from django.http import Http404 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 from users.models import Domain, Identity def by_handle_or_404(request, handle, local=True): """ Retrieves an Identity by its long or short handle. Domain-sensitive, so it will understand short handles on alternate domains. """ if "@" not in handle: if "HTTP_HOST" not in request.META: raise Http404("No hostname available") username = handle domain_instance = Domain.get_local_domain(request.META["HTTP_HOST"]) if domain_instance is None: raise Http404("No matching domains found") domain = domain_instance.domain else: username, domain = handle.split("@", 1) if local: return get_object_or_404( Identity.objects.filter(local=True), username=username, domain_id=domain, ) else: return get_object_or_404( Identity, username=username, domain_id=domain, )