store/wishlist_add: ratelimit wishlist proposal to once every 15 days per user

store/app.py

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ from utils import (
     get_wishlist,
     get_stars,
     get_app_md_and_screenshots,
+    save_wishlist_submit_for_ratelimit,
+    check_wishlist_submit_ratelimit,
 )
 
 app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path="/assets", static_folder="assets")
@@ -199,7 +201,6 @@ def add_to_wishlist():
                 successmsg=None,
                 errormsg=errormsg,
             )
-
         csrf_token = request.form["csrf_token"]
 
         if csrf_token != session.get("csrf_token"):
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ def add_to_wishlist():
         boring_keywords_to_check_for_people_not_reading_the_instructions = ["free", "open source", "open-source", "self-hosted", "simple", "lightweight", "light-weight", "best", "most", "fast", "flexible", "puissante", "powerful", "secure"]
 
         checks = [
+            (
+                check_wishlist_submit_ratelimit(session['user']['username']) is True,
+                _("Proposing wishlist additions is limited to once every 15 days per user.")
+            ),
             (len(name) >= 3, _("App name should be at least 3 characters")),
             (len(name) <= 30, _("App name should be less than 30 characters")),
             (
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ def add_to_wishlist():
                 _("Please focus on what the app does, without using marketing, fuzzy terms, or repeating that the app is 'free' and 'self-hostable'.")
             ),
             (
-                description.lower().split()[0] != name an description.lower().split()[1] not in ["is", "est"],
+                description.lower().split()[0] != name and (len(description.split()) == 1 or description.lower().split()[1] not in ["is", "est"]),
                 _("No need to repeat '{app} is'. Focus on what the app does.")
             )
         ]
@@ -369,6 +374,9 @@ Description: {description}
             "Your proposed app has succesfully been submitted. It must now be validated by the YunoHost team. You can track progress here: <a href='%(url)s'>%(url)s</a>",
             url=url,
         )
+
+        save_wishlist_submit_for_ratelimit(session['user']['username'])
+
         return render_template(
             "wishlist_add.html",
             locale=get_locale(),

store/templates/wishlist_add.html

@@ -28,20 +28,22 @@
         <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>
           {{ _("You must first login to be allowed to submit an app to the wishlist") }}
           <br/><br/>
+      </p>
+      <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-orange-700">
           {{ _("Note that, due to various abuses, we restricted login on the app store to 'trust level 1' users.<br/><br/>'Trust level 1' is obtained after interacting a minimum with the forum, and more specifically: entering at least 5 topics, reading at least 30 posts, and spending at least 10 minutes reading posts.") }}
       </p>
     </div>
-    {% endif %}
-
-    <div role="alert" class="rounded-md border-s-4 border-sky-500 bg-sky-50 p-4">
-      <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-sky-700 font-bold">
-        <i class="fa fa-info-circle fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-          {{ _("Please check the license of the app your are proposing") }}
+    {% else %}
+    <div role="alert" class="rounded-md border-s-4 border-orange-500 bg-orange-50 p-4 mb-5">
+      <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-orange-700 font-bold">
+        <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+          {{ _("Due to abuses, only one proposal every 15 days per user is allowed.") }}
       </p>
-      <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-sky-700">
-          {{ _("The YunoHost project will only package free/open-source software (with possible case-by-case exceptions for apps which are not-totally-free)") }}
+      <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-orange-700">
+          {{ _("Reviewing those proposals is tiring for volunteers, please don't yolo-send every random nerdy stuff you find on the Internet.") }}
       </p>
     </div>
+    {% endif %}
 
     {% if errormsg %}
     <div role="alert" class="rounded-md border-s-4 border-red-500 bg-red-50 p-4 my-5">

store/utils.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import time
 import base64
 import os
 import json
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ import subprocess
 import pycmarkgfm
 from emoji import emojize
 from flask import request
-
+from hashlib import md5
 
 AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES = ["en"] + os.listdir("translations")
 
@@ -92,6 +93,26 @@ def get_stars():
 get_stars.cache_checksum = None
 get_stars()
 
+def check_wishlist_submit_ratelimit(user):
+
+    dir_ = os.path.join(".wishlist_ratelimit")
+    if not os.path.exists(dir_):
+        os.mkdir(dir_)
+
+    f = os.path.join(dir_, md5(user.encode()).hexdigest())
+
+    return not os.path.exists(f) or (time.time() - os.path.getmtime(f)) > (15 * 24 * 3600) # 15 days
+
+def save_wishlist_submit_for_ratelimit(user):
+
+    dir_ = os.path.join(".wishlist_ratelimit")
+    if not os.path.exists(dir_):
+        os.mkdir(dir_)
+
+    f = os.path.join(dir_, md5(user.encode()).hexdigest())
+
+    open(f, "w").write("")
+
 
 def human_to_binary(size: str) -> int:
     symbols = ("K", "M", "G", "T", "P", "E", "Z", "Y")