Client to server posts overwrite some parameters

daemon.py

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from person import personLookup
 from person import personKeyLookup
 from person import personOutboxJson
 from posts import getPersonPubKey
+from posts import outboxMessageCreateWrap
+from posts import savePostToOutbox
 from inbox import inboxPermittedMessage
 from inbox import inboxMessageHasParams
 from follow import getFollowingFeed
@@ -52,12 +54,12 @@ def readFollowList(filename: str):
     return followlist
 
 class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-    def _set_headers(self,fileFormat):
+    def _set_headers(self,fileFormat: str) -> None:
         self.send_response(200)
         self.send_header('Content-type', fileFormat)
         self.end_headers()
 
-    def _404(self):
+    def _404(self) -> None:
         self.send_response(404)
         self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
         self.end_headers()
@@ -90,13 +92,43 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self._404()
         return True
 
-    def _permittedDir(self,path):
+    def _permittedDir(self,path: str) -> bool:
+        """These are special paths which should not be accessible
+        directly via GET or POST
+        """
         if path.startswith('/wfendpoints') or \
            path.startswith('/keys') or \
            path.startswith('/accounts'):
             return False
         return True
 
+    def _postToOutbox(messageJson: {}) -> bool:
+        """post is received by the outbox
+        Client to server message post
+        https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#client-to-server-outbox-delivery
+        """
+        if not messageJson.get('object'):
+            if messageJson.get('type'):
+                if messageJson['type']!='Create':
+                    # https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#object-without-create
+                    messageJson= \
+                        outboxMessageCreateWrap(self.server.httpPrefix, \
+                                                self.postToNickname, \
+                                                self.server.domain,messageJson)
+        if not (messageJson.get('id') and \
+                messageJson.get('type') and \
+                messageJson.get('actor') and \
+                messageJson.get('object') and \
+                messageJson.get('atomUri') and \
+                messageJson.get('to')):
+            return False
+        if messageJson['type']!='Create':
+            return False
+        # https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#create-activity-outbox
+        messageJson['object']['attributedTo']=messageJson['actor']
+        savePostToOutbox(self.server.baseDir,messageJson['id'],self.postToNickname,self.server.domain,messageJson)
+        return True
+
     def do_GET(self):
         if self.server.debug:
             print('DEBUG: GET from '+self.server.baseDir+' path: '+self.path)
@@ -282,10 +314,12 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
         # https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#object-without-create
         if self.outboxAuthenticated:
-            if not messageJson.get('object'):
-                if messageJson.get('type'):
-                    if messageJson['type']!='Create':
-                        messageJson=outboxMessageCreateWrap(self.server.httpPrefix,self.postToNickname,self.server.domain,messageJson)
+            if self._postToOutbox(messageJson):
+                self.send_header('Location',messageJson['object']['atomUri'])
+                self.send_response(201)
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.server.POSTbusy=False
+                return
             else:
                 self.send_response(403)
                 self.end_headers()

posts.py

@@ -249,6 +249,16 @@ def deleteAllPosts(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str) -> None:
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
 
+def savePostToOutbox(baseDir: str,postId: str,nickname: str, domain: str,postJson: {}) -> None:
+    """Saves the give json to the outbox
+    """
+    if ':' in domain:
+        domain=domain.split(':')[0]
+    outboxDir = createOutboxDir(nickname,domain,baseDir)
+    filename=outboxDir+'/'+postId.replace('/','#')+'.json'
+    with open(filename, 'w') as fp:
+        commentjson.dump(postJson, fp, indent=4, sort_keys=False)
+
 def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
                    toUrl: str, ccUrl: str, httpPrefix: str, content: str, \
                    followersOnly: bool, saveToFile: bool, clientToServer: bool, \
@@ -339,12 +349,7 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
             newPost['cc']=ccUrl
             newPost['object']['cc']=ccUrl
     if saveToFile:
-        if ':' in domain:
-            domain=domain.split(':')[0]
-        outboxDir = createOutboxDir(nickname,domain,baseDir)
-        filename=outboxDir+'/'+newPostId.replace('/','#')+'.json'
-        with open(filename, 'w') as fp:
-            commentjson.dump(newPost, fp, indent=4, sort_keys=False)
+        savePostToOutbox(baseDir,newPostId,nickname,domain,newPost)
     return newPost
 
 def outboxMessageCreateWrap(httpPrefix str,nickname: str,domain: str,messageJson: {}) -> {}:
@@ -369,6 +374,8 @@ def outboxMessageCreateWrap(httpPrefix str,nickname: str,domain: str,messageJson
         'object': messageJson
     }
     newPost['object']['id']=newPost['id']
+    newPost['object']['url']=httpPrefix+'://'+domain+'/@'+nickname+'/'+statusNumber
+    newPost['object']['atomUri']=httpPrefix+'://'+domain+'/users/'+nickname+'/statuses/'+statusNumber
     return newPost
 
 def createPublicPost(baseDir: str,