Hide Publication

Learn how to hide Lens Publications.

Lens Publications, secured by blockchain technology, are permanent and cannot be deleted. However, a profile has the ability to:

The Lens API allows an authenticated Profile to hide their own publications.

When a publication is hidden, it is flagged in the Lens API database, which prevents it from appearing in feed queries. However, the publication can still be directly accessed via its ID, enabling apps to create redirects or 404 pages as necessary. It's important to note that while the publication's ID is accessible, the actual Publication Metadata will be null.

import { notFound } from 'next/navigation'
function PublicationPage({ publication }: { publication: AnyPublication }) {  if (publication.isHidden) {    notFound();  }
  return (    /** Your publication content here */  );}

import { AnyPublication, useHidePublication } from '@lens-protocol/react-web';
function HidePublicationButton({ publication }: { publication: AnyPublication }) {  const { execute: hide, loading } = useHidePublication();
  if (publication.isHidden) return <p>Publication is hidden</p>;
  return (    <button onClick={() => hide({ publication })} disabled={loading}>      Hide    </button>  );}

That's it—you've successfully hidden a publication!

The Lens API enables an authenticated Profile to manage other's comments on their publications.

This is an opt-in, off-chain feature. Its user experience varies depending on the specific Lens app used by your audience. Apps aiming to offer a more curated experience for content creators should explicitly enable this feature.

import { Comment, useHideCommentToggle } from '@lens-protocol/react-web';
function HideableComment({ comment }: { comment: Comment }) {  const { execute: toggle, loading } = useHideCommentToggle();
  return (    <button onClick={() => toggle({ comment })} disabled={loading}>      {comment.hiddenByAuthor ? 'Unhide' : 'Hide'}    </button>  );}

You can determine whether a Comment has been hidden by the author by using the comment.hiddenByAuthor property.

const comment = publication as Comment;
console.log(comment.hiddenByAuthor); // true or false

When retrieving Comments on a publication you can control how hidden comments are included in the results. This also have effects on Publication stats and Profile stats counts.

import { usePublications, HiddenCommentsType } from '@lens-protocol/react-web';
// ...
const { data, loading, error } = usePublications({  where: {    commentOn: {      id: publicationId("0x32-0x4e"),      hiddenComments: HiddenCommentsType.Hide,    },  },});