working ids and activity lookups

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/models/outbox_item.go b/models/outbox_item.go
index 9950d9c..9d9de97 100644
--- a/models/outbox_item.go
+++ b/models/outbox_item.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type OutboxItem struct {
 	CreatedAt time.Time
 }
 
-// used for lookup purposes (count, collect)
+// used for lookup purposes (count, collect, find)
 func NewOutboxItem(h config.Handler) *OutboxItem {
 	aso := &OutboxItem{Handler: h}
 	return aso
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ func CreateOutboxItem(h config.Handler, content []byte) *OutboxItem {
 		Handler:   h,
 		CreatedAt: t,
 		Content:   content,
-		Id:        k.Bytes(),
+		Id:        []byte(k.String()), // NOTE: we want the bytes of the string representation of a hash, NOT a binary hash
 	}
 	return aso
 }
 
-func (a *OutboxItem) keyName() []byte {
-	key := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", a.Keybase(), a.Id)
-	return []byte(key)
+func (a *OutboxItem) Key() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", a.Keybase(), a.Id)
 }
 
 func (a *OutboxItem) Keybase() string {
@@ -59,6 +58,6 @@ func (a *OutboxItem) Save(txn *badger.Txn) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not encode outbox item: %w", err)
 	}
-	e := badger.NewEntry(a.keyName(), network.Bytes())
+	e := badger.NewEntry([]byte(a.Key()), network.Bytes())
 	return txn.SetEntry(e)
 }