From f1c36fdeb1802d536f1c5fcf8889f70604adab61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Skylar Ittner <admin@netsyms.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 00:55:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add getRequestUser() function

---
 api/functions.php | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api/functions.php b/api/functions.php
index 7cd1706..530f011 100644
--- a/api/functions.php
+++ b/api/functions.php
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ function authenticate(): bool {
     return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the User whose credentials were used to make the request.
+ */
+function getRequestUser(): User {
+    global $VARS;
+    if (!empty($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
+        return User::byUsername($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']);
+    } else {
+        return User::byUsername($VARS['username']);
+    }
+}
+
 function checkVars($vars, $or = false) {
     global $VARS;
     $ok = [];