Misago/misago/users/api/mention.py

from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
from rest_framework.response import Response

from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static

from misago.conf import settings


UserModel = get_user_model()


@api_view()
def mention_suggestions(request):
    suggestions = []

    query = request.query_params.get('q', '').lower().strip()[:100]
    if query:
        queryset = UserModel.objects.filter(
            slug__startswith=query,
            is_active=True,
        ).order_by('slug')[:10]

        for user in queryset:
            try:
                avatar = user.avatars[-1]['url']
            except IndexError:
                avatar = static(settings.MISAGO_BLANK_AVATAR)

            suggestions.append({
                'username': user.username,
                'avatar': avatar,
            })

    return Response(suggestions)