I would wrap the user api object (users.user) in an application
specific AppUser object, and use a reference property for which_user.
-Mahmoud
On Nov 8, 11:02 pm, warreninaustintexas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> What is the best way to access one user's information from another
> user's session? I'm building a stock market tip social networking app
> (bad timing, I know). Obviously I need the app to share information
> between specific users.
>
> Here's what I have right now:
>
> class TopList(db.Model):
> which_user = db.UserProperty()
> # ... more properties here
>
> # ... lots more code ...
>
> # at this point ...
> # user_to_view contains the other user's screen name as a string
> # (or a blank string if the current user is looking at his own
> information)
> # ...
> user = users.get_current_user()
> iscurrentuser = False
> if user_to_view == "":
> user_to_view_object = user
> iscurrentuser = True
> else:
> user_to_view_object = users.User(user_to_view)
>
> toplists = db.GqlQuery("SELECT * FROM TopList WHERE which_user = :1",
> user_to_view_object)
>
> This works fine in the development environment. The GQL Query always
> returns an empty set, though, on the production server.
>
> I suspect I could replace this line:
> user_to_view_object = users.User(user_to_view)
> with this one:
> user_to_view_object = users.User(user_to_view+"@gmail.com")
>
> ... but what about folks who are at @google.com or another domain?
>
> Has anyone else found an elegant way of solving this problem?
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