methods for creating and getting users

api/api.go

@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ func Start() {
 		r.Post("/new", NewMessage)
 	})
 
+	r.Route("/users", func(r chi.Router) {
+		r.Route("/{userID}", func(r chi.Router) {
+			r.Use(UserCtx) // Load user
+			r.Get("/", GetUser)
+		})
+		r.Post("/new", NewUser)
+	})
+
 	if *routes {
 		fmt.Println(docgen.MarkdownRoutesDoc(r, docgen.MarkdownOpts{
 			ProjectPath: "git.dubyatp.xyz/chat-api-server",

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{}{
+	dbUser := map[string]interface{}{
-		"ID":   float64(id), // JSON numbers are float64 by default
+		"ID":   user.ID,
-		"Name": name,
+		"Name": user.Name,
 	}
 
-	users = append(users, user)
+	users = append(users, dbUser)
 	return db.WriteDB("users", users)
 }
 

api/user.go

@@ -1,13 +1,81 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/render"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
+func UserCtx(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		var user *User
+		var err error
+
+		if userID := chi.URLParam(r, "userID"); userID != "" {
+			user, err = dbGetUser(userID)
+		} else {
+			render.Render(w, r, ErrNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			render.Render(w, r, ErrNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+
+		ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), userKey{}, user)
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
+	})
+}
+
+func GetUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	user, ok := r.Context().Value(userKey{}).(*User)
+	if !ok || user == nil {
+		render.Render(w, r, ErrNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := render.Render(w, r, NewUserPayloadResponse(user)); err != nil {
+		render.Render(w, r, ErrRender(err))
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 func newUserID() string {
 	return "user_" + uuid.New().String()
 }
 
+func NewUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	err := r.ParseMultipartForm(64 << 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Unable to parse form", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	newUserName := r.FormValue("name")
+
+	newUser := User{
+		ID:   newUserID(),
+		Name: newUserName,
+	}
+
+	err = dbAddUser(&newUser)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Render(w, r, ErrRender(err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	render.Render(w, r, NewUserPayloadResponse(&newUser))
+}
+
+func (u *UserPayload) Render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+type userKey struct{}
+
 type User struct {
 	ID   string `json:"id"`
 	Name string `json:"name"`