Return empty array instead of error if search for remote profile fails

src/activitypub/fetcher.rs

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_profile(
     let webfinger_data = client.get(&webfinger_url)
         .query(&[("resource", webfinger_account_uri)])
         .send().await?
+        .error_for_status()?
         .text().await?;
     let jrd: JsonResourceDescriptor = serde_json::from_str(&webfinger_data)?;
     let link = jrd.links.iter()

src/mastodon_api/search/helpers.rs

@@ -33,17 +33,19 @@ async fn search_profiles(
     if profiles.len() == 0 && instance.is_some() {
         let instance_uri = instance.unwrap();
         let media_dir = config.media_dir();
-        let profile_data = fetch_profile(&username, &instance_uri, &media_dir).await
+        match fetch_profile(&username, &instance_uri, &media_dir).await {
-            .map_err(|err| {
+            Ok(profile_data) => {
+                let profile = create_profile(db_client, &profile_data).await?;
+                log::info!(
+                    "imported profile '{}'",
+                    profile.acct,
+                );
+                profiles.push(profile);
+            },
+            Err(err) => {
                 log::warn!("{}", err);
-                HttpError::NotFoundError("remote profile")
+            },
-            })?;
+        }
-        let profile = create_profile(db_client, &profile_data).await?;
-        log::info!(
-            "imported profile '{}'",
-            profile.acct,
-        );
-        profiles.push(profile);
     }
     Ok(profiles)
 }

src/mastodon_api/search/views.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/// https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/search/
 use actix_web::{get, web, HttpResponse, Scope};
 use actix_web_httpauth::extractors::bearer::BearerAuth;