it's not perfect but whitelist support is in

lib/boards-api.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function replyAsObj(res,isJson,done){
       }
     })
   } else if(res.split || res.toString){
-    console.log('got string or buffer:',res)
+    //console.log('got string or buffer:',res)
     if(res.toString) res = res.toString()
     // Is a string
     if(isJson){
@@ -237,16 +237,16 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getBoardSettings = function(userID,board){
           if(settings.whitelist == true){
             // Get the whitelist
             var url = r+this.baseurl+'boards/'+board+'/whitelist'
-            this.ipfs.cat(url,(err,whitelist) => {
+            this.ipfs.cat(url,(err,res) => {
               if(err){
                 this.ee.emit('error',err)
                 // Emit an empty whitelist.
-                this.emit('whitelist for '+board+'@'+userID,[])
+                this.ee.emit('whitelist for '+board+'@'+userID,[])
-              } else {
+              } else replyAsObj(res,false,(err,whitelist) => {
                 // Send whitelist
-                var w = whitelist.split(' ')
+                var w = whitelist.split(' ').map(x => x.trim())
-                this.emit('whitelist for '+board+'@'+userID,w)
+                this.ee.emit('whitelist for '+board+'@'+userID,w)
-              }
+              })
             })
           }
           if(!settings.whitelist_only && !settings.approval_required && settings.blacklist == true){
@@ -271,14 +271,15 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getBoardSettings = function(userID,board){
 }
 
 BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadPost = function(hash,adminID,board,op,done){
+  console.log('Downloading post',hash)
   this.ipfs.cat(hash,(err2,r) => {
     if(err2){
       this.ee.emit('error',err2)
       console.log('Could not download post',hash,'of',board+'@'+adminID)
       if(done && done.apply) done(err2)
     } else {
+      replyAsObj(r,true,(err,post) => {
         // TODO: add JSON parsing error handling
-      var post = JSON.parse(r.toString())
         post.hash = hash
         if(op) post.op = op // Inject op
         if(board){
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadPost = function(hash,adminID,board,op,done){
         }
         this.ee.emit(hash,post,adminID,board)
         if(done && done.apply) done(null,post)
+      })
     }
   })
   return this.ee
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getPostsInBoard = function(adminID,board){
       // download posts for each user in whitelist
       whitelist.forEach(item => {
         this.getUserPostListInBoard(item,board,(err,postList) => {
-          postList.forEach( i => this.downloadPost(i,adminID,board))
+          postList.forEach( i => this.downloadPost(i.hash,adminID,board,item))
         })
       })
     })

webapp/components/postlist.jsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     return (b.date || 0) - (a.date || 0)
   },
   init: function(boards){
+    if(this.state.init) return
     this.setState({ api: true })
     boards.getPostsInBoard(this.props.admin,this.props.board)
     .on('post in '+this.props.board+(this.props.admin?'@'+this.props.admin:''),(post,hash) => {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       }
       this.setState({ posts })
     })
+    this.setState({ init: true })
   },
   componentDidMount: function(){
     var boards = this.props.api

webapp/pages/board.jsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var GetIPFS = require('getipfs.jsx')
 module.exports = function(boardsAPI){
   return React.createClass({
     getInitialState: function(){
-      return { name: this.props.params.boardname, api: false }
+      return { name: this.props.params.boardname, api: false, whitelist: [] }
     },
     componentDidMount: function(){
       boardsAPI.use(boards => {
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ module.exports = function(boardsAPI){
           }
         })
         if(this.props.params.userid){
+          ee.on('whitelist for '+this.props.params.boardname+'@'+this.props.params.userid,(whitelist) => {
+            if(this.isMounted()) this.setState({ whitelist })
+          })
           ee.on('settings for '+this.props.params.boardname+'@'+this.props.params.userid, (res) => {
             if(!this.isMounted()) return true
             if(res) this.setState({ name: res.fullname, description: res.description })
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ module.exports = function(boardsAPI){
           <h2>{this.state.name}</h2>
           <Markdown source={this.state.description} skipHtml={true} />
           {this.props.params.userid?<h5><UserID id={this.props.params.userid} api={this.state.boards} /></h5>:<p></p>}
+          <div className="whitelist">
+            {this.state.whitelist.map(i => <UserID id={i} api={this.state.boards} />)}
+          </div>
           <hr />
           <PostList board={this.props.params.boardname} admin={this.props.params.userid} api={this.state.boards} />
         </div>)

webapp/style.css

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ a:hover {
   margin-right: .25rem;
 }
 
+.whitelist .user-id {
+  display: inline;
+  margin-right: .3em
+}
+
 .post {
   display: block;
   max-width: 65rem;