Open profile page with PubKey

[tijno]

Suggested change:

Allow use of PublicKey in user profile URLs, eg: https://bitclout.com/u/BC1YLgxLrxvq5mgZUUhJc1gkG6pwrRCTbdT6snwcrsEampjqnSD1vck which then looks up the username and shows https://bitclout.com/u/tijn

Rationale

Allow linking to user profiles that frequently change their username. Also prepare road for using PubKey in mentions.

Implementation

Add a check here

https://github.com/bitclout/frontend/blob/main/src/app/creator-profile-page/creator-profile-details/creator-profile-details.component.ts#L49

To determine if the path is a pub key:

params.username.substring(0, 2) != "BC" && params.username.length < 50

If needed - lookup the username with GetSingleProfile api request

Then assign username to this.userName

It may be possible to do this without a Username lookup api call here:

https://github.com/bitclout/frontend/blob/e17cc029e24b15ca36d3b41daf2a7a0275dcc55a/src/app/creator-profile-page/creator-profile-details/creator-profile-details.component.ts#L167

Either way - after loading user data must update route to the /u/username version.

Future Enhancement

Ones @profile mentions have been implemented, a mention could actually encode the pub key in the post, eg @BC1YLgxLrxvq5mgZUUhJc1gkG6pwrRCTbdT6snwcrsEampjqnSD1vck so that when clicked it opens the profile page of the mentioned account.

[tijno]

Any questions or suggestions on this medium proposal?

Its got 3 thumbs up - so looks like community is ok with it.

[ItsAditya-xyz]

Definitely a positive change Tijn!
I wonder what would happen if you search for shadow accounts 🤔

[tijno]

@AdityaChaudhary0005 Same as when searching for a username - show 404

[sungkhum]

Yes please

[brootle]

I approve ✅