methods for creating and getting users

api/db.go

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func dbGetAllMessages() ([]*Message, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func dbAddUser(id int64, name string) error {
+func dbAddUser(user *User) error {
 	currentData := db.ExecDB("users")
 	if currentData == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading users database")
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ func dbAddUser(id int64, name string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("users data is in an unexpected format")
 	}
 
-	user := map[string]interface{}{
-		"ID":   float64(id), // JSON numbers are float64 by default
-		"Name": name,
+	dbUser := map[string]interface{}{
+		"ID":   user.ID,
+		"Name": user.Name,
 	}
 
-	users = append(users, user)
+	users = append(users, dbUser)
 	return db.WriteDB("users", users)
 }