Migrations/20250605145513_datamemos-more-data.Designer.cs

@@ -1,389 +0,0 @@
-// <auto-generated />
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
-using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
-using vassago.Models;
-
-#nullable disable
-
-namespace vassago.Migrations
-{
-#pragma warning disable 612, 618, 8981
-    [DbContext(typeof(ChattingContext))]
-    [Migration("20250605145513_datamemos-more-data")]
-    partial class datamemosmoredata
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
-        {
-            modelBuilder
-                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.5")
-                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
-
-            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.HasPostgresExtension(modelBuilder, "hstore");
-            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("AccountUAC", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("AccountInChannelsId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid>("UACsId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.HasKey("AccountInChannelsId", "UACsId");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("UACsId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("AccountUAC");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("ChannelUAC", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("ChannelsId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid>("UACsId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.HasKey("ChannelsId", "UACsId");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("UACsId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("ChannelUAC");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("UACUser", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("UACsId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid>("UsersId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.HasKey("UACsId", "UsersId");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("UsersId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("UACUser");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Account", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("DisplayName")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<bool>("IsBot")
-                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid?>("IsUserId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Protocol")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid?>("SeenInChannelId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Username")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("IsUserId");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("SeenInChannelId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Accounts");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Attachment", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<byte[]>("Content")
-                        .HasColumnType("bytea");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("ContentType")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Description")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<decimal?>("ExternalId")
-                        .HasColumnType("numeric(20,0)");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Filename")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid?>("MessageId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<int>("Size")
-                        .HasColumnType("integer");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Source")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("MessageId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Attachments");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Channel", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<int>("ChannelType")
-                        .HasColumnType("integer");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("DisplayName")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<int?>("LewdnessFilterLevel")
-                        .HasColumnType("integer");
-
-                    b.Property<bool?>("LinksAllowed")
-                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
-
-                    b.Property<decimal?>("MaxAttachmentBytes")
-                        .HasColumnType("numeric(20,0)");
-
-                    b.Property<long?>("MaxTextChars")
-                        .HasColumnType("bigint");
-
-                    b.Property<int?>("MeannessFilterLevel")
-                        .HasColumnType("integer");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid?>("ParentChannelId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Protocol")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<bool?>("ReactionsPossible")
-                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("ParentChannelId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Channels");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Message", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<bool>("ActedOn")
-                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid?>("AuthorId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid?>("ChannelId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Content")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<bool>("MentionsMe")
-                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Protocol")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("Timestamp")
-                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("AuthorId");
-
-                    b.HasIndex("ChannelId");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Messages");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.UAC", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.Property<Dictionary<string, string>>("CommandAliases")
-                        .HasColumnType("hstore");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Description")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("DisplayName")
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<Dictionary<string, string>>("Localization")
-                        .HasColumnType("hstore");
-
-                    b.Property<Guid>("OwnerId")
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.ToTable("UACs");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.User", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Users");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("AccountUAC", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Account", null)
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("AccountInChannelsId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
-                        .IsRequired();
-
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.UAC", null)
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("UACsId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
-                        .IsRequired();
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("ChannelUAC", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Channel", null)
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("ChannelsId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
-                        .IsRequired();
-
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.UAC", null)
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("UACsId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
-                        .IsRequired();
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("UACUser", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.UAC", null)
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("UACsId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
-                        .IsRequired();
-
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.User", null)
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("UsersId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
-                        .IsRequired();
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Account", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.User", "IsUser")
-                        .WithMany("Accounts")
-                        .HasForeignKey("IsUserId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
-
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Channel", "SeenInChannel")
-                        .WithMany("Users")
-                        .HasForeignKey("SeenInChannelId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
-
-                    b.Navigation("IsUser");
-
-                    b.Navigation("SeenInChannel");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Attachment", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Message", "Message")
-                        .WithMany("Attachments")
-                        .HasForeignKey("MessageId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
-
-                    b.Navigation("Message");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Channel", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Channel", "ParentChannel")
-                        .WithMany("SubChannels")
-                        .HasForeignKey("ParentChannelId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
-
-                    b.Navigation("ParentChannel");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Message", b =>
-                {
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Account", "Author")
-                        .WithMany()
-                        .HasForeignKey("AuthorId");
-
-                    b.HasOne("vassago.Models.Channel", "Channel")
-                        .WithMany("Messages")
-                        .HasForeignKey("ChannelId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
-
-                    b.Navigation("Author");
-
-                    b.Navigation("Channel");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Channel", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Navigation("Messages");
-
-                    b.Navigation("SubChannels");
-
-                    b.Navigation("Users");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.Message", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Navigation("Attachments");
-                });
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("vassago.Models.User", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Navigation("Accounts");
-                });
-#pragma warning restore 612, 618, 8981
-        }
-    }
-}

Migrations/20250605145513_datamemos-more-data.cs

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-
-#nullable disable
-
-namespace vassago.Migrations
-{
-#pragma warning disable 8981
-    /// <inheritdoc />
-    public partial class datamemosmoredata : Migration
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
-        {
-            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<Dictionary<string, string>>(
-                name: "CommandAliases",
-                table: "UACs",
-                type: "hstore",
-                nullable: true);
-
-            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<Dictionary<string, string>>(
-                name: "Localization",
-                table: "UACs",
-                type: "hstore",
-                nullable: true);
-
-            //NOTE for future me: migrationBuilder.SQL("SELECT localization INTO Aliases from Channels;");, but also make the rows for it.
-            //too lazy now, really leaning on the "this will work fine for my 0 users"
-
-            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
-                name: "Aliases",
-                table: "Channels");
-
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
-        {
-            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<Dictionary<string, string>>(
-                name: "Aliases",
-                table: "Channels",
-                type: "hstore",
-                nullable: true);
-
-            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
-                name: "CommandAliases",
-                table: "UACs");
-
-            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
-                name: "Localization",
-                table: "UACs");
-        }
-    }
-}
-#pragma warning restore 8981

Migrations/ChattingContextModelSnapshot.cs

@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ namespace vassago.Migrations
                         .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
                         .HasColumnType("uuid");
 
+                    b.Property<Dictionary<string, string>>("Aliases")
+                        .HasColumnType("hstore");
+
                     b.Property<int>("ChannelType")
                         .HasColumnType("integer");
 
@@ -233,18 +236,12 @@ namespace vassago.Migrations
                         .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
                         .HasColumnType("uuid");
 
-                    b.Property<Dictionary<string, string>>("CommandAliases")
-                        .HasColumnType("hstore");
-
                     b.Property<string>("Description")
                         .HasColumnType("text");
 
                     b.Property<string>("DisplayName")
                         .HasColumnType("text");
 
-                    b.Property<Dictionary<string, string>>("Localization")
-                        .HasColumnType("hstore");
-
                     b.Property<Guid>("OwnerId")
                         .HasColumnType("uuid");
 

Models/Channel.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class Channel
     public Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel? LewdnessFilterLevel { get; set; }
     public Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel? MeannessFilterLevel { get; set; }
     public List<UAC> UACs { get; set; }
+    //both incoming and outgoing
+    //public Dictionary<string, string> Aliases { get; set; }
 
     public DefinitePermissionSettings EffectivePermissions
     {

Models/Message.cs

@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ public class Message
     public List<Attachment> Attachments { get; set; }
     public Account Author { get; set; }
     public Channel Channel { get; set; }
-    public Guid? ChannelId { get; set; }
 }

Models/UAC.cs

@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
 using vassago.Models;
 
-
-//TODO: rename.
-//"uac" originally meant "user account control". but it might just be channel control. in fact, channel-control is much more fun,
-//then the platform manages the permissions for you!
-//but now I'm going to add locales to it, so it's kind of... "miscellaneous attached data". Official Sticky Notes, if you will.
 public class UAC
 {
     [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
@@ -31,7 +26,4 @@ public class UAC
     ///it's variably before and after compile time. shrug.emote.
     ///</summary>
     public string Description { get; set; }
-
-    public Dictionary<string, string> CommandAliases {get; set;}
-    public Dictionary<string, string> Localization {get; set;}
 }

Rememberer.cs

@@ -15,23 +15,14 @@ public static class Rememberer
     {
         dbAccessSemaphore.Wait();
         channels = db.Channels.ToList();
-        Console.WriteLine($"caching channels. {channels.Count} channels retrieved");
         foreach (Channel ch in channels)
         {
             if (ch.ParentChannelId != null)
             {
                 ch.ParentChannel = channels.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id == ch.ParentChannelId);
                 ch.ParentChannel.SubChannels ??= [];
-                if (!ch.ParentChannel.SubChannels.Contains(ch))
+                ch.ParentChannel.SubChannels.Add(ch);
-                {
-                    ch.ParentChannel.SubChannels.Add(ch);
-                }
             }
-            if (ch.Messages?.Count > 0)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"{ch.DisplayName} got {ch.Messages.Count} messages");
-            }
-            ch.SubChannels ??= [];
         }
         channelCacheDirty = false;
         dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
@@ -63,7 +54,7 @@ public static class Rememberer
     }
     public static Channel SearchChannel(Func<Channel, bool> predicate)
     {
-        if (channelCacheDirty)
+        if(channelCacheDirty)
             Task.Run(() => cacheChannels()).Wait();
         return channels.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
     }
@@ -75,14 +66,6 @@ public static class Rememberer
         dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
         return toReturn;
     }
-    public static List<Message> SearchMessages(Expression<Func<Message, bool>> predicate)
-    {
-        List<Message> toReturn;
-        dbAccessSemaphore.Wait();
-        toReturn = db.Messages.Where(predicate).ToList();
-        dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
-        return toReturn;
-    }
     public static User SearchUser(Expression<Func<User, bool>> predicate)
     {
         User toReturn;
@@ -109,7 +92,7 @@ public static class Rememberer
     }
     public static Channel RememberChannel(Channel toRemember)
     {
-        if (channelCacheDirty)
+        if(channelCacheDirty)
             Task.Run(() => cacheChannels()).Wait(); //so we always do 2 db trips?
         dbAccessSemaphore.Wait();
         db.Update(toRemember);
@@ -184,8 +167,6 @@ public static class Rememberer
         db.Channels.Remove(toForget);
         db.SaveChanges();
         dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
-        channelCacheDirty = true;
-        cacheChannels();
     }
     public static void ForgetMessage(Message toForget)
     {
@@ -218,9 +199,11 @@ public static class Rememberer
     }
     public static List<Channel> ChannelsOverview()
     {
-        if (channelCacheDirty)
+        List<Channel> toReturn;
-            Task.Run(() => cacheChannels()).Wait();
+        dbAccessSemaphore.Wait();
-        return channels;
+        toReturn = [.. db.Channels.Include(u => u.SubChannels).Include(c => c.ParentChannel)];
+        dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
+        return toReturn;
     }
     public static Account AccountDetail(Guid Id)
     {
@@ -238,14 +221,11 @@ public static class Rememberer
         dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
         return toReturn;
     }
-    public static Channel ChannelDetail(Guid Id, bool messages = false)
+    public static Channel ChannelDetail(Guid Id)
     {
-        if (channelCacheDirty)
+        if(channelCacheDirty)
             Task.Run(() => cacheChannels()).Wait();
-        var ch = channels.Find(c => c.Id == Id);
+        return channels.Find(c => c.Id == Id);
-        if (messages)
-            ch.Messages = SearchMessages(m => m.ChannelId == ch.Id);
-        return ch;
     }
     public static Message MessageDetail(Guid Id)
     {
@@ -323,7 +303,5 @@ public static class Rememberer
         db.Update(toRemember);
         db.SaveChanges();
         dbAccessSemaphore.Release();
-        if (toRemember.Channels?.Count() > 0)
-            cacheChannels();
     }
 }

WebInterface/Controllers/ChannelsController.cs

@@ -13,28 +13,32 @@ public class ChannelsController() : Controller
     public IActionResult Details(Guid id)
     {
         var allChannels = Rememberer.ChannelsOverview();
-        if (allChannels == null)
+        if(allChannels == null)
-            return Problem("no channels.");
+            return Problem("Entity set '_db.Channels' is null.");
+        //"but adam", says the strawman, "why load *every* channel and walk your way up? surely there's a .Load command that works or something."
+        //eh. I checked. Not really. You could make an SQL view that recurses its way up, meh idk how. You could just eagerly load *every* related object...
+        //but that would take in all the messages. 
+        //realistically I expect this will have less than 1MB of total "channels", and several GB of total messages per (text) channel.
 
         var channel = allChannels.FirstOrDefault(u => u.Id == id);
-        if (channel == null)
+        if(channel == null)
-        {
+            {
-            return Problem($"couldn't find channle {id}");
+                return Problem("couldn't find that channle");
-        }
+            }
         var walker = channel;
-        while (walker != null)
+        while(walker != null)
         {
-            ViewData["breadcrumbs"] = $"<a href=\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "Channels", values: new { id = walker.Id })}\">{walker.DisplayName}</a>/" +
+            ViewData["breadcrumbs"] = $"<a href=\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "Channels", values: new {id = walker.Id})}\">{walker.DisplayName}</a>/" + 
                 ViewData["breadcrumbs"];
             walker = walker.ParentChannel;
         }
         var sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.Append('[');
         sb.Append($"{{text: \"{channel.SubChannels?.Count}\", nodes: [");
-        var first = true;
+        var first=true;
-        foreach (var subChannel in channel.SubChannels)
+        foreach(var subChannel in channel.SubChannels)
         {
-            if (!first)
+            if(!first)
             {
                 sb.Append(',');
             }
@@ -42,11 +46,11 @@ public class ChannelsController() : Controller
             {
                 first = false;
             }
-            sb.Append($"{{\"text\": \"<a href=\\\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "Channels", values: new { id = subChannel.Id })}\\\">{subChannel.DisplayName}</a>\"}}");
+            sb.Append($"{{\"text\": \"<a href=\\\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "Channels", values: new {id = subChannel.Id})}\\\">{subChannel.DisplayName}</a>\"}}");
         }
         sb.Append("]}]");
 
-        ViewData.Add("subChannelsTree", sb.ToString());
+        ViewData.Add("channelsTree", sb.ToString());
         return View(
             new Tuple<Channel, Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel, Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel>(
                 channel, channel.EffectivePermissions.LewdnessFilterLevel, channel.EffectivePermissions.MeannessFilterLevel

WebInterface/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -43,12 +43,7 @@ public class HomeController : Controller
                 {
                     sb.Append(',');
                 }
-                var displayedName = uac.DisplayName;
+                sb.Append($"{{\"text\": \"<a href=\\\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "UACs", values: new {id = uac.Id})}\\\">{uac.DisplayName}</a>\"}}");
-                if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayedName))
-                {
-                    displayedName = $"[unnamed - {uac.Id}]";
-                }
-                sb.Append($"{{\"text\": \"<a href=\\\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "UACs", values: new {id = uac.Id})}\\\">{displayedName}</a>\"}}");
             }
             sb.Append("]}");
         }
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ public class HomeController : Controller
         //type error, e is not defined
         //channels
         sb.Append(",{text: \"channels\", expanded:true, nodes: [");
-        var topLevelChannels = Rememberer.ChannelsOverview().Where(x => x.ParentChannel == null).ToList();
+        var topLevelChannels = Rememberer.ChannelsOverview().Where(x => x.ParentChannel == null);
         first = true;
         foreach (var topLevelChannel in topLevelChannels)
         {

WebInterface/Controllers/api/UACsController.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace vassago.Controllers.api;
 
 [Route("api/[controller]")]
 [ApiController]
-public class UACController : ControllerBase
+public class UACController: ControllerBase
 {
     private readonly ILogger<UACController> _logger;
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class UACController : ControllerBase
         var uacFromDb = Rememberer.SearchUAC(uac => uac.Id == uac_guid);
         if (uacFromDb == null)
         {
-            var err = $"attempt to link channel for uac {uac_guid}, not found";
+            var err =$"attempt to link channel for uac {uac_guid}, not found";
             _logger.LogError(err);
             return NotFound(err);
         }
@@ -210,23 +210,4 @@ public class UACController : ControllerBase
         Rememberer.RememberUAC(uacFromDb);
         return Ok(uacFromDb);
     }
-    [HttpPut]
-    [Route("CreateForChannels/{Id}")]
-    [Produces("application/json")]
-    public IActionResult CreateForChannels(Guid Id)
-    {
-        _logger.LogDebug($"made it to controller. creating for channel {Id}");
-        var targetChannel = Rememberer.ChannelDetail(Id);
-        if (targetChannel == null)
-        {
-            return NotFound();
-        }
-        var newUAC = new UAC()
-        {
-            Channels = [targetChannel]
-        };
-        Rememberer.RememberUAC(newUAC);
-        Rememberer.RememberChannel(targetChannel);
-        return Ok(newUAC.Id);
-    }
 }

WebInterface/Views/Channels/Details.cshtml

@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@
         }
       </td>
     </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <th scope="row">Datamemos</th>
-      <td>
-        <div id="dataMemosTree"></div>
-    </td>
-    </tr>
     <tr>
       <td colspan="2">
         <button onclick="forget()">forget</button>
@@ -144,49 +138,15 @@
         deleteModel(jsonifyChannel().Id, window.history.back);
       }
     }
-    function createMemo()
-    {
-        console.log("creating memo for channel..");
-        createMemoFor((newMemoId) => {
-            window.location.href = "/UACs/Details/" + newMemoId;
-        });
-    }
     
     function channelsTree() {
-      //TOOD: see how accountsTree does all our HTML-ification over here in HTML land? but this doesn't? we should pick one and stick with it.
+      var tree = @Html.Raw(ViewData["channelsTree"]);
-      var tree = @Html.Raw(ViewData["subChannelsTree"]);
       return tree;
     }
-    function dataMemosTree(){
-      @{
-            var dmsb = new StringBuilder();
-            dmsb.Append("[{text: \"Data Memos\", \"expanded\":true, nodes: [");
-            var firstMemo = true;
-            if(ThisChannel.UACs != null) foreach(var memo in ThisChannel.UACs)
-            {
-                if(!firstMemo)
-                    dmsb.Append(',');
-                var effectiveDisplayName = memo.DisplayName;
-                if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(effectiveDisplayName))
-                {
-                    effectiveDisplayName = $"[nameless] {memo.Id}";
-                }
-                dmsb.Append($"{{text: \"<a href=\\\"/UACs/Details/{memo.Id}\\\">{effectiveDisplayName}</a>\"}}");
-                firstMemo = false;
-            }
-            if(!firstMemo)
-                dmsb.Append(',');
-            dmsb.Append($"{{text: \"<button type=\\\"button\\\" class=\\\"btn btn-primary\\\" onclick=\\\"createMemo()\\\">+</button>\"}}");
-            dmsb.Append("]}]");
-        }
-      var tree = @Html.Raw(dmsb.ToString());
-      return tree;
-}
 
     function accountsTree() {
       @{
         var sb = new StringBuilder();
-
         sb.Append("[{text: \"accounts\", \"expanded\":true, nodes: [");
         var first = true;
         foreach (var acc in ThisChannel.Users?.OrderBy(a => a?.SeenInChannel?.LineageSummary))
@@ -197,7 +157,6 @@
             first=false;
         }
         sb.Append("]}]");
-
       }
       //console.log(@Html.Raw(sb.ToString()));
       var tree = @Html.Raw(sb.ToString());
@@ -205,7 +164,6 @@
     }
     $('#channelsTree').bstreeview({ data: channelsTree() });
     $('#accountsTree').bstreeview({ data: accountsTree() });
-    $('#dataMemosTree').bstreeview({ data: dataMemosTree() });
 
   </script>
 }

WebInterface/Views/Channels/Index.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+@model IEnumerable<Channel>
+@{
+    ViewData["Title"] = "Channels";
+}
+
+<table class="table">
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>
+                protocol
+            </th>
+            <th>type</th>
+            <th>
+                display name
+            </th>
+            <th>
+                Lineage
+            </th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+        @foreach (var item in Model) {
+        <tr>
+            <td class="@item.Protocol">
+                <div class="protocol-icon">&nbsp;</div>
+            </td>
+            <td class="@item.ChannelType">
+                <div class="channel-type-icon">&nbsp;</div>
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.DisplayName)
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                @item.LineageSummary
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                <a asp-action="Details" asp-route-id="@item.Id">Details</a>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        }
+    </tbody>
+</table>

wwwroot/js/site.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function deleteModel(id, callback)
   var components = window.location.pathname.split('/');
   var type=components[1];
   let result = null;
-  var id=components[3]; //wait... i send it the ID then overwrite it? lmao what? TODO: fix
+  var id=components[3];
   fetch(apiUrl + 'Rememberer/' + type + '/' + id, {
     method: 'DELETE',
     headers: {
@@ -71,37 +71,9 @@ function deleteModel(id, callback)
     console.error('Error:', error);
   });
 }
-function createMemoFor(callback)
-{
-  let components = window.location.pathname.split('/');
-  let type=components[1];
-  type = type.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + type.slice(1).toLowerCase();
-  let result = null;
-  let id=components[3];
-  console.log("createMemoFor" + type + "(" + id + ")");
-  fetch(apiUrl + "UAC/CreateFor" + type + "/" + id, {
-    method: 'PUT',
-    headers: {
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    }
-  })
-  .then(response => {
-    if (!response.ok) {
-      throw new Error('Network response was not "ok". which is not ok.');
-    }
-    return response.json();
-  })
-  .then(returnedSuccessdata => {
-    console.log("success");
-    console.log('returnedSuccessdata:', returnedSuccessdata);
-    if(callback !== null) { callback(returnedSuccessdata); }
-  })
-  .catch(error => {
-    console.error('Error:', error);
-  });
-}
 function linkUAC_Channel(channel_guid, callback)
 {
+
   var components = window.location.pathname.split('/');
   var id=components[3];
   let model={"uac_guid": id,