/*
 * Copyright © 2018 Musing Studio LLC.
 *
 * This file is part of WriteFreely.
 *
 * WriteFreely is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, included
 * in the LICENSE file in this source code package.
 */

package writefreely

// AuthenticateUser ensures a user with the given accessToken is valid. Call
// it before any operations that require authentication or optionally associate
// data with a user account.
// Returns an error if the given accessToken is invalid. Otherwise the
// associated user ID is returned.
func AuthenticateUser(db writestore, accessToken string) (int64, error) {
	if accessToken == "" {
		return 0, ErrNoAccessToken
	}
	userID := db.GetUserID(accessToken)
	if userID == -1 {
		return 0, ErrBadAccessToken
	}

	return userID, nil
}