fix(contactsMenu): Attach user cloud to each contact entry #44954

nfebe · 2024-04-22T08:44:24Z

The contact entry should carry cloud information, this can help to fix various issues including:

Displaying correct avatar links for federated users

This can also lead to UI improvements in the frontend where, it's federated contacts are shown with a marker or indicator on the UI.

Resolves: [Bug]: Broken avatar placeholders for federated users in new search #44319

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Backports requested where applicable (ex: critical bugfixes)

lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/Entry.php

+		$this->cloud = $cloudId;
+	}
+
+	public function getCloud(): CloudId {


lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/Entry.php

+	}
+
+	public function getCloud(): CloudId {
+		return $this->cloud;


nfebe

To solve this issue we could simple use the isUser property of the contact along side isNouser boolean of NcAvatar to show the text generated icons.

However, here:

I instead try to link to the actual avatars on the remote server, since the links public
I am adding the cloud data to be passed to the frontend

Problems:

This code is able to load the avatars from a federated server but would like to "Content Security Policy" errors if the remote server is unsecured.

There are other places in the code base such as here where the current approach is used but we could swap if this attempt to directly load the avatars from the federated server is successful/useful.

@nickvergessen since you are familiar with section of the code, does this approach make sense?

The contact entry should carry cloud information, this can help to fix various issues including: - Displaying correct avatar links for federated users This can also lead to UI improvements in the frontend where, it's federated contacts are shown with a marker or indicator on the UI. Signed-off-by: fenn-cs <[email protected]>

lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php

-			} elseif (!empty($contact['FN'])) {
-				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('core.GuestAvatar.getAvatar', ['guestName' => str_replace('/', ' ', $contact['FN']), 'size' => 64]);
+			} elseif ($username != '') {
+				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute($remoteServer, 'core.avatar.getAvatar', ['userId' => str_replace('/', ' ', $username), 'size' => 64]);


lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php

+				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute($remoteServer, 'core.avatar.getAvatar', ['userId' => str_replace('/', ' ', $username), 'size' => 64]);
 			} else {
-				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('core.GuestAvatar.getAvatar', ['guestName' => str_replace('/', ' ', $uid), 'size' => 64]);
+				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute($remoteServer, 'core.avatar.getAvatar', ['userId' => str_replace('/', ' ', $uid), 'size' => 64]);


lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/Entry.php

 		$this->id = $id;
 	}

+	public function getId(): string {


lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/Entry.php

 	}

+	public function getId(): string {
+		return $this->id;


lib/private/URLGenerator.php

 	}

+
+	public function linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute(string $remote, $routeName, array $arguments = []): string {


lib/private/URLGenerator.php


+
+	public function linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute(string $remote, $routeName, array $arguments = []): string {
+		return $this->formatAsUrl($remote, $this->linkToRoute($routeName, $arguments));


nickvergessen · 2024-04-22T17:23:16Z

lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php

+			$remoteServer = '';
+
+			if (isset($contact['CLOUD']) && is_array($contact['CLOUD']) && isset($contact['CLOUD'][0])) {
+				preg_match('/^(.*?)@(https?:\/\/.*?)$/', $contact['CLOUD'][0], $matches);


Please use the ICloudManager::resolve() method instead?

nickvergessen · 2024-04-22T17:25:46Z

lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/Entry.php

+
 	/**
-	 * @return array{id: int|string|null, fullName: string, avatar: string|null, topAction: mixed, actions: array, lastMessage: '', emailAddresses: string[], profileTitle: string|null, profileUrl: string|null, status: string|null, statusMessage: null|string, statusMessageTimestamp: null|int, statusIcon: null|string, isUser: bool, uid: mixed}
+	 * @return array{id: int|string|null, fullName: string, avatar: string|null, topAction: mixed, actions: array, lastMessage: '', emailAddresses: string[], profileTitle: string|null, profileUrl: string|null, status: string|null, statusMessage: null|string, statusMessageTimestamp: null|int, statusIcon: null|string, isUser: bool, uid: mixed, cloud: mixed}


cloud should be called cloudId to be more clear and the type should be the array you define in the other file

nickvergessen · 2024-04-22T17:28:14Z

lib/private/Federation/CloudId.php

+	/**
+	 * @return array{id: string, user: string, remote: string, displayName: string|null}
+	 */
+	public function jsonSerialize(): array {


Should implement the interface JsonSerializable?

That being said, should be on the public interface?

nickvergessen · 2024-04-22T17:31:30Z

lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php

-			} elseif (!empty($contact['FN'])) {
-				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('core.GuestAvatar.getAvatar', ['guestName' => str_replace('/', ' ', $contact['FN']), 'size' => 64]);
+			} elseif ($username != '') {
+				$avatar = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute($remoteServer, 'core.avatar.getAvatar', ['userId' => str_replace('/', ' ', $username), 'size' => 64]);


This assumes every cloud ID is a nextcloud? 🫣

nickvergessen · 2024-04-22T17:31:57Z

lib/private/URLGenerator.php

 	}

+
+	public function linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute(string $remote, $routeName, array $arguments = []): string {


This should not be here or on the public interface

nickvergessen · 2024-04-22T17:34:30Z

does this approach make sense

From my POV it's not okay...

nfebe · 2024-04-22T19:48:36Z

Based on conversation with @nickvergessen, this needs more effort especially as the content security policy can't changed to allow all trusted servers.

So this would remain in draft in favor of : #44972

Eventually, I could copy the proxy strategy from https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/blob/main/lib/Controller/AvatarController.php#L244 where the server downloads the image and sends in on the instance URL.

skjnldsv · 2025-07-11T12:10:10Z

Closing as stale and EOL branch.
If still required, please resume your work on it by rebasing and requesting for reviews again 🙏

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		}


		public function linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute(string $remote, $routeName, array $arguments = []): string {



		public function linkToRemoteRouteAbsolute(string $remote, $routeName, array $arguments = []): string {
		return $this->formatAsUrl($remote, $this->linkToRoute($routeName, $arguments));

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