refact pkg/database: unnecessary pointers (#3611)

* refact pkg/database: unnecessary pointers

* lint

cmd/crowdsec-cli/clipapi/papi.go

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
 
-	"github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/ptr"
-
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/cmd/crowdsec-cli/args"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/cmd/crowdsec-cli/require"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/apiserver"
@@ -76,17 +74,17 @@ func (cli *cliPapi) Status(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, db *database.Clie
 
 	lastTimestampStr, err := db.GetConfigItem(ctx, apiserver.PapiPullKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		lastTimestampStr = ptr.Of("never")
+		lastTimestampStr = "never"
 	}
 
 	// both can and did happen
-	if lastTimestampStr == nil || *lastTimestampStr == "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" {
+	if lastTimestampStr == "" || lastTimestampStr == "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" {
-		lastTimestampStr = ptr.Of("never")
+		lastTimestampStr = "never"
 	}
 
 	fmt.Fprint(out, "You can successfully interact with Polling API (PAPI)\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Console plan: %s\n", perms.Plan)
-	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Last order received: %s\n", *lastTimestampStr)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Last order received: %s\n", lastTimestampStr)
 	fmt.Fprint(out, "PAPI subscriptions:\n")
 
 	for _, sub := range perms.Categories {

pkg/apiclient/decisions_service.go

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) FetchV3Decisions(ctx context.Context, url string) (*m
 	return &v2Decisions, resp, nil
 }
 
-func (s *DecisionsService) GetDecisionsFromBlocklist(ctx context.Context, blocklist *modelscapi.BlocklistLink, lastPullTimestamp *string) ([]*models.Decision, bool, error) {
+func (s *DecisionsService) GetDecisionsFromBlocklist(ctx context.Context, blocklist *modelscapi.BlocklistLink, lastPullTimestamp string) ([]*models.Decision, bool, error) {
 	if blocklist.URL == nil {
 		return nil, false, errors.New("blocklist URL is nil")
 	}
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) GetDecisionsFromBlocklist(ctx context.Context, blockl
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
 
-	if lastPullTimestamp != nil {
+	if lastPullTimestamp != "" {
-		req.Header.Set("If-Modified-Since", *lastPullTimestamp)
+		req.Header.Set("If-Modified-Since", lastPullTimestamp)
 	}
 
 	log.Debugf("[URL] %s %s", req.Method, req.URL)
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) GetDecisionsFromBlocklist(ctx context.Context, blockl
 	}
 
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotModified {
-		if lastPullTimestamp != nil {
+		if lastPullTimestamp != "" {
-			log.Debugf("Blocklist %s has not been modified since %s", *blocklist.URL, *lastPullTimestamp)
+			log.Debugf("Blocklist %s has not been modified since %s", *blocklist.URL, lastPullTimestamp)
 		} else {
 			log.Debugf("Blocklist %s has not been modified (decisions about to expire)", *blocklist.URL)
 		}

pkg/apiclient/decisions_service_test.go

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func TestDecisionsFromBlocklist(t *testing.T) {
 		Remediation: &tremediationBlocklist,
 		Name:        &tnameBlocklist,
 		Duration:    &tdurationBlocklist,
-	}, nil)
+	}, "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, isModified)
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func TestDecisionsFromBlocklist(t *testing.T) {
 		Remediation: &tremediationBlocklist,
 		Name:        &tnameBlocklist,
 		Duration:    &tdurationBlocklist,
-	}, ptr.Of("Sun, 01 Jan 2023 01:01:01 GMT"))
+	}, "Sun, 01 Jan 2023 01:01:01 GMT")
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.False(t, isModified)
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func TestDecisionsFromBlocklist(t *testing.T) {
 		Remediation: &tremediationBlocklist,
 		Name:        &tnameBlocklist,
 		Duration:    &tdurationBlocklist,
-	}, ptr.Of("Mon, 02 Jan 2023 01:01:01 GMT"))
+	}, "Mon, 02 Jan 2023 01:01:01 GMT")
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, isModified)

pkg/apiserver/apic.go

@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ func NewAPIC(ctx context.Context, config *csconfig.OnlineApiClientCfg, dbClient
 	}
 
 	err = ret.Authenticate(ctx, config)
+
 	return ret, err
 }
 
@@ -260,13 +261,14 @@ func loadAPICToken(ctx context.Context, db *database.Client) (string, time.Time,
 		return "", time.Time{}, false
 	}
 
-	if token == nil {
+	if token == "" {
 		log.Debug("no token found in DB")
 		return "", time.Time{}, false
 	}
 
 	parser := new(jwt.Parser)
-	tok, _, err := parser.ParseUnverified(*token, jwt.MapClaims{})
+
+	tok, _, err := parser.ParseUnverified(token, jwt.MapClaims{})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Debugf("error parsing token: %s", err)
 		return "", time.Time{}, false
@@ -285,12 +287,12 @@ func loadAPICToken(ctx context.Context, db *database.Client) (string, time.Time,
 	}
 
 	exp := time.Unix(int64(expFloat), 0)
-	if time.Now().UTC().After(exp.Add(-1*time.Minute)) {
+	if time.Now().UTC().After(exp.Add(-1 * time.Minute)) {
 		log.Debug("auth token expired")
 		return "", time.Time{}, false
 	}
 
-	return *token, exp, true
+	return token, exp, true
 }
 
 // saveAPICToken stores the given JWT token in the local database under the "apic_token" config item.
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ func saveAPICToken(ctx context.Context, db *database.Client, token string) error
 func (a *apic) Authenticate(ctx context.Context, config *csconfig.OnlineApiClientCfg) error {
 	if token, exp, valid := loadAPICToken(ctx, a.dbClient); valid {
 		log.Debug("using valid token from DB")
+
 		a.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Token = token
 		a.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Expiration = exp
 	}
@@ -1043,7 +1046,7 @@ func (a *apic) updateBlocklist(ctx context.Context, client *apiclient.ApiClient,
 	blocklistConfigItemName := fmt.Sprintf("blocklist:%s:last_pull", *blocklist.Name)
 
 	var (
-		lastPullTimestamp *string
+		lastPullTimestamp string
 		err               error
 	)
 
@@ -1060,10 +1063,10 @@ func (a *apic) updateBlocklist(ctx context.Context, client *apiclient.ApiClient,
 	}
 
 	if !hasChanged {
-		if lastPullTimestamp == nil {
+		if lastPullTimestamp == "" {
 			log.Infof("blocklist %s hasn't been modified or there was an error reading it, skipping", *blocklist.Name)
 		} else {
-			log.Infof("blocklist %s hasn't been modified since %s, skipping", *blocklist.Name, *lastPullTimestamp)
+			log.Infof("blocklist %s hasn't been modified since %s, skipping", *blocklist.Name, lastPullTimestamp)
 		}
 
 		return nil

pkg/apiserver/apic_test.go

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func assertTotalValidDecisionCount(t *testing.T, dbClient *database.Client, coun
 	assert.Len(t, d, count)
 }
 
-func jsonMarshalX(v interface{}) []byte {
+func jsonMarshalX(v any) []byte {
 	data, err := json.Marshal(v)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ func TestAPICPullTopBLCacheFirstCall(t *testing.T) {
 	blocklistConfigItemName := "blocklist:blocklist1:last_pull"
 	lastPullTimestamp, err := api.dbClient.GetConfigItem(ctx, blocklistConfigItemName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, *lastPullTimestamp)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, lastPullTimestamp)
 
 	// new call should return 304 and should not change lastPullTimestamp
 	httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "http://api.crowdsec.net/blocklist1", func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ func TestAPICPullTopBLCacheFirstCall(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	secondLastPullTimestamp, err := api.dbClient.GetConfigItem(ctx, blocklistConfigItemName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, *lastPullTimestamp, *secondLastPullTimestamp)
+	assert.Equal(t, lastPullTimestamp, secondLastPullTimestamp)
 }
 
 func TestAPICPullTopBLCacheForceCall(t *testing.T) {

pkg/apiserver/papi.go

@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/types"
 )
 
-const SyncInterval = time.Second * 10
+const (
-
+	SyncInterval = time.Second * 10
-const PapiPullKey = "papi:last_pull"
+	PapiPullKey  = "papi:last_pull"
+)
 
 var operationMap = map[string]func(*Message, *Papi, bool) error{
 	"decision":   DecisionCmd,
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ type Source struct {
 
 type Message struct {
 	Header *Header
-	Data   interface{} `json:"data"`
+	Data   any `json:"data"`
 }
 
 type OperationChannels struct {
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ func (p *Papi) Pull(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// value doesn't exist, it's first time we're pulling
-	if lastTimestampStr == nil {
+	if lastTimestampStr == "" {
 		binTime, err := lastTimestamp.MarshalText()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to serialize last timestamp: %w", err)
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ func (p *Papi) Pull(ctx context.Context) error {
 			p.Logger.Debugf("config item '%s' set in database with value '%s'", PapiPullKey, string(binTime))
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := lastTimestamp.UnmarshalText([]byte(*lastTimestampStr)); err != nil {
+		if err := lastTimestamp.UnmarshalText([]byte(lastTimestampStr)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse last timestamp: %w", err)
 		}
 	}

pkg/database/config.go

@@ -9,27 +9,30 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/database/ent/configitem"
 )
 
-func (c *Client) GetConfigItem(ctx context.Context, key string) (*string, error) {
+func (c *Client) GetConfigItem(ctx context.Context, key string) (string, error) {
 	result, err := c.Ent.ConfigItem.Query().Where(configitem.NameEQ(key)).First(ctx)
-	if err != nil && ent.IsNotFound(err) {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
 
-	if err != nil {
+	switch {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(QueryFail, "select config item: %s", err)
+	case ent.IsNotFound(err):
+		return "", nil
+	case err != nil:
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(QueryFail, "select config item: %s", err)
+	default:
+		return result.Value, nil
 	}
-
-	return &result.Value, nil
 }
 
 func (c *Client) SetConfigItem(ctx context.Context, key string, value string) error {
 	nbUpdated, err := c.Ent.ConfigItem.Update().SetValue(value).Where(configitem.NameEQ(key)).Save(ctx)
-	if (err != nil && ent.IsNotFound(err)) || nbUpdated == 0 { // not found, create
+
+	switch {
+	case ent.IsNotFound(err) || nbUpdated == 0:
+		// not found, create
 		err := c.Ent.ConfigItem.Create().SetName(key).SetValue(value).Exec(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(QueryFail, "insert config item: %s", err)
 		}
-	} else if err != nil {
+	case err != nil:
 		return errors.Wrapf(QueryFail, "update config item: %s", err)
 	}