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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# SAT plugin to find URIs
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from sat.core.i18n import _
+from sat.core.constants import Const as C
+from sat.core.log import getLogger
+from twisted.internet import defer
+import textwrap
+log = getLogger(__name__)
+import os.path
+import os
+import re
+
+PLUGIN_INFO = {
+    C.PI_NAME: _("URI finder"),
+    C.PI_IMPORT_NAME: "uri_finder",
+    C.PI_TYPE: "EXP",
+    C.PI_PROTOCOLS: [],
+    C.PI_DEPENDENCIES: [],
+    C.PI_MAIN: "URIFinder",
+    C.PI_HANDLER: "no",
+    C.PI_DESCRIPTION: textwrap.dedent(_(u"""\
+    Plugin to find URIs in well know location.
+    This allows to retrieve settings to work with a project (e.g. pubsub node used for merge-requests).
+    """))
+}
+
+
+SEARCH_FILES = ('readme', 'contributing')
+
+
+class URIFinder(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, host):
+        log.info(_(u"URI finder plugin initialization"))
+        self.host = host
+        host.bridge.addMethod("URIFind", ".plugin",
+                              in_sign='sas', out_sign='a{ss}',
+                              method=self.find,
+                              async=True)
+
+    def find(self, path, keys):
+        """Look for URI in well known locations
+
+        @param path(unicode): path to start with
+        @param keys(list[unicode]): keys lookeds after
+            e.g.: "tickets", "merge-requests"
+        @return (dict[unicode, unicode]): map from key to found uri
+        """
+        keys_re = u'|'.join(keys)
+        uri_re = re.compile(ur'(?P<key>{keys_re})[ :]? +(?P<uri>xmpp:\S+)'.format(keys_re=keys_re))
+        path = os.path.normpath(path)
+        if not os.path.isdir(path) or not os.path.isabs(path):
+            raise ValueError(u'path must be an absolute path to a directory')
+
+        found_uris = {}
+        while path != u'/':
+            for filename in os.listdir(path):
+                name, __ = os.path.splitext(filename)
+                if name.lower() in SEARCH_FILES:
+                    file_path = os.path.join(path, filename)
+                    with open(file_path) as f:
+                        for m in uri_re.finditer(f.read()):
+                            key = m.group(u'key')
+                            uri = m.group(u'uri')
+                            if key in found_uris:
+                                log.warning(_(u"Ignoring already found uri for key \"{key}\"").format(key=key))
+                            else:
+                                found_uris[key] = uri
+            if found_uris:
+                break
+            path = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+        return defer.succeed(found_uris)