// Updates or creates a principal from a PrincipalConfig structure. func (dbc *DatabaseContext) UpdatePrincipal(newInfo PrincipalConfig, isUser bool, allowReplace bool) (replaced bool, err error) { // Get the existing principal, or if this is a POST make sure there isn't one: var princ auth.Principal var user auth.User authenticator := dbc.Authenticator() if isUser { if newInfo.Password != nil && len(*(newInfo.Password)) < 3 { err = base.HTTPErrorf(http.StatusBadRequest, "Passwords must be at least three 3 characters") return } user, err = authenticator.GetUser(*newInfo.Name) princ = user } else { princ, err = authenticator.GetRole(*newInfo.Name) } if err != nil { return } changed := false replaced = (princ != nil) if !replaced { // If user/role didn't exist already, instantiate a new one: if isUser { user, err = authenticator.NewUser(*newInfo.Name, "", nil) princ = user } else { princ, err = authenticator.NewRole(*newInfo.Name, nil) } if err != nil { return } changed = true } else if !allowReplace { err = base.HTTPErrorf(http.StatusConflict, "Already exists") return } // Update the persistent sequence number of this principal: nextSeq, err := dbc.sequences.nextSequence() if err != nil { return } princ.SetSequence(nextSeq) // Now update the Principal object from the properties in the request, first the channels: updatedChannels := princ.ExplicitChannels() if updatedChannels == nil { updatedChannels = ch.TimedSet{} } if updatedChannels.UpdateAtSequence(newInfo.ExplicitChannels, nextSeq) { princ.SetExplicitChannels(updatedChannels) changed = true } // Then the user-specific fields like roles: if isUser { if newInfo.Email != user.Email() { user.SetEmail(newInfo.Email) changed = true } if newInfo.Password != nil { user.SetPassword(*newInfo.Password) changed = true } if newInfo.Disabled != user.Disabled() { user.SetDisabled(newInfo.Disabled) changed = true } updatedRoles := user.ExplicitRoles() if updatedRoles == nil { updatedRoles = ch.TimedSet{} } if updatedRoles.UpdateAtSequence(base.SetFromArray(newInfo.ExplicitRoleNames), nextSeq) { user.SetExplicitRoles(updatedRoles) changed = true } } // And finally save the Principal: if changed { err = authenticator.Save(princ) } return }