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diff --git a/server/lib/user.ts b/server/lib/user.ts
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+import { database as db } from '../initializers'
+import { UserInstance } from '../models'
+import { addVideoAuthorToFriends } from './friends'
+import { createVideoChannel } from './video-channel'
+
+function createUserAuthorAndChannel (user: UserInstance, validateUser = true) {
+  return db.sequelize.transaction(t => {
+    const userOptions = {
+      transaction: t,
+      validate: validateUser
+    }
+
+    return user.save(userOptions)
+      .then(user => {
+        const author = db.Author.build({
+          name: user.username,
+          podId: null, // It is our pod
+          userId: user.id
+        })
+
+        return author.save({ transaction: t })
+          .then(author => ({ author, user }))
+      })
+      .then(({ author, user }) => {
+        const remoteVideoAuthor = author.toAddRemoteJSON()
+
+        // Now we'll add the video channel's meta data to our friends
+        return addVideoAuthorToFriends(remoteVideoAuthor, t)
+          .then(() => ({ author, user }))
+      })
+      .then(({ author, user }) => {
+        const videoChannelInfo = {
+          name: `Default ${user.username} channel`
+        }
+
+        return createVideoChannel(videoChannelInfo, author, t)
+          .then(videoChannel => ({ author, user, videoChannel }))
+      })
+  })
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  createUserAuthorAndChannel
+}