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#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Libervia ActivityPub Gateway
# Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)

# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

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# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

import base64
import hashlib
import json
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Optional, Dict, Tuple, List, Union
from urllib import parse
import calendar
import re

import dateutil
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import padding
import shortuuid
import treq
from treq.response import _Response as TReqResponse
from twisted.internet import defer, reactor, threads
from twisted.web import http
from twisted.words.protocols.jabber import jid, error
from twisted.words.xish import domish
from wokkel import rsm

from sat.core import exceptions
from sat.core.constants import Const as C
from sat.core.core_types import SatXMPPEntity
from sat.core.i18n import _
from sat.core.log import getLogger
from sat.tools import utils
from sat.tools.common import data_format, tls
from sat.tools.common.async_utils import async_lru

from .constants import (IMPORT_NAME, CONF_SECTION, TYPE_ACTOR, TYPE_ITEM, MEDIA_TYPE_AP,
                       AP_MB_MAP, LRU_MAX_SIZE)
from .http_server import HTTPServer
from .pubsub_service import APPubsubService


log = getLogger(__name__)

IMPORT_NAME = "ap-gateway"

PLUGIN_INFO = {
    C.PI_NAME: "ActivityPub Gateway component",
    C.PI_IMPORT_NAME: IMPORT_NAME,
    C.PI_MODES: [C.PLUG_MODE_COMPONENT],
    C.PI_TYPE: C.PLUG_TYPE_ENTRY_POINT,
    C.PI_PROTOCOLS: [],
    C.PI_DEPENDENCIES: ["XEP-0106", "XEP-0277", "XEP-0060"],
    C.PI_RECOMMENDATIONS: [],
    C.PI_MAIN: "APGateway",
    C.PI_HANDLER: C.BOOL_TRUE,
    C.PI_DESCRIPTION: _(
        "Gateway for bidirectional communication between XMPP and ActivityPub."
    ),
}

HEXA_ENC = r"(?P<hex>[0-9a-fA-f]{2})"
RE_PERIOD_ENC = re.compile(f"\\.{HEXA_ENC}")
RE_PERCENT_ENC = re.compile(f"%{HEXA_ENC}")
RE_ALLOWED_UNQUOTED = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$")


class APGateway:

    def __init__(self, host):
        self.host = host
        self.initialised = False
        self._m = host.plugins["XEP-0277"]
        self._p = host.plugins["XEP-0060"]

        host.bridge.addMethod(
            "APSend",
            ".plugin",
            in_sign="sss",
            out_sign="",
            method=self._publishMessage,
            async_=True,
        )

    def getHandler(self, __):
        return APPubsubService(self)

    async def init(self, client):
        if self.initialised:
            return

        self.initialised = True
        log.info(_("ActivityPub Gateway initialization"))

        # RSA keys
        stored_data = await self.host.memory.storage.getPrivates(
            IMPORT_NAME, ["rsa_key"], profile=client.profile
        )
        private_key_pem = stored_data.get("rsa_key")
        if private_key_pem is None:
            self.private_key = await threads.deferToThread(
                rsa.generate_private_key,
                public_exponent=65537,
                key_size=4096,
            )
            private_key_pem = self.private_key.private_bytes(
                encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
                format=serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8,
                encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption()
            ).decode()
            await self.host.memory.storage.setPrivateValue(
                IMPORT_NAME, "rsa_key", private_key_pem, profile=client.profile
            )
        else:
            self.private_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
                private_key_pem.encode(),
                password=None,
            )
        self.public_key = self.private_key.public_key()
        self.public_key_pem = self.public_key.public_bytes(
            encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
            format=serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo
        ).decode()

        # params
        # URL and port
        self.public_url = self.host.memory.getConfig(
            CONF_SECTION, "public_url"
        ) or self.host.memory.getConfig(
            CONF_SECTION, "xmpp_domain"
        )
        if self.public_url is None:
            log.error(
                '"public_url" not set in configuration, this is mandatory to have'
                "ActivityPub Gateway running. Please set this option it to public facing "
                f"url in {CONF_SECTION!r} configuration section."
            )
            return
        if parse.urlparse(self.public_url).scheme:
            log.error(
                "Scheme must not be specified in \"public_url\", please remove it from "
                "\"public_url\" configuration option. ActivityPub Gateway won't be run."
            )
            return
        self.http_port = int(self.host.memory.getConfig(
            CONF_SECTION, 'http_port', 8123))
        connection_type = self.host.memory.getConfig(
            CONF_SECTION, 'http_connection_type', 'https')
        if connection_type not in ('http', 'https'):
            raise exceptions.ConfigError(
                'bad ap-gateay http_connection_type, you must use one of "http" or '
                '"https"'
            )
        self.max_items = self.host.memory.getConfig(
            CONF_SECTION, 'new_node_max_items', 50

        )
        self.ap_path = self.host.memory.getConfig(CONF_SECTION, 'ap_path', '_ap')
        self.base_ap_url = parse.urljoin(f"https://{self.public_url}", f"{self.ap_path}/")
        # True (default) if we provide gateway only to entities/services from our server
        self.local_only = C.bool(
            self.host.memory.getConfig(CONF_SECTION, 'local_only', C.BOOL_TRUE)
        )

        # HTTP server launch
        self.server = HTTPServer(self)
        if connection_type == 'http':
            reactor.listenTCP(self.http_port, self.server)
        else:
            options = tls.getOptionsFromConfig(
                self.host.memory.config, CONF_SECTION)
            tls.TLSOptionsCheck(options)
            context_factory = tls.getTLSContextFactory(options)
            reactor.listenSSL(self.http_port, self.server, context_factory)

    async def profileConnecting(self, client):
        self.client = client
        await self.init(client)

    async def apGet(self, url: str) -> dict:
        """Retrieve AP JSON from given URL

        @raise error.StanzaError: "service-unavailable" is sent when something went wrong
            with AP server
        """
        try:
            return await treq.json_content(await treq.get(
                url,
                headers = {
                    "Accept": [MEDIA_TYPE_AP],
                    "Content-Type": [MEDIA_TYPE_AP],
                }
            ))
        except Exception as e:
            raise error.StanzaError(
                "service-unavailable",
                text=f"Can't get AP data at {url}: {e}"
            )

    def mustEncode(self, text: str) -> bool:
        """Indicate if a text must be period encoded"""
        return (
            not RE_ALLOWED_UNQUOTED.match(text)
            or text.startswith("___")
            or "---" in text
        )

    def periodEncode(self, text: str) -> str:
        """Period encode a text

        see [getJIDAndNode] for reasons of period encoding
        """
        return (
            parse.quote(text, safe="")
            .replace("---", "%2d%2d%2d")
            .replace("___", "%5f%5f%5f")
            .replace(".", "%2e")
            .replace("~", "%7e")
            .replace("%", ".")
        )

    async def getAPAccountFromJidAndNode(
        self,
        jid_: jid.JID,
        node: Optional[str]
    ) -> str:
        """Construct AP account from JID and node

        The account construction will use escaping when necessary
        """
        if not node or node == self._m.namespace:
            node = None

        if node and not jid_.user and not self.mustEncode(node):
            is_pubsub = await self.isPubsub(jid_)
            # when we have a pubsub service, the user part can be used to set the node
            # this produces more user-friendly AP accounts
            if is_pubsub:
                jid_.user = node
                node = None

        is_local = self.isLocal(jid_)
        user = jid_.user if is_local else jid_.userhost()
        if user is None:
            user = ""
        account_elts = []
        if node and self.mustEncode(node) or self.mustEncode(user):
            account_elts = ["___"]
            if node:
                node = self.periodEncode(node)
            user = self.periodEncode(user)

        if not user:
            raise exceptions.InternalError("there should be a user part")

        if node:
            account_elts.extend((node, "---"))

        account_elts.extend((
            user, "@", jid_.host if is_local else self.client.jid.userhost()
        ))
        return "".join(account_elts)

    def isLocal(self, jid_: jid.JID) -> bool:
        """Returns True if jid_ use a domain or subdomain of gateway's host"""
        local_host = self.client.host.split(".")
        assert local_host
        return jid_.host.split(".")[-len(local_host):] == local_host

    async def isPubsub(self, jid_: jid.JID) -> bool:
        """Indicate if a JID is a Pubsub service"""
        host_disco = await self.host.getDiscoInfos(self.client, jid_)
        return (
            ("pubsub", "service") in host_disco.identities
            and not ("pubsub", "pep") in host_disco.identities
        )

    async def getJIDAndNode(self, ap_account: str) -> Tuple[jid.JID, Optional[str]]:
        """Decode raw AP account handle to get XMPP JID and Pubsub Node

        Username are case insensitive.

        By default, the username correspond to local username (i.e. username from
        component's server).

        If local name's domain is a pubsub service (and not PEP), the username is taken as
        a pubsub node.

        If ``---`` is present in username, the part before is used as pubsub node, and the
        rest as a JID user part.

        If username starts with ``___``, characters are encoded using period encoding
        (i.e. percent encoding where a ``.`` is used instead of ``%``).

        This horror is necessary due to limitation in some AP implementation (notably
        Mastodon), cf. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/17222

        examples:

        ``toto@example.org`` => JID = toto@example.org, node = None

        ``___toto.40example.net@example.org`` => JID = toto@example.net (this one is a
        non-local JID, and will work only if setings ``local_only`` is False), node = None

        ``toto@pubsub.example.org`` (with pubsub.example.org being a pubsub service) =>
        JID = pubsub.example.org, node = toto

        ``tata---toto@example.org`` => JID = toto@example.org, node = tata

        ``___urn.3axmpp.3amicroblog.3a0@pubsub.example.org`` (with pubsub.example.org
        being a pubsub service) ==> JID = pubsub.example.org, node = urn:xmpp:microblog:0

        @param ap_account: ActivityPub account handle (``username@domain.tld``)
        @return: service JID and pubsub node
            if pubsub is None, default microblog pubsub node (and possibly other nodes
            that plugins may hanlde) will be used
        @raise ValueError: invalid account
        @raise PermissionError: non local jid is used when gateway doesn't allow them
        """
        if ap_account.count("@") != 1:
            raise ValueError("Invalid AP account")
        if ap_account.startswith("___"):
            encoded = True
            ap_account = ap_account[3:]
        else:
            encoded = False

        username, domain = ap_account.split("@")

        if "---" in username:
            node, username = username.rsplit("---", 1)
        else:
            node = None

        if encoded:
            username = parse.unquote(
                RE_PERIOD_ENC.sub(r"%\g<hex>", username),
                errors="strict"
            )
            if node:
                node = parse.unquote(
                    RE_PERIOD_ENC.sub(r"%\g<hex>", node),
                    errors="strict"
                )

        if "@" in username:
            username, domain = username.rsplit("@", 1)

        if not node:
            # we need to check host disco, because disco request to user may be
            # blocked for privacy reason (see
            # https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html#security)
            is_pubsub = await self.isPubsub(jid.JID(domain))

            if is_pubsub:
                # if the host is a pubsub service and not a PEP, we consider that username
                # is in fact the node name
                node = username
                username = None

        jid_s = f"{username}@{domain}" if username else domain
        try:
            jid_ = jid.JID(jid_s)
        except RuntimeError:
            raise ValueError(f"Invalid jid: {jid_s!r}")

        if self.local_only and not self.isLocal(jid_):
            raise exceptions.PermissionError(
                "This gateway is configured to map only local entities and services"
            )

        return jid_, node

    def parseAPURL(self, url: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
        """Parse an URL leading to an AP endpoint

        @param url: URL to parse (schema is not mandatory)
        @return: endpoint type and AP account
        """
        path = parse.urlparse(url).path.lstrip("/")
        type_, account = path[len(self.ap_path):].lstrip("/").split("/", 1)
        return type_, parse.unquote(account)

    def buildAPURL(self, type_:str , *args: str) -> str:
        """Build an AP endpoint URL

        @param type_: type of AP endpoing
        @param arg: endpoint dependant arguments
        """
        return parse.urljoin(
            self.base_ap_url,
            str(Path(type_).joinpath(*(parse.quote_plus(a) for a in args)))
        )

    async def signAndPost(self, url: str, url_actor: str, doc: dict) -> TReqResponse:
        """Sign a documentent and post it to AP server

        @param url: AP server endpoint
        @param url_actor: URL generated by this gateway for local actor
        @param doc: document to send
        """
        p_url = parse.urlparse(url)
        date = http.datetimeToString().decode()
        body = json.dumps(doc).encode()
        digest_hash = base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha256(body).digest()).decode()
        digest = f"sha-256={digest_hash}"
        to_sign = (
            f"(request-target): post {p_url.path}\nhost: {p_url.hostname}\n"
            f"date: {date}\ndigest: {digest}"
        )
        signature = base64.b64encode(self.private_key.sign(
            to_sign.encode(),
            # we have to use PKCS1v15 padding to be compatible with Mastodon
            padding.PKCS1v15(),
            hashes.SHA256()
        )).decode()
        h_signature = (
            f'keyId="{url_actor}",headers="(request-target) host date digest",'
            f'signature="{signature}"'
        )
        return await treq.post(
            url,
            body,
            headers={
                "Host": [p_url.hostname],
                "Date": [date],
                "Digest": [digest],
                "Signature": [h_signature],
            }
        )

    def _publishMessage(self, mess_data_s: str, service_s: str, profile: str):
        mess_data: dict = data_format.deserialise(mess_data_s) # type: ignore
        service = jid.JID(service_s)
        client = self.host.getClient(profile)
        return defer.ensureDeferred(self.publishMessage(client, mess_data, service))

    async def getAPActorIdFromAccount(self, account: str) -> str:
        """Retrieve account ID from it's handle using WebFinger

        @param account: AP handle (user@domain.tld)
        @return: Actor ID (which is an URL)
        """
        if account.count("@") != 1 or "/" in account:
            raise ValueError("Invalid account: {account!r}")
        host = account.split("@")[1]
        try:
            finger_data = await treq.json_content(await treq.get(
                f"https://{host}/.well-known/webfinger?"
                f"resource=acct:{parse.quote_plus(account)}",
            ))
        except Exception as e:
            raise exceptions.DataError(f"Can't get webfinger data: {e}")
        for link in finger_data.get("links", []):
            if (
                link.get("type") == "application/activity+json"
                and link.get("rel") == "self"
            ):
                href = link.get("href", "").strip()
                if not href:
                    raise ValueError(
                        f"Invalid webfinger data for {account:r}: missing href"
                    )
                break
        else:
            raise ValueError(
                f"No ActivityPub link found for {account!r}"
            )
        return href

    async def getAPActorDataFromId(self, account: str) -> dict:
        """Retrieve ActivityPub Actor data

        @param account: ActivityPub Actor identifier
        """
        href = await self.getAPActorIdFromAccount(account)
        return await self.apGet(href)

    @async_lru(maxsize=LRU_MAX_SIZE)
    async def getAPAccountFromId(self, actor_id: str):
        """Retrieve AP account from the ID URL

        @param actor_id: AP ID of the actor (URL to the actor data)
        """
        url_parsed = parse.urlparse(actor_id)
        actor_data = await self.apGet(actor_id)
        username = actor_data.get("preferredUsername")
        if not username:
            raise exceptions.DataError(
                'No "preferredUsername" field found, can\'t retrieve actor account'
            )
        account = f"{username}@{url_parsed.hostname}"
        # we try to retrieve the actor ID from the account to check it
        found_id = await self.getAPActorIdFromAccount(account)
        if found_id != actor_id:
            # cf. https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/how-to-retrieve-user-server-tld-handle-from-actors-url/2196
            msg = (
                f"Account ID found on WebFinger {found_id!r} doesn't match our actor ID "
                f"({actor_id!r}). This AP instance doesn't seems to use "
                '"preferredUsername" as we expect.'
            )
            log.warning(msg)
            raise exceptions.DataError(msg)
        return account

    async def getAPItems(
        self,
        account: str,
        max_items: Optional[int] = None,
        chronological_pagination: bool = True,
        after_id: Optional[str] = None,
        start_index: Optional[int] = None,
    ) -> Tuple[List[domish.Element], rsm.RSMResponse]:
        """Retrieve AP items and convert them to XMPP items

        @param account: AP account handle to get items from
        @param max_items: maximum number of items to retrieve
            retrieve all items by default
        @param chronological_pagination: get pages in chronological order
            AP use reversed chronological order for pagination, "first" page returns more
            recent items. If "chronological_pagination" is True, "last" AP page will be
            retrieved first.
        @param after_id: if set, retrieve items starting from given ID
            Due to ActivityStream Collection Paging limitations, this is inefficient and
            if ``after_id`` is not already in cache, we have to retrieve every page until
            we find it.
            In most common cases, ``after_id`` should be in cache though (client usually
            use known ID when in-order pagination is used).
        @param start_index: start retrieving items from the one with given index
            Due to ActivityStream Collection Paging limitations, this is inefficient and
            all pages before the requested index will be retrieved to count items.
        @return: XMPP Pubsub items and corresponding RSM Response
            Items are always returned in chronological order in the result
        """
        actor_data = await self.getAPActorDataFromId(account)
        outbox = actor_data.get("outbox")
        rsm_resp: Dict[str, Union[bool, int]] = {}
        if not outbox:
            raise exceptions.DataError(f"No outbox found for actor {account}")
        outbox_data = await self.apGet(outbox)
        try:
            count = outbox_data["totalItems"]
        except KeyError:
            log.warning(
                f'"totalItems" not found in outbox of {account}, defaulting to 20'
            )
            count = 20
        else:
            log.info(f"{account}'s outbox has {count} item(s)")
            rsm_resp["count"] = count

        if start_index is not None:
            assert chronological_pagination and after_id is None
            if start_index >= count:
                return [], rsm_resp
            elif start_index == 0:
                # this is the default behaviour
                pass
            elif start_index > 5000:
                raise error.StanzaError(
                    "feature-not-implemented",
                    text="Maximum limit for previous_index has been reached, this limit"
                    "is set to avoid DoS"
                )
            else:
                # we'll convert "start_index" to "after_id", thus we need the item just
                # before "start_index"
                previous_index = start_index - 1
                retrieved_items = 0
                current_page = outbox_data["last"]
                while retrieved_items < count:
                    page_data, items = await self.parseAPPage(current_page)
                    if not items:
                        log.warning(f"found an empty AP page at {current_page}")
                        return [], rsm_resp
                    page_start_idx = retrieved_items
                    retrieved_items += len(items)
                    if previous_index <= retrieved_items:
                        after_id = items[previous_index - page_start_idx]["id"]
                        break
                    try:
                        current_page = page_data["prev"]
                    except KeyError:
                        log.warning(
                            f"missing previous page link at {current_page}: {page_data!r}"
                        )
                        raise error.StanzaError(
                            "service-unavailable",
                            "Error while retrieving previous page from AP service at "
                            f"{current_page}"
                        )

        init_page = "last" if chronological_pagination else "first"
        page = outbox_data.get(init_page)
        if not page:
            raise exceptions.DataError(
                f"Initial page {init_page!r} not found for outbox {outbox}"
            )
        items = []
        page_items = []
        retrieved_items = 0
        found_after_id = False

        while retrieved_items < count:
            __, page_items = await self.parseAPPage(page)
            retrieved_items += len(page_items)
            if after_id is not None and not found_after_id:
                # if we have an after_id, we ignore all items until the requested one is
                # found
                try:
                    limit_idx = [i["id"] for i in page_items].index(after_id)
                except ValueError:
                    # if "after_id" is not found, we don't add any item from this page
                    log.debug(f"{after_id!r} not found at {page}, skipping")
                else:
                    found_after_id = True
                    if chronological_pagination:
                        start_index = retrieved_items - len(page_items) + limit_idx + 1
                        page_items = page_items[limit_idx+1:]
                    else:
                        start_index = count - (retrieved_items - len(page_items) +
                                               limit_idx + 1)
                        page_items = page_items[:limit_idx]
                    items.extend(page_items)
            else:
                items.extend(page_items)
            if max_items is not None and len(items) >= max_items:
                if chronological_pagination:
                    items = items[:max_items]
                else:
                    items = items[-max_items:]
                break
            page = outbox_data.get("prev" if chronological_pagination else "next")
            if not page:
                break

        if after_id is not None and not found_after_id:
            raise error.StanzaError("item-not-found")

        if after_id is None:
            rsm_resp["index"] = 0 if chronological_pagination else count - len(items)

        if start_index is not None:
            rsm_resp["index"] = start_index
        elif after_id is not None:
            log.warning("Can't determine index of first element")
        elif chronological_pagination:
            rsm_resp["index"] = 0
        else:
            rsm_resp["index"] = count - len(items)
        if items:
            rsm_resp.update({
                "first": items[0]["id"],
                "last": items[-1]["id"]
            })

        return items, rsm.RSMResponse(**rsm_resp)

    async def parseAPPage(self, url: str) -> Tuple[dict, List[domish.Element]]:
        """Convert AP objects from an AP page to XMPP items

        @param url: url linking and AP page
        @return: page data, pubsub items
        """
        page_data = await self.apGet(url)
        ap_items = page_data.get("orderedItems")
        if not ap_items:
            log.warning('No "orderedItems" collection found')
            return page_data, []
        items = []
        # AP Collections are in antichronological order, but we expect chronological in
        # Pubsub, thus we reverse it
        for ap_item in reversed(ap_items):
            try:
                ap_object, mb_data = await self.apItem2MBdata(ap_item)
            except (exceptions.DataError, NotImplementedError, error.StanzaError):
                continue

            item_elt = await self._m.data2entry(
                self.client, mb_data, ap_object["id"], None, self._m.namespace
            )
            item_elt["publisher"] = mb_data["author_jid"].full()
            items.append(item_elt)

        return page_data, items

    async def apItem2MBdata(self, ap_item: dict) -> Tuple[dict, dict]:
        """Convert AP item to microblog data

        @return: AP Item's Object and microblog data
        @raise exceptions.DataError: something is invalid in the AP item
        @raise NotImplemented: some AP data is not handled yet
        @raise error.StanzaError: error while contacting the AP server
        """
        ap_object = ap_item.get("object")
        if not ap_object:
            log.warning(f'No "object" found in AP item {ap_item!r}')
            raise exceptions.DataError
        if isinstance(ap_object, str):
            ap_object = await self.apGet(ap_object)
        obj_id = ap_object.get("id")
        if not obj_id:
            log.warning(f'No "id" found in AP object: {ap_object!r}')
            raise exceptions.DataError
        if ap_object.get("inReplyTo") is not None:
            raise NotImplementedError
        mb_data = {}
        for ap_key, mb_key in AP_MB_MAP.items():
            data = ap_object.get(ap_key)
            if data is None:
                continue
            mb_data[mb_key] = data

        # content
        try:
            language, content_xhtml = ap_object["contentMap"].popitem()
        except (KeyError, AttributeError):
            try:
                mb_data["content_xhtml"] = mb_data["content"]
            except KeyError:
                log.warning(f"no content found:\n{ap_object!r}")
                raise exceptions.DataError
        else:
            mb_data["language"] = language
            mb_data["content_xhtml"] = content_xhtml

        # author
        actor = ap_item.get("actor")
        if not actor:
            log.warning(f"no actor associated to object id {obj_id!r}")
            raise exceptions.DataError
        elif isinstance(actor, list):
            # we only keep first item of list as author
            # TODO: handle multiple actors
            if len(actor) > 1:
                log.warning("multiple actors are not managed")
            actor = actor[0]

        if isinstance(actor, dict):
            actor = actor.get("id")
            if not actor:
                log.warning(f"no actor id found: {actor!r}")
                raise exceptions.DataError

        if isinstance(actor, str):
            account = await self.getAPAccountFromId(actor)
            mb_data["author"] = account.split("@", 1)[0]
            author_jid = mb_data["author_jid"] = jid.JID(
                None,
                (
                    self.host.plugins["XEP-0106"].escape(account),
                    self.client.jid.host,
                    None
                )
            )
        else:
            log.warning(f"unknown actor type found: {actor!r}")
            raise exceptions.DataError

        # published/updated
        for field in ("published", "updated"):
            value = ap_object.get(field)
            if not value and field == "updated":
                value = ap_object.get("published")
            if value:
                try:
                    mb_data[field] = calendar.timegm(
                        dateutil.parser.parse(str(value)).utctimetuple()
                    )
                except dateutil.parser.ParserError as e:
                    log.warning(f"Can't parse {field!r} field: {e}")
        return ap_object, mb_data

    async def mbdata2APitem(self, client: SatXMPPEntity, mb_data: dict) -> dict:
        """Convert Libervia Microblog Data to ActivityPub item"""
        if not mb_data.get("id"):
            mb_data["id"] = shortuuid.uuid()
        if not mb_data.get("author_jid"):
            mb_data["author_jid"] = client.jid
        ap_account = await self.getAPAccountFromJidAndNode(
            jid.JID(mb_data["author_jid"]),
            None
        )
        url_actor = self.buildAPURL(TYPE_ACTOR, ap_account)
        url_item = self.buildAPURL(TYPE_ITEM, ap_account, mb_data["id"])
        return {
            "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
            "id": url_item,
            "type": "Create",
            "actor": url_actor,

            "object": {
                "id": url_item,
                "type": "Note",
                "published": utils.xmpp_date(mb_data["published"]),
                "attributedTo": url_actor,
                "content": mb_data.get("content_xhtml") or mb_data["content"],
                "to": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
            }
        }

    async def publishMessage(
        self,
        client: SatXMPPEntity,
        mess_data: dict,
        service: jid.JID
    ) -> None:
        """Send an AP message

        .. note::

            This is a temporary method used for development only

        @param mess_data: message data. Following keys must be set:

            ``node``
              identifier of message which is being replied (this will
              correspond to pubsub node in the future)

            ``content_xhtml`` or ``content``
              message body (respectively in XHTML or plain text)

        @param service: JID corresponding to the AP actor.
        """
        if not service.user:
            raise ValueError("service must have a local part")
        account = self.host.plugins["XEP-0106"].unescape(service.user)
        ap_actor_data = await self.getAPActorDataFromId(account)

        try:
            inbox_url = ap_actor_data["endpoints"]["sharedInbox"]
        except KeyError:
            raise exceptions.DataError("Can't get ActivityPub actor inbox")

        item_data = await self.mbdata2APitem(client, mess_data)
        url_actor = item_data["object"]["attributedTo"]
        resp = await self.signAndPost(inbox_url, url_actor, item_data)
        if resp.code != 202:
            raise exceptions.NetworkError(f"unexpected return code: {resp.code}")