a place to start for the user profiel & fixed some bugs

common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/sync_user_info.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-import comment_client
+import comment_client as cc
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -15,8 +15,5 @@ service'''
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         for user in User.objects.all().iterator():
-            comment_client.update_user(user.id, {
-                'id': user.id,
-                'username': user.username,
-                'email': user.email
-            })
+            cc_user = cc.User.from_django_user(user)
+            cc_user.save()

common/djangoapps/student/models.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from django.dispatch import receiver
 
 from functools import partial
 
-import comment_client
+import comment_client as cc
 
 import logging
 
@@ -265,16 +265,9 @@ def add_user_to_default_group(user, group):
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=User)
 def update_user_information(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
-    if created:
-        func = comment_client.create_user
-    else:
-        func = partial(comment_client.update_user, user_id=instance.id)
     try:
-        func(attributes={
-            'id': instance.id,
-            'username': instance.username,
-            'email': instance.email,
-        })
+        cc_user = cc.User.from_django_user(instance)
+        cc_user.save()
     except Exception as e:
         log = logging.getLogger("mitx.discussion")
         log.error(unicode(e))