feat: Remove unnecessary push notifications for avatar updates in AdminController; update comments for clarity

DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/InfluencerPartnerProgram/InfluencerPartnerProgramController.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using DorkNet.Models.Auth;
 using DorkNet.Server.Auth;
 using DorkNet.Server.Data;
 using DorkNet.Server.Data.Entities;
@@ -11,6 +10,14 @@ namespace DorkNet.Server.Controllers.API.InfluencerPartnerProgram;
 [ApiController]
 public class InfluencerPartnerProgramController(DorkNetDbContext db) : ControllerBase
 {
+    // The 2023 client's influencer API (RecNet.Runtime IBEEFFGHGND) reads
+    // BARE scalars, NOT wrapped account objects:
+    //   influencers   → List<Int32>       (account ids)
+    //   influencer    → Nullable<Int32>   (the account id, or null)
+    //   myinfluencer  → Nullable<Int32>   (supported influencer's id, or null)
+    // Returning an object here crashes the strict reader
+    // ("expected:'Number Token', actual:'{'"), which is what broke the
+    // profile view (and the cheer flow that opens it).
     [HttpGet("api/influencerpartnerprogram/influencers")]
     [AllowAnonymous]
     public async Task<IActionResult> Influencers([FromQuery] int take = 50)
@@ -22,29 +29,17 @@ public class InfluencerPartnerProgramController(DorkNetDbContext db) : Controlle
             .Distinct()
             .Take(take)
             .ToListAsync();
-        var players = await db.Players
+        return Ok(creatorIds.Select(id => (int)id).ToArray());
-            .Where(p => creatorIds.Contains(p.Id))
-            .OrderBy(p => p.Username)
-            .ToListAsync();
-        var influencers = players.Select(ToInfluencerWire).ToList();
-        return Ok(new Dictionary<string, object>
-        {
-            ["Influencers"] = influencers,
-            ["influencers"] = influencers,
-            ["Accounts"] = influencers,
-            ["accounts"] = influencers,
-        });
     }
 
     [HttpGet("api/influencerpartnerprogram/influencer")]
     [AllowAnonymous]
     public async Task<IActionResult> Influencer([FromQuery] long? accountId = null, [FromQuery] string? username = null)
     {
-        var player = accountId is long id
+        var playerId = accountId is long id
-            ? await db.Players.FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == id)
+            ? await db.Players.Where(p => p.Id == id).Select(p => (long?)p.Id).FirstOrDefaultAsync()
-            : await db.Players.FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Username == username);
+            : await db.Players.Where(p => p.Username == username).Select(p => (long?)p.Id).FirstOrDefaultAsync();
-        if (player is null) return NotFound();
+        return Content(playerId is long pid ? ((int)pid).ToString() : "null", "application/json");
-        return Ok(ToInfluencerWire(player));
     }
 
     [HttpGet("api/influencerpartnerprogram/myinfluencer")]
@@ -54,10 +49,11 @@ public class InfluencerPartnerProgramController(DorkNetDbContext db) : Controlle
         var me = this.RequireCurrentPlayerId();
         var setting = await db.PlayerSettings
             .FirstOrDefaultAsync(s => s.PlayerId == me && s.Key == "influencer:supported");
-        if (setting is null || !long.TryParse(setting.Value, out var influencerId))
+        return Content(
-            return Ok(new { Influencer = (object?)null });
+            setting is not null && long.TryParse(setting.Value, out var influencerId)
-        var player = await db.Players.FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == influencerId);
+                ? ((int)influencerId).ToString()
-        return Ok(new { Influencer = player is null ? null : ToInfluencerWire(player) });
+                : "null",
+            "application/json");
     }
 
     [HttpPost("api/influencerpartnerprogram/support")]
@@ -86,7 +82,10 @@ public class InfluencerPartnerProgramController(DorkNetDbContext db) : Controlle
             setting.Value = influencer.Id.ToString();
         }
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
-        return Ok(new { Success = true, Influencer = ToInfluencerWire(influencer) });
+        // Client return type is LDGADANDBIO (the fire-and-forget POST response
+        // handle, same as PlayerCheer create) — it only checks success and
+        // ignores the body, so no typed shape is required here.
+        return Ok(new { Success = true, Influencer = (int)influencer.Id });
     }
 
     [HttpPost("api/influencerpartnerprogram/remove")]
@@ -99,17 +98,4 @@ public class InfluencerPartnerProgramController(DorkNetDbContext db) : Controlle
             .ExecuteDeleteAsync();
         return Ok(new { Success = true });
     }
-
-    private static RecNetAccount ToInfluencerWire(PlayerEntity player) => new()
-    {
-        AccountId = (int)player.Id,
-        RawUsername = player.Username,
-        Username = player.Username,
-        DisplayName = player.DisplayName ?? player.Username,
-        ProfileImage = player.ProfileImageName ?? string.Empty,
-        TreatAsJunior = false,
-        HasBirthday = true,
-        Platforms = 1,
-        CreatedAt = player.CreatedAt == default ? DateTime.UtcNow : player.CreatedAt,
-    };
 }

DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Admin/AdminController.cs

@@ -2214,12 +2214,10 @@ public class AdminController(
         await LogAsync("reset_avatar", "player", id, "");
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 
-        // Push a profile update so the affected watch re-fetches its
+        // No push: the affected client refetches its avatar on the next
-        // avatar without waiting for the next scene load.
+        // scene load. The old SubscriptionUpdateProfile {Reason:"…"} blob
-        await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
+        // couldn't force an avatar refetch (wrong channel) and only decoded
-            PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateProfile,
+        // to a blank account ("Orphan player account (0)").
-            new { Reason = "AdminAvatarReset" });
-
         return Ok(new
         {
             avatar.PlayerId,
@@ -2251,10 +2249,9 @@ public class AdminController(
         await LogAsync("set_avatar", "player", id, body.OutfitSelections ?? "");
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 
-        await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
+        // No push: avatar changes propagate to other players in-room via
-            PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateProfile,
+        // Photon, and the affected client refetches on next scene load. The
-            new { Reason = "AdminAvatarUpdate" });
+        // old SubscriptionUpdateProfile blob only spawned a blank account.
-
         return Ok(new { avatar.PlayerId, avatar.OutfitSelections, avatar.HairColor, avatar.SkinColor });
     }
 
@@ -2291,10 +2288,9 @@ public class AdminController(
         await LogAsync("grant_item", "player", id, $"{body.ItemId} x{qty}");
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 
-        await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
+        // No push: the client shows the granted item on its next avatar
-            PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateProfile,
+        // fetch. The old SubscriptionUpdateProfile blob only spawned a
-            new { Reason = "InventoryGrant", body.ItemId, Quantity = qty });
+        // blank account ("Orphan player account (0)").
-
         return Ok(new { granted = body.ItemId, quantity = qty });
     }
 
@@ -2353,10 +2349,9 @@ public class AdminController(
             $"cosmetics+{addedCosmetics} (catalog={catalog.Count}) slugs+{addedSlugs}");
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 
-        await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
+        // No push: the client shows the unlocked items on its next avatar
-            PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateProfile,
+        // fetch. The old SubscriptionUpdateProfile blob only spawned a
-            new { Reason = "AdminUnlockAll" });
+        // blank account ("Orphan player account (0)").
-
         return Ok(new
         {
             id,
@@ -2447,10 +2442,10 @@ public class AdminController(
 
         await LogAsync("set_level", "player", id, $"{previous} -> {newLevel}");
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+        // AccountChanged sends the correct full account. The old extra
+        // SubscriptionUpdateProfile {Reason:"AdminLevelSet",…} blob was a
+        // redundant blank-account push ("Orphan player account (0)").
         await notifications.AccountChanged(p);
-        await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
-            PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateProfile,
-            new { Reason = "AdminLevelSet", Level = p.Level, XP = p.XP, PreviousLevel = previous });
 
         return Ok(new { p.Id, p.Level, p.XP });
     }
@@ -2497,12 +2492,9 @@ public class AdminController(
             $"inserted={missing.Count} types=[{string.Join(",", missing)}]");
         await db.SaveChangesAsync();
 
-        // Nudge the watch to re-fetch its cheer list so the pinned-cheer
+        // No push: the pinned-cheer picker refetches the cheer list on next
-        // picker shows the newly-unlocked badges without a relog.
+        // open. The old SubscriptionUpdateProfile blob only spawned a blank
-        await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
+        // account ("Orphan player account (0)").
-            PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateProfile,
-            new { Reason = "AdminCheerUnlock", Inserted = missing.Count });
-
         return Ok(new { id, inserted = missing.Count, types = missing });
     }