function dosomething_northstar_get_northstar_user($id)

dosomething_northstar_get_northstar_user.php

<?php

/**  
 * Get user data from Northstar.  
 *  
 * @param int $id  
 *   Northstar user ID  
 *  
 * @return object  
 */  
function dosomething_northstar_get_northstar_user($id) {  
  
  $northstar_user_info = cache_get('northstar_user_info_' . $id, 'cache_northstar_user_info');  
  
  if (empty($northstar_user_info)) {  
  
    $client = _dosomething_northstar_build_http_client();  
  
    $northstar_user_info = drupal_http_request($client['base_url'] . '/users/drupal_id/' . $id, array(  
      'headers' => $client['headers'],  
      'method' => 'GET',  
      ));  
  
    // Don't cache error responses.  
    if (!empty($northstar_user_info->error)) {  
      $error = sprintf("Error fetching Northstar user data, uid=%d: '%s'", $id, $northstar_user_info->error);  
      watchdog_exception('northstar', new Exception($error));  
    } else {  
      cache_set('northstar_user_info_' . $id, $northstar_user_info, 'cache_northstar_user_info', REQUEST_TIME + 60*60*24);  
    }  
  
  }  
  
  return $northstar_user_info;  
}

Good stuff! I had no idea sprintf() was a thing in PHP. Recently learned about printf() in bash, but didn't realize PHP had its own :)

Learningz 📖