diff --git a/tests/test_webmention.py b/tests/test_webmention.py
index eb7c52d..eb4f28a 100644
--- a/tests/test_webmention.py
+++ b/tests/test_webmention.py
@@ -294,6 +294,23 @@ class WebmentionTest(testutil.TestCase):
mock_get.assert_has_calls((self.req('http://a/post'),))
+ def test_no_targets(self, mock_get, mock_post):
+ mock_get.return_value = requests_response("""
+
+
+no one to send to!
+
+""", content_type=CONTENT_TYPE_HTML)
+
+ got = app.get_response(
+ '/webmention', method='POST', body=urllib.urlencode({
+ 'source': 'http://a/post',
+ 'target': 'https://fed.brid.gy/',
+ }))
+ self.assertEquals(200, got.status_int)
+
+ mock_get.assert_has_calls((self.req('http://a/post'),))
+
def test_no_backlink(self, mock_get, mock_post):
mock_get.return_value = requests_response(
self.reply_html.replace('', ''),
diff --git a/webmention.py b/webmention.py
index d008b6e..bd7163b 100644
--- a/webmention.py
+++ b/webmention.py
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ class WebmentionHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
def try_salmon(self):
"""Returns True if we attempted OStatus delivery. Raises otherwise."""
target = self.target_resp.url if self.target_resp else self._single_target()
+ if not target:
+ logging.warning("No targets or followers. Ignoring.")
+ return False
+
resp = Response.get_or_create(
source=self.source_url, target=target, direction='out',
source_mf2=json.dumps(self.source_mf2))