From b229e2e6af792330d00ee56b3be2091cb949bc06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ladd Hoffman <laddhoffman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:10:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Disable signature verification on API read

---
 client/src/utils/Post.js | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/utils/Post.js b/client/src/utils/Post.js
index f11de88..c79bc0e 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/Post.js
+++ b/client/src/utils/Post.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 // trailing slash is deliberate, to differentiate this package from the core node module
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer/';
-import { recoverPersonalSignature } from '@metamask/eth-sig-util';
-// import createHash from 'create-hash';
+// import { recoverPersonalSignature } from '@metamask/eth-sig-util';
 import objectHash from 'object-hash';
 
 // Make Buffer available to recoverPersonalSignature
-window.Buffer = Buffer;
+// window.Buffer = Buffer;
 
 class Post {
   constructor({
@@ -26,16 +25,18 @@ class Post {
     if (hash !== derivedHash) {
       throw new Error('Hash mismatch');
     }
-    // Verify signature
-    let recovered;
-    try {
-      recovered = recoverPersonalSignature({ data: content, signature });
-    } catch (e) {
-      throw new Error('Signature error', e);
-    }
-    if (recovered !== author) {
-      throw new Error('Author mismatch');
-    }
+    // TODO: Verify signature
+    // Disabling this because @metamask/eth-sig-util is a nodejs module
+    // and we need to figure out how to bundle it.
+    // let recovered;
+    // try {
+    //   recovered = recoverPersonalSignature({ data: content, signature });
+    // } catch (e) {
+    //   throw new Error('Signature error', e);
+    // }
+    // if (recovered !== author) {
+    //   throw new Error('Author mismatch');
+    // }
     return new Post({
       content, author, signature, hash,
     });