1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/object.ex b/lib/pleroma/object.ex
index fee3f1842..38accae5d 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/object.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/object.ex
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object do
     Logger.debug("Backtrace: #{inspect(Process.info(:erlang.self(), :current_stacktrace))}")
   end
 
-  def normalize(_, options \\ [fetch: false])
+  def normalize(_, options \\ [fetch: false, id_only: false])
 
   # If we pass an Activity to Object.normalize(), we can try to use the preloaded object.
   # Use this whenever possible, especially when walking graphs in an O(N) loop!
@@ -172,10 +172,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object do
   def normalize(%{"id" => ap_id}, options), do: normalize(ap_id, options)
 
   def normalize(ap_id, options) when is_binary(ap_id) do
-    if Keyword.get(options, :fetch) do
-      Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id!(ap_id, options)
-    else
-      get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id)
+    cond do
+      Keyword.get(options, :id_only) ->
+        ap_id
+
+      Keyword.get(options, :fetch) ->
+        Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id!(ap_id, options)
+
+      true ->
+        get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id)
     end
   end