move things into different files

fedireads/remote_user.py

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+''' manage remote users '''
+import requests
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from fedireads import models
+
+
+def get_or_create_remote_user(actor):
+    ''' look up a remote user or add them '''
+    try:
+        return models.User.objects.get(actor=actor)
+    except models.User.DoesNotExist:
+        pass
+
+    # TODO: also bring in the user's prevous reviews and books
+
+    # load the user's info from the actor url
+    response = requests.get(
+        actor,
+        headers={'Accept': 'application/activity+json'}
+    )
+    if not response.ok:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+    data = response.json()
+
+    # the webfinger format for the username.
+    # TODO: get the user's domain in a better way
+    actor_parts = urlparse(actor)
+    username = '%s@%s' % (actor_parts.path.split('/')[-1], actor_parts.netloc)
+    shared_inbox = data.get('endpoints').get('sharedInbox') if \
+        data.get('endpoints') else None
+
+    try:
+        user = models.User.objects.create_user(
+            username,
+            '', '', # email and passwords are left blank
+            actor=actor,
+            name=data.get('name'),
+            summary=data.get('summary'),
+            inbox=data['inbox'], #fail if there's no inbox
+            outbox=data['outbox'], # fail if there's no outbox
+            shared_inbox=shared_inbox,
+            # TODO: probably shouldn't bother to store this for remote users
+            public_key=data.get('publicKey').get('publicKeyPem'),
+            local=False
+        )
+    except KeyError:
+        return False
+    return user
+
+