diaspy/search.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python3
   2
   3 """This module holds functionality related to searching.
   4 """
   5
   6
   7 class Search():
   8     """This object is used for searching for content on Diaspora*.
   9     """
  10     def __init__(self, connection):
  11         self._connection = connection
  12
  13     def lookupUser(self, handle):
  14         """This function will launch a webfinger lookup from the pod for the
  15         handle requested. Response code is returned and if the lookup was successful,
  16         user should soon be searchable via pod used for connection.
  17
  18         :param string: Handle to search for.
  19         """
  20         request = self._connection.get('people', headers={'accept': 'text/html'}, params={'q': handle})
  21         return request.status_code
  22
  23     def user(self, query):
  24         """Searches for a user.
  25         Will return list of dictionaries containing
  26         data of found users.
  27         """
  28         request = self._connection.get('people.json', params={'q': query, 'utf-8': '%u2713'})
  29         if request.status_code == 200:
  30             result = request.json()
  31         else:
  32             raise errors.SearchError('wrong status code: {0}'.format(request.status_code))
  33         return result