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Webfinger is an HTTP based protocol whose aim is to discover information on resources represented by an email like identifier. More details on this protocol can be found [[here | http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/wiki/WebFingerProtocol]].
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## lookup(identifier, callback);
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Perform a lookup on an acct: uri identifier and return a JSON representation of the resource XRD.
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Example:
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var Ostatus = require('ostatus');
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Ostatus.webfinger.lookup("acct:eschnou@identi.ca", function(err, result) {
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console.log(util.inspect(result));
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};
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Will output:
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{
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subject: 'acct:eschnou@identi.ca',
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alias:
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[ 'http://identi.ca/user/16106',
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'http://identi.ca/eschnou' ],
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links:
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[ { href: 'http://identi.ca/eschnou',
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type: 'text/html',
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rel: 'http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page' },
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{ href: 'http://identi.ca/eschnou/hcard',
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type: 'text/html',
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rel: 'http://microformats.org/profile/hcard' }
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]
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}
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eschnou