Pleroma bug requires /search before /account_search works

Bluh... falling back to /search if /account_search fails.

brutaldon/views.py

@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ def same_username(account, acct, username):
     myhost = account.username.split("@",1)[1]
     if acct == user and host == myhost: return True
     return False
-from pprint import pprint
+
 @br_login_required
 def user(request, username, prev=None, next=None):
     try:
@@ -718,15 +718,24 @@ def user(request, username, prev=None, next=None):
     except NotLoggedInException:
         return redirect(about)
     user_dict = None
-    print("username",username)
+    # pleroma currently flops if the user's not already locally known
+    # this is a BUG that they MUST FIX
+    # but until then, we might have to "prime the engine"
+    # by doing a regular search, if the account search fails
+    # to return results.
     for dict in mastodon.account_search(username):
-        pprint(("check", dict))
-        raise SystemExit(23)
+        print("check", dict.acct)
         if not same_username(account, dict.acct, username): continue
         user_dict = dict
         break
     else:
-        raise Http404(_("The user %s could not be found.") % username)
+        for dict in mastodon.search(username,
+                                    result_type="accounts",
+                                    account_id=username):
+            user_dict = dict
+            break
+        else:
+            raise Http404(_("The user %s could not be found.") % username)
     data = mastodon.account_statuses(user_dict.id, max_id=next, min_id=prev)
     relationship = mastodon.account_relationships(user_dict.id)[0]
     notifications = _notes_count(account, mastodon)
@@ -1459,6 +1468,7 @@ def search_results(request):
     else:
         query = ""
     account, mastodon = get_usercontext(request)
+
     results = mastodon.search(query)
     notifications = _notes_count(account, mastodon)
     return render(