Switch viewuser backend over to rely on caching user lookups by default

mig/shared/functionality/viewuser.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # --- BEGIN_HEADER ---
 #
 # viewuser - Display public details about a user
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2023  The MiG Project lead by Brian Vinter
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2025  The MiG Project lead by the Science HPC Center at UCPH
 #
 # This file is part of MiG.
 #
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 #
 # -- END_HEADER ---
 #
 
 """Get info about a user"""
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
@@ -42,26 +42,27 @@
 from mig.shared.output import html_link
 from mig.shared.profilekeywords import get_profile_specs
 from mig.shared.settingskeywords import get_settings_specs
 from mig.shared.user import user_gravatar_url, inline_image, anon_user_id, \
     anon_to_real_user_map
 from mig.shared.vgrid import vgrid_request_and_job_match
 from mig.shared.vgridaccess import user_visible_user_confs, user_vgrid_access, \
     CONF
 
 
 def signature():
     """Signature of the main function"""
 
-    defaults = {'cert_id': REJECT_UNSET}
+    defaults = {'cert_id': REJECT_UNSET,
+                'caching': ['true']}
     return ['user_info', defaults]
 
 
 def build_useritem_object_from_user_dict(configuration, client_id,
                                          visible_user_id, user_home, user_dict,
                                          allow_vgrids):
     """Build a user object based on input user_dict"""
 
     profile_specs = get_profile_specs()
     user_specs = get_settings_specs()
     user_item = {
         'object_type': 'user_info',
@@ -170,10 +171,10 @@
     return user_item
 
 
 def main(client_id, user_arguments_dict):
     """Main function used by front end"""
 
     (configuration, logger, output_objects, op_name) = \
         initialize_main_variables(client_id, op_header=False)
     client_dir = client_id_dir(client_id)
     defaults = signature()[1]
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@
                            'text': confirm_html(configuration)})
 
     user_list = accepted['cert_id']
+    caching = (accepted['caching'][-1].lower() in ('true', 'yes'))
 
     # Please note that base_dir must end in slash to avoid access to other
     # user dirs when own name is a prefix of another user name
@@ -209,13 +211,18 @@
                                             client_dir)) + os.sep
     status = returnvalues.OK
 
+    if caching:
+        caching_note = '(cached)'
+    else:
+        caching_note = ''
+
     title_entry = find_entry(output_objects, 'title')
     title_entry['text'] = 'User details'
     output_objects.append({'object_type': 'header', 'text':
-                           'Show user details'})
+                           'Show user details %s' % caching_note})
 
-    visible_user = user_visible_user_confs(configuration, client_id)
-    vgrid_access = user_vgrid_access(configuration, client_id)
+    visible_user = user_visible_user_confs(configuration, client_id, caching)
+    vgrid_access = user_vgrid_access(configuration, client_id, caching)
     anon_map = anon_to_real_user_map(configuration)
 
     for visible_user_name in user_list:
@@ -249,4 +256,15 @@
                                                          vgrid_access)
         output_objects.append(user_item)
 
+    output_objects.append({'object_type': 'html_form',
+                           'text': '<div class="vertical-spacer"></div>'})
+    user_query = '%s' % '&'.join(['cert_id=%s' % i for i in user_list])
+    output_objects.append(
+        {'object_type': 'link',
+         'destination':
+         'viewuser.py?caching=false&%s' % user_query,
+         'class': 'refreshlink iconspace',
+         'title': 'View without caching',
+         'text': 'View without caching of user data - may take a long time'})
+
     return (output_objects, status)