Get User

note

This tutorial assumes you already have a server.py file with Python Flask and PyMongo set up. If you haven't already, read the Overview before reading this section.

When an existing user signs into Gameo, we get this user from the database with the following steps:

1. The request passes the user's email or id as queries.
2. Using MongoDB's find_one, find the user data with the corresponding email or id.
3. Return the user if found, else return 404.

The code will be as follows:

@app.route('/user', methods=["GET"])

def get_user():

email = request.args.get('email')

_id = request.args.get('id')

user = User.find_one({'email': email}) if email else User.find_one({'_id': _id})

if not user:

abort(404)

return jsonify({'user': user})