Add a button in the profile editor to ask the server to follow you. I'm hoping this helps replicating accounts that are otherwise difficult to discover.

git-svn-id: https://www.unprompted.com/svn/projects/tildefriends/trunk@4558 ed5197a5-7fde-0310-b194-c3ffbd925b24

apps/ssb.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "type": "tildefriends-app",
-  "emoji": "🐌"
+  "emoji": "🐌",
+  "previous": "&Vm+p2yc+lC+wd71VVNRmEGpaePRsnwyknk+qI9hphjQ=.sha256"
 }

apps/ssb/app.js

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ tfrpc.register(async function databaseSet(key, value) {
 tfrpc.register(async function createIdentity() {
 	return ssb.createIdentity();
 });
+tfrpc.register(async function getServerIdentity() {
+	return ssb.getServerIdentity();
+});
+tfrpc.register(async function setServerFollowingMe(id, following) {
+	return ssb.setServerFollowingMe(id, following);
+});
 tfrpc.register(async function getIdentities() {
 	return ssb.getIdentities();
 });

apps/ssb/tf-profile.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class TfProfileElement extends LitElement {
 			id: {type: String},
 			users: {type: Object},
 			size: {type: Number},
+			server_follows_me: {type: Boolean},
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -24,6 +25,23 @@ class TfProfileElement extends LitElement {
 		this.id = null;
 		this.users = {};
 		this.size = 0;
+		this.server_follows_me = undefined;
+	}
+
+	async initial_load() {
+		this.server_follows_me = undefined;
+		let server_id = await tfrpc.rpc.getServerIdentity();
+		let followed = await tfrpc.rpc.query(`
+			SELECT json_extract(content, '$.following') AS following FROM messages
+			WHERE author = ? AND
+			json_extract(content, '$.type') = 'contact' AND
+			json_extract(content, '$.contact') = ? ORDER BY sequence DESC LIMIT 1
+		`, [server_id, this.whoami]);
+		let is_followed = false;
+		for (let row of followed) {
+			is_followed = row.following != 0;
+		}
+		this.server_follows_me = is_followed;
 	}
 
 	modify(change) {
@@ -103,7 +121,23 @@ class TfProfileElement extends LitElement {
 		input.click();
 	}
 
+	async server_follow_me(follow) {
+		try {
+			await tfrpc.rpc.setServerFollowingMe(this.whoami, follow);
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.log(e);
+		}
+		try {
+			await this.initial_load();
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.log(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	render() {
+		if (this.id == this.whoami && this.editing && this.server_follows_me === undefined) {
+			this.initial_load();
+		}
 		let self = this;
 		let profile = this.users[this.id] || {};
 		tfrpc.rpc.query(
@@ -116,9 +150,16 @@ class TfProfileElement extends LitElement {
 		let block;
 		if (this.id === this.whoami) {
 			if (this.editing) {
+				let server_follow;
+				if (this.server_follows_me === true) {
+					server_follow = html`<input type="button" value="Server, Stop Following Me" @click=${() => this.server_follow_me(false)}></input>`;
+				} else if (this.server_follows_me === false) {
+					server_follow = html`<input type="button" value="Server, Follow Me" @click=${() => this.server_follow_me(true)}></input>`;
+				}
 				edit = html`
 					<input type="button" value="Save Profile" @click=${this.save_edits}></input>
 					<input type="button" value="Discard" @click=${this.discard_edits}></input>
+					${server_follow}
 				`;
 			} else {
 				edit = html`<input type="button" value="Edit Profile" @click=${this.edit}></input>`;