Start background search with gon

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index 303423aa8..930ed0b7c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -39,13 +39,10 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
       end
 
       format.any(:html, :mobile) do
-        #only do it if it is an email address
+        # only do it if it is a diaspora*-ID
         if diaspora_id?(search_query)
           @people = Person.where(diaspora_handle: search_query.downcase, closed_account: false)
-          if @people.empty?
-            Workers::FetchWebfinger.perform_async(search_query)
-            @background_query = search_query.downcase
-          end
+          background_search(search_query) if @people.empty?
         end
         @people = @people.paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 15)
         @hashes = hashes_for_people(@people, @aspects)
@@ -167,6 +164,12 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
     raise Diaspora::AccountClosed if @person.closed_account?
   end
 
+  def background_search(search_query)
+    Workers::FetchWebfinger.perform_async(search_query)
+    @background_query = search_query.downcase
+    gon.preloads[:background_query] = @background_query
+  end
+
   def hashes_for_people(people, aspects)
     people.map {|person|
       {