def refresh_container_friends(self, container_user):
        ''' gets container friends via REST API and saves to data store
        '''
        #container_user.friend_ids = self.get_friend_ids_v08(container_user.container_user_id)
        logging.info('in load container friends, id is %s' % container_user.container_user_id)
        friends = self.get_friends_v08(container_user.container_user_id)
        logging.info('friends: %s' % friends)
        user_friends = set(container_user.friend_ids)
        simple_users = {}
        friend_keys = set()

        for friend in friends['Friends']:
            domain = 'myspace.com'
            user_id = str(friend['userId'])
            user_key = domain + ":" + user_id;
            user = Container_user.get_by_key_name(user_key)
            if user == None:
                logging.debug('user not found at friend %s' % friend)
                logging.debug('user not found at userid %s' % user_id)
                #raise Exception('no user? wtf?')
                user = Container_user(key_name = user_key,
                                      display_name = self.make_safe(friend['name']),
                                        container_user_id = user_id,
                                        domain = domain,
                                        profile_url = db.Link(friend['webUri']),
                                        profile_image_url = db.Link(friend['largeImage']),
                                        character = None)
            else:
                if user.character:
                    friend_keys.add(user.character.key())
                    
            user.ip_address = "1.2.3.4"
            if friend.has_key('hasAppInstalled'):
                user.has_app = friend['hasAppInstalled']
            else:
                user.has_app = False
            user.friend_ids = []
            user.put()
            user_friends.add(user.container_user_id)
            
            simple_user = {}
            simple_user['user_id'] = user.container_user_id
            simple_user['domain'] = user.domain
            simple_user['display_name'] = user.display_name
            simple_user['has_app'] = user.has_app
            simple_users[user.container_user_id] = simple_user
             
        container_user.friend_ids = list(user_friends)
        container_user.friend_count = len(user_friends)
        container_user.put()
        
        if container_user.character:
            container_user.character.friend_count = len(friend_keys)
            container_user.character.friend_keys = list(friend_keys)
            container_user.character.put()
        
        # todo: popuplate character friends
        logging.debug('exit container friends')
        return simple_users #for json serialization
    def refresh_container_friends(self, container_user):
        ''' gets container friends via REST API and saves to data store
        '''
        #container_user.friend_ids = self.get_friend_ids_v08(container_user.container_user_id)
        logging.info('in load container friends, id is %s' %
                     container_user.container_user_id)
        friends = self.get_friends_v08(container_user.container_user_id)
        logging.info('friends: %s' % friends)
        user_friends = set(container_user.friend_ids)
        simple_users = {}
        friend_keys = set()

        for friend in friends['Friends']:
            domain = 'myspace.com'
            user_id = str(friend['userId'])
            user_key = domain + ":" + user_id
            user = Container_user.get_by_key_name(user_key)
            if user == None:
                logging.debug('user not found at friend %s' % friend)
                logging.debug('user not found at userid %s' % user_id)
                #raise Exception('no user? wtf?')
                user = Container_user(
                    key_name=user_key,
                    display_name=self.make_safe(friend['name']),
                    container_user_id=user_id,
                    domain=domain,
                    profile_url=db.Link(friend['webUri']),
                    profile_image_url=db.Link(friend['largeImage']),
                    character=None)
            else:
                if user.character:
                    friend_keys.add(user.character.key())

            user.ip_address = "1.2.3.4"
            if friend.has_key('hasAppInstalled'):
                user.has_app = friend['hasAppInstalled']
            else:
                user.has_app = False
            user.friend_ids = []
            user.put()
            user_friends.add(user.container_user_id)

            simple_user = {}
            simple_user['user_id'] = user.container_user_id
            simple_user['domain'] = user.domain
            simple_user['display_name'] = user.display_name
            simple_user['has_app'] = user.has_app
            simple_users[user.container_user_id] = simple_user

        container_user.friend_ids = list(user_friends)
        container_user.friend_count = len(user_friends)
        container_user.put()

        if container_user.character:
            container_user.character.friend_count = len(friend_keys)
            container_user.character.friend_keys = list(friend_keys)
            container_user.character.put()

        # todo: popuplate character friends
        logging.debug('exit container friends')
        return simple_users  #for json serialization