Adding max_mentions to prevent spam

[dave105010]

Is there a built-in method or any easy solution to add max_mention_count kinda functionality to prevent spam?

Let's say someone mentioned 40 users but that's highly unlikely and probably will be done by a bot.

if there isn't any build-in method, where can I add that number limit before processing the mentions?

[pmviva]

Hi, actually there's no way to limit the maximum number of mentions implemented in the framework. A suggestion I haven't tested yet, you could implement a custom mention processor and then override the find_mentionees_by_handles method. In there you can raise an error or slice the handles array.

  def find_mentionees_by_handles(*handles)
    handles = handles.slice(0, MAX_MENTIONS_COUNT)
    User.where(username: handles)
  end

  def find_mentionees_by_handles(*handles)
    raise 'Spam detected' unless handles.length <= MAX_MENTIONS_COUNT
    User.where(username: handles)
  end

Hope that helps!

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