working on tilde integration

Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ members = [
     "peach-monitor",
     "peach-stats",
     "peach-jsonrpc-server",
-    "peach-dyndns-updater"
+    "peach-dyndns-updater",
+    "tilde-client"
 ]
 

peach-lib/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ async-std = "1.10"
 chrono = "0.4"
 dirs = "4.0"
 fslock="0.1"
-golgi = { git = "https://git.coopcloud.tech/golgi-ssb/golgi.git" }
+kuska-ssb = { git = "https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb" }
+tilde-client = { path = "../tilde-client" }
 jsonrpc-client-core = "0.5"
 jsonrpc-client-http = "0.5"
 jsonrpc-core = "8.0"
+jsonrpc_client = "0.7"
 log = "0.4"
 nanorand = { version = "0.6", features = ["getrandom"] }
 regex = "1"
@@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8"
 toml = "0.5"
 sha3 = "0.10"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
+anyhow = "1.0.86"

peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ pub fn get_peach_config_defaults() -> HashMap<String, String> {
         ("SSB_ADMIN_IDS", ""),
         ("ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH", "47"),
         ("TEMPORARY_PASSWORD_HASH", ""),
-        ("GO_SBOT_DATADIR", "/home/peach/.ssb-go"),
+        ("TILDE_SBOT_DATADIR", "/home/notplants/.local/share/tildefriends/"),
-        ("GO_SBOT_SERVICE", "go-sbot.service"),
+        ("TILDE_SBOT_SERVICE", "tilde-sbot.service"),
         ("PEACH_CONFIGDIR", "/var/lib/peachcloud"),
         ("PEACH_HOMEDIR", "/home/peach"),
         ("PEACH_WEBDIR", "/usr/share/peach-web"),

peach-lib/src/error.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
 //! Error handling for various aspects of the PeachCloud system, including the network, OLED, stats and dyndns JSON-RPC clients, as well as the configuration manager, sbot client and password utilities.
-
-use golgi::GolgiError;
 use std::{io, str, string};
+use jsonrpc_client::JsonRpcError;
+use anyhow::Error; // Add the anyhow crate for errors
 
 /// This type represents all possible errors that can occur when interacting with the PeachCloud library.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -104,8 +104,15 @@ pub enum PeachError {
         path: String,
     },
 
-    /// Represents a Golgi error
+    /// Represents a JsonRpcError with Solar
-    Golgi(GolgiError),
+    JsonRpcError(JsonRpcError),
+
+    /// Represents an Anyhow error with Solar
+    SolarClientError(String),
+
+    /// Represents an error with encoding or decoding an SsbMessage
+    SsbMessageError(String),
+
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for PeachError {
@@ -134,7 +141,9 @@ impl std::error::Error for PeachError {
             PeachError::Utf8ToStr(_) => None,
             PeachError::Utf8ToString(_) => None,
             PeachError::Write { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
-            PeachError::Golgi(_) => None,
+            PeachError::JsonRpcError(_) => None,
+            PeachError::SolarClientError(_) => None,
+            PeachError::SsbMessageError(_) => None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -192,7 +201,9 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PeachError {
             PeachError::Write { ref path, .. } => {
                 write!(f, "Write error: {}", path)
             }
-            PeachError::Golgi(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::JsonRpcError(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::SolarClientError(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::SsbMessageError(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -263,8 +274,15 @@ impl From<string::FromUtf8Error> for PeachError {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<GolgiError> for PeachError {
+impl From<JsonRpcError> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: GolgiError) -> PeachError {
+    fn from(err: JsonRpcError) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::Golgi(err)
+        PeachError::JsonRpcError(err)
     }
 }
+
+impl From<anyhow::Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(error: anyhow::Error) -> Self {
+        // TODO: include whole error somehow?
+        PeachError::SolarClientError(error.to_string())
+    }
+}

peach-lib/src/lib.rs

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ pub mod oled_client;
 pub mod password_utils;
 pub mod sbot;
 pub mod stats_client;
+pub mod ssb_messages;
 
 // re-export error types
 pub use jsonrpc_client_core;
 pub use jsonrpc_core;
 pub use serde_json;
 pub use serde_yaml;
+pub use tilde_client;

peach-lib/src/password_utils.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use async_std::task;
-use golgi::{sbot::Keystore, Sbot};
 use log::debug;
 use nanorand::{Rng, WyRand};
 use sha3::{Digest, Sha3_256};
 
+use crate::sbot::init_sbot;
 use crate::{config_manager, error::PeachError, sbot::SbotConfig};
 
 /// Returns Ok(()) if the supplied password is correct,
@@ -122,22 +122,15 @@ async fn publish_private_msg(msg: &str, recipient: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
     let recipient = vec![recipient.to_string()];
 
     // initialise sbot connection with ip:port and shscap from config file
-    let mut sbot_client = match sbot_config {
+    let mut sbot_client = init_sbot();
-        // TODO: panics if we pass `Some(conf.shscap)` as second arg
-        Some(conf) => {
-            let ip_port = conf.lis.clone();
-            Sbot::init(Keystore::GoSbot, Some(ip_port), None)
-                .await
-                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
-        }
-        None => Sbot::init(Keystore::GoSbot, None, None)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?,
-    };
 
     debug!("Publishing a Scuttlebutt private message with temporary password");
-    match sbot_client.publish_private(msg, recipient).await {
+    // TODO: implement publish private message in solar, and then implement this
-        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+    Err(format!("Failed to publish private message: \
-        Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to publish private message: {}", e)),
+        private publishing is not yet implemented in solar_client: \
-    }
+        the message meant to be sent was: {}", msg))
+    // match sbot_client.publish_private(msg, recipient).await {
+    //     Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+    //     Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to publish private message: {}", e)),
+    // }
 }

peach-lib/src/sbot.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-//! Data types and associated methods for monitoring and configuring go-sbot.
+//! Data types and associated methods for monitoring and configuring solar-sbot.
 
 use std::{fs, fs::File, io, io::Write, path::PathBuf, process::Command, str};
-
+use std::os::linux::raw::ino_t;
-use golgi::{sbot::Keystore, Sbot};
+use tilde_client::{TildeClient, get_sbot_client};
 use log::debug;
 
 use crate::config_manager;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn dir_size(path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> io::Result<u64> {
 
 /* SBOT-RELATED TYPES AND METHODS */
 
-/// go-sbot process status.
+/// solar-sbot process status.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SbotStatus {
     /// Current process state.
@@ -62,15 +62,16 @@ impl Default for SbotStatus {
 }
 
 impl SbotStatus {
-    /// Retrieve statistics for the go-sbot systemd process by querying `systemctl`.
+    /// Retrieve statistics for the solar-sbot systemd process by querying `systemctl`.
     pub fn read() -> Result<Self, PeachError> {
         let mut status = SbotStatus::default();
 
         // note this command does not need to be run as sudo
         // because non-privileged users are able to run systemctl show
+        let service_name = config_manager::get_config_value("TILDE_SBOT_SERVICE")?;
         let info_output = Command::new("systemctl")
             .arg("show")
-            .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
+            .arg(service_name)
             .arg("--no-page")
             .output()?;
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ impl SbotStatus {
         // because non-privileged users are able to run systemctl status
         let status_output = Command::new("systemctl")
             .arg("status")
-            .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
+            .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("TILDE_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
             .output()?;
 
         let service_status = str::from_utf8(&status_output.stdout)?;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ impl SbotStatus {
 
         for line in service_status.lines() {
             // example of the output line we're looking for:
-            // `Loaded: loaded (/home/glyph/.config/systemd/user/go-sbot.service; enabled; vendor
+            // `Loaded: loaded (/home/glyph/.config/systemd/user/solar-sbot.service; enabled; vendor
             // preset: enabled)`
             if line.contains("Loaded:") {
                 let before_boot_state = line.find(';');
@@ -130,10 +131,15 @@ impl SbotStatus {
             }
         }
 
+        // TOOD restore this
         // get path to blobstore
+        // let blobstore_path = format!(
+        //     "{}/blobs/sha256",
+        //     config_manager::get_config_value("TILDE_SBOT_DATADIR")?
+        // );
         let blobstore_path = format!(
-            "{}/blobs/sha256",
+            "{}",
-            config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?
+            config_manager::get_config_value("TILDE_SBOT_DATADIR")?
         );
 
         // determine the size of the blobstore directory in bytes
@@ -143,10 +149,10 @@ impl SbotStatus {
     }
 }
 
-/// go-sbot configuration parameters.
+/// solar-sbot configuration parameters.
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
 #[serde(default)]
-pub struct SbotConfig {
+pub struct Config {
     // TODO: maybe define as a Path type?
     /// Directory path for the log and indexes.
     pub repo: String,
@@ -180,7 +186,27 @@ pub struct SbotConfig {
     pub repair: bool,
 }
 
-/// Default configuration values for go-sbot.
+// TODO: make this real
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct SbotConfig {
+    pub repo: String,
+    pub debugdir: String,
+    pub shscap: String,
+    pub hmac: String,
+    pub hops: i8,
+    pub lis: String,
+    pub wslis: String,
+    pub debuglis: String,
+    pub localadv: bool,
+    pub localdiscov: bool,
+    pub enable_ebt: bool,
+    pub promisc: bool,
+    pub nounixsock: bool,
+    pub repair: bool,
+}
+
+/// Default configuration values for solar-sbot.
 impl Default for SbotConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -203,12 +229,12 @@ impl Default for SbotConfig {
 }
 
 impl SbotConfig {
-    /// Read the go-sbot `config.toml` file from file and deserialize into `SbotConfig`.
+    /// Read the solar-sbot `config.toml` file from file and deserialize into `SbotConfig`.
     pub fn read() -> Result<Self, PeachError> {
-        // determine path of user's go-sbot config.toml
+        // determine path of user's solar-sbot config.toml
         let config_path = format!(
             "{}/config.toml",
-            config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?
+            config_manager::get_config_value("SOLAR_SBOT_DATADIR")?
         );
 
         let config_contents = fs::read_to_string(config_path)?;
@@ -218,17 +244,17 @@ impl SbotConfig {
         Ok(config)
     }
 
-    /// Write the given `SbotConfig` to the go-sbot `config.toml` file.
+    /// Write the given `SbotConfig` to the solar-sbot `config.toml` file.
     pub fn write(config: SbotConfig) -> Result<(), PeachError> {
-        let repo_comment = "# For details about go-sbot configuration, please visit the repo: https://github.com/cryptoscope/ssb\n".to_string();
+        let repo_comment = "# For details about solar-sbot configuration, please visit the repo: https://github.com/cryptoscope/ssb\n".to_string();
 
         // convert the provided `SbotConfig` instance to a string
         let config_string = toml::to_string(&config)?;
 
-        // determine path of user's go-sbot config.toml
+        // determine path of user's solar-sbot config.toml
         let config_path = format!(
             "{}/config.toml",
-            config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?
+            config_manager::get_config_value("SOLAR_SBOT_DATADIR")?
         );
 
         // open config file for writing
@@ -245,7 +271,7 @@ impl SbotConfig {
 }
 
 /// Initialise an sbot client
-pub async fn init_sbot() -> Result<Sbot, PeachError> {
+pub async fn init_sbot() -> Result<TildeClient, PeachError> {
     // read sbot config from config.toml
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
@@ -253,15 +279,10 @@ pub async fn init_sbot() -> Result<Sbot, PeachError> {
     // initialise sbot connection with ip:port and shscap from config file
     let key_path = format!(
         "{}/secret",
-        config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?
+        config_manager::get_config_value("SOLAR_SBOT_DATADIR")?
     );
-    let sbot_client = match sbot_config {
+    // TODO: read this from config
-        // TODO: panics if we pass `Some(conf.shscap)` as second arg
+    const SERVER_ADDR: &str = "http://127.0.0.1:3030";
-        Some(conf) => {
+    let sbot_client = get_sbot_client();
-            let ip_port = conf.lis.clone();
-            Sbot::init(Keystore::CustomGoSbot(key_path), Some(ip_port), None).await?
-        }
-        None => Sbot::init(Keystore::CustomGoSbot(key_path), None, None).await?,
-    };
     Ok(sbot_client)
 }

peach-lib/src/ssb_messages.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+//! Message types and conversion methods.
+
+use kuska_ssb::api::dto::content::TypedMessage;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use crate::error::PeachError;
+use crate::error::PeachError::SsbMessageError;
+
+/// `SsbMessageContent` is a type alias for `TypedMessage` from the `kuska_ssb` library.
+/// It is aliased in golgi to fit the naming convention of the other message
+/// types: `SsbMessageKVT` and `SsbMessageValue`.
+///
+/// See the [kuska source code](https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb/blob/master/src/api/dto/content.rs#L103) for the type definition of `TypedMessage`.
+pub type SsbMessageContent = TypedMessage;
+
+/// The `value` of an SSB message (the `V` in `KVT`).
+///
+/// More information concerning the data model can be found in the
+/// [`Metadata` documentation](https://spec.scuttlebutt.nz/feed/messages.html#metadata).
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub struct SsbMessageValue {
+    pub previous: Option<String>,
+    pub author: String,
+    pub sequence: u64,
+    pub timestamp: f64,
+    pub hash: String,
+    pub content: Value,
+    pub signature: String,
+}
+
+/// Message content types.
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub enum SsbMessageContentType {
+    About,
+    Vote,
+    Post,
+    Contact,
+    Unrecognized,
+}
+
+impl SsbMessageValue {
+    /// Get the type field of the message content as an enum, if found.
+    ///
+    /// If no `type` field is found or the `type` field is not a string,
+    /// it returns an `Err(GolgiError::ContentType)`.
+    ///
+    /// If a `type` field is found but with an unknown string,
+    /// it returns an `Ok(SsbMessageContentType::Unrecognized)`.
+    pub fn get_message_type(&self) -> Result<SsbMessageContentType, PeachError> {
+        let msg_type = self
+            .content
+            .get("type")
+            .ok_or_else(|| SsbMessageError("type field not found".to_string()))?;
+        let mtype_str: &str = msg_type.as_str().ok_or_else(|| {
+            SsbMessageError("type field value is not a string as expected".to_string())
+        })?;
+        let enum_type = match mtype_str {
+            "about" => SsbMessageContentType::About,
+            "post" => SsbMessageContentType::Post,
+            "vote" => SsbMessageContentType::Vote,
+            "contact" => SsbMessageContentType::Contact,
+            _ => SsbMessageContentType::Unrecognized,
+        };
+        Ok(enum_type)
+    }
+
+    /// Helper function which returns `true` if this message is of the given type,
+    /// and `false` if the type does not match or is not found.
+    pub fn is_message_type(&self, message_type: SsbMessageContentType) -> bool {
+        let self_message_type = self.get_message_type();
+        match self_message_type {
+            Ok(mtype) => mtype == message_type,
+            Err(_err) => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Convert the content JSON value into an `SsbMessageContent` `enum`,
+    /// using the `type` field as a tag to select which variant of the `enum`
+    /// to deserialize into.
+    ///
+    /// See the [Serde docs on internally-tagged enum representations](https://serde.rs/enum-representations.html#internally-tagged) for further details.
+    pub fn into_ssb_message_content(self) -> Result<SsbMessageContent, PeachError> {
+        let m: SsbMessageContent = serde_json::from_value(self.content)?;
+        Ok(m)
+    }
+}
+
+/// An SSB message represented as a key-value-timestamp (`KVT`).
+///
+/// More information concerning the data model can be found in the
+/// [`Metadata` documentation](https://spec.scuttlebutt.nz/feed/messages.html#metadata).
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub struct SsbMessageKVT {
+    pub key: String,
+    pub value: SsbMessageValue,
+    pub timestamp: Option<f64>,
+    pub rts: Option<f64>,
+}

peach-web/Cargo.toml

@@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ travis-ci = { repository = "peachcloud/peach-web", branch = "master" }
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 
 [dependencies]
-async-std = "1.10"
+async-std = { version = "1", features=["attributes", "tokio1"] }
 base64 = "0.13"
 chrono = "0.4"
 dirs = "4.0"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 futures = "0.3"
-golgi = { git = "https://git.coopcloud.tech/golgi-ssb/golgi.git" }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = "0.4"
 maud = "0.23"
@@ -50,3 +49,5 @@ rouille = { version = "3.5", default-features = false }
 temporary = "0.6"
 vnstat_parse = "0.1.0"
 xdg = "2.2"
+jsonrpc_client = { version = "0.7", features = ["macros", "reqwest"] }
+reqwest = "0.11.24"

peach-web/src/error.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 use std::io::Error as IoError;
 
-use golgi::GolgiError;
 use peach_lib::error::PeachError;
 use peach_lib::{serde_json, serde_yaml};
 use serde_json::error::Error as JsonError;
@@ -12,26 +11,26 @@ use serde_yaml::Error as YamlError;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum PeachWebError {
     FailedToRegisterDynDomain(String),
-    Golgi(GolgiError),
     HomeDir,
     Io(IoError),
     Json(JsonError),
     OsString,
     PeachLib { source: PeachError, msg: String },
     Yaml(YamlError),
+    NotYetImplemented,
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for PeachWebError {
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
         match *self {
             PeachWebError::FailedToRegisterDynDomain(_) => None,
-            PeachWebError::Golgi(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::HomeDir => None,
             PeachWebError::Io(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::Json(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::OsString => None,
             PeachWebError::PeachLib { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::Yaml(ref source) => Some(source),
+            PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented => None
         }
     }
 }
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PeachWebError {
             PeachWebError::FailedToRegisterDynDomain(ref msg) => {
                 write!(f, "DYN DNS error: {}", msg)
             }
-            PeachWebError::Golgi(ref source) => write!(f, "Golgi error: {}", source),
             PeachWebError::HomeDir => write!(
                 f,
                 "Filesystem error: failed to determine home directory path"
@@ -55,16 +53,11 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PeachWebError {
             ),
             PeachWebError::PeachLib { ref source, .. } => write!(f, "{}", source),
             PeachWebError::Yaml(ref source) => write!(f, "Serde YAML error: {}", source),
+            PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented => write!(f, "Not yet implemented"),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl From<GolgiError> for PeachWebError {
-    fn from(err: GolgiError) -> PeachWebError {
-        PeachWebError::Golgi(err)
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<IoError> for PeachWebError {
     fn from(err: IoError) -> PeachWebError {
         PeachWebError::Io(err)

peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/configure.rs

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ pub fn handle_form(request: &Request, restart: bool) -> Response {
         debugdir: String,
         shscap: String,
         hmac: String,
-        hops: u8,
+        hops: i8,
         lis_ip: String,
         lis_port: String,
         wslis: String,

peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs

@@ -11,29 +11,25 @@ use std::{
 use async_std::task;
 use dirs;
 use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
-use golgi::{
-    api::{friends::RelationshipQuery, history_stream::CreateHistoryStream},
-    blobs,
-    messages::SsbMessageKVT,
-    sbot::Keystore,
-    Sbot,
-};
 use log::debug;
 use peach_lib::config_manager;
 use peach_lib::sbot::SbotConfig;
+use peach_lib::sbot::init_sbot;
+use peach_lib::ssb_messages::SsbMessageKVT;
 use rouille::input::post::BufferedFile;
 use temporary::Directory;
-
+use peach_lib::serde_json::json;
+use peach_lib::tilde_client::TildeClient;
 use crate::{error::PeachWebError, utils::sbot};
 
 // SBOT HELPER FUNCTIONS
 
-/// Executes a systemctl command for the go-sbot.service process.
+/// Executes a systemctl command for the solar-sbot.service process.
 pub fn systemctl_sbot_cmd(cmd: &str) -> Result<Output, PeachWebError> {
     let output = Command::new("sudo")
         .arg("systemctl")
         .arg(cmd)
-        .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
+        .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("TILDE_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
         .output()?;
     Ok(output)
 }
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn systemctl_sbot_cmd(cmd: &str) -> Result<Output, PeachWebError> {
 /// Executes a systemctl stop command followed by start command.
 /// Returns a redirect with a flash message stating the output of the restart attempt.
 pub fn restart_sbot_process() -> (String, String) {
-    debug!("Restarting go-sbot.service");
+    debug!("Restarting solar-sbot.service");
     match systemctl_sbot_cmd("stop") {
         // if stop was successful, try to start the process
         Ok(_) => match systemctl_sbot_cmd("start") {
@@ -68,23 +64,14 @@ pub fn restart_sbot_process() -> (String, String) {
 }
 
 /// Initialise an sbot client with the given configuration parameters.
-pub async fn init_sbot_with_config(
+pub async fn init_sbot_client() -> Result<TildeClient, PeachWebError> {
-    sbot_config: &Option<SbotConfig>,
-) -> Result<Sbot, PeachWebError> {
     debug!("Initialising an sbot client with configuration parameters");
     // initialise sbot connection with ip:port and shscap from config file
     let key_path = format!(
-        "{}/secret",
+        "{}/secret.toml",
-        config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?
+        config_manager::get_config_value("TILDE_SBOT_DATADIR")?
     );
-    let sbot_client = match sbot_config {
+    let sbot_client = init_sbot().await?;
-        // TODO: panics if we pass `Some(conf.shscap)` as second arg
-        Some(conf) => {
-            let ip_port = conf.lis.clone();
-            Sbot::init(Keystore::CustomGoSbot(key_path), Some(ip_port), None).await?
-        }
-        None => Sbot::init(Keystore::CustomGoSbot(key_path), None, None).await?,
-    };
     Ok(sbot_client)
 }
 
@@ -127,50 +114,53 @@ pub fn validate_public_key(public_key: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
 /// reverses the list and reads the sequence number of the most recently
 /// authored message. This gives us the size of the database in terms of
 /// the total number of locally-authored messages.
-pub fn latest_sequence_number() -> Result<u64, Box<dyn Error>> {
+pub fn latest_sequence_number() -> Result<u64, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
+
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
 
         // retrieve the local id
-        let id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
+        // let id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
 
-        let args = CreateHistoryStream::new(id).keys_values(true, true);
+        // let history_stream = sbot_client.feed(&id).await?;
-        let history_stream = sbot_client.create_history_stream(args).await?;
-        let mut msgs: Vec<SsbMessageKVT> = history_stream.try_collect().await?;
 
-        // there will be zero messages when the sbot is run for the first time
+        // let mut msgs: Vec<SsbMessageKVT> = history_stream.try_collect().await?;
-        if msgs.is_empty() {
+        //
-            Ok(0)
+        // // there will be zero messages when the sbot is run for the first time
-        } else {
+        // if msgs.is_empty() {
-            // reverse the list of messages so we can easily reference the latest one
+        //     Ok(0)
-            msgs.reverse();
+        // } else {
-
+        //     // reverse the list of messages so we can easily reference the latest one
-            // return the sequence number of the latest msg
+        //     msgs.reverse();
-            Ok(msgs[0].value.sequence)
+        //
-        }
+        //     // return the sequence number of the latest msg
+        //     Ok(msgs[0].value.sequence)
+        // }
     })
 }
 
-pub fn create_invite(uses: u16) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+pub fn create_invite(uses: u16) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
 
         debug!("Generating Scuttlebutt invite code");
-        let mut invite_code = sbot_client.invite_create(uses).await?;
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-
+        // let mut invite_code = sbot_client.invite_create(uses).await?;
-        // insert domain into invite if one is configured
+        //
-        let domain = config_manager::get_config_value("EXTERNAL_DOMAIN")?;
+        // // insert domain into invite if one is configured
-        if !domain.is_empty() {
+        // let domain = config_manager::get_config_value("EXTERNAL_DOMAIN")?;
-            invite_code = domain + &invite_code[4..];
+        // if !domain.is_empty() {
-        }
+        //     invite_code = domain + &invite_code[4..];
-
+        // }
-        Ok(invite_code)
+        //
+        // Ok(invite_code)
     })
 }
 
@@ -210,11 +200,9 @@ impl Profile {
 
 /// Retrieve the profile info for the given public key.
 pub fn get_profile_info(ssb_id: Option<String>) -> Result<Profile, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
-    let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
 
         let local_id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
 
@@ -226,32 +214,11 @@ pub fn get_profile_info(ssb_id: Option<String>) -> Result<Profile, Box<dyn Error
             // we are not dealing with the local profile
             profile.is_local_profile = false;
 
-            // determine relationship between peer and local id
-            let follow_query = RelationshipQuery {
-                source: local_id.clone(),
-                dest: peer_id.clone(),
-            };
-
             // query follow state
-            profile.following = match sbot_client.friends_is_following(follow_query).await {
+            profile.following = Some(sbot_client.is_following(&local_id, &peer_id).await?);
-                Ok(following) if following == "true" => Some(true),
-                Ok(following) if following == "false" => Some(false),
-                _ => None,
-            };
 
-            // TODO: i don't like that we have to instantiate the same query object
+            // TODO: implement this check in solar_client so that this can be a real value
-            // twice. see if we can streamline this in golgi
+            profile.blocking = Some(false);
-            let block_query = RelationshipQuery {
-                source: local_id.clone(),
-                dest: peer_id.clone(),
-            };
-
-            // query block state
-            profile.blocking = match sbot_client.friends_is_blocking(block_query).await {
-                Ok(blocking) if blocking == "true" => Some(true),
-                Ok(blocking) if blocking == "false" => Some(false),
-                _ => None,
-            };
 
             peer_id
         } else {
@@ -262,7 +229,7 @@ pub fn get_profile_info(ssb_id: Option<String>) -> Result<Profile, Box<dyn Error
         };
 
         // retrieve the profile info for the given id
-        let info = sbot_client.get_profile_info(&id).await?;
+        let info = get_peer_info(&id).await?;
         // set each profile field accordingly
         for (key, val) in info {
             match key.as_str() {
@@ -272,26 +239,27 @@ pub fn get_profile_info(ssb_id: Option<String>) -> Result<Profile, Box<dyn Error
                 _ => (),
             }
         }
-
+        //
         // assign the ssb public key
         // (could be for the local profile or a peer)
         profile.id = Some(id);
 
-        // determine the path to the blob defined by the value of `profile.image`
+        // TODO: blobs support
-        if let Some(ref blob_id) = profile.image {
+        // // determine the path to the blob defined by the value of `profile.image`
-            profile.blob_path = match blobs::get_blob_path(blob_id) {
+        // if let Some(ref blob_id) = profile.image {
-                Ok(path) => {
+        //     profile.blob_path = match blobs::get_blob_path(blob_id) {
-                    // if we get the path, check if the blob is in the blobstore.
+        //         Ok(path) => {
-                    // this allows us to default to a placeholder image in the template
+        //             // if we get the path, check if the blob is in the blobstore.
-                    if let Ok(exists) = blob_is_stored_locally(&path).await {
+        //             // this allows us to default to a placeholder image in the template
-                        profile.blob_exists = exists
+        //             if let Ok(exists) = blob_is_stored_locally(&path).await {
-                    };
+        //                 profile.blob_exists = exists
-
+        //             };
-                    Some(path)
+        //
-                }
+        //             Some(path)
-                Err(_) => None,
+        //         }
-            }
+        //         Err(_) => None,
-        }
+        //     }
+        // }
 
         Ok(profile)
     })
@@ -306,123 +274,119 @@ pub fn update_profile_info(
     new_name: Option<String>,
     new_description: Option<String>,
     image: Option<BufferedFile>,
-) -> Result<String, String> {
+) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
-        // track whether the name, description or image have been updated
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-        let mut name_updated: bool = false;
+        // // track whether the name, description or image have been updated
-        let mut description_updated: bool = false;
+        // let mut name_updated: bool = false;
-        let mut image_updated: bool = false;
+        // let mut description_updated: bool = false;
-
+        // let mut image_updated: bool = false;
-        // check if a new_name value has been submitted in the form
+        //
-        if let Some(name) = new_name {
+        // // check if a new_name value has been submitted in the form
-            // only update the name if it has changed
+        // if let Some(name) = new_name {
-            if name != current_name {
+        //     // only update the name if it has changed
-                debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt profile name");
+        //     if name != current_name {
-                if let Err(e) = sbot_client.publish_name(&name).await {
+        //         debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt profile name");
-                    return Err(format!("Failed to update name: {}", e));
+        //         if let Err(e) = sbot_client.publish_name(&name).await {
-                } else {
+        //             return Err(format!("Failed to update name: {}", e));
-                    name_updated = true
+        //         } else {
-                }
+        //             name_updated = true
-            }
+        //         }
-        }
+        //     }
-
+        // }
-        if let Some(description) = new_description {
+        //
-            // only update the description if it has changed
+        // if let Some(description) = new_description {
-            if description != current_description {
+        //     // only update the description if it has changed
-                debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt profile description");
+        //     if description != current_description {
-                if let Err(e) = sbot_client.publish_description(&description).await {
+        //         debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt profile description");
-                    return Err(format!("Failed to update description: {}", e));
+        //         if let Err(e) = sbot_client.publish_description(&description).await {
-                } else {
+        //             return Err(format!("Failed to update description: {}", e));
-                    description_updated = true
+        //         } else {
-                }
+        //             description_updated = true
-            }
+        //         }
-        }
+        //     }
-
+        // }
-        // only update the image if a file was uploaded
+        //
-        if let Some(img) = image {
+        // // only update the image if a file was uploaded
-            // only write the blob if it has a filename and data > 0 bytes
+        // if let Some(img) = image {
-            if img.filename.is_some() && !img.data.is_empty() {
+        //     // only write the blob if it has a filename and data > 0 bytes
-                match write_blob_to_store(img).await {
+        //     if img.filename.is_some() && !img.data.is_empty() {
-                    Ok(blob_id) => {
+        //         match write_blob_to_store(img).await {
-                        // if the file was successfully added to the blobstore,
+        //             Ok(blob_id) => {
-                        // publish an about image message with the blob id
+        //                 // if the file was successfully added to the blobstore,
-                        if let Err(e) = sbot_client.publish_image(&blob_id).await {
+        //                 // publish an about image message with the blob id
-                            return Err(format!("Failed to update image: {}", e));
+        //                 if let Err(e) = sbot_client.publish_image(&blob_id).await {
-                        } else {
+        //                     return Err(format!("Failed to update image: {}", e));
-                            image_updated = true
+        //                 } else {
-                        }
+        //                     image_updated = true
-                    }
+        //                 }
-                    Err(e) => return Err(format!("Failed to add image to blobstore: {}", e)),
+        //             }
-                }
+        //             Err(e) => return Err(format!("Failed to add image to blobstore: {}", e)),
-            } else {
+        //         }
-                image_updated = false
+        //     } else {
-            }
+        //         image_updated = false
-        }
+        //     }
-
+        // }
-        if name_updated || description_updated || image_updated {
+        //
-            Ok("Profile updated".to_string())
+        // if name_updated || description_updated || image_updated {
-        } else {
+        //     Ok("Profile updated".to_string())
-            // no updates were made but no errors were encountered either
+        // } else {
-            Ok("Profile info unchanged".to_string())
+        //     // no updates were made but no errors were encountered either
-        }
+        //     Ok("Profile info unchanged".to_string())
+        // }
     })
 }
 
 /// Follow a peer.
-pub fn follow_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+pub fn follow_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
         debug!("Following a Scuttlebutt peer");
-        match sbot_client.follow(public_key).await {
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-            Ok(_) => Ok("Followed peer".to_string()),
-            Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to follow peer: {}", e)),
-        }
     })
 }
 
 /// Unfollow a peer.
-pub fn unfollow_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+pub fn unfollow_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
-        debug!("Unfollowing a Scuttlebutt peer");
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-        match sbot_client.unfollow(public_key).await {
+        // debug!("Unfollowing a Scuttlebutt peer");
-            Ok(_) => Ok("Unfollowed peer".to_string()),
+        // match sbot_client.unfollow(public_key).await {
-            Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to unfollow peer: {}", e)),
+        //     Ok(_) => Ok("Unfollowed peer".to_string()),
-        }
+        //     Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to unfollow peer: {}", e)),
+        // }
     })
 }
 
 /// Block a peer.
 pub fn block_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
             .await
             .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
         debug!("Blocking a Scuttlebutt peer");
-        match sbot_client.block(public_key).await {
+        match sbot_client.create_block(public_key).await {
             Ok(_) => Ok("Blocked peer".to_string()),
             Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to block peer: {}", e)),
         }
@@ -430,176 +394,159 @@ pub fn block_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
 }
 
 /// Unblock a peer.
-pub fn unblock_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+pub fn unblock_peer(public_key: &str) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
         debug!("Unblocking a Scuttlebutt peer");
-        match sbot_client.unblock(public_key).await {
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-            Ok(_) => Ok("Unblocked peer".to_string()),
+        // match sbot_client.unblock(public_key).await {
-            Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to unblock peer: {}", e)),
+        //     Ok(_) => Ok("Unblocked peer".to_string()),
-        }
+        //     Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to unblock peer: {}", e)),
+        // }
     })
 }
 
 /// Retrieve a list of peers blocked by the local public key.
 pub fn get_blocks_list() -> Result<Vec<HashMap<String, String>>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // populate this vec to return
-    let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
+    let mut to_return: Vec<HashMap<String, String>> = Vec::new();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
 
-        let blocks = sbot_client.get_blocks().await?;
+        let self_id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
 
-        // we'll use this to store the profile info for each peer whom we block
+        let blocks = sbot_client.get_blocks(&self_id).await?;
-        let mut peer_list = Vec::new();
 
         if !blocks.is_empty() {
             for peer in blocks.iter() {
                 // trim whitespace (including newline characters) and
                 // remove the inverted-commas around the id
+                // TODO: is this necessary?
                 let key = peer.trim().replace('"', "");
-                // retrieve the profile info for the given peer
+                let peer_info = get_peer_info(&key).await?;
-                let mut peer_info = sbot_client.get_profile_info(&key).await?;
+
-                // insert the public key of the peer into the info hashmap
-                peer_info.insert("id".to_string(), key.to_string());
-                // we do not even attempt to find the blob for a blocked peer,
-                // since it may be vulgar to cause distress to the local peer.
-                peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "false".to_string());
                 // push profile info to peer_list vec
-                peer_list.push(peer_info)
+                to_return.push(peer_info)
             }
         }
 
-        // return the list of blocked peers
+        // return the list of peers
-        Ok(peer_list)
+        Ok(to_return)
     })
 }
 
+
+pub async fn get_peer_info(key: &str) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
+    // key,value dict of info about this peer
+    let mut peer_info = HashMap::new();
+    // retrieve the profile info for the given peer
+    // TODO: get all profile info not just latest_name
+    // TODO: latest_name throws an error
+    // TODO: just show as "error" isntead of aborting, if some field doesn't fetch
+    // let latest_name = sbot_client.latest_name(&key).await?;
+    let latest_name = "latest name".to_string();
+    if let Some(latest_description) = sbot_client.latest_description(&key).await.ok() {
+        peer_info.insert("description".to_string(), latest_description);
+    }
+    // insert the public key of the peer into the info hashmap
+    peer_info.insert("id".to_string(), key.to_string());
+    peer_info.insert("name".to_string(), latest_name);
+    // retrieve the profile image blob id for the given peer
+    // TODO: blob support
+    // if let Some(blob_id) = peer_info.get("image") {
+    //     // look-up the path for the image blob
+    //     if let Ok(blob_path) = blobs::get_blob_path(blob_id) {
+    //         // insert the image blob path of the peer into the info hashmap
+    //         peer_info.insert("blob_path".to_string(), blob_path.to_string());
+    //         // check if the blob is in the blobstore
+    //         // set a flag in the info hashmap
+    //         match blob_is_stored_locally(&blob_path).await {
+    //             Ok(exists) if exists => {
+    //                 peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "true".to_string())
+    //             }
+    //             _ => peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "false".to_string()),
+    //         };
+    //     }
+    // }
+    Ok(peer_info)
+}
+
 /// Retrieve a list of peers followed by the local public key.
 pub fn get_follows_list() -> Result<Vec<HashMap<String, String>>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+
-    let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
+    // populate this vec to return
+    let mut to_return: Vec<HashMap<String, String>> = Vec::new();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
 
-        let follows = sbot_client.get_follows().await?;
+        let self_id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
 
-        // we'll use this to store the profile info for each peer who follows us
+        let follows = sbot_client.get_follows(&self_id).await?;
-        let mut peer_list = Vec::new();
 
         if !follows.is_empty() {
             for peer in follows.iter() {
                 // trim whitespace (including newline characters) and
                 // remove the inverted-commas around the id
+                // TODO: is this necessary?
                 let key = peer.trim().replace('"', "");
-                // retrieve the profile info for the given peer
+                let peer_info = get_peer_info(&key).await?;
-                let mut peer_info = sbot_client.get_profile_info(&key).await?;
+
-                // insert the public key of the peer into the info hashmap
-                peer_info.insert("id".to_string(), key.to_string());
-                // retrieve the profile image blob id for the given peer
-                if let Some(blob_id) = peer_info.get("image") {
-                    // look-up the path for the image blob
-                    if let Ok(blob_path) = blobs::get_blob_path(blob_id) {
-                        // insert the image blob path of the peer into the info hashmap
-                        peer_info.insert("blob_path".to_string(), blob_path.to_string());
-                        // check if the blob is in the blobstore
-                        // set a flag in the info hashmap
-                        match blob_is_stored_locally(&blob_path).await {
-                            Ok(exists) if exists => {
-                                peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "true".to_string())
-                            }
-                            _ => peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "false".to_string()),
-                        };
-                    }
-                }
                 // push profile info to peer_list vec
-                peer_list.push(peer_info)
+                to_return.push(peer_info)
             }
         }
 
         // return the list of peers
-        Ok(peer_list)
+        Ok(to_return)
     })
 }
 
 /// Retrieve a list of peers friended by the local public key.
 pub fn get_friends_list() -> Result<Vec<HashMap<String, String>>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+
-    let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
+    // populate this vec to return
+    let mut to_return: Vec<HashMap<String, String>> = Vec::new();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
 
-        let local_id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
+        let self_id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
 
-        let follows = sbot_client.get_follows().await?;
+        let friends = sbot_client.get_friends(&self_id).await?;
 
-        // we'll use this to store the profile info for each friend
+        if !friends.is_empty() {
-        let mut peer_list = Vec::new();
+            for peer in friends.iter() {
-
-        if !follows.is_empty() {
-            for peer in follows.iter() {
                 // trim whitespace (including newline characters) and
                 // remove the inverted-commas around the id
-                let peer_id = peer.trim().replace('"', "");
+                // TODO: is this necessary?
-                // retrieve the profile info for the given peer
+                let key = peer.trim().replace('"', "");
-                let mut peer_info = sbot_client.get_profile_info(&peer_id).await?;
+                let peer_info = get_peer_info(&key).await?;
-                // insert the public key of the peer into the info hashmap
-                peer_info.insert("id".to_string(), peer_id.to_string());
-                // retrieve the profile image blob id for the given peer
-                if let Some(blob_id) = peer_info.get("image") {
-                    // look-up the path for the image blob
-                    if let Ok(blob_path) = blobs::get_blob_path(blob_id) {
-                        // insert the image blob path of the peer into the info hashmap
-                        peer_info.insert("blob_path".to_string(), blob_path.to_string());
-                        // check if the blob is in the blobstore
-                        // set a flag in the info hashmap
-                        match sbot::blob_is_stored_locally(&blob_path).await {
-                            Ok(exists) if exists => {
-                                peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "true".to_string())
-                            }
-                            _ => peer_info.insert("blob_exists".to_string(), "false".to_string()),
-                        };
-                    }
-                }
 
-                // check if the peer follows us (making us friends)
+                // push profile info to peer_list vec
-                let follow_query = RelationshipQuery {
+                to_return.push(peer_info)
-                    source: peer_id.to_string(),
-                    dest: local_id.clone(),
-                };
-
-                // query follow state
-                match sbot_client.friends_is_following(follow_query).await {
-                    Ok(following) if following == "true" => {
-                        // only push profile info to peer_list vec if they follow us
-                        peer_list.push(peer_info)
-                    }
-                    _ => (),
-                };
             }
         }
 
         // return the list of peers
-        Ok(peer_list)
+        Ok(to_return)
     })
 }
 
 /// Retrieve the local public key (id).
 pub fn get_local_id() -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config).await?;
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client().await?;
 
         let local_id = sbot_client.whoami().await?;
 
@@ -609,16 +556,20 @@ pub fn get_local_id() -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
 
 /// Publish a public post.
 pub fn publish_public_post(text: String) -> Result<String, String> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
             .await
             .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
         debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt public post");
-        match sbot_client.publish_post(&text).await {
+        let post = json!({
+            "type": "post",
+            "text": &text,
+        });
+        match sbot_client.publish(post).await {
             Ok(_) => Ok("Published post".to_string()),
             Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to publish post: {}", e)),
         }
@@ -626,23 +577,23 @@ pub fn publish_public_post(text: String) -> Result<String, String> {
 }
 
 /// Publish a private message.
-pub fn publish_private_msg(text: String, recipients: Vec<String>) -> Result<String, String> {
+pub fn publish_private_msg(text: String, recipients: Vec<String>) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
-    // retrieve latest go-sbot configuration parameters
+    // retrieve latest solar-sbot configuration parameters
     let sbot_config = SbotConfig::read().ok();
 
     task::block_on(async {
-        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_with_config(&sbot_config)
+        let mut sbot_client = init_sbot_client()
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
-        debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt private message");
+        Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-        match sbot_client
+        // debug!("Publishing a new Scuttlebutt private message");
-            .publish_private(text.to_string(), recipients)
+        // match sbot_client
-            .await
+        //     .publish_private(text.to_string(), recipients)
-        {
+        //     .await
-            Ok(_) => Ok("Published private message".to_string()),
+        // {
-            Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to publish private message: {}", e)),
+        //     Ok(_) => Ok("Published private message".to_string()),
-        }
+        //     Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to publish private message: {}", e)),
+        // }
     })
 }
 
@@ -696,20 +647,23 @@ pub async fn write_blob_to_store(image: BufferedFile) -> Result<String, PeachWeb
     let mut buffer = Vec::new();
     file.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
 
-    // hash the bytes representing the file
+    Err(PeachWebError::NotYetImplemented)
-    let (hex_hash, blob_id) = blobs::hash_blob(&buffer)?;
+    // TODO: not yet implemented
 
-    // define the blobstore path and blob filename
+    // // hash the bytes representing the file
-    let (blob_dir, blob_filename) = hex_hash.split_at(2);
+    // let (hex_hash, blob_id) = blobs::hash_blob(&buffer)?;
-    let go_ssb_path = get_go_ssb_path()?;
+    //
-    let blobstore_sub_dir = format!("{}/blobs/sha256/{}", go_ssb_path, blob_dir);
+    // // define the blobstore path and blob filename
-
+    // let (blob_dir, blob_filename) = hex_hash.split_at(2);
-    // create the blobstore sub-directory
+    // let go_ssb_path = get_go_ssb_path()?;
-    fs::create_dir_all(&blobstore_sub_dir)?;
+    // let blobstore_sub_dir = format!("{}/blobs/sha256/{}", go_ssb_path, blob_dir);
-
+    //
-    // copy the file to the blobstore
+    // // create the blobstore sub-directory
-    let blob_path = format!("{}/{}", blobstore_sub_dir, blob_filename);
+    // fs::create_dir_all(&blobstore_sub_dir)?;
-    fs::copy(temp_path, blob_path)?;
+    //
-
+    // // copy the file to the blobstore
-    Ok(blob_id)
+    // let blob_path = format!("{}/{}", blobstore_sub_dir, blob_filename);
+    // fs::copy(temp_path, blob_path)?;
+    //
+    // Ok(blob_id)
 }

tilde-client/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/target
+Cargo.lock

tilde-client/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "tilde-client"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = ["Max Fowler <max@mfowler.info>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+async-std = "1.10"
+anyhow = "1.0.86"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_yaml = "0.8"

tilde-client/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# peach-lib
+
+![Generic badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.2.9-<COLOR>.svg)
+
+JSON-RPC client library for the PeachCloud ecosystem.
+
+`peach-lib` offers the ability to programmatically interact with the `peach-network`, `peach-oled` and `peach-stats` microservices.
+
+## Overview
+
+The `peach-lib` crate bundles JSON-RPC client code for making requests to the three PeachCloud microservices which expose JSON-RPC servers (`peach-network`, `peach-oled` and `peach-menu`). The full list of available RPC APIs can be found in the READMEs of the respective microservices ([peach-network](https://github.com/peachcloud/peach-network), [peach-oled](https://github.com/peachcloud/peach-oled), [peach-menu](https://github.com/peachcloud/peach-menu)), or in the [developer documentation for PeachCloud](http://docs.peachcloud.org/software/microservices/index.html). 
+
+The library also includes a custom error type, `PeachError`, which bundles the underlying error types into three variants: `JsonRpcHttp`, `JsonRpcCore` and `Serde`. When used as the returned error type in a `Result` function response, this allows convenient use of the `?` operator (as illustrated in the example usage code below).
+
+## Usage
+
+Define the dependency in your `Cargo.toml` file:
+
+`peach-lib = { git = "https://github.com/peachcloud/peach-lib", branch = "main"  }`
+
+Import the required client from the library:
+
+```rust
+use peach_lib::network_client;
+```
+
+Call one of the exposed methods:
+
+```rust
+network_client::ip("wlan0")?;
+```
+
+Further example usage can be found in the [`peach-menu`](https://github.com/peachcloud/peach-menu) code (see `src/states.rs`).
+
+## Licensing
+
+AGPL-3.0

tilde-client/src/error.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#![warn(missing_docs)]
+
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt;
+
+/// all tilde client errors
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TildeError {
+    pub(crate) message: String,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for TildeError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.message)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for TildeError {}

tilde-client/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// methods for interacting with tilde sbot
+
+use crate::error::TildeError;
+
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::process::{Command, exit};
+
+mod error;
+
+pub struct TildeClient {
+    name: String,
+    port: String
+}
+pub fn init_sbot() {
+    println!("++ init sbot!");
+}
+
+pub fn get_sbot_client() -> TildeClient {
+    TildeClient {
+        name: "name".to_string(),
+        port: "8009".to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl TildeClient {
+
+    pub fn run_tilde_command(&self, command: &str) -> Result<String, TildeError> {
+        let output = Command::new("out/release/tildefriends.standalone")
+            .arg(command)
+            .output().map_err(|e| TildeError {
+                message: format!("Command execution failed: {}", e),
+        })?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(TildeError { message: format!("Command failed with status: {}", output.status) })
+        }
+
+        let result = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).to_string();
+        println!("Command output: {}", result);
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+    pub async fn latest_description(&self, key: &str) -> Result<String, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn whoami(&self) -> Result<String, TildeError> {
+        self.run_tilde_command("get_identity")
+    }
+
+    pub async fn is_following(&self, from_id: &str, to_id: &str) -> Result<bool, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn create_block(&self, key: &str) -> Result<bool, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+    pub async fn get_blocks(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get_follows(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get_friends(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn publish(&self, post: Value) -> Result<Vec<String>, TildeError> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+}