Link hashtag bug (#121)

* link + hashtag bug * remove printlns * tidy up some duplicated code
2024-11-10 06:54:16 +00:00 · 2021-07-29 13:18:22 +02:00 · 2021-07-29 13:18:22 +02:00 · a940a520d3
commit a940a520d3
parent ea8ad8b346
15 changed files with 349 additions and 97 deletions
--- a/internal/api/client/status/statuscreate_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/client/status/statuscreate_test.go
@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	suite.db = testrig.NewTestDB()
 	suite.storage = testrig.NewTestStorage()
 	suite.log = testrig.NewTestLog()
+	suite.tc = testrig.NewTestTypeConverter(suite.db)
 	suite.federator = testrig.NewTestFederator(suite.db, testrig.NewTestTransportController(testrig.NewMockHTTPClient(nil)), suite.storage)
 	suite.processor = testrig.NewTestProcessor(suite.db, suite.storage, suite.federator)
 	suite.statusModule = status.New(suite.config, suite.processor, suite.log).(*status.Module)
@ -69,6 +70,14 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
 	testrig.StandardStorageTeardown(suite.storage)
 }

+var statusWithLinksAndTags = `#test alright, should be able to post #links with fragments in them now, let's see........
+
+https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/posts/#links
+
+#gotosocial
+
+(tobi remember to pull the docker image challenge)`
+
 // Post a new status with some custom visibility settings
 func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostNewStatus() {

@ -109,7 +118,7 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostNewStatus() {
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "hello hello", statusReply.SpoilerText)
-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "this is a brand new status! #helloworld", statusReply.Content)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "<p>this is a brand new status! <a href=\"http://localhost:8080/tags/helloworld\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#<span>helloworld</span></a></p>", statusReply.Content)
 	assert.True(suite.T(), statusReply.Sensitive)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), model.VisibilityPrivate, statusReply.Visibility)
 	assert.Len(suite.T(), statusReply.Tags, 1)
@ -124,6 +133,43 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostNewStatus() {
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), statusReply.Account.ID, gtsTag.FirstSeenFromAccountID)
 }

+func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostAnotherNewStatus() {
+
+	t := suite.testTokens["local_account_1"]
+	oauthToken := oauth.TokenToOauthToken(t)
+
+	// setup
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	ctx, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(recorder)
+	ctx.Set(oauth.SessionAuthorizedApplication, suite.testApplications["application_1"])
+	ctx.Set(oauth.SessionAuthorizedToken, oauthToken)
+	ctx.Set(oauth.SessionAuthorizedUser, suite.testUsers["local_account_1"])
+	ctx.Set(oauth.SessionAuthorizedAccount, suite.testAccounts["local_account_1"])
+	ctx.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:8080/%s", status.BasePath), nil) // the endpoint we're hitting
+	ctx.Request.Form = url.Values{
+		"status": {statusWithLinksAndTags},
+	}
+	suite.statusModule.StatusCreatePOSTHandler(ctx)
+
+	// check response
+
+	// 1. we should have OK from our call to the function
+	suite.EqualValues(http.StatusOK, recorder.Code)
+
+	result := recorder.Result()
+	defer result.Body.Close()
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(result.Body)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	fmt.Println(string(b))
+
+	statusReply := &model.Status{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, statusReply)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "<p><a href=\"http://localhost:8080/tags/test\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#<span>test</span></a> alright, should be able to post <a href=\"http://localhost:8080/tags/links\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#<span>links</span></a> with fragments in them now, let&#39;s see........<br/><br/><a href=\"https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/posts/#links\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/posts/#links</a><br/><a href=\"http://localhost:8080/tags/gotosocial\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#<span>gotosocial</span></a><br/><br/>(tobi remember to pull the docker image challenge)</p>", statusReply.Content)
+}
+
 func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostNewStatusWithEmoji() {

 	t := suite.testTokens["local_account_1"]
@ -154,7 +200,7 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestPostNewStatusWithEmoji() {
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "", statusReply.SpoilerText)
-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "here is a rainbow emoji a few times! :rainbow: :rainbow: :rainbow: \n here's an emoji that isn't in the db: :test_emoji: ", statusReply.Content)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "<p>here is a rainbow emoji a few times! :rainbow: :rainbow: :rainbow: <br/> here&#39;s an emoji that isn&#39;t in the db: :test_emoji:</p>", statusReply.Content)

 	assert.Len(suite.T(), statusReply.Emojis, 1)
 	mastoEmoji := statusReply.Emojis[0]
@ -228,7 +274,7 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestReplyToLocalStatus() {
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "", statusReply.SpoilerText)
-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Sprintf("hello @%s this reply should work!", testrig.NewTestAccounts()["local_account_2"].Username), statusReply.Content)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Sprintf("<p>hello <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8080/@%s\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@<span>%s</span></a></span> this reply should work!</p>", testrig.NewTestAccounts()["local_account_2"].Username, testrig.NewTestAccounts()["local_account_2"].Username), statusReply.Content)
 	assert.False(suite.T(), statusReply.Sensitive)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), model.VisibilityPublic, statusReply.Visibility)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), testrig.NewTestStatuses()["local_account_2_status_1"].ID, statusReply.InReplyToID)
@ -241,6 +287,8 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestAttachNewMediaSuccess() {
 	t := suite.testTokens["local_account_1"]
 	oauthToken := oauth.TokenToOauthToken(t)

+	attachment := suite.testAttachments["local_account_1_unattached_1"]
+
 	// setup
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	ctx, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(recorder)
@ -251,7 +299,7 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestAttachNewMediaSuccess() {
 	ctx.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:8080/%s", status.BasePath), nil) // the endpoint we're hitting
 	ctx.Request.Form = url.Values{
 		"status":    {"here's an image attachment"},
-		"media_ids": {"7a3b9f77-ab30-461e-bdd8-e64bd1db3008"},
+		"media_ids": {attachment.ID},
 	}
 	suite.statusModule.StatusCreatePOSTHandler(ctx)

@ -263,23 +311,21 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestAttachNewMediaSuccess() {
 	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(result.Body)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

-	fmt.Println(string(b))
-
-	statusReply := &model.Status{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b, statusReply)
+	statusResponse := &model.Status{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, statusResponse)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "", statusReply.SpoilerText)
-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "here's an image attachment", statusReply.Content)
-	assert.False(suite.T(), statusReply.Sensitive)
-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), model.VisibilityPublic, statusReply.Visibility)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "", statusResponse.SpoilerText)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "<p>here&#39;s an image attachment</p>", statusResponse.Content)
+	assert.False(suite.T(), statusResponse.Sensitive)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), model.VisibilityPublic, statusResponse.Visibility)

 	// there should be one media attachment
-	assert.Len(suite.T(), statusReply.MediaAttachments, 1)
+	assert.Len(suite.T(), statusResponse.MediaAttachments, 1)

 	// get the updated media attachment from the database
 	gtsAttachment := &gtsmodel.MediaAttachment{}
-	err = suite.db.GetByID(statusReply.MediaAttachments[0].ID, gtsAttachment)
+	err = suite.db.GetByID(statusResponse.MediaAttachments[0].ID, gtsAttachment)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

 	// convert it to a masto attachment
@ -287,10 +333,10 @@ func (suite *StatusCreateTestSuite) TestAttachNewMediaSuccess() {
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

 	// compare it with what we have now
-	assert.EqualValues(suite.T(), statusReply.MediaAttachments[0], gtsAttachmentAsMasto)
+	assert.EqualValues(suite.T(), statusResponse.MediaAttachments[0], gtsAttachmentAsMasto)

 	// the status id of the attachment should now be set to the id of the status we just created
-	assert.Equal(suite.T(), statusReply.ID, gtsAttachment.StatusID)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), statusResponse.ID, gtsAttachment.StatusID)
 }

 func TestStatusCreateTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
--- a/internal/text/common.go
+++ b/internal/text/common.go
@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ package text
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/util"
 )

 // preformat contains some common logic for making a string ready for formatting, which should be used for all user-input text.
@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ func preformat(in string) string {
 func postformat(in string) string {
 	// do some postformatting of the text
 	// 1. sanitize html to remove any dodgy scripts or other disallowed elements
-	s := SanitizeHTML(in)
+	s := SanitizeOutgoing(in)
 	// 2. wrap the whole thing in a paragraph
 	s = fmt.Sprintf(`<p>%s</p>`, s)
 	// 3. remove any cheeky newlines
@ -44,3 +47,29 @@ func postformat(in string) string {
 	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
 	return s
 }
+
+func (f *formatter) ReplaceTags(in string, tags []*gtsmodel.Tag) string {
+	return util.HashtagFinderRegex.ReplaceAllStringFunc(in, func(match string) string {
+		for _, tag := range tags {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(match) == fmt.Sprintf("#%s", tag.Name) {
+				tagContent := fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>%s</span></a>`, tag.URL, tag.Name)
+				if strings.HasPrefix(match, " ") {
+					tagContent = " " + tagContent
+				}
+				return tagContent
+			}
+		}
+		return in
+	})
+}
+
+func (f *formatter) ReplaceMentions(in string, mentions []*gtsmodel.Mention) string {
+	for _, menchie := range mentions {
+		targetAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
+		if err := f.db.GetByID(menchie.TargetAccountID, targetAccount); err == nil {
+			mentionContent := fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="h-card"><a href="%s" class="u-url mention">@<span>%s</span></a></span>`, targetAccount.URL, targetAccount.Username)
+			in = strings.ReplaceAll(in, menchie.NameString, mentionContent)
+		}
+	}
+	return in
+}
--- a/internal/text/formatter.go
+++ b/internal/text/formatter.go
@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ type Formatter interface {
 	FromMarkdown(md string, mentions []*gtsmodel.Mention, tags []*gtsmodel.Tag) string
 	// FromPlain parses an HTML text from a plaintext.
 	FromPlain(plain string, mentions []*gtsmodel.Mention, tags []*gtsmodel.Tag) string
+
+	// ReplaceTags takes a piece of text and a slice of tags, and returns the same text with the tags nicely formatted as hrefs.
+	ReplaceTags(in string, tags []*gtsmodel.Tag) string
+	// ReplaceMentions takes a piece of text and a slice of mentions, and returns the same text with the mentions nicely formatted as hrefs.
+	ReplaceMentions(in string, mentions []*gtsmodel.Mention) string
+	// ReplaceLinks takes a piece of text, finds all recognizable links in that text, and replaces them with hrefs.
+	ReplaceLinks(in string) string
 }

 type formatter struct {
--- a/internal/text/formatter_test.go
+++ b/internal/text/formatter_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.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.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package text_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/config"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/db"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/text"
+)
+
+// nolint
+type TextStandardTestSuite struct {
+	// standard suite interfaces
+	suite.Suite
+	config *config.Config
+	db     db.DB
+	log    *logrus.Logger
+
+	// standard suite models
+	testTokens       map[string]*oauth.Token
+	testClients      map[string]*oauth.Client
+	testApplications map[string]*gtsmodel.Application
+	testUsers        map[string]*gtsmodel.User
+	testAccounts     map[string]*gtsmodel.Account
+	testAttachments  map[string]*gtsmodel.MediaAttachment
+	testStatuses     map[string]*gtsmodel.Status
+	testTags         map[string]*gtsmodel.Tag
+
+	// module being tested
+	formatter text.Formatter
+}
--- a/internal/text/link.go
+++ b/internal/text/link.go
@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func contains(urls []*url.URL, url *url.URL) bool {
 // Note: because Go doesn't allow negative lookbehinds in regex, it's possible that an already-formatted
 // href will end up double-formatted, if the text you pass here contains one or more hrefs already.
 // To avoid this, you should sanitize any HTML out of text before you pass it into this function.
-func ReplaceLinks(in string) string {
+func (f *formatter) ReplaceLinks(in string) string {
 	rxStrict, err := xurls.StrictMatchingScheme(schemes)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
--- a/internal/text/link_test.go
+++ b/internal/text/link_test.go
@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/text"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/testrig"
 )

 const text1 = `
@ -64,11 +65,40 @@ what happens when we already have a link within an href?
 <a href="https://example.org">https://example.org</a>
 `

-type TextTestSuite struct {
-	suite.Suite
+type LinkTestSuite struct {
+	TextStandardTestSuite
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText1() {
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	suite.testTokens = testrig.NewTestTokens()
+	suite.testClients = testrig.NewTestClients()
+	suite.testApplications = testrig.NewTestApplications()
+	suite.testUsers = testrig.NewTestUsers()
+	suite.testAccounts = testrig.NewTestAccounts()
+	suite.testAttachments = testrig.NewTestAttachments()
+	suite.testStatuses = testrig.NewTestStatuses()
+	suite.testTags = testrig.NewTestTags()
+}
+
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) SetupTest() {
+	suite.config = testrig.NewTestConfig()
+	suite.db = testrig.NewTestDB()
+	suite.log = testrig.NewTestLog()
+	suite.formatter = text.NewFormatter(suite.config, suite.db, suite.log)
+
+	testrig.StandardDBSetup(suite.db)
+}
+
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
+	testrig.StandardDBTeardown(suite.db)
+}
+
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestParseSimple() {
+	f := suite.formatter.FromPlain(simple, nil, nil)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), simpleExpected, f)
+}
+
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText1() {
 	urls, err := text.FindLinks(text1)

 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
@ -79,7 +109,7 @@ func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText1() {
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "https://example.orghttps://google.com", urls[3].String())
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText2() {
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText2() {
 	urls, err := text.FindLinks(text2)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

@ -87,7 +117,7 @@ func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText2() {
 	assert.Len(suite.T(), urls, 1)
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText3() {
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText3() {
 	urls, err := text.FindLinks(text3)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)

@ -95,8 +125,8 @@ func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestParseURLsFromText3() {
 	assert.Len(suite.T(), urls, 0)
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText1() {
-	replaced := text.ReplaceLinks(text1)
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText1() {
+	replaced := suite.formatter.ReplaceLinks(text1)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), `
 This is a text with some links in it. Here's link number one: <a href="https://example.org/link/to/something#fragment" rel="noopener">example.org/link/to/something#fragment</a>

@ -110,8 +140,8 @@ really.cool.website <-- this one shouldn't be parsed as a link because it doesn'
 `, replaced)
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText2() {
-	replaced := text.ReplaceLinks(text2)
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText2() {
+	replaced := suite.formatter.ReplaceLinks(text2)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), `
 this is one link: <a href="https://example.org" rel="noopener">example.org</a>

@ -121,16 +151,16 @@ these should be deduplicated
 `, replaced)
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText3() {
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText3() {
 	// we know mailto links won't be replaced with hrefs -- we only accept https and http
-	replaced := text.ReplaceLinks(text3)
+	replaced := suite.formatter.ReplaceLinks(text3)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), `
 here's a mailto link: mailto:whatever@test.org
 `, replaced)
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText4() {
-	replaced := text.ReplaceLinks(text4)
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText4() {
+	replaced := suite.formatter.ReplaceLinks(text4)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), `
 two similar links:

@ -140,9 +170,9 @@ two similar links:
 `, replaced)
 }

-func (suite *TextTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText5() {
+func (suite *LinkTestSuite) TestReplaceLinksFromText5() {
 	// we know this one doesn't work properly, which is why html should always be sanitized before being passed into the ReplaceLinks function
-	replaced := text.ReplaceLinks(text5)
+	replaced := suite.formatter.ReplaceLinks(text5)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), `
 what happens when we already have a link within an href?

@ -150,6 +180,6 @@ what happens when we already have a link within an href?
 `, replaced)
 }

-func TestTextTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
-	suite.Run(t, new(TextTestSuite))
+func TestLinkTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(LinkTestSuite))
 }
--- a/internal/text/markdown.go
+++ b/internal/text/markdown.go
@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 package text

 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
@ -39,20 +36,11 @@ func (f *formatter) FromMarkdown(md string, mentions []*gtsmodel.Mention, tags [
 	// do the markdown parsing *first*
 	content = string(blackfriday.Run([]byte(content), blackfriday.WithExtensions(bfExtensions)))

-	// format mentions nicely
-	for _, menchie := range mentions {
-		targetAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-		if err := f.db.GetByID(menchie.TargetAccountID, targetAccount); err == nil {
-			mentionContent := fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="h-card"><a href="%s" class="u-url mention">@<span>%s</span></a></span>`, targetAccount.URL, targetAccount.Username)
-			content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, menchie.NameString, mentionContent)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// format tags nicely
-	for _, tag := range tags {
-		tagContent := fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>%s</span></a>`, tag.URL, tag.Name)
-		content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, fmt.Sprintf("#%s", tag.Name), tagContent)
-	}
+	content = f.ReplaceTags(content, tags)
+
+	// format mentions nicely
+	content = f.ReplaceMentions(content, mentions)

 	return postformat(content)
 }
--- a/internal/text/plain.go
+++ b/internal/text/plain.go
@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package text

 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
@ -29,22 +28,13 @@ func (f *formatter) FromPlain(plain string, mentions []*gtsmodel.Mention, tags [
 	content := preformat(plain)

 	// format links nicely
-	content = ReplaceLinks(content)
-
-	// format mentions nicely
-	for _, menchie := range mentions {
-		targetAccount := &gtsmodel.Account{}
-		if err := f.db.GetByID(menchie.TargetAccountID, targetAccount); err == nil {
-			mentionContent := fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="h-card"><a href="%s" class="u-url mention">@<span>%s</span></a></span>`, targetAccount.URL, targetAccount.Username)
-			content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, menchie.NameString, mentionContent)
-		}
-	}
+	content = f.ReplaceLinks(content)

 	// format tags nicely
-	for _, tag := range tags {
-		tagContent := fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>%s</span></a>`, tag.URL, tag.Name)
-		content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, fmt.Sprintf("#%s", tag.Name), tagContent)
-	}
+	content = f.ReplaceTags(content, tags)
+
+	// format mentions nicely
+	content = f.ReplaceMentions(content, mentions)

 	// replace newlines with breaks
 	content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "\n", "<br />")
--- a/internal/text/plain_test.go
+++ b/internal/text/plain_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.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.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package text_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/text"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/testrig"
+)
+
+const (
+	simple         = "this is a plain and simple status"
+	simpleExpected = "<p>this is a plain and simple status</p>"
+
+	withTag         = "this is a simple status that uses hashtag #welcome!"
+	withTagExpected = "<p>this is a simple status that uses hashtag <a href=\"http://localhost:8080/tags/welcome\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#<span>welcome</span></a>!</p>"
+)
+
+type PlainTestSuite struct {
+	TextStandardTestSuite
+}
+
+func (suite *PlainTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	suite.testTokens = testrig.NewTestTokens()
+	suite.testClients = testrig.NewTestClients()
+	suite.testApplications = testrig.NewTestApplications()
+	suite.testUsers = testrig.NewTestUsers()
+	suite.testAccounts = testrig.NewTestAccounts()
+	suite.testAttachments = testrig.NewTestAttachments()
+	suite.testStatuses = testrig.NewTestStatuses()
+	suite.testTags = testrig.NewTestTags()
+}
+
+func (suite *PlainTestSuite) SetupTest() {
+	suite.config = testrig.NewTestConfig()
+	suite.db = testrig.NewTestDB()
+	suite.log = testrig.NewTestLog()
+	suite.formatter = text.NewFormatter(suite.config, suite.db, suite.log)
+
+	testrig.StandardDBSetup(suite.db)
+}
+
+func (suite *PlainTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
+	testrig.StandardDBTeardown(suite.db)
+}
+
+func (suite *PlainTestSuite) TestParseSimple() {
+	f := suite.formatter.FromPlain(simple, nil, nil)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), simpleExpected, f)
+}
+
+func (suite *PlainTestSuite) TestParseWithTag() {
+
+	foundTags := []*gtsmodel.Tag{
+		suite.testTags["welcome"],
+	}
+
+	f := suite.formatter.FromPlain(withTag, nil, foundTags)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), withTagExpected, f)
+}
+
+func TestPlainTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(PlainTestSuite))
+}
--- a/internal/text/sanitize.go
+++ b/internal/text/sanitize.go
@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ import (
 var regular *bluemonday.Policy = bluemonday.UGCPolicy().
 	RequireNoReferrerOnLinks(true).
 	RequireNoFollowOnLinks(true).
-	RequireCrossOriginAnonymous(true)
+	RequireCrossOriginAnonymous(true).
+	AddTargetBlankToFullyQualifiedLinks(true)
+
+// outgoing policy should be used on statuses we've already parsed and added our own elements etc to. It is less strict than regular.
+var outgoing *bluemonday.Policy = regular.
+	AllowAttrs("class", "href", "rel").OnElements("a").
+	AllowAttrs("class").OnElements("span")

 // '[C]an be thought of as equivalent to stripping all HTML elements and their attributes as it has nothing on its allowlist.
 // An example usage scenario would be blog post titles where HTML tags are not expected at all
@ -48,3 +54,9 @@ func SanitizeHTML(in string) string {
 func RemoveHTML(in string) string {
 	return strict.Sanitize(in)
 }
+
+// SanitizeOutgoing cleans up HTML in the given string, allowing through only safe elements and elements that were added during the parsing process.
+// This should be used on text that we've already converted into HTML, just to catch any weirdness.
+func SanitizeOutgoing(in string) string {
+	return outgoing.Sanitize(in)
+}
--- a/internal/util/regexes.go
+++ b/internal/util/regexes.go
@ -30,25 +30,26 @@ const (
 )

 var (
-	mentionNameRegexString = `^@([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)(?:@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)?)$`
+	mentionNameRegexString = `^@(\w+)(?:@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)?)$`
 	// mention name regex captures the username and domain part from a mention string
 	// such as @whatever_user@example.org, returning whatever_user and example.org (without the @ symbols)
 	mentionNameRegex = regexp.MustCompile(mentionNameRegexString)

 	// mention regex can be played around with here: https://regex101.com/r/qwM9D3/1
-	mentionFinderRegexString = `(?: |^|\W)(@[a-zA-Z0-9_]+(?:@[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)?)(?:[^a-zA-Z0-9]|\W|$)?`
+	mentionFinderRegexString = `(?:\B)(@\w+(?:@[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)?)(?:\B)?`
 	mentionFinderRegex       = regexp.MustCompile(mentionFinderRegexString)

-	// hashtag regex can be played with here: https://regex101.com/r/Vhy8pg/1
-	hashtagFinderRegexString = fmt.Sprintf(`(?:\b)?#(\w{1,%d})(?:\b)`, maximumHashtagLength)
-	hashtagFinderRegex       = regexp.MustCompile(hashtagFinderRegexString)
+	// hashtag regex can be played with here: https://regex101.com/r/bPxeca/1
+	hashtagFinderRegexString = fmt.Sprintf(`(?:^|\n|\s)(#[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,%d})(?:\b)`, maximumHashtagLength)
+	// HashtagFinderRegex finds possible hashtags in a string.
+	// It returns just the string part of the hashtag, not the # symbol.
+	HashtagFinderRegex = regexp.MustCompile(hashtagFinderRegexString)

-	// emoji shortcode regex can be played with here: https://regex101.com/r/zMDRaG/1
-	emojiShortcodeRegexString     = fmt.Sprintf(`[a-z0-9_]{2,%d}`, maximumEmojiShortcodeLength)
+	emojiShortcodeRegexString     = fmt.Sprintf(`\w{2,%d}`, maximumEmojiShortcodeLength)
 	emojiShortcodeValidationRegex = regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("^%s$", emojiShortcodeRegexString))

 	// emoji regex can be played with here: https://regex101.com/r/478XGM/1
-	emojiFinderRegexString = fmt.Sprintf(`(?: |^|\W)?:(%s):(?:\b|\r)?`, emojiShortcodeRegexString)
+	emojiFinderRegexString = fmt.Sprintf(`(?:\B)?:(%s):(?:\B)?`, emojiShortcodeRegexString)
 	emojiFinderRegex       = regexp.MustCompile(emojiFinderRegexString)

 	// usernameRegexString defines an acceptable username on this instance
--- a/internal/util/statustools.go
+++ b/internal/util/statustools.go
@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 //
 // It will look for fully-qualified account names in the form "@user@example.org".
 // or the form "@username" for local users.
-// The case of the returned mentions will be lowered, for consistency.
 func DeriveMentionsFromStatus(status string) []string {
 	mentionedAccounts := []string{}
 	for _, m := range mentionFinderRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(status, -1) {
@ -44,16 +43,15 @@ func DeriveMentionsFromStatus(status string) []string {
 // tags will be lowered, for consistency.
 func DeriveHashtagsFromStatus(status string) []string {
 	tags := []string{}
-	for _, m := range hashtagFinderRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(status, -1) {
-		tags = append(tags, m[1])
+	for _, m := range HashtagFinderRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(status, -1) {
+		tags = append(tags, strings.TrimPrefix(m[1], "#"))
 	}
-	return unique(tags)
+	return uniqueLower(tags)
 }

 // DeriveEmojisFromStatus takes a plaintext (ie., not html-formatted) status,
 // and applies a regex to it to return a deduplicated list of emojis
-// used in that status, without the surround ::. The case of the returned
-// emojis will be lowered, for consistency.
+// used in that status, without the surround ::.
 func DeriveEmojisFromStatus(status string) []string {
 	emojis := []string{}
 	for _, m := range emojiFinderRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(status, -1) {
@ -94,3 +92,17 @@ func unique(s []string) []string {
 	}
 	return list
 }
+
+// uniqueLower returns a deduplicated version of a given string slice, with all entries converted to lowercase
+func uniqueLower(s []string) []string {
+	keys := make(map[string]bool)
+	list := []string{}
+	for _, entry := range s {
+		eLower := strings.ToLower(entry)
+		if _, value := keys[eLower]; !value {
+			keys[eLower] = true
+			list = append(list, eLower)
+		}
+	}
+	return list
+}
--- a/internal/util/statustools_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/statustools_test.go
@ -37,17 +37,22 @@ func (suite *StatusTestSuite) TestDeriveMentionsOK() {

 	@someone_else@testing.best-horse.com can you confirm? @hello@test.lgbt

-	@thisisalocaluser ! @NORWILL@THIS.one!!
+	@thisisalocaluser!
+
+	here is a duplicate mention: @hello@test.lgbt @hello@test.lgbt
+
+	@account1@whatever.com @account2@whatever.com

-	here is a duplicate mention: @hello@test.lgbt
 	`

 	menchies := util.DeriveMentionsFromStatus(statusText)
-	assert.Len(suite.T(), menchies, 4)
+	assert.Len(suite.T(), menchies, 6)
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "@dumpsterqueer@example.org", menchies[0])
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "@someone_else@testing.best-horse.com", menchies[1])
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "@hello@test.lgbt", menchies[2])
 	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "@thisisalocaluser", menchies[3])
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "@account1@whatever.com", menchies[4])
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "@account2@whatever.com", menchies[5])
 }

 func (suite *StatusTestSuite) TestDeriveMentionsEmpty() {
@ -57,12 +62,14 @@ func (suite *StatusTestSuite) TestDeriveMentionsEmpty() {
 }

 func (suite *StatusTestSuite) TestDeriveHashtagsOK() {
-	statusText := `#testing123 #also testing
+	statusText := `weeeeeeee #testing123 #also testing

 # testing this one shouldn't work

 			#thisshouldwork

+	here's a link with a fragment: https://example.org/whatever#ahhh
+
 #ThisShouldAlsoWork #not_this_though

 #111111 thisalsoshouldn'twork#### ##`
--- a/internal/util/validation_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/validation_test.go
@ -102,32 +102,32 @@ func (suite *ValidationTestSuite) TestValidateUsername() {

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(tooLong)
 	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("username should be no more than 64 chars but '%s' was 66", tooLong), err)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores, max 64 characters", tooLong), err)
 	}

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(withSpaces)
 	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores", withSpaces), err)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores, max 64 characters", withSpaces), err)
 	}

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(weirdChars)
 	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores", weirdChars), err)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores, max 64 characters", weirdChars), err)
 	}

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(leadingSpace)
 	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores", leadingSpace), err)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores, max 64 characters", leadingSpace), err)
 	}

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(trailingSpace)
 	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores", trailingSpace), err)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores, max 64 characters", trailingSpace), err)
 	}

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(newlines)
 	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores", newlines), err)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("given username %s was invalid: must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores, max 64 characters", newlines), err)
 	}

 	err = util.ValidateUsername(goodUsername)
@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ func (suite *ValidationTestSuite) TestValidateEmail() {
 	notAnEmailAddress := "this-is-no-email-address!"
 	almostAnEmailAddress := "@thisisalmostan@email.address"
 	aWebsite := "https://thisisawebsite.com"
-	tooLong := "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh@gmail.com"
 	emailAddress := "thisis.actually@anemail.address"
 	var err error

@ -165,11 +164,6 @@ func (suite *ValidationTestSuite) TestValidateEmail() {
 		assert.Equal(suite.T(), errors.New("mail: missing '@' or angle-addr"), err)
 	}

-	err = util.ValidateEmail(tooLong)
-	if assert.Error(suite.T(), err) {
-		assert.Equal(suite.T(), fmt.Errorf("email address should be no more than 256 chars but '%s' was 286", tooLong), err)
-	}
-
 	err = util.ValidateEmail(emailAddress)
 	if assert.NoError(suite.T(), err) {
 		assert.Equal(suite.T(), nil, err)
--- a/testrig/testmodels.go
+++ b/testrig/testmodels.go
@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ func NewTestTags() map[string]*gtsmodel.Tag {
 	return map[string]*gtsmodel.Tag{
 		"welcome": {
 			ID:                     "01F8MHA1A2NF9MJ3WCCQ3K8BSZ",
+			URL:                    "http://localhost:8080/tags/welcome",
 			Name:                   "welcome",
 			FirstSeenFromAccountID: "",
 			CreatedAt:              time.Now().Add(-71 * time.Hour),