diff --git a/federation/tests/utils/test_diaspora.py b/federation/tests/utils/test_diaspora.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from urllib.parse import quote
+
+from federation.hostmeta.generators import DiasporaWebFinger, DiasporaHostMeta
+from federation.utils.diaspora import retrieve_diaspora_hcard, retrieve_diaspora_webfinger, retrieve_diaspora_host_meta
+
+
+class TestRetrieveDiasporaHCard(object):
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.retrieve_diaspora_webfinger", return_value=None)
+    def test_retrieve_webfinger_is_called(self, mock_retrieve):
+        retrieve_diaspora_hcard("bob@localhost")
+        assert mock_retrieve.called_with("bob@localhost")
+
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document")
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.retrieve_diaspora_webfinger")
+    def test_fetch_document_is_called(self, mock_retrieve, mock_fetch):
+        mock_retrieve.return_value = DiasporaWebFinger(
+            "bob@localhost", "https://localhost", "123", "456"
+        ).xrd
+        mock_fetch.return_value = "document", None, None
+        document = retrieve_diaspora_hcard("bob@localhost")
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("https://localhost/hcard/users/123")
+        assert document == "document"
+
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document")
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.retrieve_diaspora_webfinger")
+    def test_returns_none_on_fetch_document_exception(self, mock_retrieve, mock_fetch):
+        mock_retrieve.return_value = DiasporaWebFinger(
+            "bob@localhost", "https://localhost", "123", "456"
+        ).xrd
+        mock_fetch.return_value = None, None, ValueError()
+        document = retrieve_diaspora_hcard("bob@localhost")
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("https://localhost/hcard/users/123")
+        assert document == None
+
+
+class TestRetrieveDiasporaWebfinger(object):
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.retrieve_diaspora_host_meta", return_value=None)
+    def test_retrieve_host_meta_is_called(self, mock_retrieve):
+        retrieve_diaspora_webfinger("bob@localhost")
+        mock_retrieve.assert_called_with("localhost")
+
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.XRD.parse_xrd")
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document")
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.retrieve_diaspora_host_meta", return_value=None)
+    def test_retrieve_fetch_document_is_called(self, mock_retrieve, mock_fetch, mock_xrd):
+        mock_retrieve.return_value = DiasporaHostMeta(
+            webfinger_host="https://localhost"
+        ).xrd
+        mock_fetch.return_value = "document", None, None
+        mock_xrd.return_value = "document"
+        document = retrieve_diaspora_webfinger("bob@localhost")
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("https://localhost/webfinger?q=%s" % quote("bob@localhost"))
+        assert document == "document"
+
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document")
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.retrieve_diaspora_host_meta", return_value=None)
+    def test_returns_none_on_fetch_document_exception(self, mock_retrieve, mock_fetch):
+        mock_retrieve.return_value = DiasporaHostMeta(
+            webfinger_host="https://localhost"
+        ).xrd
+        mock_fetch.return_value = None, None, ValueError()
+        document = retrieve_diaspora_webfinger("bob@localhost")
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("https://localhost/webfinger?q=%s" % quote("bob@localhost"))
+        assert document == None
+
+
+class TestRetrieveDiasporaHostMeta(object):
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.XRD.parse_xrd")
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document")
+    def test_fetch_document_is_called(self, mock_fetch, mock_xrd):
+        mock_fetch.return_value = "document", None, None
+        mock_xrd.return_value = "document"
+        document = retrieve_diaspora_host_meta("localhost")
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with(host="localhost", path="/.well-known/host-meta")
+        assert document == "document"
+
+    @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document")
+    def test_returns_none_on_fetch_document_exception(self, mock_fetch):
+        mock_fetch.return_value = None, None, ValueError()
+        document = retrieve_diaspora_host_meta("localhost")
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with(host="localhost", path="/.well-known/host-meta")
+        assert document == None
diff --git a/federation/utils/diaspora.py b/federation/utils/diaspora.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from urllib.parse import quote
+
+from xrd import XRD
+
+from federation.utils.network import fetch_document
+
+
+def retrieve_diaspora_hcard(handle):
+    """Retrieve a remote Diaspora hCard document.
+
+    Args:
+        handle (str) - Remote handle to retrieve
+
+    Returns:
+        str (HTML document)
+    """
+    webfinger = retrieve_diaspora_webfinger(handle)
+    if not webfinger:
+        return None
+    url = webfinger.find_link(rels="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard").href
+    document, code, exception = fetch_document(url)
+    if exception:
+        return None
+    return document
+
+
+def retrieve_diaspora_webfinger(handle):
+    """Retrieve a remote Diaspora webfinger document.
+
+    Args:
+        handle (str) - Remote handle to retrieve
+
+    Returns:
+        XRD
+    """
+    hostmeta = retrieve_diaspora_host_meta(handle.split("@")[1])
+    if not hostmeta:
+        return None
+    url = hostmeta.find_link(rels="lrdd").template.replace("{uri}", quote(handle))
+    document, code, exception = fetch_document(url)
+    if exception:
+        return None
+    xrd = XRD.parse_xrd(document)
+    return xrd
+
+
+def retrieve_diaspora_host_meta(host):
+    """Retrieve a remote Diaspora host-meta document.
+
+    Args:
+        host (str) - Host to retrieve from
+
+    Returns:
+        XRD
+    """
+    document, code, exception = fetch_document(host=host, path="/.well-known/host-meta")
+    if exception:
+        return None
+    xrd = XRD.parse_xrd(document)
+    return xrd