package webfinger import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" "net/url" "strings" ) // GetWebfingerLinks will return webfinger data for an account. func GetWebfingerLinks(account string) ([]map[string]interface{}, error) { type webfingerResponse struct { Links []map[string]interface{} `json:"links"` } account = strings.TrimLeft(account, "@") // remove any leading @ accountComponents := strings.Split(account, "@") fediverseServer := accountComponents[1] // HTTPS is required. requestURL, err := url.Parse("https://" + fediverseServer) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse fediverse server host %s", fediverseServer) } requestURL.Path = "/.well-known/webfinger" query := requestURL.Query() query.Add("resource", fmt.Sprintf("acct:%s", account)) requestURL.RawQuery = query.Encode() response, err := http.DefaultClient.Get(requestURL.String()) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer response.Body.Close() var links webfingerResponse decoder := json.NewDecoder(response.Body) if err := decoder.Decode(&links); err != nil { return nil, err } return links.Links, nil }