Switch ids to strings for uuids

Author: sbecker

dao/user_dao.go

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 var users []models.User
 
 func InitDb() {
-	users = append(users, models.User{Id: 1, AuthToken: "userA", Email: "[email protected]", DOB: "01/23/1984", FavoriteCity: "Dallas"})
-	users = append(users, models.User{Id: 2, AuthToken: "userB", Email: "[email protected]", DOB: "02/27/1991", FavoriteCity: "Portland", Admin: true})
+	users = append(users, models.User{Id: "abc", AuthToken: "userA", Email: "[email protected]", DOB: "01/23/1984", FavoriteCity: "Dallas"})
+	users = append(users, models.User{Id: "xyz", AuthToken: "userB", Email: "[email protected]", DOB: "02/27/1991", FavoriteCity: "Portland", Admin: true})
 }
 
 func GetAllUsers(currentUser models.User) []models.User {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func GetAllUsers(currentUser models.User) []models.User {
 	return results
 }
 
-func GetUserById(id int64, currentUser models.User) (models.User, error) {
+func GetUserById(id string, currentUser models.User) (models.User, error) {
 	// if not admin, make only itself findable
 	if !currentUser.Admin {
 		for _, u := range users {

models/user.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package models
 
 type User struct {
-	Id           int64  `json:"id"`
+	Id           string `json:"id"`
 	Email        string `json:"email"`
 	DOB          string `json:"dob"`
 	FavoriteCity string `json:"favorite_city"`

resources/helper.go

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ func getIntParam(c *gin.Context, name string) (int64, error) {
 	return id, nil
 }
 
+func getStringParam(c *gin.Context, name string) (string, error) {
+	return c.Params.ByName(name), nil
+}
+
 func getCurrentUser(c *gin.Context) models.User {
 	return c.MustGet("currentUser").(models.User)
 }

resources/user_resource.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func GetAllUsers(c *gin.Context) {
 func GetUserById(c *gin.Context) {
 	currentUser := getCurrentUser(c)
 
-	id, err := getIntParam(c, "id")
+	id, err := getStringParam(c, "id")
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(400, "could not parse id")
 		return

serializers/user_serializers.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type UserSubsetJSON struct {
 }
 
 type UserSubset struct {
-	Id    int64  `json:"id"`
+	Id    string `json:"id"`
 	Email string `json:"email"`
 	DOB   string `json:"dob"`
 }