From 61f7888f1b603691a256a97b4a397d715361a875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Leiter <maxwell.leiter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:22:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] server: ignore username case when signing up and in

---
 server/src/routes/users.ts | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/routes/users.ts b/server/src/routes/users.ts
index 8bf410f1..969b1996 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/users.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/users.ts
@@ -54,14 +54,16 @@ users.post('/signup', async (req, res, next) => {
             throw new Error("Please provide a username and password")
         }
 
-        const existingUser = await User.findOne({ where: { username: req.body.username } })
+        const username = req.body.username.toLowerCase();
+
+        const existingUser = await User.findOne({ where: { username: username } })
         if (existingUser) {
             throw new Error("Username already exists")
         }
 
         const salt = await genSalt(10)
         const user = {
-            username: req.body.username as string,
+            username: username as string,
             password: await hash(req.body.password, salt)
         }
 
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ users.post('/login', async (req, res, next) => {
             throw new Error("Missing username or password")
         }
 
-        const user = await User.findOne({ where: { username: req.body.username } });
+        const username = req.body.username.toLowerCase();
+        const user = await User.findOne({ where: { username: username } });
         if (!user) {
             throw new Error("User does not exist");
         }