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-<?php
-/**
- * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- * Copyright (C) 2010, StatusNet, Inc.
- *
- * A sample module to show best practices for StatusNet plugins
- *
- * PHP version 5
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * @package   StatusNet
- * @author    James Walker <james@status.net>
- * @copyright 2010 StatusNet, Inc.
- * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
- * @link      http://status.net/
- */
-
-define('WEBFINGER_SERVICE_REL_VALUE', 'lrdd');
-
-/**
- * Implement the webfinger protocol.
- */
-
-class Webfinger
-{
-    const PROFILEPAGE = 'http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page';
-    const UPDATESFROM = 'http://schemas.google.com/g/2010#updates-from';
-    const HCARD       = 'http://microformats.org/profile/hcard';
-
-    /**
-     * Perform a webfinger lookup given an account.
-     */
-
-    public function lookup($id)
-    {
-        $id = $this->normalize($id);
-        list($name, $domain) = explode('@', $id);
-
-        $links = $this->getServiceLinks($domain);
-        if (!$links) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $services = array();
-        foreach ($links as $link) {
-            if ($link['template']) {
-                return $this->getServiceDescription($link['template'], $id);
-            }
-            if ($link['href']) {
-                return $this->getServiceDescription($link['href'], $id);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Normalize an account ID
-     */
-    function normalize($id)
-    {
-        if (substr($id, 0, 7) == 'acct://') {
-            return substr($id, 7);
-        } else if (substr($id, 0, 5) == 'acct:') {
-            return substr($id, 5);
-        }
-
-        return $id;
-    }
-
-    function getServiceLinks($domain)
-    {
-        $url = 'http://'. $domain .'/.well-known/host-meta';
-
-        $content = $this->fetchURL($url);
-
-        if (empty($content)) {
-            common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'Error fetching host-meta');
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $result = XRD::parse($content);
-
-        // Ensure that the host == domain (spec may include signing later)
-        if ($result->host != $domain) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $links = array();
-        foreach ($result->links as $link) {
-            if ($link['rel'] == WEBFINGER_SERVICE_REL_VALUE) {
-                $links[] = $link;
-            }
-
-        }
-        return $links;
-    }
-
-    function getServiceDescription($template, $id)
-    {
-        $url = $this->applyTemplate($template, 'acct:' . $id);
-
-        $content = $this->fetchURL($url);
-
-        if (!$content) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return XRD::parse($content);
-    }
-
-    function fetchURL($url)
-    {
-        try {
-            $c = Cache::instance();
-            $content = $c->get('webfinger:url:'.$url);
-            if ($content !== false) {
-                return $content;
-            }
-            $client = new HTTPClient();
-            $response = $client->get($url);
-        } catch (HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if ($response->getStatus() != 200) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $body = $response->getBody();
-
-        $c->set('webfinger:url:'.$url, $body);
-
-        return $body;
-    }
-
-    function applyTemplate($template, $id)
-    {
-        $template = str_replace('{uri}', urlencode($id), $template);
-
-        return $template;
-    }
-
-    function getHostMeta($domain, $template) {
-        $xrd = new XRD();
-        $xrd->host = $domain;
-        $xrd->links[] = array('rel' => 'lrdd',
-                              'template' => $template,
-                              'title' => array('Resource Descriptor'));
-
-        return $xrd->toXML();
-    }
-}
-