Get user by username as per issue #9

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Unless otherwise noted, bodies and responses are with `Content-Type: application
 | -------- |
 | [Create User](#Create-User) |
 | [Get Users by Phone](#Get-Users-by-Phone) |
-| [Get User](#Get-User) |
+| [Get User by ID](#Get-User-by-ID) |
+| [Get User by Username(#Get-User-by-Username) ]
 | [Create Conversation](#Create-Conversation) |
 | [Delete Conversation](#Delete-Conversation) |
 | [Update Conversation](#Update-Conversation) |
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ Created user object.
 ```json
 {
   "id": "<id>",
+  "username": "<username>",
   "first_name": "<first_name>",
   "last_name": "<last_name>",
   "phone_number": "<phone_number>"
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ List of users.
 [
   {
     "id": "<id>",
+    "username": "<username>",
     "first_name": "<first_name>",
     "last_name": "<last_name>"
   },
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ List of users.
 
 ---
 
-### Get User
+### Get User by ID
 
 ```
 GET /user/id/:user
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ User object.
 ```json
 {
   "id": "<id>",
+  "username": "<username>",
   "first_name": "<first_name>",
   "last_name": "<last_name>",
   "phone_number": "<phone_number>"
@@ -155,6 +159,43 @@ User object.
 
 ---
 
+### Get User by Username
+
+```
+GET /user/username/:username
+```
+
+Get a specific user by username.
+
+#### URL Params
+
+| Name | Type | Description | Required |
+| ---- | ---- | ----------- | -------- |
+| username | String | User's username. | ✓ |
+
+#### Success Response (200 OK)
+
+User object.
+
+```json
+{
+  "id": "<id>",
+  "username": "<username>",
+  "first_name": "<first_name>",
+  "last_name": "<last_name>",
+  "phone_number": "<phone_number>"
+}
+```
+
+#### Errors
+
+| Code | Description |
+| ---- | ----------- |
+| 404 | User with supplied username could not be found in database |
+| 500 | Error occurred retrieving entries from database. |
+
+---
+
 ### Create Conversation*
 
 ```

handlers.go

@@ -126,6 +126,33 @@ func (h *Handler) GetUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p httprouter.P
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(user)
 }
 
+func (h *Handler) GetUserByUsername(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p httprouter.Params) {
+	// Parse
+	username := p.ByName("userername")
+
+	// Response object
+	user := User{}
+
+	// Select
+	err := h.db.QueryRow(`
+		SELECT id, username, first_name, last_name, phone_number FROM "user" WHERE username = $1
+	`, username).Scan(&user.ID, &user.Username, &user.FirstName, &user.LastName, &user.PhoneNumber)
+
+	switch {
+		case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
+			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusNotFound), http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		case err != nil:
+			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			log.Print(err)
+			return
+	}
+
+	// Respond
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(user)
+}
+
 func (h *Handler) CreateConversation(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p httprouter.Params) {
 	// Parse
 	userID := r.Context().Value("user").(string)

main.go

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func main() {
 	router.POST("/user", h.CreateUser)
 	router.GET("/user", h.GetUsersByPhone)
 	router.GET("/user/id/:user", h.GetUser)
+	router.GET("/user/username/:username", h.GetUserByUsername)
 	//router.PATCH("/user/:user", h.UpdateUser)
 	// Conversations
 	router.POST("/user/conversation", AuthMiddleware(h.CreateConversation))