func CreateUser(name, password string) (*common.User, error) {
// create user struct
user := new(common.User)
user.Name = name
user.Password = password
user.PublicKey = ""
// convert to json
data, err := json.Marshal(user)
if err != nil {
return user, err
}
// request to server
response, err := http.Post("http://localhost:8080/users", "application/json", bytes.NewReader(data))
if err != nil {
return user, err
}
buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
buf.ReadFrom(response.Body)
if response.StatusCode != 200 {
body := buf.String()
return user, errors.New(body)
}
err = json.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), user)
if err != nil {
return user, err
}
return user, nil
}
