From aa1ff61c0639bf6d721cbb8601b4c20d1a5a634c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:48:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow category controller to respond also by remote
 category id

---
 src/controllers/category.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/category.js b/src/controllers/category.js
index a822022392..fe3809b825 100644
--- a/src/controllers/category.js
+++ b/src/controllers/category.js
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ categoryController.get = async function (req, res, next) {
 
 	if (!utils.isNumber(cid)) {
 		const assertion = await activitypub.actors.assertGroup([cid]);
-		cid = await db.getObjectField('handle:cid', cid);
+		if (!activitypub.helpers.isUri(cid)) {
+			cid = await db.getObjectField('handle:cid', cid);
+		}
+
 		if (!assertion || !cid) {
 			return next();
 		}