linstrom/storage/mediaFile.go

package storage

import (
	"time"

	"gorm.io/gorm"
)

type MediaFile struct {
	ID        string `gorm:"primarykey"`
	CreatedAt time.Time
	UpdatedAt time.Time
	DeletedAt gorm.DeletedAt `gorm:"index"`
	Remote    bool           // whether the attachment is a remote one
	Link      string         // url if remote attachment, identifier if local
	Type      string         // What media type this is, eg image/png
	// Whether this media has been cached locally
	// Only really used for user and server icons, not attachments
	// If true, Link will be read as file path. url otherwise
	// Reason: Attachments would take way to much space considering that they are often only loaded a few times at most
	// And caching a file for those few times would be a waste of storage
	// Caching user and server icons locally however should reduce burden on remote servers by quite a bit though
	LocallyCached bool
}

// Placeholder media file. Acts as placeholder for media file fields that have not been initialised yet but need a value
var placeholderMediaFile = &MediaFile{
	ID:            "placeholder",
	Remote:        false,
	Link:          "placeholder", // TODO: Replace this with a file path to a staticly included image
	Type:          "image/png",
	LocallyCached: true,
}