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The profile package can be used to get access to user specific details such as his/her nick_name, XO colors, public key, etc. Much of these details are accessed by first creating a Profile object. However, there are several shortcut helper functions that provide access to some user details directly.

Helper Functions

How do I get the user's nick name?

from sugar import profile 
...
        #prof will refer to a Profile object used to access user information
        prof = profile.get_profile()

        # Two ways to print nickname: either through profile object, or through a helper funciton in sugar.profile
        print prof.nick_name
        print profile.get_nick_name()

How do I get the XO colors set by the user?

from sugar import profile 
...
        #prof will refer to a Profile object used to access user information
        prof = profile.get_profile()

        # Two ways to get the XO colors: through profile object or using helper function
        print prof.color.to_string()
        print profile.get_color().to_string()

How do I access this XO's public key?

from sugar import profile 
...
        #prof will refer to a Profile object used to access user information
        prof = profile.get_profile()

        #Two ways to get the public key for this XO: through Profile object or with helper function
        print prof.pubkey
        print profile.get_pubkey()

Class: Profile

How do I get the nick name, color and public key information for this XO?

See the documentation for Helper Functions.

How do I get the school server with which this child is associated with?

from sugar import profile
...
        #prof will refer to a Profile object used to access user information
        prof = profile.get_profile()

        #Print out the name of the school server this XO is registered with
        print prof.jabber_server
        #Print out whether this XO is actually registered with a school server
        print prof.jabber_registered