blacklist moved to it's own yml

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /tmp
 config.yml
 whitelist.yml
+blacklist.yml
 relay_metadata.json
 grain.exe
 /build

app/static/examples/blacklist.example.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+enabled: true
+permanent_ban_words:
+  - nigger
+temp_ban_words:
+  - crypto
+  - web3
+  - airdrop
+max_temp_bans: 3
+temp_ban_duration: 3600
+permanent_blacklist_pubkeys:
+  - db0c9b8acd6101adb9b281c5321f98f6eebb33c5719d230ed1870997538a9765
+permanent_blacklist_npubs:
+  - npub1x0r5gflnk2mn6h3c70nvnywpy2j46gzqwg6k7uw6fxswyz0md9qqnhshtn

app/static/examples/config.example.yml

@@ -63,20 +63,6 @@ rate_limit:
       limit: 25
       burst: 50
 
-blacklist: #Removing a pubkey from the Blacklist requires a hard restart; Blacklist overides the Whitelist
-  enabled: true
-  permanent_ban_words: [] # Words that trigger a permanent ban
-  temp_ban_words: # Words that trigger a temporary ban
-    - crypto
-    - web3
-    - airdrop
-  max_temp_bans: 3 # Number of temporary bans before a permanent ban
-  temp_ban_duration: 3600 # Temporary ban duration in seconds
-  permanent_blacklist_pubkeys: # List of permanently banned public keys
-    - db0c9b8acd6101adb9b281c5321f98f6eebb33c5719d230ed1870997538a9765
-  permanent_blacklist_npubs: # List of permanently banned npubs
-    - npub1x0r5gflnk2mn6h3c70nvnywpy2j46gzqwg6k7uw6fxswyz0md9qqnhshtn
-
 event_purge:
   enabled: true # Toggle to enable/disable event purging
   keep_duration_days: 2 # Number of days to keep events

config/Blacklist.go

@@ -15,27 +15,26 @@ import (
 
 // CheckBlacklist checks if a pubkey is in the blacklist based on event content
 func CheckBlacklist(pubkey, eventContent string) (bool, string) {
-	blacklistConfig := GetConfig().Blacklist
+    blacklistConfig := GetBlacklistConfig()
-
+    if blacklistConfig == nil || !blacklistConfig.Enabled {
-	if !blacklistConfig.Enabled {
         return false, ""
     }
 
     log.Printf("Checking blacklist for pubkey: %s", pubkey)
 
-	// Check for permanent blacklist by pubkey or npub
+    // Check for permanent blacklist by pubkey or npub.
     if isPubKeyPermanentlyBlacklisted(pubkey, blacklistConfig) {
         log.Printf("Pubkey %s is permanently blacklisted", pubkey)
         return true, fmt.Sprintf("pubkey %s is permanently blacklisted", pubkey)
     }
 
-	// Check for temporary ban
+    // Check for temporary ban.
     if isPubKeyTemporarilyBlacklisted(pubkey) {
         log.Printf("Pubkey %s is temporarily blacklisted", pubkey)
         return true, fmt.Sprintf("pubkey %s is temporarily blacklisted", pubkey)
     }
 
-	// Check for permanent ban based on wordlist
+    // Check for permanent ban based on wordlist.
     for _, word := range blacklistConfig.PermanentBanWords {
         if strings.Contains(eventContent, word) {
             err := AddToPermanentBlacklist(pubkey)
@@ -46,10 +45,10 @@ func CheckBlacklist(pubkey, eventContent string) (bool, string) {
         }
     }
 
-	// Check for temporary ban based on wordlist
+    // Check for temporary ban based on wordlist.
     for _, word := range blacklistConfig.TempBanWords {
         if strings.Contains(eventContent, word) {
-			err := AddToTemporaryBlacklist(pubkey, blacklistConfig)
+            err := AddToTemporaryBlacklist(pubkey, *blacklistConfig)
             if err != nil {
                 return true, fmt.Sprintf("pubkey %s is temporarily banned and failed to save: %v", pubkey, err)
             }
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ func CheckBlacklist(pubkey, eventContent string) (bool, string) {
     return false, ""
 }
 
+
 // Checks if a pubkey is temporarily blacklisted
 func isPubKeyTemporarilyBlacklisted(pubkey string) bool {
 	mu.Lock()
@@ -142,20 +142,19 @@ func AddToTemporaryBlacklist(pubkey string, blacklistConfig types.BlacklistConfi
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Checks if a pubkey is permanently blacklisted (only using config.yml)
+func isPubKeyPermanentlyBlacklisted(pubKey string, blacklistConfig *types.BlacklistConfig) bool {
-func isPubKeyPermanentlyBlacklisted(pubKey string, blacklistConfig types.BlacklistConfig) bool {
+    if blacklistConfig == nil || !blacklistConfig.Enabled {
-	if !blacklistConfig.Enabled {
         return false
     }
 
-	// Check pubkeys
+    // Check pubkeys.
     for _, blacklistedKey := range blacklistConfig.PermanentBlacklistPubkeys {
         if pubKey == blacklistedKey {
             return true
         }
     }
 
-	// Check npubs
+    // Check npubs.
     for _, npub := range blacklistConfig.PermanentBlacklistNpubs {
         decodedPubKey, err := utils.DecodeNpub(npub)
         if err != nil {
@@ -171,31 +170,30 @@ func isPubKeyPermanentlyBlacklisted(pubKey string, blacklistConfig types.Blackli
 }
 
 func AddToPermanentBlacklist(pubkey string) error {
-	// Remove the mutex lock from here
+    blacklistConfig := GetBlacklistConfig()
-	blacklistConfig := GetConfig().Blacklist
+    if blacklistConfig == nil {
+        return fmt.Errorf("blacklist configuration is not loaded")
+    }
 
-	// Check if already blacklisted
+    // Check if already blacklisted.
     if isPubKeyPermanentlyBlacklisted(pubkey, blacklistConfig) {
         return fmt.Errorf("pubkey %s is already in the permanent blacklist", pubkey)
     }
 
-	// Add pubkey to the blacklist
+    // Add pubkey to the permanent blacklist.
     blacklistConfig.PermanentBlacklistPubkeys = append(blacklistConfig.PermanentBlacklistPubkeys, pubkey)
 
-	// Persist changes to config.yml
+    // Persist changes to blacklist.yml.
-	return saveBlacklistConfig(blacklistConfig)
+    return saveBlacklistConfig(*blacklistConfig)
 }
 
 func saveBlacklistConfig(blacklistConfig types.BlacklistConfig) error {
-	configData := GetConfig()
+    data, err := yaml.Marshal(blacklistConfig)
-	configData.Blacklist = blacklistConfig
-
-	data, err := yaml.Marshal(configData)
     if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal config: %v", err)
+        return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal blacklist config: %v", err)
     }
 
-	err = os.WriteFile("config.yml", data, 0644)
+    err = os.WriteFile("blacklist.yml", data, 0644)
     if err != nil {
         return fmt.Errorf("failed to write config to file: %v", err)
     }

config/loadConfig.go

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import (
 var (
     cfg            *configTypes.ServerConfig
     whitelistCfg   *configTypes.WhitelistConfig
+    blacklistCfg   *configTypes.BlacklistConfig
     once           sync.Once
     whitelistOnce  sync.Once
+    blacklistOnce  sync.Once
 )
 
 // LoadConfig loads the server configuration from config.yml
@@ -63,3 +65,27 @@ func GetConfig() *configTypes.ServerConfig {
 func GetWhitelistConfig() *configTypes.WhitelistConfig {
     return whitelistCfg
 }
+
+// LoadBlacklistConfig loads the blacklist configuration from blacklist.yml
+func LoadBlacklistConfig(filename string) (*configTypes.BlacklistConfig, error) {
+    data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    var config configTypes.BlacklistConfig
+    err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    blacklistOnce.Do(func() {
+        blacklistCfg = &config
+    })
+
+    return blacklistCfg, nil
+}
+
+func GetBlacklistConfig() *configTypes.BlacklistConfig {
+    return blacklistCfg
+}

main.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 func main() {
     utils.EnsureFileExists("config.yml", "app/static/examples/config.example.yml")
     utils.EnsureFileExists("whitelist.yml", "app/static/examples/whitelist.example.yml")
+	utils.EnsureFileExists("blacklist.yml", "app/static/examples/blacklist.example.yml")
     utils.EnsureFileExists("relay_metadata.json", "app/static/examples/relay_metadata.example.json")
 
     restartChan := make(chan struct{})
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ func main() {
             log.Fatal("Error loading whitelist config: ", err)
         }
 
+		_, err = config.LoadBlacklistConfig("blacklist.yml")
+        if err != nil {
+            log.Fatal("Error loading blacklist config: ", err)
+        }
+
         go mongo.ScheduleEventPurging(cfg)
 
         config.SetResourceLimit(&cfg.ResourceLimits)

server/handlers/event.go

@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ func HandleEvent(ws *websocket.Conn, message []interface{}) {
 }
 
 func handleBlacklistAndWhitelist(ws *websocket.Conn, evt nostr.Event) bool {
+    // Get the current whitelist configuration
     whitelistCfg := config.GetWhitelistConfig()
+    if whitelistCfg == nil {
+        fmt.Println("Whitelist configuration is not loaded.")
+        response.SendNotice(ws, "", "Internal server error: whitelist configuration is missing")
+        return false
+    }
 
     // If domain whitelisting is enabled, dynamically fetch pubkeys from domains
     if whitelistCfg.DomainWhitelist.Enabled {
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ func handleBlacklistAndWhitelist(ws *websocket.Conn, evt nostr.Event) bool {
 
     return true
 }
+
 func handleRateAndSizeLimits(ws *websocket.Conn, evt nostr.Event, eventSize int) bool {
 	rateLimiter := config.GetRateLimiter()
 	sizeLimiter := config.GetSizeLimiter()