discourse/app/controllers/application_controller.rb

# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'current_user'

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  include CurrentUser
  include CanonicalURL::ControllerExtensions
  include JsonError
  include GlobalPath
  include Hijack
  include ReadOnlyHeader

  attr_reader :theme_ids

  serialization_scope :guardian

  protect_from_forgery

  # Default Rails 3.2 lets the request through with a blank session
  #  we are being more pedantic here and nulling session / current_user
  #  and then raising a CSRF exception
  def handle_unverified_request
    # NOTE: API key is secret, having it invalidates the need for a CSRF token
    unless is_api? || is_user_api?
      super
      clear_current_user
      render plain: "[\"BAD CSRF\"]", status: 403
    end
  end

  before_action :check_readonly_mode
  before_action :handle_theme
  before_action :set_current_user_for_logs
  before_action :clear_notifications
  before_action :set_locale
  before_action :set_mobile_view
  before_action :block_if_readonly_mode
  before_action :authorize_mini_profiler
  before_action :redirect_to_login_if_required
  before_action :block_if_requires_login
  before_action :preload_json
  before_action :check_xhr
  after_action  :add_readonly_header
  after_action  :perform_refresh_session
  after_action  :dont_cache_page
  after_action  :conditionally_allow_site_embedding
  after_action  :add_noindex_header, if: -> { is_feed_request? }

  layout :set_layout

  if Rails.env == "development"
    after_action :remember_theme_id

    def remember_theme_id
      if @theme_ids.present? && request.format == "html"
        Stylesheet::Watcher.theme_id = @theme_ids.first if defined? Stylesheet::Watcher
      end
    end
  end

  def has_escaped_fragment?
    SiteSetting.enable_escaped_fragments? && params.key?("_escaped_fragment_")
  end

  def use_crawler_layout?
    @use_crawler_layout ||=
      request.user_agent &&
      (request.content_type.blank? || request.content_type.include?('html')) &&
      !['json', 'rss'].include?(params[:format]) &&
      (has_escaped_fragment? || params.key?("print") ||
      CrawlerDetection.crawler?(request.user_agent, request.headers["HTTP_VIA"])
      )
  end

  def perform_refresh_session
    refresh_session(current_user) unless @readonly_mode
  end

  def immutable_for(duration)
    response.cache_control[:max_age] = duration.to_i
    response.cache_control[:public] = true
    response.cache_control[:extras] = ["immutable"]
  end

  def dont_cache_page
    if !response.headers["Cache-Control"] && response.cache_control.blank?
      response.cache_control[:no_cache] = true
      response.cache_control[:extras] = ["no-store"]
    end
  end

  def conditionally_allow_site_embedding
    if SiteSetting.allow_embedding_site_in_an_iframe
      response.headers.delete('X-Frame-Options')
    end
  end

  def set_layout
    case request.headers["Discourse-Render"]
    when "desktop"
      return "application"
    when "crawler"
      return "crawler"
    end

    use_crawler_layout? ? 'crawler' : 'application'
  end

  class RenderEmpty < StandardError; end
  class PluginDisabled < StandardError; end

  rescue_from RenderEmpty do
    render 'default/empty'
  end

  rescue_from ArgumentError do |e|
    if e.message == "string contains null byte"
      raise Discourse::InvalidParameters, e.message
    else
      raise e
    end
  end

  rescue_from PG::ReadOnlySqlTransaction do |e|
    Discourse.received_postgres_readonly!
    Rails.logger.error("#{e.class} #{e.message}: #{e.backtrace.join("\n")}")
    raise Discourse::ReadOnly
  end

  rescue_from ActionController::ParameterMissing do |e|
    render_json_error e.message, status: 400
  end

  rescue_from ActionController::RoutingError, PluginDisabled  do
    rescue_discourse_actions(:not_found, 404)
  end

  # Handles requests for giant IDs that throw pg exceptions
  rescue_from ActiveModel::RangeError do |e|
    if e.message =~ /ActiveModel::Type::Integer/
      rescue_discourse_actions(:not_found, 404)
    else
      raise e
    end
  end

  rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid do |e|
    if request.format && request.format.json?
      render_json_error e, type: :record_invalid, status: 422
    else
      raise e
    end
  end

  rescue_from ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid do |e|
    Discourse.reset_active_record_cache_if_needed(e)
    raise e
  end

  # If they hit the rate limiter
  rescue_from RateLimiter::LimitExceeded do |e|
    retry_time_in_seconds = e&.available_in

    render_json_error(
      e.description,
      type: :rate_limit,
      status: 429,
      extras: { wait_seconds: retry_time_in_seconds },
      headers: { 'Retry-After': retry_time_in_seconds },
    )
  end

  rescue_from Discourse::NotLoggedIn do |e|
    if (request.format && request.format.json?) || request.xhr? || !request.get?
      rescue_discourse_actions(:not_logged_in, 403, include_ember: true)
    else
      rescue_discourse_actions(:not_found, 404)
    end
  end

  rescue_from Discourse::InvalidParameters do |e|
    message = I18n.t('invalid_params', message: e.message)
    if (request.format && request.format.json?) || request.xhr? || !request.get?
      rescue_discourse_actions(:invalid_parameters, 400, include_ember: true, custom_message_translated: message)
    else
      rescue_discourse_actions(:not_found, 400, custom_message_translated: message)
    end
  end

  rescue_from Discourse::NotFound do |e|
    rescue_discourse_actions(
      :not_found,
      e.status,
      check_permalinks: e.check_permalinks,
      original_path: e.original_path,
      custom_message: e.custom_message
    )
  end

  rescue_from Discourse::InvalidAccess do |e|
    if e.opts[:delete_cookie].present?
      cookies.delete(e.opts[:delete_cookie])
    end

    rescue_discourse_actions(
      :invalid_access,
      403,
      include_ember: true,
      custom_message: e.custom_message,
      group: e.group
    )
  end

  rescue_from Discourse::ReadOnly do
    render_json_error I18n.t('read_only_mode_enabled'), type: :read_only, status: 503
  end

  def redirect_with_client_support(url, options)
    if request.xhr?
      response.headers['Discourse-Xhr-Redirect'] = 'true'
      render plain: url
    else
      redirect_to url, options
    end
  end

  def rescue_discourse_actions(type, status_code, opts = nil)
    opts ||= {}
    show_json_errors = (request.format && request.format.json?) ||
                       (request.xhr?) ||
                       ((params[:external_id] || '').ends_with? '.json')

    if type == :not_found && opts[:check_permalinks]
      url = opts[:original_path] || request.fullpath
      permalink = Permalink.find_by_url(url)

      # there are some cases where we have a permalink but no url
      # cause category / topic was deleted
      if permalink.present? && permalink.target_url
        # permalink present, redirect to that URL
        redirect_with_client_support permalink.target_url, status: :moved_permanently
        return
      end
    end

    message = opts[:custom_message_translated] || I18n.t(opts[:custom_message] || type)
    error_page_opts = {
      title: opts[:custom_message_translated] || I18n.t(opts[:custom_message] || "page_not_found.title"),
      status: status_code,
      group: opts[:group]
    }

    if show_json_errors
      opts = { type: type, status: status_code }

      # Include error in HTML format for topics#show.
      if (request.params[:controller] == 'topics' && request.params[:action] == 'show') || (request.params[:controller] == 'categories' && request.params[:action] == 'find_by_slug')
        opts[:extras] = { html: build_not_found_page(error_page_opts) }
      end

      render_json_error message, opts
    else
      begin
        # 404 pages won't have the session and theme_keys without these:
        current_user
        handle_theme
      rescue Discourse::InvalidAccess
        return render plain: message, status: status_code
      end

      error_page_opts[:layout] = opts[:include_ember] ? 'application' : 'no_ember'
      render html: build_not_found_page(error_page_opts)
    end
  end

  # If a controller requires a plugin, it will raise an exception if that plugin is
  # disabled. This allows plugins to be disabled programatically.
  def self.requires_plugin(plugin_name)
    before_action do
      raise PluginDisabled.new if Discourse.disabled_plugin_names.include?(plugin_name)
    end
  end

  def set_current_user_for_logs
    if current_user
      Logster.add_to_env(request.env, "username", current_user.username)
      response.headers["X-Discourse-Username"] = current_user.username
    end
    response.headers["X-Discourse-Route"] = "#{controller_name}/#{action_name}"
  end

  def clear_notifications
    if current_user && !@readonly_mode

      cookie_notifications = cookies['cn']
      notifications = request.headers['Discourse-Clear-Notifications']

      if cookie_notifications
        if notifications.present?
          notifications += ",#{cookie_notifications}"
        else
          notifications = cookie_notifications
        end
      end

      if notifications.present?
        notification_ids = notifications.split(",").map(&:to_i)
        Notification.read(current_user, notification_ids)
        current_user.reload
        current_user.publish_notifications_state
        cookie_args = {}
        cookie_args[:path] = Discourse.base_uri if Discourse.base_uri.present?
        cookies.delete('cn', cookie_args)
      end
    end
  end

  def set_locale
    if !current_user
      if SiteSetting.set_locale_from_accept_language_header
        locale = locale_from_header
      else
        locale = SiteSetting.default_locale
      end
    else
      locale = current_user.effective_locale
    end

    I18n.locale = I18n.locale_available?(locale) ? locale : SiteSettings::DefaultsProvider::DEFAULT_LOCALE
    I18n.ensure_all_loaded!
  end

  def store_preloaded(key, json)
    @preloaded ||= {}
    # I dislike that there is a gsub as opposed to a gsub!
    #  but we can not be mucking with user input, I wonder if there is a way
    #  to inject this safty deeper in the library or even in AM serializer
    @preloaded[key] = json.gsub("</", "<\\/")
  end

  # If we are rendering HTML, preload the session data
  def preload_json
    # We don't preload JSON on xhr or JSON request
    return if request.xhr? || request.format.json?

    # if we are posting in makes no sense to preload
    return if request.method != "GET"

    # TODO should not be invoked on redirection so this should be further deferred
    preload_anonymous_data

    if current_user
      current_user.sync_notification_channel_position
      preload_current_user_data
    end
  end

  def set_mobile_view
    session[:mobile_view] = params[:mobile_view] if params.has_key?(:mobile_view)
  end

  NO_CUSTOM = "no_custom"
  NO_PLUGINS = "no_plugins"
  ONLY_OFFICIAL = "only_official"
  SAFE_MODE = "safe_mode"

  def resolve_safe_mode
    return unless guardian.can_enable_safe_mode?

    safe_mode = params[SAFE_MODE]
    if safe_mode
      request.env[NO_CUSTOM] = !!safe_mode.include?(NO_CUSTOM)
      request.env[NO_PLUGINS] = !!safe_mode.include?(NO_PLUGINS)
      request.env[ONLY_OFFICIAL] = !!safe_mode.include?(ONLY_OFFICIAL)
    end
  end

  def handle_theme
    return if request.xhr? || request.format == "json" || request.format == "js"
    return if request.method != "GET"

    resolve_safe_mode
    return if request.env[NO_CUSTOM]

    theme_ids = []

    if preview_theme_id = request[:preview_theme_id]&.to_i
      ids = [preview_theme_id]
      theme_ids = ids if guardian.allow_themes?(ids, include_preview: true)
    end

    user_option = current_user&.user_option

    if theme_ids.blank?
      ids, seq = cookies[:theme_ids]&.split("|")
      ids = ids&.split(",")&.map(&:to_i)
      if ids.present? && seq && seq.to_i == user_option&.theme_key_seq.to_i
        theme_ids = ids if guardian.allow_themes?(ids)
      end
    end

    if theme_ids.blank?
      ids = user_option&.theme_ids || []
      theme_ids = ids if guardian.allow_themes?(ids)
    end

    if theme_ids.blank? && SiteSetting.default_theme_id != -1
      theme_ids << SiteSetting.default_theme_id
    end

    @theme_ids = request.env[:resolved_theme_ids] = theme_ids
  end

  def guardian
    @guardian ||= Guardian.new(current_user, request)
  end

  def current_homepage
    current_user&.user_option&.homepage || SiteSetting.anonymous_homepage
  end

  def serialize_data(obj, serializer, opts = nil)
    # If it's an array, apply the serializer as an each_serializer to the elements
    serializer_opts = { scope: guardian }.merge!(opts || {})
    if obj.respond_to?(:to_ary)
      serializer_opts[:each_serializer] = serializer
      ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(obj.to_ary, serializer_opts).as_json
    else
      serializer.new(obj, serializer_opts).as_json
    end
  end

  # This is odd, but it seems that in Rails `render json: obj` is about
  # 20% slower than calling MultiJSON.dump ourselves. I'm not sure why
  # Rails doesn't call MultiJson.dump when you pass it json: obj but
  # it seems we don't need whatever Rails is doing.
  def render_serialized(obj, serializer, opts = nil)
    render_json_dump(serialize_data(obj, serializer, opts), opts)
  end

  def render_json_dump(obj, opts = nil)
    opts ||= {}
    if opts[:rest_serializer]
      obj['__rest_serializer'] = "1"
      opts.each do |k, v|
        obj[k] = v if k.to_s.start_with?("refresh_")
      end

      obj['extras'] = opts[:extras] if opts[:extras]
      obj['meta'] = opts[:meta] if opts[:meta]
    end

    render json: MultiJson.dump(obj), status: opts[:status] || 200
  end

  def can_cache_content?
    current_user.blank? && cookies[:authentication_data].blank?
  end

  # Our custom cache method
  def discourse_expires_in(time_length)
    return unless can_cache_content?
    Middleware::AnonymousCache.anon_cache(request.env, time_length)
  end

  def fetch_user_from_params(opts = nil, eager_load = [])
    opts ||= {}
    user = if params[:username]
      username_lower = params[:username].downcase.chomp('.json')
      find_opts = { username_lower: username_lower }
      find_opts[:active] = true unless opts[:include_inactive] || current_user.try(:staff?)
      result = User
      (result = result.includes(*eager_load)) if !eager_load.empty?
      result.find_by(find_opts)
    elsif params[:external_id]
      external_id = params[:external_id].chomp('.json')
      SingleSignOnRecord.find_by(external_id: external_id).try(:user)
    end
    raise Discourse::NotFound if user.blank?

    guardian.ensure_can_see!(user)
    user
  end

  def post_ids_including_replies
    post_ids  = params[:post_ids].map(&:to_i)
    post_ids |= PostReply.where(post_id: params[:reply_post_ids]).pluck(:reply_post_id) if params[:reply_post_ids]
    post_ids
  end

  def no_cookies
    # do your best to ensure response has no cookies
    # longer term we may want to push this into middleware
    headers.delete 'Set-Cookie'
    request.session_options[:skip] = true
  end

  def secure_session
    SecureSession.new(session["secure_session_id"] ||= SecureRandom.hex)
  end

  def handle_permalink(path)
    permalink = Permalink.find_by_url(path)
    if permalink && permalink.target_url
      redirect_to permalink.target_url, status: :moved_permanently
    end
  end

  private

  def locale_from_header
    begin
      # Rails I18n uses underscores between the locale and the region; the request
      # headers use hyphens.
      require 'http_accept_language' unless defined? HttpAcceptLanguage
      available_locales = I18n.available_locales.map { |locale| locale.to_s.tr('_', '-') }
      parser = HttpAcceptLanguage::Parser.new(request.env["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"])
      parser.language_region_compatible_from(available_locales).tr('-', '_')
    rescue
      # If Accept-Language headers are not set.
      I18n.default_locale
    end
  end

  def preload_anonymous_data
    store_preloaded("site", Site.json_for(guardian))
    store_preloaded("siteSettings", SiteSetting.client_settings_json)
    store_preloaded("customHTML", custom_html_json)
    store_preloaded("banner", banner_json)
    store_preloaded("customEmoji", custom_emoji)
  end

  def preload_current_user_data
    store_preloaded("currentUser", MultiJson.dump(CurrentUserSerializer.new(current_user, scope: guardian, root: false)))
    report = TopicTrackingState.report(current_user)
    serializer = ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(report, each_serializer: TopicTrackingStateSerializer)
    store_preloaded("topicTrackingStates", MultiJson.dump(serializer))
  end

  def custom_html_json
    target = view_context.mobile_view? ? :mobile : :desktop

    data =
      if @theme_ids.present?
        {
         top: Theme.lookup_field(@theme_ids, target, "after_header"),
         footer: Theme.lookup_field(@theme_ids, target, "footer")
        }
      else
        {}
      end

    if DiscoursePluginRegistry.custom_html
      data.merge! DiscoursePluginRegistry.custom_html
    end

    DiscoursePluginRegistry.html_builders.each do |name, _|
      if name.start_with?("client:")
        data[name.sub(/^client:/, '')] = DiscoursePluginRegistry.build_html(name, self)
      end
    end

    MultiJson.dump(data)
  end

  def self.banner_json_cache
    @banner_json_cache ||= DistributedCache.new("banner_json")
  end

  def banner_json
    json = ApplicationController.banner_json_cache["json"]

    unless json
      topic = Topic.where(archetype: Archetype.banner).first
      banner = topic.present? ? topic.banner : {}
      ApplicationController.banner_json_cache["json"] = json = MultiJson.dump(banner)
    end

    json
  end

  def custom_emoji
    serializer = ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(Emoji.custom, each_serializer: EmojiSerializer)
    MultiJson.dump(serializer)
  end

  # Render action for a JSON error.
  #
  # obj       - a translated string, an ActiveRecord model, or an array of translated strings
  # opts:
  #   type    - a machine-readable description of the error
  #   status  - HTTP status code to return
  #   headers - extra headers for the response
  def render_json_error(obj, opts = {})
    opts = { status: opts } if opts.is_a?(Integer)
    opts.fetch(:headers, {}).each { |name, value| headers[name.to_s] = value }

    render(
      json: MultiJson.dump(create_errors_json(obj, opts)),
      status: opts[:status] || status_code(obj)
    )
  end

  def status_code(obj)
    return 403 if obj.try(:forbidden)
    return 404 if obj.try(:not_found)
    422
  end

  def success_json
    { success: 'OK' }
  end

  def failed_json
    { failed: 'FAILED' }
  end

  def json_result(obj, opts = {})
    if yield(obj)
      json = success_json

      # If we were given a serializer, add the class to the json that comes back
      if opts[:serializer].present?
        json[obj.class.name.underscore] = opts[:serializer].new(obj, scope: guardian).serializable_hash
      end

      render json: MultiJson.dump(json)
    else
      error_obj = nil
      if opts[:additional_errors]
        error_target = opts[:additional_errors].find do |o|
          target = obj.public_send(o)
          target && target.errors.present?
        end
        error_obj = obj.public_send(error_target) if error_target
      end
      render_json_error(error_obj || obj)
    end
  end

  def mini_profiler_enabled?
    defined?(Rack::MiniProfiler) && (guardian.is_developer? || Rails.env.development?)
  end

  def authorize_mini_profiler
    return unless mini_profiler_enabled?
    Rack::MiniProfiler.authorize_request
  end

  def check_xhr
    # bypass xhr check on PUT / POST / DELETE provided api key is there, otherwise calling api is annoying
    return if !request.get? && (is_api? || is_user_api?)
    raise ApplicationController::RenderEmpty.new unless ((request.format && request.format.json?) || request.xhr?)
  end

  def self.requires_login(arg = {})
    @requires_login_arg = arg
  end

  def self.requires_login_arg
    @requires_login_arg
  end

  def block_if_requires_login
    if arg = self.class.requires_login_arg
      check =
        if except = arg[:except]
          !except.include?(action_name.to_sym)
        elsif only = arg[:only]
          only.include?(action_name.to_sym)
        else
          true
        end
      ensure_logged_in if check
    end
  end

  def ensure_logged_in
    raise Discourse::NotLoggedIn.new unless current_user.present?
  end

  def ensure_staff
    raise Discourse::InvalidAccess.new unless current_user && current_user.staff?
  end

  def ensure_admin
    raise Discourse::InvalidAccess.new unless current_user && current_user.admin?
  end

  def ensure_wizard_enabled
    raise Discourse::InvalidAccess.new unless SiteSetting.wizard_enabled?
  end

  def destination_url
    request.original_url unless request.original_url =~ /uploads/
  end

  def redirect_to_login
    dont_cache_page

    if SiteSetting.enable_sso?
      # save original URL in a session so we can redirect after login
      session[:destination_url] = destination_url
      redirect_to path('/session/sso')
    elsif !SiteSetting.enable_local_logins && Discourse.enabled_authenticators.length == 1 && !cookies[:authentication_data]
      # Only one authentication provider, direct straight to it.
      # If authentication_data is present, then we are halfway though registration. Don't redirect offsite
      cookies[:destination_url] = destination_url
      redirect_to path("/auth/#{Discourse.enabled_authenticators.first.name}")
    else
      # save original URL in a cookie (javascript redirects after login in this case)
      cookies[:destination_url] = destination_url
      redirect_to path("/login")
    end
  end

  def redirect_to_login_if_required
    return if request.format.json? && is_api?

    # Used by clients authenticated via user API.
    # Redirects to provided URL scheme if
    # - request uses a valid public key and auth_redirect scheme
    # - one_time_password scope is allowed
    if !current_user &&
      params.has_key?(:user_api_public_key) &&
      params.has_key?(:auth_redirect)
      begin
        OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(params[:user_api_public_key])
      rescue OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError
        return render plain: I18n.t("user_api_key.invalid_public_key")
      end

      if UserApiKey.invalid_auth_redirect?(params[:auth_redirect])
        return render plain: I18n.t("user_api_key.invalid_auth_redirect")
      end

      if UserApiKey.allowed_scopes.superset?(Set.new(["one_time_password"]))
        redirect_to("#{params[:auth_redirect]}?otp=true")
        return
      end
    end

    if !current_user && SiteSetting.login_required?
      flash.keep
      redirect_to_login
      return
    end

    return if !current_user
    return if !should_enforce_2fa?

    redirect_path = "#{GlobalSetting.relative_url_root}/u/#{current_user.username}/preferences/second-factor"
    if !request.fullpath.start_with?(redirect_path)
      redirect_to path(redirect_path)
      nil
    end
  end

  def should_enforce_2fa?
    disqualified_from_2fa_enforcement = request.format.json? || is_api? || current_user.anonymous?
    enforcing_2fa = ((SiteSetting.enforce_second_factor == 'staff' && current_user.staff?) || SiteSetting.enforce_second_factor == 'all')
    !disqualified_from_2fa_enforcement && enforcing_2fa && !current_user.has_any_second_factor_methods_enabled?
  end

  def block_if_readonly_mode
    return if request.fullpath.start_with?(path "/admin/backups")
    raise Discourse::ReadOnly.new if !(request.get? || request.head?) && @readonly_mode
  end

  def build_not_found_page(opts = {})
    if SiteSetting.bootstrap_error_pages?
      preload_json
      opts[:layout] = 'application' if opts[:layout] == 'no_ember'
    end

    if !SiteSetting.login_required? || (current_user rescue false)
      key = "page_not_found_topics"
      if @topics_partial = Discourse.redis.get(key)
        @topics_partial = @topics_partial.html_safe
      else
        category_topic_ids = Category.pluck(:topic_id).compact
        @top_viewed = TopicQuery.new(nil, except_topic_ids: category_topic_ids).list_top_for("monthly").topics.first(10)
        @recent = Topic.includes(:category).where.not(id: category_topic_ids).recent(10)
        @topics_partial = render_to_string partial: '/exceptions/not_found_topics', formats: [:html]
        Discourse.redis.setex(key, 10.minutes, @topics_partial)
      end
    end

    @container_class = "wrap not-found-container"
    @title = opts[:title] || I18n.t("page_not_found.title")
    @group = opts[:group]
    @hide_search = true if SiteSetting.login_required

    params[:slug] = params[:slug].first if params[:slug].kind_of?(Array)
    params[:id] = params[:id].first if params[:id].kind_of?(Array)
    @slug = (params[:slug].presence || params[:id].presence || "").tr('-', ' ')

    render_to_string status: opts[:status], layout: opts[:layout], formats: [:html], template: '/exceptions/not_found'
  end

  def is_asset_path
    request.env['DISCOURSE_IS_ASSET_PATH'] = 1
  end

  def is_feed_request?
    request.format.atom? || request.format.rss?
  end

  def add_noindex_header
    response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noindex' if request.get?
  end

  protected

  def render_post_json(post, add_raw: true)
    post_serializer = PostSerializer.new(post, scope: guardian, root: false)
    post_serializer.add_raw = add_raw

    counts = PostAction.counts_for([post], current_user)
    if counts && counts = counts[post.id]
      post_serializer.post_actions = counts
    end
    render_json_dump(post_serializer)
  end

  # returns an array of integers given a param key
  # returns nil if key is not found
  def param_to_integer_list(key, delimiter = ',')
    if params[key]
      params[key].split(delimiter).map(&:to_i)
    end
  end

end