, error)
 
+	// FollowRequested returns true if sourceAccount has requested to follow target account, or an error if something goes wrong while finding out.
+	FollowRequested(sourceAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) (bool, error)
+
 	// Mutuals returns true if account1 and account2 both follow each other, or an error if something goes wrong while finding out.
 	Mutuals(account1 *gtsmodel.Account, account2 *gtsmodel.Account) (bool, error)
 

internal/db/pg/pg.go

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-fed/activity/pub"
 	"github.com/go-pg/pg/extra/pgdebug"
 	"github.com/go-pg/pg/v10"
 	"github.com/go-pg/pg/v10/orm"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/config"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
-	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/federation"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/util"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
@@ -46,11 +44,11 @@
 
 // postgresService satisfies the DB interface
 type postgresService struct {
-	config       *config.Config
-	conn         *pg.DB
-	log          *logrus.Logger
-	cancel       context.CancelFunc
-	federationDB pub.Database
+	config *config.Config
+	conn   *pg.DB
+	log    *logrus.Logger
+	cancel context.CancelFunc
+	// federationDB pub.Database
 }
 
 // NewPostgresService returns a postgresService derived from the provided config, which implements the go-fed DB interface.
@@ -97,9 +95,6 @@ func NewPostgresService(ctx context.Context, c *config.Config, log *logrus.Logge
 		cancel: cancel,
 	}
 
-	federatingDB := federation.NewFederatingDB(ps, c, log)
-	ps.federationDB = federatingDB
-
 	// we can confidently return this useable postgres service now
 	return ps, nil
 }
@@ -159,14 +154,6 @@ func derivePGOptions(c *config.Config) (*pg.Options, error) {
 	return options, nil
 }
 
-/*
-	FEDERATION FUNCTIONALITY
-*/
-
-func (ps *postgresService) Federation() pub.Database {
-	return ps.federationDB
-}
-
 /*
 	BASIC DB FUNCTIONALITY
 */
@@ -229,8 +216,17 @@ func (ps *postgresService) GetByID(id string, i interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ps *postgresService) GetWhere(key string, value interface{}, i interface{}) error {
-	if err := ps.conn.Model(i).Where("? = ?", pg.Safe(key), value).Select(); err != nil {
+func (ps *postgresService) GetWhere(where []db.Where, i interface{}) error {
+	if len(where) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("no queries provided")
+	}
+
+	q := ps.conn.Model(i)
+	for _, w := range where {
+		q = q.Where("? = ?", pg.Safe(w.Key), w.Value)
+	}
+
+	if err := q.Select(); err != nil {
 		if err == pg.ErrNoRows {
 			return db.ErrNoEntries{}
 		}
@@ -255,6 +251,9 @@ func (ps *postgresService) GetAll(i interface{}) error {
 
 func (ps *postgresService) Put(i interface{}) error {
 	_, err := ps.conn.Model(i).Insert(i)
+	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "duplicate key value violates unique constraint") {
+		return db.ErrAlreadyExists{}
+	}
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -285,20 +284,31 @@ func (ps *postgresService) UpdateOneByID(id string, key string, value interface{
 
 func (ps *postgresService) DeleteByID(id string, i interface{}) error {
 	if _, err := ps.conn.Model(i).Where("id = ?", id).Delete(); err != nil {
-		if err == pg.ErrNoRows {
-			return db.ErrNoEntries{}
+		// if there are no rows *anyway* then that's fine
+		// just return err if there's an actual error
+		if err != pg.ErrNoRows {
+			return err
 		}
-		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ps *postgresService) DeleteWhere(key string, value interface{}, i interface{}) error {
-	if _, err := ps.conn.Model(i).Where("? = ?", pg.Safe(key), value).Delete(); err != nil {
-		if err == pg.ErrNoRows {
-			return db.ErrNoEntries{}
+func (ps *postgresService) DeleteWhere(where []db.Where, i interface{}) error {
+	if len(where) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("no queries provided")
+	}
+
+	q := ps.conn.Model(i)
+	for _, w := range where {
+		q = q.Where("? = ?", pg.Safe(w.Key), w.Value)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := q.Delete(); err != nil {
+		// if there are no rows *anyway* then that's fine
+		// just return err if there's an actual error
+		if err != pg.ErrNoRows {
+			return err
 		}
-		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -307,30 +317,34 @@ func (ps *postgresService) DeleteWhere(key string, value interface{}, i interfac
 	HANDY SHORTCUTS
 */
 
-func (ps *postgresService) AcceptFollowRequest(originAccountID string, targetAccountID string) error {
+func (ps *postgresService) AcceptFollowRequest(originAccountID string, targetAccountID string) (*gtsmodel.Follow, error) {
+	// make sure the original follow request exists
 	fr := &gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}
 	if err := ps.conn.Model(fr).Where("account_id = ?", originAccountID).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccountID).Select(); err != nil {
 		if err == pg.ErrMultiRows {
-			return db.ErrNoEntries{}
+			return nil, db.ErrNoEntries{}
 		}
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// create a new follow to 'replace' the request with
 	follow := &gtsmodel.Follow{
 		AccountID:       originAccountID,
 		TargetAccountID: targetAccountID,
 		URI:             fr.URI,
 	}
 
-	if _, err := ps.conn.Model(follow).Insert(); err != nil {
-		return err
+	// if the follow already exists, just update the URI -- we don't need to do anything else
+	if _, err := ps.conn.Model(follow).OnConflict("ON CONSTRAINT follows_account_id_target_account_id_key DO UPDATE set uri = ?", follow.URI).Insert(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// now remove the follow request
 	if _, err := ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}).Where("account_id = ?", originAccountID).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccountID).Delete(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return follow, nil
 }
 
 func (ps *postgresService) CreateInstanceAccount() error {
@@ -681,6 +695,60 @@ func (ps *postgresService) Blocked(account1 string, account2 string) (bool, erro
 	return blocked, nil
 }
 
+func (ps *postgresService) GetRelationship(requestingAccount string, targetAccount string) (*gtsmodel.Relationship, error) {
+	r := &gtsmodel.Relationship{
+		ID: targetAccount,
+	}
+
+	// check if the requesting account follows the target account
+	follow := &gtsmodel.Follow{}
+	if err := ps.conn.Model(follow).Where("account_id = ?", requestingAccount).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccount).Select(); err != nil {
+		if err != pg.ErrNoRows {
+			// a proper error
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getrelationship: error checking follow existence: %s", err)
+		}
+		// no follow exists so these are all false
+		r.Following = false
+		r.ShowingReblogs = false
+		r.Notifying = false
+	} else {
+		// follow exists so we can fill these fields out...
+		r.Following = true
+		r.ShowingReblogs = follow.ShowReblogs
+		r.Notifying = follow.Notify
+	}
+
+	// check if the target account follows the requesting account
+	followedBy, err := ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.Follow{}).Where("account_id = ?", targetAccount).Where("target_account_id = ?", requestingAccount).Exists()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getrelationship: error checking followed_by existence: %s", err)
+	}
+	r.FollowedBy = followedBy
+
+	// check if the requesting account blocks the target account
+	blocking, err := ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.Block{}).Where("account_id = ?", requestingAccount).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccount).Exists()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getrelationship: error checking blocking existence: %s", err)
+	}
+	r.Blocking = blocking
+
+	// check if the target account blocks the requesting account
+	blockedBy, err := ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.Block{}).Where("account_id = ?", targetAccount).Where("target_account_id = ?", requestingAccount).Exists()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getrelationship: error checking blocked existence: %s", err)
+	}
+	r.BlockedBy = blockedBy
+
+	// check if there's a pending following request from requesting account to target account
+	requested, err := ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}).Where("account_id = ?", requestingAccount).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccount).Exists()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getrelationship: error checking blocked existence: %s", err)
+	}
+	r.Requested = requested
+
+	return r, nil
+}
+
 func (ps *postgresService) StatusVisible(targetStatus *gtsmodel.Status, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account, requestingAccount *gtsmodel.Account, relevantAccounts *gtsmodel.RelevantAccounts) (bool, error) {
 	l := ps.log.WithField("func", "StatusVisible")
 
@@ -853,6 +921,10 @@ func (ps *postgresService) Follows(sourceAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccoun
 	return ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.Follow{}).Where("account_id = ?", sourceAccount.ID).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccount.ID).Exists()
 }
 
+func (ps *postgresService) FollowRequested(sourceAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) (bool, error) {
+	return ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}).Where("account_id = ?", sourceAccount.ID).Where("target_account_id = ?", targetAccount.ID).Exists()
+}
+
 func (ps *postgresService) Mutuals(account1 *gtsmodel.Account, account2 *gtsmodel.Account) (bool, error) {
 	// make sure account 1 follows account 2
 	f1, err := ps.conn.Model(&gtsmodel.Follow{}).Where("account_id = ?", account1.ID).Where("target_account_id = ?", account2.ID).Exists()
@@ -1036,6 +1108,11 @@ func (ps *postgresService) WhoFavedStatus(status *gtsmodel.Status) ([]*gtsmodel.
 */
 
 func (ps *postgresService) MentionStringsToMentions(targetAccounts []string, originAccountID string, statusID string) ([]*gtsmodel.Mention, error) {
+	ogAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+	if err := ps.conn.Model(ogAccount).Where("id = ?", originAccountID).Select(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	menchies := []*gtsmodel.Mention{}
 	for _, a := range targetAccounts {
 		// A mentioned account looks like "@test@example.org" or just "@test" for a local account
@@ -1093,9 +1170,13 @@ func (ps *postgresService) MentionStringsToMentions(targetAccounts []string, ori
 
 		// id, createdAt and updatedAt will be populated by the db, so we have everything we need!
 		menchies = append(menchies, &gtsmodel.Mention{
-			StatusID:        statusID,
-			OriginAccountID: originAccountID,
-			TargetAccountID: mentionedAccount.ID,
+			StatusID:            statusID,
+			OriginAccountID:     ogAccount.ID,
+			OriginAccountURI:    ogAccount.URI,
+			TargetAccountID:     mentionedAccount.ID,
+			NameString:          a,
+			MentionedAccountURI: mentionedAccount.URI,
+			GTSAccount:          mentionedAccount,
 		})
 	}
 	return menchies, nil

internal/federation/federating_db.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/util"
 )
 
+type FederatingDB interface {
+	pub.Database
+	Undo(ctx context.Context, undo vocab.ActivityStreamsUndo) error
+	Accept(ctx context.Context, accept vocab.ActivityStreamsAccept) error
+}
+
 // FederatingDB uses the underlying DB interface to implement the go-fed pub.Database interface.
 // It doesn't care what the underlying implementation of the DB interface is, as long as it works.
 type federatingDB struct {
@@ -47,8 +54,8 @@ type federatingDB struct {
 	typeConverter typeutils.TypeConverter
 }
 
-// NewFederatingDB returns a pub.Database interface using the given database, config, and logger.
-func NewFederatingDB(db db.DB, config *config.Config, log *logrus.Logger) pub.Database {
+// NewFederatingDB returns a FederatingDB interface using the given database, config, and logger.
+func NewFederatingDB(db db.DB, config *config.Config, log *logrus.Logger) FederatingDB {
 	return &federatingDB{
 		locks:         new(sync.Map),
 		db:            db,
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Owns(c context.Context, id *url.URL) (bool, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("error parsing statuses path for url %s: %s", id.String(), err)
 		}
-		if err := f.db.GetWhere("uri", uid, &gtsmodel.Status{}); err != nil {
+		if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: uid}}, &gtsmodel.Status{}); err != nil {
 			if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
 				// there are no entries for this status
 				return false, nil
@@ -253,7 +260,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) ActorForOutbox(c context.Context, outboxIRI *url.URL) (ac
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not an outbox URI", outboxIRI.String())
 	}
 	acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := f.db.GetWhere("outbox_uri", outboxIRI.String(), acct); err != nil {
+	if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "outbox_uri", Value: outboxIRI.String()}}, acct); err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no actor found that corresponds to outbox %s", outboxIRI.String())
 		}
@@ -278,7 +285,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) ActorForInbox(c context.Context, inboxIRI *url.URL) (acto
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not an inbox URI", inboxIRI.String())
 	}
 	acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := f.db.GetWhere("inbox_uri", inboxIRI.String(), acct); err != nil {
+	if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "inbox_uri", Value: inboxIRI.String()}}, acct); err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no actor found that corresponds to inbox %s", inboxIRI.String())
 		}
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) OutboxForInbox(c context.Context, inboxIRI *url.URL) (out
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not an inbox URI", inboxIRI.String())
 	}
 	acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := f.db.GetWhere("inbox_uri", inboxIRI.String(), acct); err != nil {
+	if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "inbox_uri", Value: inboxIRI.String()}}, acct); err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no actor found that corresponds to inbox %s", inboxIRI.String())
 		}
@@ -343,9 +350,10 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Get(c context.Context, id *url.URL) (value vocab.Type, er
 
 	if util.IsUserPath(id) {
 		acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-		if err := f.db.GetWhere("uri", id.String(), acct); err != nil {
+		if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: id.String()}}, acct); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		l.Debug("is user path! returning account")
 		return f.typeConverter.AccountToAS(acct)
 	}
 
@@ -371,27 +379,40 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Create(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 			"asType": asType.GetTypeName(),
 		},
 	)
-	l.Debugf("received CREATE asType %+v", asType)
+	m, err := streams.Serialize(asType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	l.Debugf("received CREATE asType %s", string(b))
 
 	targetAcctI := ctx.Value(util.APAccount)
 	if targetAcctI == nil {
 		l.Error("target account wasn't set on context")
+		return nil
 	}
 	targetAcct, ok := targetAcctI.(*gtsmodel.Account)
 	if !ok {
 		l.Error("target account was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	fromFederatorChanI := ctx.Value(util.APFromFederatorChanKey)
 	if fromFederatorChanI == nil {
 		l.Error("from federator channel wasn't set on context")
+		return nil
 	}
 	fromFederatorChan, ok := fromFederatorChanI.(chan gtsmodel.FromFederator)
 	if !ok {
 		l.Error("from federator channel was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	switch gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsActivity(asType.GetTypeName()) {
+	switch asType.GetTypeName() {
 	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate:
 		create, ok := asType.(vocab.ActivityStreamsCreate)
 		if !ok {
@@ -399,7 +420,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Create(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 		}
 		object := create.GetActivityStreamsObject()
 		for objectIter := object.Begin(); objectIter != object.End(); objectIter = objectIter.Next() {
-			switch gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsObject(objectIter.GetType().GetTypeName()) {
+			switch objectIter.GetType().GetTypeName() {
 			case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote:
 				note := objectIter.GetActivityStreamsNote()
 				status, err := f.typeConverter.ASStatusToStatus(note)
@@ -407,13 +428,17 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Create(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 					return fmt.Errorf("error converting note to status: %s", err)
 				}
 				if err := f.db.Put(status); err != nil {
+					if _, ok := err.(db.ErrAlreadyExists); ok {
+						return nil
+					}
 					return fmt.Errorf("database error inserting status: %s", err)
 				}
 
 				fromFederatorChan <- gtsmodel.FromFederator{
-					APObjectType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote,
-					APActivityType: gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate,
-					GTSModel:       status,
+					APObjectType:     gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote,
+					APActivityType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate,
+					GTSModel:         status,
+					ReceivingAccount: targetAcct,
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -433,7 +458,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Create(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 		}
 
 		if !targetAcct.Locked {
-			if err := f.db.AcceptFollowRequest(followRequest.AccountID, followRequest.TargetAccountID); err != nil {
+			if _, err := f.db.AcceptFollowRequest(followRequest.AccountID, followRequest.TargetAccountID); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("database error accepting follow request: %s", err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -450,14 +475,87 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Create(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 // the entire value.
 //
 // The library makes this call only after acquiring a lock first.
-func (f *federatingDB) Update(c context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
+func (f *federatingDB) Update(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 	l := f.log.WithFields(
 		logrus.Fields{
 			"func":   "Update",
 			"asType": asType.GetTypeName(),
 		},
 	)
-	l.Debugf("received UPDATE asType %+v", asType)
+	m, err := streams.Serialize(asType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	l.Debugf("received UPDATE asType %s", string(b))
+
+	receivingAcctI := ctx.Value(util.APAccount)
+	if receivingAcctI == nil {
+		l.Error("receiving account wasn't set on context")
+	}
+	receivingAcct, ok := receivingAcctI.(*gtsmodel.Account)
+	if !ok {
+		l.Error("receiving account was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+	}
+
+	fromFederatorChanI := ctx.Value(util.APFromFederatorChanKey)
+	if fromFederatorChanI == nil {
+		l.Error("from federator channel wasn't set on context")
+	}
+	fromFederatorChan, ok := fromFederatorChanI.(chan gtsmodel.FromFederator)
+	if !ok {
+		l.Error("from federator channel was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+	}
+
+	switch asType.GetTypeName() {
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUpdate:
+		update, ok := asType.(vocab.ActivityStreamsCreate)
+		if !ok {
+			return errors.New("could not convert type to create")
+		}
+		object := update.GetActivityStreamsObject()
+		for objectIter := object.Begin(); objectIter != object.End(); objectIter = objectIter.Next() {
+			switch objectIter.GetType().GetTypeName() {
+			case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsPerson):
+				person := objectIter.GetActivityStreamsPerson()
+				updatedAcct, err := f.typeConverter.ASRepresentationToAccount(person)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("error converting person to account: %s", err)
+				}
+				if err := f.db.Put(updatedAcct); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("database error inserting updated account: %s", err)
+				}
+
+				fromFederatorChan <- gtsmodel.FromFederator{
+					APObjectType:     gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsProfile,
+					APActivityType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUpdate,
+					GTSModel:         updatedAcct,
+					ReceivingAccount: receivingAcct,
+				}
+
+			case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsApplication):
+				application := objectIter.GetActivityStreamsApplication()
+				updatedAcct, err := f.typeConverter.ASRepresentationToAccount(application)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("error converting person to account: %s", err)
+				}
+				if err := f.db.Put(updatedAcct); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("database error inserting updated account: %s", err)
+				}
+
+				fromFederatorChan <- gtsmodel.FromFederator{
+					APObjectType:     gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsProfile,
+					APActivityType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUpdate,
+					GTSModel:         updatedAcct,
+					ReceivingAccount: receivingAcct,
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -490,7 +588,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) GetOutbox(c context.Context, outboxIRI *url.URL) (inbox v
 	)
 	l.Debug("entering GETOUTBOX function")
 
-	return nil, nil
+	return streams.NewActivityStreamsOrderedCollectionPage(), nil
 }
 
 // SetOutbox saves the outbox value given from GetOutbox, with new items
@@ -522,9 +620,60 @@ func (f *federatingDB) NewID(c context.Context, t vocab.Type) (id *url.URL, err
 			"asType": t.GetTypeName(),
 		},
 	)
-	l.Debugf("received NEWID request for asType %+v", t)
+	m, err := streams.Serialize(t)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	l.Debugf("received NEWID request for asType %s", string(b))
 
-	return url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s/", f.config.Protocol, uuid.NewString()))
+	switch t.GetTypeName() {
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow:
+		// FOLLOW
+		// ID might already be set on a follow we've created, so check it here and return it if it is
+		follow, ok := t.(vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("newid: follow couldn't be parsed into vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow")
+		}
+		idProp := follow.GetJSONLDId()
+		if idProp != nil {
+			if idProp.IsIRI() {
+				return idProp.GetIRI(), nil
+			}
+		}
+		// it's not set so create one based on the actor set on the follow (ie., the followER not the followEE)
+		actorProp := follow.GetActivityStreamsActor()
+		if actorProp != nil {
+			for iter := actorProp.Begin(); iter != actorProp.End(); iter = iter.Next() {
+				// take the IRI of the first actor we can find (there should only be one)
+				if iter.IsIRI() {
+					actorAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+					if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: iter.GetIRI().String()}}, actorAccount); err == nil { // if there's an error here, just use the fallback behavior -- we don't need to return an error here
+						return url.Parse(util.GenerateURIForFollow(actorAccount.Username, f.config.Protocol, f.config.Host))
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote:
+		// NOTE aka STATUS
+		// ID might already be set on a note we've created, so check it here and return it if it is
+		note, ok := t.(vocab.ActivityStreamsNote)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("newid: follow couldn't be parsed into vocab.ActivityStreamsNote")
+		}
+		idProp := note.GetJSONLDId()
+		if idProp != nil {
+			if idProp.IsIRI() {
+				return idProp.GetIRI(), nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// fallback default behavior: just return a random UUID after our protocol and host
+	return url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s/%s", f.config.Protocol, f.config.Host, uuid.NewString()))
 }
 
 // Followers obtains the Followers Collection for an actor with the
@@ -543,7 +692,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Followers(c context.Context, actorIRI *url.URL) (follower
 	l.Debugf("entering FOLLOWERS function with actorIRI %s", actorIRI.String())
 
 	acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := f.db.GetWhere("uri", actorIRI.String(), acct); err != nil {
+	if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: actorIRI.String()}}, acct); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("db error getting account with uri %s: %s", actorIRI.String(), err)
 	}
 
@@ -585,7 +734,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Following(c context.Context, actorIRI *url.URL) (followin
 	l.Debugf("entering FOLLOWING function with actorIRI %s", actorIRI.String())
 
 	acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := f.db.GetWhere("uri", actorIRI.String(), acct); err != nil {
+	if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: actorIRI.String()}}, acct); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("db error getting account with uri %s: %s", actorIRI.String(), err)
 	}
 
@@ -627,3 +776,139 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Liked(c context.Context, actorIRI *url.URL) (liked vocab.
 	l.Debugf("entering LIKED function with actorIRI %s", actorIRI.String())
 	return nil, nil
 }
+
+/*
+	CUSTOM FUNCTIONALITY FOR GTS
+*/
+
+func (f *federatingDB) Undo(ctx context.Context, undo vocab.ActivityStreamsUndo) error {
+	l := f.log.WithFields(
+		logrus.Fields{
+			"func":   "Undo",
+			"asType": undo.GetTypeName(),
+		},
+	)
+	m, err := streams.Serialize(undo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	l.Debugf("received UNDO asType %s", string(b))
+
+	targetAcctI := ctx.Value(util.APAccount)
+	if targetAcctI == nil {
+		l.Error("UNDO: target account wasn't set on context")
+		return nil
+	}
+	targetAcct, ok := targetAcctI.(*gtsmodel.Account)
+	if !ok {
+		l.Error("UNDO: target account was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	undoObject := undo.GetActivityStreamsObject()
+	if undoObject == nil {
+		return errors.New("UNDO: no object set on vocab.ActivityStreamsUndo")
+	}
+
+	for iter := undoObject.Begin(); iter != undoObject.End(); iter = iter.Next() {
+		switch iter.GetType().GetTypeName() {
+		case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow):
+			// UNDO FOLLOW
+			ASFollow, ok := iter.GetType().(vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("UNDO: couldn't parse follow into vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow")
+			}
+			// make sure the actor owns the follow
+			if !sameActor(undo.GetActivityStreamsActor(), ASFollow.GetActivityStreamsActor()) {
+				return errors.New("UNDO: follow actor and activity actor not the same")
+			}
+			// convert the follow to something we can understand
+			gtsFollow, err := f.typeConverter.ASFollowToFollow(ASFollow)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("UNDO: error converting asfollow to gtsfollow: %s", err)
+			}
+			// make sure the addressee of the original follow is the same as whatever inbox this landed in
+			if gtsFollow.TargetAccountID != targetAcct.ID {
+				return errors.New("UNDO: follow object account and inbox account were not the same")
+			}
+			// delete any existing FOLLOW
+			if err := f.db.DeleteWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: gtsFollow.URI}}, &gtsmodel.Follow{}); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("UNDO: db error removing follow: %s", err)
+			}
+			// delete any existing FOLLOW REQUEST
+			if err := f.db.DeleteWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: gtsFollow.URI}}, &gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("UNDO: db error removing follow request: %s", err)
+			}
+			l.Debug("follow undone")
+			return nil
+		case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsLike):
+			// UNDO LIKE
+		case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsAnnounce):
+			// UNDO BOOST/REBLOG/ANNOUNCE
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *federatingDB) Accept(ctx context.Context, accept vocab.ActivityStreamsAccept) error {
+	l := f.log.WithFields(
+		logrus.Fields{
+			"func":   "Accept",
+			"asType": accept.GetTypeName(),
+		},
+	)
+	m, err := streams.Serialize(accept)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	l.Debugf("received ACCEPT asType %s", string(b))
+
+	inboxAcctI := ctx.Value(util.APAccount)
+	if inboxAcctI == nil {
+		l.Error("ACCEPT: inbox account wasn't set on context")
+		return nil
+	}
+	inboxAcct, ok := inboxAcctI.(*gtsmodel.Account)
+	if !ok {
+		l.Error("ACCEPT: inbox account was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	acceptObject := accept.GetActivityStreamsObject()
+	if acceptObject == nil {
+		return errors.New("ACCEPT: no object set on vocab.ActivityStreamsUndo")
+	}
+
+	for iter := acceptObject.Begin(); iter != acceptObject.End(); iter = iter.Next() {
+		switch iter.GetType().GetTypeName() {
+		case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow):
+			// ACCEPT FOLLOW
+			asFollow, ok := iter.GetType().(vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("ACCEPT: couldn't parse follow into vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow")
+			}
+			// convert the follow to something we can understand
+			gtsFollow, err := f.typeConverter.ASFollowToFollow(asFollow)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("ACCEPT: error converting asfollow to gtsfollow: %s", err)
+			}
+			// make sure the addressee of the original follow is the same as whatever inbox this landed in
+			if gtsFollow.AccountID != inboxAcct.ID {
+				return errors.New("ACCEPT: follow object account and inbox account were not the same")
+			}
+			_, err = f.db.AcceptFollowRequest(gtsFollow.AccountID, gtsFollow.TargetAccountID)
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

internal/federation/federatingprotocol.go

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (f *federator) AuthenticatePostInbox(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWr
 	}
 
 	requestingAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := f.db.GetWhere("uri", publicKeyOwnerURI.String(), requestingAccount); err != nil {
+	if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: publicKeyOwnerURI.String()}}, requestingAccount); err != nil {
 		// there's been a proper error so return it
 		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); !ok {
 			return ctx, false, fmt.Errorf("error getting requesting account with public key id %s: %s", publicKeyOwnerURI.String(), err)
@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ func (f *federator) AuthenticatePostInbox(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWr
 		}
 
 		requestingAccount = a
+
+		// send the newly dereferenced account into the processor channel for further async processing
+		fromFederatorChanI := ctx.Value(util.APFromFederatorChanKey)
+		if fromFederatorChanI == nil {
+			l.Error("from federator channel wasn't set on context")
+		}
+		fromFederatorChan, ok := fromFederatorChanI.(chan gtsmodel.FromFederator)
+		if !ok {
+			l.Error("from federator channel was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		}
+
+		fromFederatorChan <- gtsmodel.FromFederator{
+			APObjectType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsProfile,
+			APActivityType: gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate,
+			GTSModel:       requestingAccount,
+		}
 	}
 
 	withRequester := context.WithValue(ctx, util.APRequestingAccount, requestingAccount)
@@ -184,7 +200,7 @@ func (f *federator) Blocked(ctx context.Context, actorIRIs []*url.URL) (bool, er
 
 	for _, uri := range actorIRIs {
 		a := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-		if err := f.db.GetWhere("uri", uri.String(), a); err != nil {
+		if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: uri.String()}}, a); err != nil {
 			_, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries)
 			if ok {
 				// we don't have an entry for this account so it's not blocked
@@ -228,17 +244,19 @@ func (f *federator) FederatingCallbacks(ctx context.Context) (wrapped pub.Federa
 		"func": "FederatingCallbacks",
 	})
 
-	targetAcctI := ctx.Value(util.APAccount)
-	if targetAcctI == nil {
-		l.Error("target account wasn't set on context")
+	receivingAcctI := ctx.Value(util.APAccount)
+	if receivingAcctI == nil {
+		l.Error("receiving account wasn't set on context")
+		return
 	}
-	targetAcct, ok := targetAcctI.(*gtsmodel.Account)
+	receivingAcct, ok := receivingAcctI.(*gtsmodel.Account)
 	if !ok {
-		l.Error("target account was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		l.Error("receiving account was set on context but couldn't be parsed")
+		return
 	}
 
 	var onFollow pub.OnFollowBehavior = pub.OnFollowAutomaticallyAccept
-	if targetAcct.Locked {
+	if receivingAcct.Locked {
 		onFollow = pub.OnFollowDoNothing
 	}
 
@@ -248,6 +266,17 @@ func (f *federator) FederatingCallbacks(ctx context.Context) (wrapped pub.Federa
 		OnFollow: onFollow,
 	}
 
+	other = []interface{}{
+		// override default undo behavior
+		func(ctx context.Context, undo vocab.ActivityStreamsUndo) error {
+			return f.FederatingDB().Undo(ctx, undo)
+		},
+		// override default accept behavior
+		func(ctx context.Context, accept vocab.ActivityStreamsAccept) error {
+			return f.FederatingDB().Accept(ctx, accept)
+		},
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 

internal/federation/federator.go

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 type Federator interface {
 	// FederatingActor returns the underlying pub.FederatingActor, which can be used to send activities, and serve actors at inboxes/outboxes.
 	FederatingActor() pub.FederatingActor
+	// FederatingDB returns the underlying FederatingDB interface.
+	FederatingDB() FederatingDB
 	// AuthenticateFederatedRequest can be used to check the authenticity of incoming http-signed requests for federating resources.
 	// The given username will be used to create a transport for making outgoing requests. See the implementation for more detailed comments.
 	AuthenticateFederatedRequest(username string, r *http.Request) (*url.URL, error)
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ type Federator interface {
 type federator struct {
 	config              *config.Config
 	db                  db.DB
+	federatingDB        FederatingDB
 	clock               pub.Clock
 	typeConverter       typeutils.TypeConverter
 	transportController transport.Controller
@@ -60,18 +63,19 @@ type federator struct {
 }
 
 // NewFederator returns a new federator
-func NewFederator(db db.DB, transportController transport.Controller, config *config.Config, log *logrus.Logger, typeConverter typeutils.TypeConverter) Federator {
+func NewFederator(db db.DB, federatingDB FederatingDB, transportController transport.Controller, config *config.Config, log *logrus.Logger, typeConverter typeutils.TypeConverter) Federator {
 
 	clock := &Clock{}
 	f := &federator{
 		config:              config,
 		db:                  db,
+		federatingDB:        federatingDB,
 		clock:               &Clock{},
 		typeConverter:       typeConverter,
 		transportController: transportController,
 		log:                 log,
 	}
-	actor := newFederatingActor(f, f, db.Federation(), clock)
+	actor := newFederatingActor(f, f, federatingDB, clock)
 	f.actor = actor
 	return f
 }
@@ -79,3 +83,7 @@ func NewFederator(db db.DB, transportController transport.Controller, config *co
 func (f *federator) FederatingActor() pub.FederatingActor {
 	return f.actor
 }
+
+func (f *federator) FederatingDB() FederatingDB {
+	return f.federatingDB
+}

internal/federation/federator_test.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (suite *ProtocolTestSuite) TestPostInboxRequestBodyHook() {
 		return nil, nil
 	}))
 	// setup module being tested
-	federator := federation.NewFederator(suite.db, tc, suite.config, suite.log, suite.typeConverter)
+	federator := federation.NewFederator(suite.db, testrig.NewTestFederatingDB(suite.db), tc, suite.config, suite.log, suite.typeConverter)
 
 	// setup request
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (suite *ProtocolTestSuite) TestAuthenticatePostInbox() {
 	}))
 
 	// now setup module being tested, with the mock transport controller
-	federator := federation.NewFederator(suite.db, tc, suite.config, suite.log, suite.typeConverter)
+	federator := federation.NewFederator(suite.db, testrig.NewTestFederatingDB(suite.db), tc, suite.config, suite.log, suite.typeConverter)
 
 	// setup request
 	ctx := context.Background()

internal/federation/util.go

@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/pub"
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/streams"
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/streams/vocab"
 	"github.com/go-fed/httpsig"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/transport"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/typeutils"
@@ -128,57 +130,73 @@ func (f *federator) AuthenticateFederatedRequest(username string, r *http.Reques
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse key id into a url: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	transport, err := f.GetTransportForUser(username)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transport err: %s", err)
-	}
+	var publicKey interface{}
+	var pkOwnerURI *url.URL
+	if strings.EqualFold(requestingPublicKeyID.Host, f.config.Host) {
+		// the request is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE so skip the remote dereferencing
+		requestingLocalAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+		if err := f.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "public_key_uri", Value: requestingPublicKeyID.String()}}, requestingLocalAccount); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get local account with public key uri %s from the database: %s", requestingPublicKeyID.String(), err)
+		}
+		publicKey = requestingLocalAccount.PublicKey
+		pkOwnerURI, err = url.Parse(requestingLocalAccount.URI)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing url %s: %s", requestingLocalAccount.URI, err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		// the request is remote, so we need to authenticate the request properly by dereferencing the remote key
+		transport, err := f.GetTransportForUser(username)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("transport err: %s", err)
+		}
 
-	// The actual http call to the remote server is made right here in the Dereference function.
-	b, err := transport.Dereference(context.Background(), requestingPublicKeyID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error deferencing key %s: %s", requestingPublicKeyID.String(), err)
-	}
+		// The actual http call to the remote server is made right here in the Dereference function.
+		b, err := transport.Dereference(context.Background(), requestingPublicKeyID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error deferencing key %s: %s", requestingPublicKeyID.String(), err)
+		}
 
-	// if the key isn't in the response, we can't authenticate the request
-	requestingPublicKey, err := getPublicKeyFromResponse(context.Background(), b, requestingPublicKeyID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting key %s from response %s: %s", requestingPublicKeyID.String(), string(b), err)
-	}
+		// if the key isn't in the response, we can't authenticate the request
+		requestingPublicKey, err := getPublicKeyFromResponse(context.Background(), b, requestingPublicKeyID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting key %s from response %s: %s", requestingPublicKeyID.String(), string(b), err)
+		}
 
-	// we should be able to get the actual key embedded in the vocab.W3IDSecurityV1PublicKey
-	pkPemProp := requestingPublicKey.GetW3IDSecurityV1PublicKeyPem()
-	if pkPemProp == nil || !pkPemProp.IsXMLSchemaString() {
-		return nil, errors.New("publicKeyPem property is not provided or it is not embedded as a value")
-	}
+		// we should be able to get the actual key embedded in the vocab.W3IDSecurityV1PublicKey
+		pkPemProp := requestingPublicKey.GetW3IDSecurityV1PublicKeyPem()
+		if pkPemProp == nil || !pkPemProp.IsXMLSchemaString() {
+			return nil, errors.New("publicKeyPem property is not provided or it is not embedded as a value")
+		}
 
-	// and decode the PEM so that we can parse it as a golang public key
-	pubKeyPem := pkPemProp.Get()
-	block, _ := pem.Decode([]byte(pubKeyPem))
-	if block == nil || block.Type != "PUBLIC KEY" {
-		return nil, errors.New("could not decode publicKeyPem to PUBLIC KEY pem block type")
-	}
+		// and decode the PEM so that we can parse it as a golang public key
+		pubKeyPem := pkPemProp.Get()
+		block, _ := pem.Decode([]byte(pubKeyPem))
+		if block == nil || block.Type != "PUBLIC KEY" {
+			return nil, errors.New("could not decode publicKeyPem to PUBLIC KEY pem block type")
+		}
 
-	p, err := x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(block.Bytes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse public key from block bytes: %s", err)
+		publicKey, err = x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(block.Bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse public key from block bytes: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		// all good! we just need the URI of the key owner to return
+		pkOwnerProp := requestingPublicKey.GetW3IDSecurityV1Owner()
+		if pkOwnerProp == nil || !pkOwnerProp.IsIRI() {
+			return nil, errors.New("publicKeyOwner property is not provided or it is not embedded as a value")
+		}
+		pkOwnerURI = pkOwnerProp.GetIRI()
 	}
-	if p == nil {
+	if publicKey == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("returned public key was empty")
 	}
 
 	// do the actual authentication here!
 	algo := httpsig.RSA_SHA256 // TODO: make this more robust
-	if err := verifier.Verify(p, algo); err != nil {
+	if err := verifier.Verify(publicKey, algo); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error verifying key %s: %s", requestingPublicKeyID.String(), err)
 	}
 
-	// all good! we just need the URI of the key owner to return
-	pkOwnerProp := requestingPublicKey.GetW3IDSecurityV1Owner()
-	if pkOwnerProp == nil || !pkOwnerProp.IsIRI() {
-		return nil, errors.New("publicKeyOwner property is not provided or it is not embedded as a value")
-	}
-	pkOwnerURI := pkOwnerProp.GetIRI()
-
 	return pkOwnerURI, nil
 }
 
@@ -217,6 +235,12 @@ func (f *federator) DereferenceRemoteAccount(username string, remoteAccountID *u
 			return nil, errors.New("error resolving type as activitystreams application")
 		}
 		return p, nil
+	case string(gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsService):
+		p, ok := t.(vocab.ActivityStreamsService)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("error resolving type as activitystreams service")
+		}
+		return p, nil
 	}
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("type name %s not supported", t.GetTypeName())
@@ -243,3 +267,23 @@ func (f *federator) GetTransportForUser(username string) (transport.Transport, e
 	}
 	return transport, nil
 }
+
+func sameActor(activityActor vocab.ActivityStreamsActorProperty, followActor vocab.ActivityStreamsActorProperty) bool {
+	if activityActor == nil || followActor == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for aIter := activityActor.Begin(); aIter != activityActor.End(); aIter = aIter.Next() {
+		for fIter := followActor.Begin(); fIter != followActor.End(); fIter = fIter.Next() {
+			if aIter.GetIRI() == nil {
+				return false
+			}
+			if fIter.GetIRI() == nil {
+				return false
+			}
+			if aIter.GetIRI().String() == fIter.GetIRI().String() {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

internal/gotosocial/actions.go

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating dbservice: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	federatingDB := federation.NewFederatingDB(dbService, c, log)
+
 	router, err := router.New(c, log)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating router: %s", err)
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@
 	mediaHandler := media.New(c, dbService, storageBackend, log)
 	oauthServer := oauth.New(dbService, log)
 	transportController := transport.NewController(c, &federation.Clock{}, http.DefaultClient, log)
-	federator := federation.NewFederator(dbService, transportController, c, log, typeConverter)
+	federator := federation.NewFederator(dbService, federatingDB, transportController, c, log, typeConverter)
 	processor := message.NewProcessor(c, typeConverter, federator, oauthServer, mediaHandler, storageBackend, dbService, log)
 	if err := processor.Start(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error starting processor: %s", err)

internal/gtsmodel/account.go

@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ type Account struct {
 	*/
 
 	// Does this account need an approval for new followers?
-	Locked bool `pg:",default:'true'"`
+	Locked bool
 	// Should this account be shown in the instance's profile directory?
 	Discoverable bool
 	// Default post privacy for this account
 	Privacy Visibility
 	// Set posts from this account to sensitive by default?
-	Sensitive bool `pg:",default:'false'"`
+	Sensitive bool
 	// What language does this account post in?
 	Language string `pg:",default:'en'"`
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ type Account struct {
 	// URL for getting the featured collection list of this account
 	FeaturedCollectionURI string `pg:",unique"`
 	// What type of activitypub actor is this account?
-	ActorType ActivityStreamsActor
+	ActorType string
 	// This account is associated with x account id
 	AlsoKnownAs string
 

internal/gtsmodel/activitystreams.go

@@ -18,110 +18,101 @@
 
 package gtsmodel
 
-// ActivityStreamsObject refers to https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#object-types
-type ActivityStreamsObject string
-
 const (
 	// ActivityStreamsArticle https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-article
-	ActivityStreamsArticle ActivityStreamsObject = "Article"
+	ActivityStreamsArticle = "Article"
 	// ActivityStreamsAudio https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-audio
-	ActivityStreamsAudio ActivityStreamsObject = "Audio"
+	ActivityStreamsAudio = "Audio"
 	// ActivityStreamsDocument https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-document
-	ActivityStreamsDocument ActivityStreamsObject = "Event"
+	ActivityStreamsDocument = "Event"
 	// ActivityStreamsEvent https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-event
-	ActivityStreamsEvent ActivityStreamsObject = "Event"
+	ActivityStreamsEvent = "Event"
 	// ActivityStreamsImage https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-image
-	ActivityStreamsImage ActivityStreamsObject = "Image"
+	ActivityStreamsImage = "Image"
 	// ActivityStreamsNote https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-note
-	ActivityStreamsNote ActivityStreamsObject = "Note"
+	ActivityStreamsNote = "Note"
 	// ActivityStreamsPage https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-page
-	ActivityStreamsPage ActivityStreamsObject = "Page"
+	ActivityStreamsPage = "Page"
 	// ActivityStreamsPlace https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-place
-	ActivityStreamsPlace ActivityStreamsObject = "Place"
+	ActivityStreamsPlace = "Place"
 	// ActivityStreamsProfile https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-profile
-	ActivityStreamsProfile ActivityStreamsObject = "Profile"
+	ActivityStreamsProfile = "Profile"
 	// ActivityStreamsRelationship https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-relationship
-	ActivityStreamsRelationship ActivityStreamsObject = "Relationship"
+	ActivityStreamsRelationship = "Relationship"
 	// ActivityStreamsTombstone https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-tombstone
-	ActivityStreamsTombstone ActivityStreamsObject = "Tombstone"
+	ActivityStreamsTombstone = "Tombstone"
 	// ActivityStreamsVideo https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-video
-	ActivityStreamsVideo ActivityStreamsObject = "Video"
+	ActivityStreamsVideo = "Video"
 )
 
-// ActivityStreamsActor refers to https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#actor-types
-type ActivityStreamsActor string
-
 const (
 	// ActivityStreamsApplication https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-application
-	ActivityStreamsApplication ActivityStreamsActor = "Application"
+	ActivityStreamsApplication = "Application"
 	// ActivityStreamsGroup https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-group
-	ActivityStreamsGroup ActivityStreamsActor = "Group"
+	ActivityStreamsGroup = "Group"
 	// ActivityStreamsOrganization https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-organization
-	ActivityStreamsOrganization ActivityStreamsActor = "Organization"
+	ActivityStreamsOrganization = "Organization"
 	// ActivityStreamsPerson https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-person
-	ActivityStreamsPerson ActivityStreamsActor = "Person"
+	ActivityStreamsPerson = "Person"
 	// ActivityStreamsService https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-service
-	ActivityStreamsService ActivityStreamsActor = "Service"
+	ActivityStreamsService = "Service"
 )
 
-// ActivityStreamsActivity refers to https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#activity-types
-type ActivityStreamsActivity string
-
 const (
 	// ActivityStreamsAccept https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-accept
-	ActivityStreamsAccept ActivityStreamsActivity = "Accept"
+	ActivityStreamsAccept = "Accept"
 	// ActivityStreamsAdd https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-add
-	ActivityStreamsAdd ActivityStreamsActivity = "Add"
+	ActivityStreamsAdd = "Add"
 	// ActivityStreamsAnnounce https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-announce
-	ActivityStreamsAnnounce ActivityStreamsActivity = "Announce"
+	ActivityStreamsAnnounce = "Announce"
 	// ActivityStreamsArrive https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-arrive
-	ActivityStreamsArrive ActivityStreamsActivity = "Arrive"
+	ActivityStreamsArrive = "Arrive"
 	// ActivityStreamsBlock https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-block
-	ActivityStreamsBlock ActivityStreamsActivity = "Block"
+	ActivityStreamsBlock = "Block"
 	// ActivityStreamsCreate https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-create
-	ActivityStreamsCreate ActivityStreamsActivity = "Create"
+	ActivityStreamsCreate = "Create"
 	// ActivityStreamsDelete https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-delete
-	ActivityStreamsDelete ActivityStreamsActivity = "Delete"
+	ActivityStreamsDelete = "Delete"
 	// ActivityStreamsDislike https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-dislike
-	ActivityStreamsDislike ActivityStreamsActivity = "Dislike"
+	ActivityStreamsDislike = "Dislike"
 	// ActivityStreamsFlag https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-flag
-	ActivityStreamsFlag ActivityStreamsActivity = "Flag"
+	ActivityStreamsFlag = "Flag"
 	// ActivityStreamsFollow https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-follow
-	ActivityStreamsFollow ActivityStreamsActivity = "Follow"
+	ActivityStreamsFollow = "Follow"
 	// ActivityStreamsIgnore https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-ignore
-	ActivityStreamsIgnore ActivityStreamsActivity = "Ignore"
+	ActivityStreamsIgnore = "Ignore"
 	// ActivityStreamsInvite https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-invite
-	ActivityStreamsInvite ActivityStreamsActivity = "Invite"
+	ActivityStreamsInvite = "Invite"
 	// ActivityStreamsJoin https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-join
-	ActivityStreamsJoin ActivityStreamsActivity = "Join"
+	ActivityStreamsJoin = "Join"
 	// ActivityStreamsLeave https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-leave
-	ActivityStreamsLeave ActivityStreamsActivity = "Leave"
+	ActivityStreamsLeave = "Leave"
 	// ActivityStreamsLike https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-like
-	ActivityStreamsLike ActivityStreamsActivity = "Like"
+	ActivityStreamsLike = "Like"
 	// ActivityStreamsListen https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-listen
-	ActivityStreamsListen ActivityStreamsActivity = "Listen"
+	ActivityStreamsListen = "Listen"
 	// ActivityStreamsMove https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-move
-	ActivityStreamsMove ActivityStreamsActivity = "Move"
+	ActivityStreamsMove = "Move"
 	// ActivityStreamsOffer https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-offer
-	ActivityStreamsOffer ActivityStreamsActivity = "Offer"
+	ActivityStreamsOffer = "Offer"
 	// ActivityStreamsQuestion https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-question
-	ActivityStreamsQuestion ActivityStreamsActivity = "Question"
+	ActivityStreamsQuestion = "Question"
 	// ActivityStreamsReject https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-reject
-	ActivityStreamsReject ActivityStreamsActivity = "Reject"
+	ActivityStreamsReject = "Reject"
 	// ActivityStreamsRead https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-read
-	ActivityStreamsRead ActivityStreamsActivity = "Read"
+	ActivityStreamsRead = "Read"
 	// ActivityStreamsRemove https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-remove
-	ActivityStreamsRemove ActivityStreamsActivity = "Remove"
+	ActivityStreamsRemove = "Remove"
 	// ActivityStreamsTentativeReject https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-tentativereject
-	ActivityStreamsTentativeReject ActivityStreamsActivity = "TentativeReject"
+	ActivityStreamsTentativeReject = "TentativeReject"
 	// ActivityStreamsTentativeAccept https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-tentativeaccept
-	ActivityStreamsTentativeAccept ActivityStreamsActivity = "TentativeAccept"
+	ActivityStreamsTentativeAccept = "TentativeAccept"
 	// ActivityStreamsTravel https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-travel
-	ActivityStreamsTravel ActivityStreamsActivity = "Travel"
+	ActivityStreamsTravel = "Travel"
 	// ActivityStreamsUndo https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-undo
-	ActivityStreamsUndo ActivityStreamsActivity = "Undo"
+	ActivityStreamsUndo = "Undo"
 	// ActivityStreamsUpdate https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-update
-	ActivityStreamsUpdate ActivityStreamsActivity = "Update"
+	ActivityStreamsUpdate = "Update"
 	// ActivityStreamsView https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-view
-	ActivityStreamsView ActivityStreamsActivity = "View"
+	ActivityStreamsView = "View"
 )

internal/gtsmodel/mention.go

@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ type Mention struct {
 	TargetAccountID string `pg:",notnull"`
 	// Prevent this mention from generating a notification?
 	Silent bool
+
+	/*
+		NON-DATABASE CONVENIENCE FIELDS
+		These fields are just for convenience while passing the mention
+		around internally, to make fewer database calls and whatnot. They're
+		not meant to be put in the database!
+	*/
+
 	// NameString is for putting in the namestring of the mentioned user
 	// before the mention is dereferenced. Should be in a form along the lines of:
 	// @whatever_username@example.org
@@ -48,4 +56,6 @@ type Mention struct {
 	//
 	// This will not be put in the database, it's just for convenience.
 	MentionedAccountURI string `pg:"-"`
+	// A pointer to the gtsmodel account of the mentioned account.
+	GTSAccount *Account `pg:"-"`
 }

internal/gtsmodel/messages.go

@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 
 // FromClientAPI wraps a message that travels from client API into the processor
 type FromClientAPI struct {
-	APObjectType   ActivityStreamsObject
-	APActivityType ActivityStreamsActivity
+	APObjectType   string
+	APActivityType string
 	GTSModel       interface{}
+	OriginAccount  *Account
+	TargetAccount  *Account
 }
 
 // // ToFederator wraps a message that travels from the processor into the federator
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ type FromClientAPI struct {
 
 // FromFederator wraps a message that travels from the federator into the processor
 type FromFederator struct {
-	APObjectType   ActivityStreamsObject
-	APActivityType ActivityStreamsActivity
-	GTSModel       interface{}
+	APObjectType     string
+	APActivityType   string
+	GTSModel         interface{}
+	ReceivingAccount *Account
 }

internal/gtsmodel/relationship.go

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package gtsmodel
+
+// Relationship describes a requester's relationship with another account.
+type Relationship struct {
+	// The account id.
+	ID string
+	// Are you following this user?
+	Following bool
+	// Are you receiving this user's boosts in your home timeline?
+	ShowingReblogs bool
+	// Have you enabled notifications for this user?
+	Notifying bool
+	// Are you followed by this user?
+	FollowedBy bool
+	// Are you blocking this user?
+	Blocking bool
+	// Is this user blocking you?
+	BlockedBy bool
+	// Are you muting this user?
+	Muting bool
+	// Are you muting notifications from this user?
+	MutingNotifications bool
+	// Do you have a pending follow request for this user?
+	Requested bool
+	// Are you blocking this user's domain?
+	DomainBlocking bool
+	// Are you featuring this user on your profile?
+	Endorsed bool
+	// Your note on this account.
+	Note string
+}

internal/gtsmodel/status.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type Status struct {
 	VisibilityAdvanced *VisibilityAdvanced
 	// What is the activitystreams type of this status? See: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#object-types
 	// Will probably almost always be Note but who knows!.
-	ActivityStreamsType ActivityStreamsObject
+	ActivityStreamsType string
 	// Original text of the status without formatting
 	Text string
 	// Has this status been pinned by its owner?

internal/media/handler.go

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type Handler interface {
 	// ProcessHeaderOrAvatar takes a new header image for an account, checks it out, removes exif data from it,
 	// puts it in whatever storage backend we're using, sets the relevant fields in the database for the new image,
 	// and then returns information to the caller about the new header.
-	ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(img []byte, accountID string, mediaType Type) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error)
+	ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(attachment []byte, accountID string, mediaType Type, remoteURL string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error)
 
 	// ProcessLocalAttachment takes a new attachment and the requesting account, checks it out, removes exif data from it,
 	// puts it in whatever storage backend we're using, sets the relevant fields in the database for the new media,
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ type Handler interface {
 	// information to the caller about the new attachment. It's the caller's responsibility to put the returned struct
 	// in the database.
 	ProcessRemoteAttachment(t transport.Transport, currentAttachment *gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, accountID string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error)
+
+	ProcessRemoteHeaderOrAvatar(t transport.Transport, currentAttachment *gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, accountID string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error)
 }
 
 type mediaHandler struct {
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ func New(config *config.Config, database db.DB, storage storage.Storage, log *lo
 // ProcessHeaderOrAvatar takes a new header image for an account, checks it out, removes exif data from it,
 // puts it in whatever storage backend we're using, sets the relevant fields in the database for the new image,
 // and then returns information to the caller about the new header.
-func (mh *mediaHandler) ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(attachment []byte, accountID string, mediaType Type) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error) {
+func (mh *mediaHandler) ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(attachment []byte, accountID string, mediaType Type, remoteURL string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error) {
 	l := mh.log.WithField("func", "SetHeaderForAccountID")
 
 	if mediaType != Header && mediaType != Avatar {
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ func (mh *mediaHandler) ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(attachment []byte, accountID strin
 	l.Tracef("read %d bytes of file", len(attachment))
 
 	// process it
-	ma, err := mh.processHeaderOrAvi(attachment, contentType, mediaType, accountID)
+	ma, err := mh.processHeaderOrAvi(attachment, contentType, mediaType, accountID, remoteURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error processing %s: %s", mediaType, err)
 	}
@@ -315,3 +317,43 @@ func (mh *mediaHandler) ProcessRemoteAttachment(t transport.Transport, currentAt
 
 	return mh.ProcessAttachment(attachmentBytes, accountID, currentAttachment.RemoteURL)
 }
+
+func (mh *mediaHandler) ProcessRemoteHeaderOrAvatar(t transport.Transport, currentAttachment *gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, accountID string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error) {
+
+	if !currentAttachment.Header && !currentAttachment.Avatar {
+		return nil, errors.New("provided attachment was set to neither header nor avatar")
+	}
+
+	if currentAttachment.Header && currentAttachment.Avatar {
+		return nil, errors.New("provided attachment was set to both header and avatar")
+	}
+
+	var headerOrAvi Type
+	if currentAttachment.Header {
+		headerOrAvi = Header
+	} else if currentAttachment.Avatar {
+		headerOrAvi = Avatar
+	}
+
+	if currentAttachment.RemoteURL == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("no remote URL on media attachment to dereference")
+	}
+	remoteIRI, err := url.Parse(currentAttachment.RemoteURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing attachment url %s: %s", currentAttachment.RemoteURL, err)
+	}
+
+	// for content type, we assume we don't know what to expect...
+	expectedContentType := "*/*"
+	if currentAttachment.File.ContentType != "" {
+		// ... and then narrow it down if we do
+		expectedContentType = currentAttachment.File.ContentType
+	}
+
+	attachmentBytes, err := t.DereferenceMedia(context.Background(), remoteIRI, expectedContentType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dereferencing remote media with url %s: %s", remoteIRI.String(), err)
+	}
+
+	return mh.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(attachmentBytes, accountID, headerOrAvi, currentAttachment.RemoteURL)
+}

internal/media/handler_test.go

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (suite *MediaTestSuite) TestSetHeaderOrAvatarForAccountID() {
 	f, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./test/test-jpeg.jpg")
 	assert.Nil(suite.T(), err)
 
-	ma, err := suite.mediaHandler.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(f, "weeeeeee", "header")
+	ma, err := suite.mediaHandler.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(f, "weeeeeee", "header", "")
 	assert.Nil(suite.T(), err)
 	suite.log.Debugf("%+v", ma)
 

internal/media/processicon.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
-func (mh *mediaHandler) processHeaderOrAvi(imageBytes []byte, contentType string, mediaType Type, accountID string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error) {
+func (mh *mediaHandler) processHeaderOrAvi(imageBytes []byte, contentType string, mediaType Type, accountID string, remoteURL string) (*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment, error) {
 	var isHeader bool
 	var isAvatar bool
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (mh *mediaHandler) processHeaderOrAvi(imageBytes []byte, contentType string
 		ID:        newMediaID,
 		StatusID:  "",
 		URL:       originalURL,
-		RemoteURL: "",
+		RemoteURL: remoteURL,
 		CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 		UpdatedAt: time.Now(),
 		Type:      gtsmodel.FileTypeImage,

internal/message/accountprocess.go

@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ func (p *processor) AccountGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) (*api
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("db error: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	// lazily dereference things on the account if it hasn't been done yet
+	var requestingUsername string
+	if authed.Account != nil {
+		requestingUsername = authed.Account.Username
+	}
+	if err := p.dereferenceAccountFields(targetAccount, requestingUsername); err != nil {
+		p.log.WithField("func", "AccountGet").Debugf("dereferencing account: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	var mastoAccount *apimodel.Account
 	var err error
 	if authed.Account != nil && targetAccount.ID == authed.Account.ID {
@@ -285,6 +294,12 @@ func (p *processor) AccountFollowersGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID stri
 			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
 		}
 
+		// derefence account fields in case we haven't done it already
+		if err := p.dereferenceAccountFields(a, authed.Account.Username); err != nil {
+			// don't bail if we can't fetch them, we'll try another time
+			p.log.WithField("func", "AccountFollowersGet").Debugf("error dereferencing account fields: %s", err)
+		}
+
 		account, err := p.tc.AccountToMastoPublic(a)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
@@ -293,3 +308,238 @@ func (p *processor) AccountFollowersGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID stri
 	}
 	return accounts, nil
 }
+
+func (p *processor) AccountFollowingGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) ([]apimodel.Account, ErrorWithCode) {
+	blocked, err := p.db.Blocked(authed.Account.ID, targetAccountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	if blocked {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("block exists between accounts"))
+	}
+
+	following := []gtsmodel.Follow{}
+	accounts := []apimodel.Account{}
+	if err := p.db.GetFollowingByAccountID(targetAccountID, &following); err != nil {
+		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
+			return accounts, nil
+		}
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range following {
+		blocked, err := p.db.Blocked(authed.Account.ID, f.AccountID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+		}
+		if blocked {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		a := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+		if err := p.db.GetByID(f.TargetAccountID, a); err != nil {
+			if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+		}
+
+		// derefence account fields in case we haven't done it already
+		if err := p.dereferenceAccountFields(a, authed.Account.Username); err != nil {
+			// don't bail if we can't fetch them, we'll try another time
+			p.log.WithField("func", "AccountFollowingGet").Debugf("error dereferencing account fields: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		account, err := p.tc.AccountToMastoPublic(a)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+		}
+		accounts = append(accounts, *account)
+	}
+	return accounts, nil
+}
+
+func (p *processor) AccountRelationshipGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode) {
+	if authed == nil || authed.Account == nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorForbidden(errors.New("not authed"))
+	}
+
+	gtsR, err := p.db.GetRelationship(authed.Account.ID, targetAccountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("error getting relationship: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	r, err := p.tc.RelationshipToMasto(gtsR)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("error converting relationship: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func (p *processor) AccountFollowCreate(authed *oauth.Auth, form *apimodel.AccountFollowRequest) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode) {
+	// if there's a block between the accounts we shouldn't create the request ofc
+	blocked, err := p.db.Blocked(authed.Account.ID, form.TargetAccountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+	if blocked {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("accountfollowcreate: block exists between accounts"))
+	}
+
+	// make sure the target account actually exists in our db
+	targetAcct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+	if err := p.db.GetByID(form.TargetAccountID, targetAcct); err != nil {
+		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
+			return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("accountfollowcreate: account %s not found in the db: %s", form.TargetAccountID, err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check if a follow exists already
+	follows, err := p.db.Follows(authed.Account, targetAcct)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("accountfollowcreate: error checking follow in db: %s", err))
+	}
+	if follows {
+		// already follows so just return the relationship
+		return p.AccountRelationshipGet(authed, form.TargetAccountID)
+	}
+
+	// check if a follow exists already
+	followRequested, err := p.db.FollowRequested(authed.Account, targetAcct)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("accountfollowcreate: error checking follow request in db: %s", err))
+	}
+	if followRequested {
+		// already follow requested so just return the relationship
+		return p.AccountRelationshipGet(authed, form.TargetAccountID)
+	}
+
+	// make the follow request
+	fr := &gtsmodel.FollowRequest{
+		AccountID:       authed.Account.ID,
+		TargetAccountID: form.TargetAccountID,
+		ShowReblogs:     true,
+		URI:             util.GenerateURIForFollow(authed.Account.Username, p.config.Protocol, p.config.Host),
+		Notify:          false,
+	}
+	if form.Reblogs != nil {
+		fr.ShowReblogs = *form.Reblogs
+	}
+	if form.Notify != nil {
+		fr.Notify = *form.Notify
+	}
+
+	// whack it in the database
+	if err := p.db.Put(fr); err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("accountfollowcreate: error creating follow request in db: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	// if it's a local account that's not locked we can just straight up accept the follow request
+	if !targetAcct.Locked && targetAcct.Domain == "" {
+		if _, err := p.db.AcceptFollowRequest(authed.Account.ID, form.TargetAccountID); err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("accountfollowcreate: error accepting folow request for local unlocked account: %s", err))
+		}
+		// return the new relationship
+		return p.AccountRelationshipGet(authed, form.TargetAccountID)
+	}
+
+	// otherwise we leave the follow request as it is and we handle the rest of the process asynchronously
+	p.fromClientAPI <- gtsmodel.FromClientAPI{
+		APObjectType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow,
+		APActivityType: gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate,
+		GTSModel: &gtsmodel.Follow{
+			AccountID:       authed.Account.ID,
+			TargetAccountID: form.TargetAccountID,
+			URI:             fr.URI,
+		},
+		OriginAccount: authed.Account,
+		TargetAccount: targetAcct,
+	}
+
+	// return whatever relationship results from this
+	return p.AccountRelationshipGet(authed, form.TargetAccountID)
+}
+
+func (p *processor) AccountFollowRemove(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode) {
+	// if there's a block between the accounts we shouldn't do anything
+	blocked, err := p.db.Blocked(authed.Account.ID, targetAccountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+	if blocked {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("AccountFollowRemove: block exists between accounts"))
+	}
+
+	// make sure the target account actually exists in our db
+	targetAcct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+	if err := p.db.GetByID(targetAccountID, targetAcct); err != nil {
+		if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); ok {
+			return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("AccountFollowRemove: account %s not found in the db: %s", targetAccountID, err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check if a follow request exists, and remove it if it does (storing the URI for later)
+	var frChanged bool
+	var frURI string
+	fr := &gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}
+	if err := p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{
+		{Key: "account_id", Value: authed.Account.ID},
+		{Key: "target_account_id", Value: targetAccountID},
+	}, fr); err == nil {
+		frURI = fr.URI
+		if err := p.db.DeleteByID(fr.ID, fr); err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("AccountFollowRemove: error removing follow request from db: %s", err))
+		}
+		frChanged = true
+	}
+
+	// now do the same thing for any existing follow
+	var fChanged bool
+	var fURI string
+	f := &gtsmodel.Follow{}
+	if err := p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{
+		{Key: "account_id", Value: authed.Account.ID},
+		{Key: "target_account_id", Value: targetAccountID},
+	}, f); err == nil {
+		fURI = f.URI
+		if err := p.db.DeleteByID(f.ID, f); err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("AccountFollowRemove: error removing follow from db: %s", err))
+		}
+		fChanged = true
+	}
+
+	// follow request status changed so send the UNDO activity to the channel for async processing
+	if frChanged {
+		p.fromClientAPI <- gtsmodel.FromClientAPI{
+			APObjectType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow,
+			APActivityType: gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUndo,
+			GTSModel: &gtsmodel.Follow{
+				AccountID:       authed.Account.ID,
+				TargetAccountID: targetAccountID,
+				URI:             frURI,
+			},
+			OriginAccount: authed.Account,
+			TargetAccount: targetAcct,
+		}
+	}
+
+	// follow status changed so send the UNDO activity to the channel for async processing
+	if fChanged {
+		p.fromClientAPI <- gtsmodel.FromClientAPI{
+			APObjectType:   gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow,
+			APActivityType: gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUndo,
+			GTSModel: &gtsmodel.Follow{
+				AccountID:       authed.Account.ID,
+				TargetAccountID: targetAccountID,
+				URI:             fURI,
+			},
+			OriginAccount: authed.Account,
+			TargetAccount: targetAcct,
+		}
+	}
+
+	// return whatever relationship results from all this
+	return p.AccountRelationshipGet(authed, targetAccountID)
+}

internal/message/fediprocess.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/streams"
 	apimodel "github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/model"
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (p *processor) authenticateAndDereferenceFediRequest(username string, r *ht
 	// we might already have an entry for this account so check that first
 	requestingAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
 
-	err = p.db.GetWhere("uri", requestingAccountURI.String(), requestingAccount)
+	err = p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: requestingAccountURI.String()}}, requestingAccount)
 	if err == nil {
 		// we do have it yay, return it
 		return requestingAccount, nil
@@ -122,6 +123,89 @@ func (p *processor) GetFediUser(requestedUsername string, request *http.Request)
 	return data, nil
 }
 
+func (p *processor) GetFediFollowers(requestedUsername string, request *http.Request) (interface{}, ErrorWithCode) {
+	// get the account the request is referring to
+	requestedAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+	if err := p.db.GetLocalAccountByUsername(requestedUsername, requestedAccount); err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("database error getting account with username %s: %s", requestedUsername, err))
+	}
+
+	// authenticate the request
+	requestingAccount, err := p.authenticateAndDereferenceFediRequest(requestedUsername, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotAuthorized(err)
+	}
+
+	blocked, err := p.db.Blocked(requestedAccount.ID, requestingAccount.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	if blocked {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotAuthorized(fmt.Errorf("block exists between accounts %s and %s", requestedAccount.ID, requestingAccount.ID))
+	}
+
+	requestedAccountURI, err := url.Parse(requestedAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("error parsing url %s: %s", requestedAccount.URI, err))
+	}
+
+	requestedFollowers, err := p.federator.FederatingDB().Followers(context.Background(), requestedAccountURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("error fetching followers for uri %s: %s", requestedAccountURI.String(), err))
+	}
+
+	data, err := streams.Serialize(requestedFollowers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	return data, nil
+}
+
+func (p *processor) GetFediStatus(requestedUsername string, requestedStatusID string, request *http.Request) (interface{}, ErrorWithCode) {
+		// get the account the request is referring to
+		requestedAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+		if err := p.db.GetLocalAccountByUsername(requestedUsername, requestedAccount); err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("database error getting account with username %s: %s", requestedUsername, err))
+		}
+
+		// authenticate the request
+		requestingAccount, err := p.authenticateAndDereferenceFediRequest(requestedUsername, request)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorNotAuthorized(err)
+		}
+
+		blocked, err := p.db.Blocked(requestedAccount.ID, requestingAccount.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+		}
+
+		if blocked {
+			return nil, NewErrorNotAuthorized(fmt.Errorf("block exists between accounts %s and %s", requestedAccount.ID, requestingAccount.ID))
+		}
+
+		s := &gtsmodel.Status{}
+		if err := p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{
+			{Key: "id", Value: requestedStatusID},
+			{Key: "account_id", Value: requestedAccount.ID},
+		}, s); err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("database error getting status with id %s and account id %s: %s", requestedStatusID, requestedAccount.ID, err))
+		}
+
+		asStatus, err := p.tc.StatusToAS(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+		}
+
+		data, err := streams.Serialize(asStatus)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+		}
+
+		return data, nil
+}
+
 func (p *processor) GetWebfingerAccount(requestedUsername string, request *http.Request) (*apimodel.WebfingerAccountResponse, ErrorWithCode) {
 	// get the account the request is referring to
 	requestedAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}

internal/message/fromclientapiprocess.go

@@ -19,55 +19,198 @@
 package message
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 
+	"github.com/go-fed/activity/streams"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
 func (p *processor) processFromClientAPI(clientMsg gtsmodel.FromClientAPI) error {
-	switch clientMsg.APObjectType {
-	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote:
-		status, ok := clientMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Status)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("note was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Status")
-		}
+	switch clientMsg.APActivityType {
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate:
+		// CREATE
+		switch clientMsg.APObjectType {
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote:
+			// CREATE NOTE
+			status, ok := clientMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Status)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("note was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Status")
+			}
 
-		if err := p.notifyStatus(status); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+			if err := p.notifyStatus(status); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-		if status.VisibilityAdvanced.Federated {
-			return p.federateStatus(status)
+			if status.VisibilityAdvanced.Federated {
+				return p.federateStatus(status)
+			}
+			return nil
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow:
+			// CREATE FOLLOW (request)
+			follow, ok := clientMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Follow)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("follow was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Follow")
+			}
+
+			if err := p.notifyFollow(follow); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return p.federateFollow(follow, clientMsg.OriginAccount, clientMsg.TargetAccount)
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUpdate:
+		// UPDATE
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsAccept:
+		// ACCEPT
+		switch clientMsg.APObjectType {
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow:
+			// ACCEPT FOLLOW
+			follow, ok := clientMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Follow)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("accept was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Follow")
+			}
+			return p.federateAcceptFollowRequest(follow, clientMsg.OriginAccount, clientMsg.TargetAccount)
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUndo:
+		// UNDO
+		switch clientMsg.APObjectType {
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsFollow:
+			// UNDO FOLLOW
+			follow, ok := clientMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Follow)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("undo was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Follow")
+			}
+			return p.federateUnfollow(follow, clientMsg.OriginAccount, clientMsg.TargetAccount)
 		}
-		return nil
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("message type unprocessable: %+v", clientMsg)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (p *processor) federateStatus(status *gtsmodel.Status) error {
-	// // derive the sending account -- it might be attached to the status already
-	// sendingAcct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	// if status.GTSAccount != nil {
-	// 	sendingAcct = status.GTSAccount
-	// } else {
-	// 	// it wasn't attached so get it from the db instead
-	// 	if err := p.db.GetByID(status.AccountID, sendingAcct); err != nil {
-	// 		return err
-	// 	}
-	// }
+	asStatus, err := p.tc.StatusToAS(status)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateStatus: error converting status to as format: %s", err)
+	}
 
-	// outboxURI, err := url.Parse(sendingAcct.OutboxURI)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
+	outboxIRI, err := url.Parse(status.GTSAccount.OutboxURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateStatus: error parsing outboxURI %s: %s", status.GTSAccount.OutboxURI, err)
+	}
 
-	// // convert the status to AS format Note
-	// note, err := p.tc.StatusToAS(status)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
-
-	// _, err = p.federator.FederatingActor().Send(context.Background(), outboxURI, note)
-	return nil
+	_, err = p.federator.FederatingActor().Send(context.Background(), outboxIRI, asStatus)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (p *processor) federateFollow(follow *gtsmodel.Follow, originAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) error {
+	// if both accounts are local there's nothing to do here
+	if originAccount.Domain == "" && targetAccount.Domain == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	asFollow, err := p.tc.FollowToAS(follow, originAccount, targetAccount)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateFollow: error converting follow to as format: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	outboxIRI, err := url.Parse(originAccount.OutboxURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateFollow: error parsing outboxURI %s: %s", originAccount.OutboxURI, err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = p.federator.FederatingActor().Send(context.Background(), outboxIRI, asFollow)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (p *processor) federateUnfollow(follow *gtsmodel.Follow, originAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) error {
+	// if both accounts are local there's nothing to do here
+	if originAccount.Domain == "" && targetAccount.Domain == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// recreate the follow
+	asFollow, err := p.tc.FollowToAS(follow, originAccount, targetAccount)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateUnfollow: error converting follow to as format: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	targetAccountURI, err := url.Parse(targetAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing uri %s: %s", targetAccount.URI, err)
+	}
+
+	// create an Undo and set the appropriate actor on it
+	undo := streams.NewActivityStreamsUndo()
+	undo.SetActivityStreamsActor(asFollow.GetActivityStreamsActor())
+
+	// Set the recreated follow as the 'object' property.
+	undoObject := streams.NewActivityStreamsObjectProperty()
+	undoObject.AppendActivityStreamsFollow(asFollow)
+	undo.SetActivityStreamsObject(undoObject)
+
+	// Set the To of the undo as the target of the recreated follow
+	undoTo := streams.NewActivityStreamsToProperty()
+	undoTo.AppendIRI(targetAccountURI)
+	undo.SetActivityStreamsTo(undoTo)
+
+	outboxIRI, err := url.Parse(originAccount.OutboxURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateUnfollow: error parsing outboxURI %s: %s", originAccount.OutboxURI, err)
+	}
+
+	// send off the Undo
+	_, err = p.federator.FederatingActor().Send(context.Background(), outboxIRI, undo)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (p *processor) federateAcceptFollowRequest(follow *gtsmodel.Follow, originAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) error {
+	// if both accounts are local there's nothing to do here
+	if originAccount.Domain == "" && targetAccount.Domain == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// recreate the AS follow
+	asFollow, err := p.tc.FollowToAS(follow, originAccount, targetAccount)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateUnfollow: error converting follow to as format: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	acceptingAccountURI, err := url.Parse(targetAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing uri %s: %s", targetAccount.URI, err)
+	}
+
+	requestingAccountURI, err := url.Parse(originAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing uri %s: %s", targetAccount.URI, err)
+	}
+
+	// create an Accept
+	accept := streams.NewActivityStreamsAccept()
+
+	// set the accepting actor on it
+	acceptActorProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsActorProperty()
+	acceptActorProp.AppendIRI(acceptingAccountURI)
+	accept.SetActivityStreamsActor(acceptActorProp)
+
+	// Set the recreated follow as the 'object' property.
+	acceptObject := streams.NewActivityStreamsObjectProperty()
+	acceptObject.AppendActivityStreamsFollow(asFollow)
+	accept.SetActivityStreamsObject(acceptObject)
+
+	// Set the To of the accept as the originator of the follow
+	acceptTo := streams.NewActivityStreamsToProperty()
+	acceptTo.AppendIRI(requestingAccountURI)
+	accept.SetActivityStreamsTo(acceptTo)
+
+	outboxIRI, err := url.Parse(targetAccount.OutboxURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("federateAcceptFollowRequest: error parsing outboxURI %s: %s", originAccount.OutboxURI, err)
+	}
+
+	// send off the accept using the accepter's outbox
+	_, err = p.federator.FederatingActor().Send(context.Background(), outboxIRI, accept)
+	return err
 }

internal/message/fromcommonprocess.go

@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@
 func (p *processor) notifyStatus(status *gtsmodel.Status) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (p *processor) notifyFollow(follow *gtsmodel.Follow) error {
+   return nil
+}

internal/message/fromfederatorprocess.go

@@ -38,24 +38,60 @@ func (p *processor) processFromFederator(federatorMsg gtsmodel.FromFederator) er
 
 	l.Debug("entering function PROCESS FROM FEDERATOR")
 
-	switch federatorMsg.APObjectType {
-	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote:
+	switch federatorMsg.APActivityType {
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsCreate:
+		// CREATE
+		switch federatorMsg.APObjectType {
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsNote:
+			// CREATE A STATUS
+			incomingStatus, ok := federatorMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Status)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("note was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Status")
+			}
 
-		incomingStatus, ok := federatorMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Status)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("note was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Status")
-		}
+			l.Debug("will now derefence incoming status")
+			if err := p.dereferenceStatusFields(incomingStatus); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error dereferencing status from federator: %s", err)
+			}
+			if err := p.db.UpdateByID(incomingStatus.ID, incomingStatus); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error updating dereferenced status in the db: %s", err)
+			}
 
-		l.Debug("will now derefence incoming status")
-		if err := p.dereferenceStatusFields(incomingStatus); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error dereferencing status from federator: %s", err)
-		}
-		if err := p.db.UpdateByID(incomingStatus.ID, incomingStatus); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error updating dereferenced status in the db: %s", err)
-		}
+			if err := p.notifyStatus(incomingStatus); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsProfile:
+			// CREATE AN ACCOUNT
+			incomingAccount, ok := federatorMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Account)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("profile was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Account")
+			}
 
-		if err := p.notifyStatus(incomingStatus); err != nil {
-			return err
+			l.Debug("will now derefence incoming account")
+			if err := p.dereferenceAccountFields(incomingAccount, ""); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error dereferencing account from federator: %s", err)
+			}
+			if err := p.db.UpdateByID(incomingAccount.ID, incomingAccount); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error updating dereferenced account in the db: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsUpdate:
+		// UPDATE
+		switch federatorMsg.APObjectType {
+		case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsProfile:
+			// UPDATE AN ACCOUNT
+			incomingAccount, ok := federatorMsg.GTSModel.(*gtsmodel.Account)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("profile was not parseable as *gtsmodel.Account")
+			}
+
+			l.Debug("will now derefence incoming account")
+			if err := p.dereferenceAccountFields(incomingAccount, ""); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error dereferencing account from federator: %s", err)
+			}
+			if err := p.db.UpdateByID(incomingAccount.ID, incomingAccount); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error updating dereferenced account in the db: %s", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -121,7 +157,7 @@ func (p *processor) dereferenceStatusFields(status *gtsmodel.Status) error {
 
 		// it might have been processed elsewhere so check first if it's already in the database or not
 		maybeAttachment := &gtsmodel.MediaAttachment{}
-		err := p.db.GetWhere("remote_url", a.RemoteURL, maybeAttachment)
+		err := p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "remote_url", Value: a.RemoteURL}}, maybeAttachment)
 		if err == nil {
 			// we already have it in the db, dereferenced, no need to do it again
 			l.Debugf("attachment already exists with id %s", maybeAttachment.ID)
@@ -170,7 +206,7 @@ func (p *processor) dereferenceStatusFields(status *gtsmodel.Status) error {
 		m.OriginAccountURI = status.GTSAccount.URI
 
 		targetAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-		if err := p.db.GetWhere("uri", uri.String(), targetAccount); err != nil {
+		if err := p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: uri.String()}}, targetAccount); err != nil {
 			// proper error
 			if _, ok := err.(db.ErrNoEntries); !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf("db error checking for account with uri %s", uri.String())
@@ -206,3 +242,27 @@ func (p *processor) dereferenceStatusFields(status *gtsmodel.Status) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (p *processor) dereferenceAccountFields(account *gtsmodel.Account, requestingUsername string) error {
+	l := p.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+		"func":               "dereferenceAccountFields",
+		"requestingUsername": requestingUsername,
+	})
+
+	t, err := p.federator.GetTransportForUser(requestingUsername)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error getting transport for user: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// fetch the header and avatar
+	if err := p.fetchHeaderAndAviForAccount(account, t); err != nil {
+		// if this doesn't work, just skip it -- we can do it later
+		l.Debugf("error fetching header/avi for account: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := p.db.UpdateByID(account.ID, account); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error updating account in database: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

internal/message/frprocess.go

@@ -48,11 +48,28 @@ func (p *processor) FollowRequestsGet(auth *oauth.Auth) ([]apimodel.Account, Err
 	return accts, nil
 }
 
-func (p *processor) FollowRequestAccept(auth *oauth.Auth, accountID string) ErrorWithCode {
-	if err := p.db.AcceptFollowRequest(accountID, auth.Account.ID); err != nil {
-		return NewErrorNotFound(err)
+func (p *processor) FollowRequestAccept(auth *oauth.Auth, accountID string) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode) {
+	follow, err := p.db.AcceptFollowRequest(accountID, auth.Account.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorNotFound(err)
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	p.fromClientAPI <- gtsmodel.FromClientAPI{
+		APActivityType: gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsAccept,
+		GTSModel: follow,
+	}
+
+	gtsR, err := p.db.GetRelationship(auth.Account.ID, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	r, err := p.tc.RelationshipToMasto(gtsR)
+	if  err != nil {
+		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
 }
 
 func (p *processor) FollowRequestDeny(auth *oauth.Auth) ErrorWithCode {

internal/message/instanceprocess.go

@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
 	"fmt"
 
 	apimodel "github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api/model"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
 func (p *processor) InstanceGet(domain string) (*apimodel.Instance, ErrorWithCode) {
 	i := &gtsmodel.Instance{}
-	if err := p.db.GetWhere("domain", domain, i); err != nil {
+	if err := p.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "domain", Value: domain}}, i); err != nil {
 		return nil, NewErrorInternalError(fmt.Errorf("db error fetching instance %s: %s", p.config.Host, err))
 	}
 

internal/message/processor.go

@@ -71,8 +71,16 @@ type Processor interface {
 	// AccountStatusesGet fetches a number of statuses (in time descending order) from the given account, filtered by visibility for
 	// the account given in authed.
 	AccountStatusesGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string, limit int, excludeReplies bool, maxID string, pinned bool, mediaOnly bool) ([]apimodel.Status, ErrorWithCode)
-	// AccountFollowersGet
+	// AccountFollowersGet fetches a list of the target account's followers.
 	AccountFollowersGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) ([]apimodel.Account, ErrorWithCode)
+	// AccountFollowingGet fetches a list of the accounts that target account is following.
+	AccountFollowingGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) ([]apimodel.Account, ErrorWithCode)
+	// AccountRelationshipGet returns a relationship model describing the relationship of the targetAccount to the Authed account.
+	AccountRelationshipGet(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode)
+	// AccountFollowCreate handles a follow request to an account, either remote or local.
+	AccountFollowCreate(authed *oauth.Auth, form *apimodel.AccountFollowRequest) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode)
+	// AccountFollowRemove handles the removal of a follow/follow request to an account, either remote or local.
+	AccountFollowRemove(authed *oauth.Auth, targetAccountID string) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode)
 
 	// AdminEmojiCreate handles the creation of a new instance emoji by an admin, using the given form.
 	AdminEmojiCreate(authed *oauth.Auth, form *apimodel.EmojiCreateRequest) (*apimodel.Emoji, error)
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ type Processor interface {
 	// FollowRequestsGet handles the getting of the authed account's incoming follow requests
 	FollowRequestsGet(auth *oauth.Auth) ([]apimodel.Account, ErrorWithCode)
 	// FollowRequestAccept handles the acceptance of a follow request from the given account ID
-	FollowRequestAccept(auth *oauth.Auth, accountID string) ErrorWithCode
+	FollowRequestAccept(auth *oauth.Auth, accountID string) (*apimodel.Relationship, ErrorWithCode)
 
 	// InstanceGet retrieves instance information for serving at api/v1/instance
 	InstanceGet(domain string) (*apimodel.Instance, ErrorWithCode)
@@ -125,6 +133,14 @@ type Processor interface {
 	// before returning a JSON serializable interface to the caller.
 	GetFediUser(requestedUsername string, request *http.Request) (interface{}, ErrorWithCode)
 
+	// GetFediFollowers handles the getting of a fedi/activitypub representation of a user/account's followers, performing appropriate
+	// authentication before returning a JSON serializable interface to the caller.
+	GetFediFollowers(requestedUsername string, request *http.Request) (interface{}, ErrorWithCode)
+
+	// GetFediStatus handles the getting of a fedi/activitypub representation of a particular status, performing appropriate
+	// authentication before returning a JSON serializable interface to the caller.
+	GetFediStatus(requestedUsername string, requestedStatusID string, request *http.Request) (interface{}, ErrorWithCode)
+
 	// GetWebfingerAccount handles the GET for a webfinger resource. Most commonly, it will be used for returning account lookups.
 	GetWebfingerAccount(requestedUsername string, request *http.Request) (*apimodel.WebfingerAccountResponse, ErrorWithCode)
 
@@ -200,15 +216,11 @@ func (p *processor) Start() error {
 	DistLoop:
 		for {
 			select {
-			// case clientMsg := <-p.toClientAPI:
-			// 	p.log.Infof("received message TO client API: %+v", clientMsg)
 			case clientMsg := <-p.fromClientAPI:
 				p.log.Infof("received message FROM client API: %+v", clientMsg)
 				if err := p.processFromClientAPI(clientMsg); err != nil {
 					p.log.Error(err)
 				}
-			// case federatorMsg := <-p.toFederator:
-			// 	p.log.Infof("received message TO federator: %+v", federatorMsg)
 			case federatorMsg := <-p.fromFederator:
 				p.log.Infof("received message FROM federator: %+v", federatorMsg)
 				if err := p.processFromFederator(federatorMsg); err != nil {

internal/message/processorutil.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/media"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/transport"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/util"
 )
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ func (p *processor) processMentions(form *apimodel.AdvancedStatusCreateForm, acc
 		if err := p.db.Put(menchie); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error putting mentions in db: %s", err)
 		}
-		menchies = append(menchies, menchie.TargetAccountID)
+		menchies = append(menchies, menchie.ID)
 	}
 	// add full populated gts menchies to the status for passing them around conveniently
 	status.GTSMentions = gtsMenchies
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ func (p *processor) updateAccountAvatar(avatar *multipart.FileHeader, accountID
 	}
 
 	// do the setting
-	avatarInfo, err := p.mediaHandler.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(buf.Bytes(), accountID, media.Avatar)
+	avatarInfo, err := p.mediaHandler.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(buf.Bytes(), accountID, media.Avatar, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error processing avatar: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -313,10 +314,42 @@ func (p *processor) updateAccountHeader(header *multipart.FileHeader, accountID
 	}
 
 	// do the setting
-	headerInfo, err := p.mediaHandler.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(buf.Bytes(), accountID, media.Header)
+	headerInfo, err := p.mediaHandler.ProcessHeaderOrAvatar(buf.Bytes(), accountID, media.Header, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error processing header: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	return headerInfo, f.Close()
 }
+
+// fetchHeaderAndAviForAccount fetches the header and avatar for a remote account, using a transport
+// on behalf of requestingUsername.
+//
+// targetAccount's AvatarMediaAttachmentID and HeaderMediaAttachmentID will be updated as necessary.
+//
+// SIDE EFFECTS: remote header and avatar will be stored in local storage, and the database will be updated
+// to reflect the creation of these new attachments.
+func (p *processor) fetchHeaderAndAviForAccount(targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account, t transport.Transport) error {
+	if targetAccount.AvatarRemoteURL != "" && targetAccount.AvatarMediaAttachmentID == "" {
+		a, err := p.mediaHandler.ProcessRemoteHeaderOrAvatar(t, &gtsmodel.MediaAttachment{
+			RemoteURL: targetAccount.AvatarRemoteURL,
+			Avatar:    true,
+		}, targetAccount.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error processing avatar for user: %s", err)
+		}
+		targetAccount.AvatarMediaAttachmentID = a.ID
+	}
+
+	if targetAccount.HeaderRemoteURL != "" && targetAccount.HeaderMediaAttachmentID == "" {
+		a, err := p.mediaHandler.ProcessRemoteHeaderOrAvatar(t, &gtsmodel.MediaAttachment{
+			RemoteURL: targetAccount.HeaderRemoteURL,
+			Header:    true,
+		}, targetAccount.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error processing header for user: %s", err)
+		}
+		targetAccount.HeaderMediaAttachmentID = a.ID
+	}
+	return nil
+}

internal/oauth/tokenstore.go

@@ -106,17 +106,17 @@ func (pts *tokenStore) Create(ctx context.Context, info oauth2.TokenInfo) error
 
 // RemoveByCode deletes a token from the DB based on the Code field
 func (pts *tokenStore) RemoveByCode(ctx context.Context, code string) error {
-	return pts.db.DeleteWhere("code", code, &Token{})
+	return pts.db.DeleteWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "code", Value: code}}, &Token{})
 }
 
 // RemoveByAccess deletes a token from the DB based on the Access field
 func (pts *tokenStore) RemoveByAccess(ctx context.Context, access string) error {
-	return pts.db.DeleteWhere("access", access, &Token{})
+	return pts.db.DeleteWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "access", Value: access}}, &Token{})
 }
 
 // RemoveByRefresh deletes a token from the DB based on the Refresh field
 func (pts *tokenStore) RemoveByRefresh(ctx context.Context, refresh string) error {
-	return pts.db.DeleteWhere("refresh", refresh, &Token{})
+	return pts.db.DeleteWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "refresh", Value: refresh}}, &Token{})
 }
 
 // GetByCode selects a token from the DB based on the Code field
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (pts *tokenStore) GetByCode(ctx context.Context, code string) (oauth2.Token
 	pgt := &Token{
 		Code: code,
 	}
-	if err := pts.db.GetWhere("code", code, pgt); err != nil {
+	if err := pts.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "code", Value: code}}, pgt); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return TokenToOauthToken(pgt), nil
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (pts *tokenStore) GetByAccess(ctx context.Context, access string) (oauth2.T
 	pgt := &Token{
 		Access: access,
 	}
-	if err := pts.db.GetWhere("access", access, pgt); err != nil {
+	if err := pts.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "access", Value: access}}, pgt); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return TokenToOauthToken(pgt), nil
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (pts *tokenStore) GetByRefresh(ctx context.Context, refresh string) (oauth2
 	pgt := &Token{
 		Refresh: refresh,
 	}
-	if err := pts.db.GetWhere("refresh", refresh, pgt); err != nil {
+	if err := pts.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "refresh", Value: refresh}}, pgt); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return TokenToOauthToken(pgt), nil

internal/transport/controller.go

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type controller struct {
 	clock    pub.Clock
 	client   pub.HttpClient
 	appAgent string
+	log      *logrus.Logger
 }
 
 // NewController returns an implementation of the Controller interface for creating new transports
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func NewController(config *config.Config, clock pub.Clock, client pub.HttpClient
 		clock:    clock,
 		client:   client,
 		appAgent: fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", config.ApplicationName, config.Host),
+		log:      log,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -80,5 +82,6 @@ func (c *controller) NewTransport(pubKeyID string, privkey crypto.PrivateKey) (T
 		sigTransport: sigTransport,
 		getSigner:    getSigner,
 		getSignerMu:  &sync.Mutex{},
+		log:          c.log,
 	}, nil
 }

internal/transport/transport.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/pub"
 	"github.com/go-fed/httpsig"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // Transport wraps the pub.Transport interface with some additional
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type transport struct {
 	sigTransport *pub.HttpSigTransport
 	getSigner    httpsig.Signer
 	getSignerMu  *sync.Mutex
+	log          *logrus.Logger
 }
 
 func (t *transport) BatchDeliver(c context.Context, b []byte, recipients []*url.URL) error {
@@ -38,14 +40,20 @@ func (t *transport) BatchDeliver(c context.Context, b []byte, recipients []*url.
 }
 
 func (t *transport) Deliver(c context.Context, b []byte, to *url.URL) error {
+	l := t.log.WithField("func", "Deliver")
+	l.Debugf("performing POST to %s", to.String())
 	return t.sigTransport.Deliver(c, b, to)
 }
 
 func (t *transport) Dereference(c context.Context, iri *url.URL) ([]byte, error) {
+	l := t.log.WithField("func", "Dereference")
+	l.Debugf("performing GET to %s", iri.String())
 	return t.sigTransport.Dereference(c, iri)
 }
 
 func (t *transport) DereferenceMedia(c context.Context, iri *url.URL, expectedContentType string) ([]byte, error) {
+	l := t.log.WithField("func", "DereferenceMedia")
+	l.Debugf("performing GET to %s", iri.String())
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", iri.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

internal/typeutils/astointernal.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASRepresentationToAccount(accountable Accountable) (*gtsmode
 	uri := uriProp.GetIRI()
 
 	acct := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	err := c.db.GetWhere("uri", uri.String(), acct)
+	err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: uri.String()}}, acct)
 	if err == nil {
 		// we already know this account so we can skip generating it
 		return acct, nil
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASRepresentationToAccount(accountable Accountable) (*gtsmode
 	}
 
 	// check for bot and actor type
-	switch gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsActor(accountable.GetTypeName()) {
+	switch accountable.GetTypeName() {
 	case gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsPerson, gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsGroup, gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsOrganization:
 		// people, groups, and organizations aren't bots
 		acct.Bot = false
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASRepresentationToAccount(accountable Accountable) (*gtsmode
 		// we don't know what this is!
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("type name %s not recognised or not convertible to gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsActor", accountable.GetTypeName())
 	}
-	acct.ActorType = gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsActor(accountable.GetTypeName())
+	acct.ActorType = accountable.GetTypeName()
 
 	// TODO: locked aka manuallyApprovesFollowers
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASStatusToStatus(statusable Statusable) (*gtsmodel.Status, e
 	status.APStatusOwnerURI = attributedTo.String()
 
 	statusOwner := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := c.db.GetWhere("uri", attributedTo.String(), statusOwner); err != nil {
+	if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: attributedTo.String()}}, statusOwner); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get status owner from db: %s", err)
 	}
 	status.AccountID = statusOwner.ID
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASStatusToStatus(statusable Statusable) (*gtsmodel.Status, e
 
 		// now we can check if we have the replied-to status in our db already
 		inReplyToStatus := &gtsmodel.Status{}
-		if err := c.db.GetWhere("uri", inReplyToURI.String(), inReplyToStatus); err == nil {
+		if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: inReplyToURI.String()}}, inReplyToStatus); err == nil {
 			// we have the status in our database already
 			// so we can set these fields here and then...
 			status.InReplyToID = inReplyToStatus.ID
@@ -281,7 +281,10 @@ func (c *converter) ASStatusToStatus(statusable Statusable) (*gtsmodel.Status, e
 
 	// if it's CC'ed to public, it's public or unlocked
 	// mentioned SPECIFIC ACCOUNTS also get added to CC'es if it's not a direct message
-	if isPublic(cc) || isPublic(to) {
+	if isPublic(cc) {
+		visibility = gtsmodel.VisibilityUnlocked
+	}
+	if isPublic(to) {
 		visibility = gtsmodel.VisibilityPublic
 	}
 
@@ -301,7 +304,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASStatusToStatus(statusable Statusable) (*gtsmodel.Status, e
 	// we might be able to extract this from the contentMap field
 
 	// ActivityStreamsType
-	status.ActivityStreamsType = gtsmodel.ActivityStreamsObject(statusable.GetTypeName())
+	status.ActivityStreamsType = statusable.GetTypeName()
 
 	return status, nil
 }
@@ -319,7 +322,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASFollowToFollowRequest(followable Followable) (*gtsmodel.Fo
 		return nil, errors.New("error extracting actor property from follow")
 	}
 	originAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := c.db.GetWhere("uri", origin.String(), originAccount); err != nil {
+	if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: origin.String()}}, originAccount); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error extracting account with uri %s from the database: %s", origin.String(), err)
 	}
 
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ func (c *converter) ASFollowToFollowRequest(followable Followable) (*gtsmodel.Fo
 		return nil, errors.New("error extracting object property from follow")
 	}
 	targetAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-	if err := c.db.GetWhere("uri", target.String(), targetAccount); err != nil {
+	if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: target.String()}}, targetAccount); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error extracting account with uri %s from the database: %s", origin.String(), err)
 	}
 
@@ -341,6 +344,40 @@ func (c *converter) ASFollowToFollowRequest(followable Followable) (*gtsmodel.Fo
 	return followRequest, nil
 }
 
+func (c *converter) ASFollowToFollow(followable Followable) (*gtsmodel.Follow, error) {
+	idProp := followable.GetJSONLDId()
+	if idProp == nil || !idProp.IsIRI() {
+		return nil, errors.New("no id property set on follow, or was not an iri")
+	}
+	uri := idProp.GetIRI().String()
+
+	origin, err := extractActor(followable)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("error extracting actor property from follow")
+	}
+	originAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+	if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: origin.String()}}, originAccount); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error extracting account with uri %s from the database: %s", origin.String(), err)
+	}
+
+	target, err := extractObject(followable)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("error extracting object property from follow")
+	}
+	targetAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+	if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "uri", Value: target.String()}}, targetAccount); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error extracting account with uri %s from the database: %s", origin.String(), err)
+	}
+
+	follow := &gtsmodel.Follow{
+		URI:             uri,
+		AccountID:       originAccount.ID,
+		TargetAccountID: targetAccount.ID,
+	}
+
+	return follow, nil
+}
+
 func isPublic(tos []*url.URL) bool {
 	for _, entry := range tos {
 		if strings.EqualFold(entry.String(), "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public") {

internal/typeutils/converter.go

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
+const (
+	asPublicURI = "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
+)
+
 // TypeConverter is an interface for the common action of converting between apimodule (frontend, serializable) models,
 // internal gts models used in the database, and activitypub models used in federation.
 //
@@ -77,6 +81,9 @@ type TypeConverter interface {
 	// InstanceToMasto converts a gts instance into its mastodon equivalent for serving at /api/v1/instance
 	InstanceToMasto(i *gtsmodel.Instance) (*model.Instance, error)
 
+	// RelationshipToMasto converts a gts relationship into its mastodon equivalent for serving in various places
+	RelationshipToMasto(r *gtsmodel.Relationship) (*model.Relationship, error)
+
 	/*
 		FRONTEND (mastodon) MODEL TO INTERNAL (gts) MODEL
 	*/
@@ -94,6 +101,8 @@ type TypeConverter interface {
 	ASStatusToStatus(statusable Statusable) (*gtsmodel.Status, error)
 	// ASFollowToFollowRequest converts a remote activitystreams `follow` representation into gts model follow request.
 	ASFollowToFollowRequest(followable Followable) (*gtsmodel.FollowRequest, error)
+	// ASFollowToFollowRequest converts a remote activitystreams `follow` representation into gts model follow.
+	ASFollowToFollow(followable Followable) (*gtsmodel.Follow, error)
 
 	/*
 		INTERNAL (gts) MODEL TO ACTIVITYSTREAMS MODEL
@@ -104,6 +113,15 @@ type TypeConverter interface {
 
 	// StatusToAS converts a gts model status into an activity streams note, suitable for federation
 	StatusToAS(s *gtsmodel.Status) (vocab.ActivityStreamsNote, error)
+
+	// FollowToASFollow converts a gts model Follow into an activity streams Follow, suitable for federation
+	FollowToAS(f *gtsmodel.Follow, originAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) (vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow, error)
+
+	// MentionToAS converts a gts model mention into an activity streams Mention, suitable for federation
+	MentionToAS(m *gtsmodel.Mention) (vocab.ActivityStreamsMention, error)
+
+	// AttachmentToAS converts a gts model media attachment into an activity streams Attachment, suitable for federation
+	AttachmentToAS(a *gtsmodel.MediaAttachment) (vocab.ActivityStreamsDocument, error)
 }
 
 type converter struct {

internal/typeutils/internaltoas.go

@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/pem"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/streams"
 	"github.com/go-fed/activity/streams/vocab"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
@@ -256,5 +258,304 @@ func (c *converter) AccountToAS(a *gtsmodel.Account) (vocab.ActivityStreamsPerso
 }
 
 func (c *converter) StatusToAS(s *gtsmodel.Status) (vocab.ActivityStreamsNote, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	// ensure prerequisites here before we get stuck in
+
+	// check if author account is already attached to status and attach it if not
+	// if we can't retrieve this, bail here already because we can't attribute the status to anyone
+	if s.GTSAccount == nil {
+		a := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+		if err := c.db.GetByID(s.AccountID, a); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error retrieving author account from db: %s", err)
+		}
+		s.GTSAccount = a
+	}
+
+	// create the Note!
+	status := streams.NewActivityStreamsNote()
+
+	// id
+	statusURI, err := url.Parse(s.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing url %s: %s", s.URI, err)
+	}
+	statusIDProp := streams.NewJSONLDIdProperty()
+	statusIDProp.SetIRI(statusURI)
+	status.SetJSONLDId(statusIDProp)
+
+	// type
+	// will be set automatically by go-fed
+
+	// summary aka cw
+	statusSummaryProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsSummaryProperty()
+	statusSummaryProp.AppendXMLSchemaString(s.ContentWarning)
+	status.SetActivityStreamsSummary(statusSummaryProp)
+
+	// inReplyTo
+	if s.InReplyToID != "" {
+		// fetch the replied status if we don't have it on hand already
+		if s.GTSReplyToStatus == nil {
+			rs := &gtsmodel.Status{}
+			if err := c.db.GetByID(s.InReplyToID, rs); err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error retrieving replied-to status from db: %s", err)
+			}
+			s.GTSReplyToStatus = rs
+		}
+		rURI, err := url.Parse(s.GTSReplyToStatus.URI)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing url %s: %s", s.GTSReplyToStatus.URI, err)
+		}
+
+		inReplyToProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsInReplyToProperty()
+		inReplyToProp.AppendIRI(rURI)
+		status.SetActivityStreamsInReplyTo(inReplyToProp)
+	}
+
+	// published
+	publishedProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsPublishedProperty()
+	publishedProp.Set(s.CreatedAt)
+	status.SetActivityStreamsPublished(publishedProp)
+
+	// url
+	if s.URL != "" {
+		sURL, err := url.Parse(s.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing url %s: %s", s.URL, err)
+		}
+
+		urlProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsUrlProperty()
+		urlProp.AppendIRI(sURL)
+		status.SetActivityStreamsUrl(urlProp)
+	}
+
+	// attributedTo
+	authorAccountURI, err := url.Parse(s.GTSAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing url %s: %s", s.GTSAccount.URI, err)
+	}
+	attributedToProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsAttributedToProperty()
+	attributedToProp.AppendIRI(authorAccountURI)
+	status.SetActivityStreamsAttributedTo(attributedToProp)
+
+	// tags
+	tagProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsTagProperty()
+
+	// tag -- mentions
+	for _, m := range s.GTSMentions {
+		asMention, err := c.MentionToAS(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error converting mention to AS mention: %s", err)
+		}
+		tagProp.AppendActivityStreamsMention(asMention)
+	}
+
+	// tag -- emojis
+	// TODO
+
+	// tag -- hashtags
+	// TODO
+
+	status.SetActivityStreamsTag(tagProp)
+
+	// parse out some URIs we need here
+	authorFollowersURI, err := url.Parse(s.GTSAccount.FollowersURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing url %s: %s", s.GTSAccount.FollowersURI, err)
+	}
+
+	publicURI, err := url.Parse(asPublicURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing url %s: %s", asPublicURI, err)
+	}
+
+	// to and cc
+	toProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsToProperty()
+	ccProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsCcProperty()
+	switch s.Visibility {
+	case gtsmodel.VisibilityDirect:
+		// if DIRECT, then only mentioned users should be added to TO, and nothing to CC
+		for _, m := range s.GTSMentions {
+			iri, err := url.Parse(m.GTSAccount.URI)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing uri %s: %s", m.GTSAccount.URI, err)
+			}
+			toProp.AppendIRI(iri)
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.VisibilityMutualsOnly:
+		// TODO
+	case gtsmodel.VisibilityFollowersOnly:
+		// if FOLLOWERS ONLY then we want to add followers to TO, and mentions to CC
+		toProp.AppendIRI(authorFollowersURI)
+		for _, m := range s.GTSMentions {
+			iri, err := url.Parse(m.GTSAccount.URI)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing uri %s: %s", m.GTSAccount.URI, err)
+			}
+			ccProp.AppendIRI(iri)
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.VisibilityUnlocked:
+		// if UNLOCKED, we want to add followers to TO, and public and mentions to CC
+		toProp.AppendIRI(authorFollowersURI)
+		ccProp.AppendIRI(publicURI)
+		for _, m := range s.GTSMentions {
+			iri, err := url.Parse(m.GTSAccount.URI)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing uri %s: %s", m.GTSAccount.URI, err)
+			}
+			ccProp.AppendIRI(iri)
+		}
+	case gtsmodel.VisibilityPublic:
+		// if PUBLIC, we want to add public to TO, and followers and mentions to CC
+		toProp.AppendIRI(publicURI)
+		ccProp.AppendIRI(authorFollowersURI)
+		for _, m := range s.GTSMentions {
+			iri, err := url.Parse(m.GTSAccount.URI)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error parsing uri %s: %s", m.GTSAccount.URI, err)
+			}
+			ccProp.AppendIRI(iri)
+		}
+	}
+	status.SetActivityStreamsTo(toProp)
+	status.SetActivityStreamsCc(ccProp)
+
+	// conversation
+	// TODO
+
+	// content -- the actual post itself
+	contentProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsContentProperty()
+	contentProp.AppendXMLSchemaString(s.Content)
+	status.SetActivityStreamsContent(contentProp)
+
+	// attachment
+	attachmentProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsAttachmentProperty()
+	for _, a := range s.GTSMediaAttachments {
+		doc, err := c.AttachmentToAS(a)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("StatusToAS: error converting attachment: %s", err)
+		}
+		attachmentProp.AppendActivityStreamsDocument(doc)
+	}
+	status.SetActivityStreamsAttachment(attachmentProp)
+
+	// replies
+	// TODO
+	
+	return status, nil
+}
+
+func (c *converter) FollowToAS(f *gtsmodel.Follow, originAccount *gtsmodel.Account, targetAccount *gtsmodel.Account) (vocab.ActivityStreamsFollow, error) {
+	// parse out the various URIs we need for this
+	// origin account (who's doing the follow)
+	originAccountURI, err := url.Parse(originAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("followtoasfollow: error parsing origin account uri: %s", err)
+	}
+	originActor := streams.NewActivityStreamsActorProperty()
+	originActor.AppendIRI(originAccountURI)
+
+	// target account (who's being followed)
+	targetAccountURI, err := url.Parse(targetAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("followtoasfollow: error parsing target account uri: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// uri of the follow activity itself
+	followURI, err := url.Parse(f.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("followtoasfollow: error parsing follow uri: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// start preparing the follow activity
+	follow := streams.NewActivityStreamsFollow()
+
+	// set the actor
+	follow.SetActivityStreamsActor(originActor)
+
+	// set the id
+	followIDProp := streams.NewJSONLDIdProperty()
+	followIDProp.SetIRI(followURI)
+	follow.SetJSONLDId(followIDProp)
+
+	// set the object
+	followObjectProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsObjectProperty()
+	followObjectProp.AppendIRI(targetAccountURI)
+	follow.SetActivityStreamsObject(followObjectProp)
+
+	// set the To property
+	followToProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsToProperty()
+	followToProp.AppendIRI(targetAccountURI)
+	follow.SetActivityStreamsTo(followToProp)
+
+	return follow, nil
+}
+
+func (c *converter) MentionToAS(m *gtsmodel.Mention) (vocab.ActivityStreamsMention, error) {
+	if m.GTSAccount == nil {
+		a := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+		if err := c.db.GetWhere([]db.Where{{Key: "target_account_id", Value: m.TargetAccountID}}, a); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("MentionToAS: error getting target account from db: %s", err)
+		}
+		m.GTSAccount = a
+	}
+
+	// create the mention
+	mention := streams.NewActivityStreamsMention()
+
+	// href -- this should be the URI of the mentioned user
+	hrefProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsHrefProperty()
+	hrefURI, err := url.Parse(m.GTSAccount.URI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("MentionToAS: error parsing uri %s: %s", m.GTSAccount.URI, err)
+	}
+	hrefProp.SetIRI(hrefURI)
+	mention.SetActivityStreamsHref(hrefProp)
+
+	// name -- this should be the namestring of the mentioned user, something like @whatever@example.org
+	var domain string
+	if m.GTSAccount.Domain == "" {
+		domain = c.config.Host
+	} else {
+		domain = m.GTSAccount.Domain
+	}
+	username := m.GTSAccount.Username
+	nameString := fmt.Sprintf("@%s@%s", username, domain)
+	nameProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsNameProperty()
+	nameProp.AppendXMLSchemaString(nameString)
+	mention.SetActivityStreamsName(nameProp)
+
+	return mention, nil
+}
+
+func (c *converter) AttachmentToAS(a *gtsmodel.MediaAttachment) (vocab.ActivityStreamsDocument, error) {
+	// type -- Document
+	doc := streams.NewActivityStreamsDocument()
+
+	// mediaType aka mime content type
+	mediaTypeProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsMediaTypeProperty()
+	mediaTypeProp.Set(a.File.ContentType)
+	doc.SetActivityStreamsMediaType(mediaTypeProp)
+
+	// url -- for the original image not the thumbnail
+	urlProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsUrlProperty()
+	imageURL, err := url.Parse(a.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("AttachmentToAS: error parsing uri %s: %s", a.URL, err)
+	}
+	urlProp.AppendIRI(imageURL)
+	doc.SetActivityStreamsUrl(urlProp)
+
+	// name -- aka image description
+	nameProp := streams.NewActivityStreamsNameProperty()
+	nameProp.AppendXMLSchemaString(a.Description)
+	doc.SetActivityStreamsName(nameProp)
+
+	// blurhash
+	blurProp := streams.NewTootBlurhashProperty()
+	blurProp.Set(a.Blurhash)
+	doc.SetTootBlurhash(blurProp)
+
+	// focalpoint
+	// TODO
+
+	return doc, nil
 }

internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend.go

@@ -572,3 +572,21 @@ func (c *converter) InstanceToMasto(i *gtsmodel.Instance) (*model.Instance, erro
 
 	return mi, nil
 }
+
+func (c *converter) RelationshipToMasto(r *gtsmodel.Relationship) (*model.Relationship, error) {
+	return &model.Relationship{
+		ID: r.ID,
+		Following: r.Following,
+		ShowingReblogs: r.ShowingReblogs,
+		Notifying: r.Notifying,
+		FollowedBy: r.FollowedBy,
+		Blocking: r.Blocking,
+		BlockedBy: r.BlockedBy,
+		Muting: r.Muting,
+		MutingNotifications: r.MutingNotifications,
+		Requested: r.Requested,
+		DomainBlocking: r.DomainBlocking,
+		Endorsed: r.Endorsed,
+		Note: r.Note,
+	}, nil
+}

internal/util/uri.go

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@
 	FeaturedPath = "featured"
 	// PublicKeyPath is for serving an account's public key
 	PublicKeyPath = "main-key"
+	// FollowPath used to generate the URI for an individual follow or follow request
+	FollowPath = "follow"
 )
 
 // APContextKey is a type used specifically for settings values on contexts within go-fed AP request chains
@@ -103,6 +107,12 @@ type UserURIs struct {
 	PublicKeyURI string
 }
 
+// GenerateURIForFollow returns the AP URI for a new follow -- something like:
+// https://example.org/users/whatever_user/follow/41c7f33f-1060-48d9-84df-38dcb13cf0d8
+func GenerateURIForFollow(username string, protocol string, host string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s/%s/%s/%s", protocol, host, UsersPath, FollowPath, uuid.NewString())
+}
+
 // GenerateURIsForAccount throws together a bunch of URIs for the given username, with the given protocol and host.
 func GenerateURIsForAccount(username string, protocol string, host string) *UserURIs {
 	// The below URLs are used for serving web requests

testrig/actions.go

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 var Run action.GTSAction = func(ctx context.Context, _ *config.Config, log *logrus.Logger) error {
 	c := NewTestConfig()
 	dbService := NewTestDB()
+	federatingDB := NewTestFederatingDB(dbService)
 	router := NewTestRouter()
 	storageBackend := NewTestStorage()
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
 			Body:       r,
 		}, nil
 	}))
-	federator := federation.NewFederator(dbService, transportController, c, log, typeConverter)
+	federator := federation.NewFederator(dbService, federatingDB, transportController, c, log, typeConverter)
 	processor := NewTestProcessor(dbService, storageBackend, federator)
 	if err := processor.Start(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error starting processor: %s", err)

testrig/federatingdb.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package testrig
+
+import (
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/federation"
+)
+
+// NewTestFederatingDB returns a federating DB with the underlying db
+func NewTestFederatingDB(db db.DB) federation.FederatingDB {
+	return federation.NewFederatingDB(db, NewTestConfig(), NewTestLog())
+}

testrig/federator.go

@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 
 // NewTestFederator returns a federator with the given database and (mock!!) transport controller.
 func NewTestFederator(db db.DB, tc transport.Controller) federation.Federator {
-	return federation.NewFederator(db, tc, NewTestConfig(), NewTestLog(), NewTestTypeConverter(db))
+	return federation.NewFederator(db, NewTestFederatingDB(db), tc, NewTestConfig(), NewTestLog(), NewTestTypeConverter(db))
 }