from django.http import Http404 from users.models import Domain, Identity def by_handle_or_404(request, handle, local=True, fetch=False) -> Identity: """ 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 "host" not in request.headers: raise Http404("No hostname available") username = handle domain_instance = Domain.get_domain(request.headers["host"]) if domain_instance is None: raise Http404("No matching domains found") domain = domain_instance.domain else: username, domain = handle.split("@", 1) # Resolve the domain to the display domain domain_instance = Domain.get_domain(domain) if domain_instance is None: domain_instance = Domain.get_remote_domain(domain) domain = domain_instance.domain identity = Identity.by_username_and_domain( username, domain, local=local, fetch=fetch, ) if identity is None: raise Http404(f"No identity for handle {handle}") if identity.blocked: raise Http404("Blocked user") return identity