def authenticate(self, fb_uid=None, fb_object=None):
""" If we receive a facebook uid then the cookie has already been validated. """
if fb_uid:
user, created = User.objects.get_or_create(username=fb_uid)
# Consider replacing this synchronous data request (out to Facebook
# and back) with an asynchronous request, using Celery or similar tool
if FACEBOOK_PREPOPULATE_USER_DATA and created and fb_object:
fb_user = fb_object.graph.get_object(u'me')
user.first_name = fb_user['first_name']
user.last_name = fb_user['last_name']
if 'email' in FACEBOOK_EXTENDED_PERMISSIONS and 'email' in fb_user:
user.email = fb_user['email']
user.save()
profile = FacebookProfile()
profile.user = user
if 'birthday' in fb_user:
match = re.search('(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)', fb_user['birthday'])
if match:
profile.birthday = "%s-%s-%s" % (match.group(3), match.group(1), match.group(2))
profile.uid = fb_user['id']
profile.name = fb_user['name']
profile.first_name = fb_user['first_name']
profile.last_name = fb_user['last_name']
if 'middle_name' in fb_user:
profile.middle_name = fb_user['middle_name']
if 'link' in fb_user:
profile.link = fb_user['link']
if 'hometown' in fb_user:
profile.hometown = fb_user['hometown']['name']
if 'bio' in fb_user:
profile.bio = fb_user['bio']
if 'gender' in fb_user:
profile.gender = fb_user['gender'][0].upper()
profile.modified = fb_user['updated_time'].replace('T', ' ').replace('+', '.')
profile.save()
return user
return None
