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+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2023 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Scopes.Compiler do
+  defmacro __before_compile__(_env) do
+    strings = __MODULE__.extract_all_scopes()
+
+    quote do
+      def placeholder do
+        unquote do
+          Enum.map(
+            strings,
+            fn string ->
+              quote do
+                Pleroma.Web.Gettext.dgettext_noop(
+                  "oauth_scopes",
+                  unquote(string)
+                )
+              end
+            end
+          )
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def extract_all_scopes do
+    extract_all_scopes_from(Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.spec())
+  end
+
+  def extract_all_scopes_from(specs) do
+    specs.paths
+    |> Enum.reduce([], fn
+      {_path, %{} = path_item}, acc ->
+        extract_routes(path_item)
+        |> Enum.flat_map(fn operation -> process_operation(operation) end)
+        |> Kernel.++(acc)
+
+      {_, _}, acc ->
+        acc
+    end)
+    |> Enum.uniq()
+  end
+
+  defp extract_routes(path_item) do
+    path_item
+    |> Map.from_struct()
+    |> Enum.map(fn {_method, path_item} -> path_item end)
+    |> Enum.filter(fn
+      %OpenApiSpex.Operation{} = _operation -> true
+      _ -> false
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp process_operation(operation) do
+    operation.security
+    |> Kernel.||([])
+    |> Enum.flat_map(fn
+      %{"oAuth" => scopes} -> process_scopes(scopes)
+      _ -> []
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp process_scopes(scopes) do
+    scopes
+    |> Enum.flat_map(fn scope ->
+      process_scope(scope)
+    end)
+  end
+
+  def process_scope(scope) do
+    hierarchy = String.split(scope, ":")
+
+    {_, list} =
+      Enum.reduce(hierarchy, {"", []}, fn comp, {cur, list} ->
+        {cur <> comp <> ":", [cur <> comp | list]}
+      end)
+
+    list
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/scopes/translator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/scopes/translator.ex
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+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2023 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Scopes.Translator do
+  require Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Scopes.Compiler
+  require Pleroma.Web.Gettext
+
+  @before_compile Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Scopes.Compiler
+end
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/api_spec/scopes/compiler_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/api_spec/scopes/compiler_test.exs
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+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2023 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Scopes.CompilerTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  alias Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Scopes.Compiler
+
+  @dummy_response %{}
+
+  @data %{
+    paths: %{
+      "/mew" => %OpenApiSpex.PathItem{
+        post: %OpenApiSpex.Operation{
+          security: [%{"oAuth" => ["a:b:c"]}],
+          responses: @dummy_response
+        },
+        get: %OpenApiSpex.Operation{security: nil, responses: @dummy_response}
+      },
+      "/mew2" => %OpenApiSpex.PathItem{
+        post: %OpenApiSpex.Operation{
+          security: [%{"oAuth" => ["d:e", "f:g"]}],
+          responses: @dummy_response
+        },
+        get: %OpenApiSpex.Operation{security: nil, responses: @dummy_response}
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  describe "process_scope/1" do
+    test "gives all higher-level scopes" do
+      scopes = Compiler.process_scope("admin:read:accounts")
+
+      assert [_, _, _] = scopes
+      assert "admin" in scopes
+      assert "admin:read" in scopes
+      assert "admin:read:accounts" in scopes
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "extract_all_scopes_from/1" do
+    test "extracts scopes" do
+      scopes = Compiler.extract_all_scopes_from(@data)
+
+      assert [_, _, _, _, _, _, _] = scopes
+      assert "a" in scopes
+      assert "a:b" in scopes
+      assert "a:b:c" in scopes
+      assert "d" in scopes
+      assert "d:e" in scopes
+      assert "f" in scopes
+      assert "f:g" in scopes
+    end
+  end
+end