// Copyright (c) 2015-present Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved. // See LICENSE.txt for license information. package plugindelivery import ( "strings" mm_model "github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6/model" ) const ( usernameSpecialChars = ".-_ " ) func (pd *PluginDelivery) UserByUsername(username string) (*mm_model.User, error) { // check for usernames that might have trailing punctuation var user *mm_model.User var err error ok := true trimmed := username for ok { user, err = pd.api.GetUserByUsername(trimmed) if err != nil && !isErrNotFound(err) { return nil, err } if err == nil { break } trimmed, ok = trimUsernameSpecialChar(trimmed) } if user == nil { return nil, err } return user, nil } // trimUsernameSpecialChar tries to remove the last character from word if it // is a special character for usernames (dot, dash or underscore). If not, it // returns the same string. func trimUsernameSpecialChar(word string) (string, bool) { len := len(word) if len > 0 && strings.LastIndexAny(word, usernameSpecialChars) == (len-1) { return word[:len-1], true } return word, false } // isErrNotFound returns true if the error is a plugin.ErrNotFound. The pluginAPI converts // AppError to the plugin.ErrNotFound var. // TODO: add a `IsErrNotFound` method to the plugin API. func isErrNotFound(err error) bool { return err != nil && err.Error() == "not found" }