various meaningless speedups to render_image.

data.go

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ type Data struct {
 	Kind30818Metadata        Kind30818Metadata
 }
 
-func grabData(ctx context.Context, code string) (Data, error) {
+func grabData(ctx context.Context, code string, withRelays bool) (Data, error) {
 	// code can be a nevent or naddr, in which case we try to fetch the associated event
-	event, relays, err := getEvent(ctx, code, true)
+	event, relays, err := getEvent(ctx, code, withRelays)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Data{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching event: %w", err)
 	}

image_utils.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-text/typesetting/language"
 	"github.com/go-text/typesetting/opentype/api"
 	"github.com/go-text/typesetting/shaping"
+	"github.com/golang/freetype/truetype"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/emoji"
 	"github.com/nfnt/resize"
 	"github.com/srwiley/rasterx"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 	scriptRanges []ScriptRange
 	fontMap      [nSupportedScripts]font.Face
 	emojiFace    font.Face
+	dateFont     *truetype.Font
 
 	defaultLanguageMap = [nSupportedScripts]language.Language{
 		"en-us",
@@ -163,6 +165,9 @@ func initializeImageDrawingStuff() error {
 	fontMap[12] = loadFont("fonts/NotoSansKR.ttf")
 	emojiFace = loadFont("fonts/NotoEmoji.ttf")
 
+	fontData, _ := fonts.ReadFile("fonts/NotoSans.ttf")
+	dateFont, _ = truetype.Parse(fontData)
+
 	// shaper stuff
 	emojiFont = harfbuzz.NewFont(emojiFace)
 
@@ -268,8 +273,11 @@ gotScriptIndex:
 	return lng, script, direction, face
 }
 
-func fetchImageFromURL(url string) (image.Image, error) {
+func fetchImageFromURL(ctx context.Context, url string) (image.Image, error) {
-	response, err := http.Get(url)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Millisecond*350)
+	defer cancel()
+	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", url, nil)
+	response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch image from %s: %w", url, err)
 	}
@@ -703,8 +711,8 @@ func drawShapedBlockAt(
 	return charsWritten, int(math.Ceil(float64(x)))
 }
 
-func drawImageAt(img draw.Image, imageUrl string, startY int) int {
+func drawImageAt(ctx context.Context, img draw.Image, imageUrl string, startY int) int {
-	srcImg, err := fetchImageFromURL(imageUrl)
+	srcImg, err := fetchImageFromURL(ctx, imageUrl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1
 	}
@@ -740,7 +748,7 @@ func drawVideoAt(img draw.Image, videoUrl string, startY int) int {
 	width := img.Bounds().Dx()
 	resizedFrame := resize.Resize(uint(width), 0, imgData, resize.Lanczos3)
 
-	// Draw the play icon on the center of the frame
+	// draw the play icon on the center of the frame
 	videoFrame := image.NewRGBA(resizedFrame.Bounds())
 	draw.Draw(videoFrame, videoFrame.Bounds(), resizedFrame, image.Point{}, draw.Src)
 	iconFile, _ := static.ReadFile("static/play.png")
@@ -754,16 +762,16 @@ func drawVideoAt(img draw.Image, videoUrl string, startY int) int {
 	destRect := image.Rect(posX, posY, posX+iconWidth, posY+iconHeight)
 	draw.Draw(videoFrame, destRect, stampImg, image.Point{}, draw.Over)
 
-	// Draw the modified video frame onto the main canvas
+	// draw the modified video frame onto the main canvas
 	destRect = image.Rect(0, startY, img.Bounds().Dx(), startY+videoFrame.Bounds().Dy())
 	draw.Draw(img, destRect, videoFrame, image.Point{}, draw.Src)
 
 	return startY + videoFrame.Bounds().Dy()
 }
 
-func drawMediaAt(img draw.Image, mediaUrl string, startY int) int {
+func drawMediaAt(ctx context.Context, img draw.Image, mediaUrl string, startY int) int {
 	if isImageURL(mediaUrl) {
-		return drawImageAt(img, mediaUrl, startY)
+		return drawImageAt(ctx, img, mediaUrl, startY)
 	} else if isVideoURL(mediaUrl) {
 		return drawVideoAt(img, mediaUrl, startY)
 	} else {
@@ -772,17 +780,12 @@ func drawMediaAt(img draw.Image, mediaUrl string, startY int) int {
 }
 
 func isImageURL(input string) bool {
-	trimmedURL := strings.TrimSpace(input)
+	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(input)
-	if trimmedURL == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(trimmedURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false // Unable to parse URL, consider it non-image URL
+		return false // unable to parse URL, consider it non-image URL
 	}
 
-	// Extract the path (excluding query string and hash fragment)
+	// extract the path (excluding query string and hash fragment)
 	path := parsedURL.Path
 	imageExtensions := []string{".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif", ".bmp"}
 	for _, ext := range imageExtensions {
@@ -794,14 +797,9 @@ func isImageURL(input string) bool {
 }
 
 func isVideoURL(input string) bool {
-	trimmedURL := strings.TrimSpace(input)
+	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(input)
-	if trimmedURL == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(trimmedURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false // Unable to parse URL, consider it non-image URL
+		return false // unable to parse URL, consider it non-video URL
 	}
 
 	// Extract the path (excluding query string and hash fragment)

oembed.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func renderOEmbed(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	host := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host")
 
-	data, err := grabData(ctx, code)
+	data, err := grabData(ctx, code, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=180")
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Str("code", code).Msg("event not found on oembed")

render_event.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func renderEvent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// get data for this event
-	data, err := grabData(ctx, code)
+	data, err := grabData(ctx, code, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=60")
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Str("code", code).Msg("event not found on render_event")

render_image.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
@@ -45,13 +46,13 @@ func renderImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Trim fake extensions
+	// trim fake extensions
 	extensions := []string{".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg"}
 	for _, ext := range extensions {
 		code = strings.TrimSuffix(code, ext)
 	}
 
-	data, err := grabData(ctx, code)
+	data, err := grabData(ctx, code, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "error fetching event: "+err.Error(), http.StatusNotFound)
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Str("code", code).Msg("event not found on render_image")
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ func renderImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	content = strings.Replace(content, "\t", "  ", -1)
 	content = strings.Replace(content, "\r", "", -1)
 	content = shortenURLs(content, true)
+	if len(content) > 650 {
+		content = content[0:650]
+	}
 
 	// this turns the raw event.Content into a series of lines ready to drawn
 	paragraphs := replaceUserReferencesWithNames(ctx,
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ func renderImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		string(INVISIBLE_SPACE),
 	)
 
-	img, err := drawImage(paragraphs, getPreviewStyle(r), data.event.author, data.createdAt)
+	img, err := drawImage(ctx, paragraphs, getPreviewStyle(r), data.event.author, data.event.CreatedAt.Time())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("failed to draw paragraphs as image")
 		http.Error(w, "error writing image!", 500)
@@ -90,10 +94,11 @@ func renderImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func drawImage(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	paragraphs []string,
 	style Style,
 	metadata sdk.ProfileMetadata,
-	date string,
+	date time.Time,
 ) (image image.Image, err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -146,13 +151,12 @@ func drawImage(
 		addedSize = int(200.0 / largeness * zoom)
 		textFontSize = int(float64(fontSize + addedSize))
 	}
-	textImg, overflowingText := drawParagraphs(paragraphs, textFontSize, width-paddingLeft*2, height-20-barHeight)
+	textImg, overflowingText := drawParagraphs(ctx,
+		paragraphs, textFontSize, width-paddingLeft*2, height-20-barHeight)
 	img.DrawImage(textImg, paddingLeft, 20)
 
 	// font for writing the date
-	fontData, _ := fonts.ReadFile("fonts/NotoSans.ttf")
+	img.SetFontFace(truetype.NewFace(dateFont, &truetype.Options{
-	ttf, _ := truetype.Parse(fontData)
-	img.SetFontFace(truetype.NewFace(ttf, &truetype.Options{
 		Size:    (6 * barScale),
 		DPI:     260,
 		Hinting: xfont.HintingFull,
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ func drawImage(
 	authorTextX := paddingLeft
 	picHeight := barHeight - 20
 	if metadata.Picture != "" {
-		authorImage, err := fetchImageFromURL(metadata.Picture)
+		authorImage, err := fetchImageFromURL(ctx, metadata.Picture)
 		if err == nil {
 			resizedAuthorImage := resize.Resize(uint(barHeight-20), uint(picHeight), roundImage(cropToSquare(authorImage)), resize.Lanczos3)
 			img.DrawImage(resizedAuthorImage, paddingLeft, height-barHeight+10)
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ func drawImage(
 	}
 
 	img.SetColor(color.White)
-	textImg, _ = drawParagraphs([]string{metadata.ShortName()}, fontSize, width, barHeight)
+	textImg, _ = drawParagraphs(ctx, []string{metadata.ShortName()}, fontSize, width, barHeight)
 	img.DrawImage(textImg, authorTextX, authorTextY)
 
 	// a gradient to cover too long names
@@ -221,17 +225,15 @@ func drawImage(
 	stampY := height - barHeight + (barHeight-int(stampHeight))/2
 	img.DrawImage(resizedStampImg, stampX, stampY)
 
-	// Draw event date
+	// draw event date
-	layout := "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+	formattedDate := date.Format("Jan 02, 2006")
-	parsedTime, _ := time.Parse(layout, date)
-	formattedDate := parsedTime.Format("Jan 02, 2006")
 	img.SetColor(color.RGBA{160, 160, 160, 255})
 	img.DrawStringWrapped(formattedDate, float64(width-paddingLeft-int(stampWidth)-250), float64(height-barHeight+(barHeight-int(stampHeight))/2)+3, 0, 0, float64(240), 1.5, gg.AlignRight)
 
 	return img.Image(), nil
 }
 
-func drawParagraphs(paragraphs []string, fontSize int, width, height int) (image.Image, bool) {
+func drawParagraphs(ctx context.Context, paragraphs []string, fontSize int, width, height int) (image.Image, bool) {
 	img := image.NewNRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, width, height))
 
 	lineNumber := 1
@@ -239,16 +241,23 @@ func drawParagraphs(paragraphs []string, fontSize int, width, height int) (image
 	for i := 0; i < len(paragraphs); i++ {
 		paragraph := paragraphs[i]
 
-		// Skip empty lines if the next element is an image
+		if paragraph == "" {
-		if paragraph == "" && len(paragraphs) > i+1 && isMediaURL(paragraphs[i+1]) {
+			// do not draw lines if the next element is an image
-			continue
+			if len(paragraphs) > i+1 && isMediaURL(paragraphs[i+1]) {
+				continue
+			} else {
+				// just move us down a little then jump to the next line
+				lineNumber++
+				yPos = yPos + fontSize*12/10
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 
 		if isMediaURL(paragraph) {
 			if i == 0 {
 				yPos = 0
 			}
-			next := drawMediaAt(img, paragraph, yPos)
+			next := drawMediaAt(ctx, img, paragraph, yPos)
 			if next != -1 {
 				yPos = next
 				// this means the media picture was successfully drawn
@@ -269,7 +278,7 @@ func drawParagraphs(paragraphs []string, fontSize int, width, height int) (image
 
 		totalCharsWritten := 0
 		for _, line := range lines {
-			for _, out := range line {
+			for _, out := range line { // this iteration is useless because there is always just one line
 				charsWritten, _ := drawShapedBlockAt(
 					img,
 					fontSize,

utils.go

@@ -264,20 +264,22 @@ func getNameFromNip19(ctx context.Context, nip19code string) (string, bool) {
 // replaces an npub/nprofile with the name of the author, if possible.
 // meant to be used when plaintext is expected, not formatted HTML.
 func replaceUserReferencesWithNames(ctx context.Context, input []string, prefix string) []string {
-	// Match and replace npup1 or nprofile1
+	// match and replace npup1 or nprofile1
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*3)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	for i, line := range input {
-		input[i] = nostrNpubNprofileMatcher.ReplaceAllStringFunc(line, func(match string) string {
+		input[i] = strings.TrimSpace(
-			submatch := nostrNpubNprofileMatcher.FindStringSubmatch(match)
+			nostrNpubNprofileMatcher.ReplaceAllStringFunc(line, func(match string) string {
-			nip19code := submatch[1]
+				submatch := nostrNpubNprofileMatcher.FindStringSubmatch(match)
-			name, ok := getNameFromNip19(ctx, nip19code)
+				nip19code := submatch[1]
-			if ok {
+				name, ok := getNameFromNip19(ctx, nip19code)
-				return prefix + strings.ReplaceAll(name, " ", string(THIN_SPACE))
+				if ok {
-			}
+					return prefix + strings.ReplaceAll(name, " ", string(THIN_SPACE))
-			return nip19code[0:10] + "…" + nip19code[len(nip19code)-5:]
+				}
-		})
+				return nip19code[0:10] + "…" + nip19code[len(nip19code)-5:]
+			}),
+		)
 	}
 	return input
 }