DG MS; 404 show pages for objects that don't exist for given user

app/controllers/albums_controller.rb

@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ class AlbumsController < ApplicationController
   def show
     @photo = Photo.new
     @album = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id( params[:id] )
+    unless @album
+      render :file => "#{Rails.root}/public/404.html", :layout => false, :status => 404
+    else
       @album_photos = @album.photos
       respond_with @album
     end
+  end
 
   def edit
     @album = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]

app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb

@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @aspect = current_user.aspect_by_id params[:id]
+    unless @aspect
+      render :file => "#{Rails.root}/public/404.html", :layout => false, :status => 404
+    else
       @friends = @aspect.people
       @posts   = current_user.visible_posts( :by_members_of => @aspect ).paginate :per_page => 15, :order => 'created_at DESC'
       respond_with @aspect
     end
+  end
 
   def public
    # @fb_access_url = MiniFB.oauth_url(FB_APP_ID, APP_CONFIG[:pod_url] + "services/create",

app/controllers/people_controller.rb

@@ -17,19 +17,10 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
-    begin
     @person = current_user.visible_person_by_id(params[:id])
-    rescue BSON::InvalidObjectId
-      flash[:error] = "Person not found."
-      redirect_to people_path
-      return
-    end
     unless @person
-      flash[:error] = "Person not found."
+      render :file => "#{Rails.root}/public/404.html", :layout => false, :status => 404
-      redirect_to people_path
+    else
-      return
-    end
-
       @profile = @person.profile
       @aspects_with_person = current_user.aspects_with_person(@person)
       @aspects_dropdown_array = current_user.aspects.collect{|x| [x.to_s, x.id]}
@@ -38,6 +29,7 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
       @post_count = @posts.count
       respond_with @person
     end
+  end
 
   def destroy
     current_user.unfriend(current_user.visible_person_by_id(params[:id]))

app/controllers/photos_controller.rb

@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @photo = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]
+    unless @photo
+      render :file => "#{Rails.root}/public/404.html", :layout => false, :status => 404
+    else
       @album = @photo.album
       respond_with @photo, @album
     end
+  end
 
   def edit
     @photo = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]

app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb

@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @status_message = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]
+    unless @status_message
+      render :status => 404
+    else
       respond_with @status_message
     end
+  end
 
   private
   def clean_hash(params)

lib/diaspora/user/querying.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Diaspora
     module Querying
 
       def find_visible_post_by_id( id )
-        self.raw_visible_posts.find id
+        self.raw_visible_posts.find id.to_id
       end
 
       def visible_posts( opts = {} )

lib/mongo_mapper/bson_id.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 class String
   def to_id
+    begin
       BSON::ObjectId self
+    rescue
+      nil
+    end
   end
 end
 class BSON::ObjectId