mastodon/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb

class FetchRemoteStatusService < BaseService
  def call(url)
    atom_url, body = FetchAtomService.new.(url)

    return nil if atom_url.nil?
    return process_atom(atom_url, body)
  end

  private

  def process_atom(url, body)
    Rails.logger.debug "Processing Atom for remote status"

    xml     = Nokogiri::XML(body)
    account = extract_author(url, xml)

    return nil if account.nil?

    statuses = ProcessFeedService.new.(body, account)

    return statuses.first
  end

  def extract_author(url, xml)
    url_parts = Addressable::URI.parse(url)
    username  = xml.at_xpath('//xmlns:author/xmlns:name').try(:content)
    domain    = url_parts.host

    return nil if username.nil?

    Rails.logger.debug "Going to webfinger #{username}@#{domain}"

    return FollowRemoteAccountService.new.("#{username}@#{domain}")
  end
end