def check_auth(username, password):
"""
Function checks is username and password is valid.
Funciton shall make a database call to verify the
username and password exists on the database via
hashing.
"""
# create new DB communication object
# and check for a valid login
db = DBComm()
# Check if user exists
if db.is_a_user(str(username)):
# Convert string password to md5 hash format
password_hash = hashlib.md5(str(password)).hexdigest()
# Check username with password
return (db.is_valid_login(
str(username),
str(password_hash)))
# The file doesn't exist, the user doesn't exist,
# or the username-password combination isn't valid.
return False
def getCurrentClientState(username):
db = DBComm()
client = db.get_user_client_state(str(username))
return client
