ndb: add safemode so we don't instantly crash on bad dbs

Fixes: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/issues/1741

nostrdb/Ndb.swift

@@ -17,8 +17,25 @@ enum NdbSearchOrder {
 
 class Ndb {
     let ndb: ndb_t
-    let owns_db_file: Bool  // Determines whether this class should be allowed to create or move the db file.
-    
+
+    static func safemode() -> Ndb? {
+        guard let path = db_path ?? old_db_path else { return nil }
+
+        // delete the database and start fresh
+        if Self.db_files_exist(path: path) {
+            let file_manager = FileManager.default
+            for db_file in db_files {
+                try? file_manager.removeItem(atPath: "\(path)/\(db_file)")
+            }
+        }
+
+        guard let ndb = Ndb(path: path) else {
+            return nil
+        }
+
+        return ndb
+    }
+
     // NostrDB used to be stored on the app container's document directory
     static private var old_db_path: String? {
         guard let path = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first?.absoluteString else {
@@ -42,7 +59,7 @@ class Ndb {
         Ndb(ndb: ndb_t(ndb: nil))
     }
 
-    init?(path: String? = nil, owns_db_file: Bool = true) throws {
+    init?(path: String? = nil, owns_db_file: Bool = true) {
         var ndb_p: OpaquePointer? = nil
 
         let ingest_threads: Int32 = 4
@@ -66,7 +83,7 @@ class Ndb {
         }
 
         guard let path = path.map(remove_file_prefix) ?? Ndb.db_path else {
-            throw Errors.cannot_find_db_path
+            return nil
         }
 
         let ok = path.withCString { testdir in
@@ -85,7 +102,6 @@ class Ndb {
             return nil
         }
 
-        self.owns_db_file = owns_db_file
         self.ndb = ndb_t(ndb: ndb_p)
     }
     
@@ -127,7 +143,6 @@ class Ndb {
     }
 
     init(ndb: ndb_t) {
-        self.owns_db_file = true
         self.ndb = ndb
     }
 

nostrdb/Test/NdbTests.swift

@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ final class NdbTests: XCTestCase {
     func test_ndb_init() {
 
         do {
-            let ndb = try! Ndb(path: db_dir)!
+            let ndb = Ndb(path: db_dir)!
             let ok = ndb.process_events(test_wire_events)
             XCTAssertTrue(ok)
         }
 
         do {
-            let ndb = try! Ndb(path: db_dir)!
+            let ndb = Ndb(path: db_dir)!
             let id = NoteId(hex: "d12c17bde3094ad32f4ab862a6cc6f5c289cfe7d5802270bdf34904df585f349")!
             let txn = NdbTxn(ndb: ndb)
             let note = ndb.lookup_note_with_txn(id: id, txn: txn)
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ final class NdbTests: XCTestCase {
 
     func test_ndb_seach() throws {
         do {
-            let ndb = try! Ndb(path: db_dir)!
+            let ndb = Ndb(path: db_dir)!
             let ok = ndb.process_events(test_wire_events)
             XCTAssertTrue(ok)
         }
         
         do {
-            let ndb = try! Ndb(path: db_dir)!
+            let ndb = Ndb(path: db_dir)!
             let note_ids = ndb.text_search(query: "barked")
             XCTAssertEqual(note_ids.count, 1)
             let expected_note_id = NoteId(hex: "b17a540710fe8495b16bfbaf31c6962c4ba8387f3284a7973ad523988095417e")!