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Diffstat (limited to 'src/mailman/rest/users.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mailman/rest/users.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/rest/users.py b/src/mailman/rest/users.py index b8972f3f5..9a00cecd2 100644 --- a/src/mailman/rest/users.py +++ b/src/mailman/rest/users.py @@ -95,8 +95,21 @@ class AllUsers(_UserBase): class AUser(_UserBase): """A user.""" - def __init__(self, user_id): - self._user = getUtility(IUserManager).get_user_by_id(user_id) + def __init__(self, user_identifier): + """Get a user by various type of identifiers. + + :param user_identifier: The identifier used to retrieve the user. The + identifier may either be an integer user-id, or an email address + controlled by the user. The type of identifier is auto-detected + by looking for an `@` symbol, in which case it's taken as an email + address, otherwise it's assumed to be an integer. + :type user_identifier: str + """ + user_manager = getUtility(IUserManager) + if '@' in user_identifier: + self._user = user_manager.get_user(user_identifier) + else: + self._user = user_manager.get_user_by_id(user_identifier) @resource.GET() def user(self, request): |