Function for if an actor is indexable by a search engine

mastoapiv1.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from utils import no_of_accounts
 from utils import get_status_count
 from utils import lines_in_file
 from utils import data_dir
+from utils import account_is_indexable
 
 
 def _meta_data_instance_v1(show_accounts: bool,
@@ -220,10 +221,7 @@ def _get_masto_api_v1account(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
     joined_date = "2016-10-05T10:30:00Z"
     if account_json.get('published'):
         joined_date = account_json['published']
-    noindex = True
-    if 'indexable' in account_json:
-        if account_json['indexable'] is True:
-            noindex = False
+    noindex = not account_is_indexable(account_json)
     discoverable = True
     if 'discoverable' in account_json:
         if account_json['discoverable'] is False:

mastoapiv2.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from utils import get_audio_extensions
 from utils import get_image_mime_type
 from utils import lines_in_file
 from utils import data_dir
+from utils import account_is_indexable
 
 
 def _get_masto_api_v2id_from_nickname(nickname: str) -> int:
@@ -96,10 +97,7 @@ def _meta_data_instance_v2(show_accounts: bool,
     image_url = remove_html(url_str)
     thumbnail_url = http_prefix + '://' + domain_full + '/login.png'
     admin_email = None
-    noindex = True
-    if 'indexable' in admin_actor:
-        if admin_actor['indexable'] is True:
-            noindex = False
+    noindex = not account_is_indexable(admin_actor)
     discoverable = True
     if 'discoverable' in admin_actor:
         if admin_actor['discoverable'] is False:

person.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from roles import set_role
 from roles import actor_roles_from_list
 from roles import get_actor_roles_list
 from media import process_meta_data
+from utils import account_is_indexable
 from utils import get_image_mime_type
 from utils import get_instance_url
 from utils import get_url_from_post
@@ -218,9 +219,7 @@ def get_actor_update_json(actor_json: {}) -> {}:
     memorial = False
     if actor_json.get('memorial'):
         memorial = True
-    indexable = False
-    if actor_json.get('indexable'):
-        indexable = True
+    indexable = account_is_indexable(actor_json)
     searchable_by = []
     if actor_json.get('searchableBy'):
         if isinstance(actor_json['searchableBy'], list):

utils.py

@@ -5683,3 +5683,19 @@ def replace_strings(text: str, replacements: {}) -> str:
     for orig_str, new_str in replacements.items():
         text = text.replace(orig_str, new_str)
     return text
+
+
+def account_is_indexable(actor_json: {}) -> bool:
+    """Returns true if the given actor is indexable
+    """
+    if 'indexable' not in actor_json:
+        return False
+    if isinstance(actor_json['indexable'], bool):
+        return actor_json['indexable']
+    if isinstance(actor_json['indexable'], list):
+        if '#Public' in str(actor_json['indexable']):
+            return True
+    elif isinstance(actor_json['indexable'], str):
+        if '#Public' in actor_json['indexable']:
+            return True
+    return False