From: Jason Robinson <jaywink@basshero.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 16:59:28 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Add lookup_user to Connection, it triggers a webfinger lookup on pod when called... 
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Add lookup_user to Connection, it triggers a webfinger lookup on pod when called with a Diaspora handle
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diff --git a/diaspy/connection.py b/diaspy/connection.py
index 9ce4057..0a3c9cc 100644
--- a/diaspy/connection.py
+++ b/diaspy/connection.py
@@ -176,3 +176,12 @@ class Connection():
         finally:
             if not self.token: raise TokenError('cannot obtain token and no previous token found for reuse')
         return self.token
+        
+    def lookup_user(self, handle):
+        """This function will launch a webfinger lookup from the pod for the
+        handle requested. Nothing is returned but if the lookup was successful,
+        user should soon be searchable via this pod.
+        
+        :param string: Handle to search for.
+        """
+        request = self.get('people', headers={'accept': 'text/html'}, params={'q':handle})