Default to require opt-in for publicWebHosting

README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ e.g. `--viewer.port 8807`.
 - `viewer.blob_base`: base url for links to ssb blobs
 - `viewer.img_base`: base url for embedded blobs (images)
 - `viewer.emoji_base`: base url for emoji images
+- `viewer.require_opt_in`: whether to serve content from feeds that have not published a `publicWebHosting` `about` message. default: `true`
 
 ## References
 

index.js

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ exports.init = function (sbot, config) {
     blob_base: conf.blob_base || base,
     img_base: conf.img_base || base,
     emoji_base: conf.emoji_base || (base + 'emoji/'),
+    requireOptIn: conf.require_opt_in == null ? true : conf.require_opt_in,
   }
 
   defaultOpts.marked = {
@@ -113,7 +114,9 @@ exports.init = function (sbot, config) {
               renderRssItem(defaultOpts), wrapRss(about.name, defaultOpts)
             );
           default:
-            var name = about.publicWebHosting === false ? feedId.substr(0, 10) + '…' : about.name
+            var publicWebHosting = about.publicWebHosting == null
+              ? !defaultOpts.requireOptIn : about.publicWebHosting
+            var name = publicWebHosting ? about.name : feedId.substr(0, 10) + '…'
             return pull(
               renderAbout(defaultOpts, about,
                           renderShowAll(showAll, req.url)), wrapPage(name)

render.js

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function toolTipTop() {
 }
 
 function renderAbout(opts, about, showAllHTML = "") {
-  if (about.publicWebHosting === false) {
+  if (about.publicWebHosting === false || (about.publicWebHosting == null && opts.requireOptIn)) {
     return pull(
       pull.map(renderMsg.bind(this, opts, '')),
       wrap(toolTipTop() + '<main>', '</main>' + callToAction())
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ function renderMsg(opts, id, msg) {
   if (opts.renderAbout == false && c.type == "about") return ''
   if (opts.renderPub == false && c.type == "pub") return ''
   if (msg.author.publicWebHosting === false) return h('article', 'User has chosen not to be hosted publicly').outerHTML;
+  if (msg.author.publicWebHosting == null && opts.requireOptIn) return h('article', 'User has not chosen to be hosted publicly').outerHTML;
 
   var name = encodeURIComponent(msg.key);
   return h('article#' + name,