[Gateway] #23 Changed authentication and response codes

src/rest-gateway/app/configs/swagger.yml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ paths:
           required: true
           type: "string"
       responses:
-        '200':
+        '204':
           description: "Deletion succeeded"
         '400':
           description: "User does not exist"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ paths:
                 type: string
                 example: "secure_passw0rd"
       responses:
-        '200':
+        '201':
           description: "User was added to the database"
         '400':
           description: "User already exists"

src/rest-gateway/app/configs/swagger_local.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ produces:
 
 basePath: "/api"
 
-
 # Paths supported by the server application
 paths:
   /tokens/{token}:
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ paths:
           required: true
           type: "string"
       responses:
-        '200':
+        '204':
           description: "Deletion succeeded"
         '400':
           description: "User does not exist"
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ paths:
                 type: string
                 example: "secure_passw0rd"
       responses:
-        '200':
+        '201':
           description: "User was added to the database"
         '400':
           description: "User already exists"

src/rest-gateway/app/routes/user.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def delete(username):
     try:
         UserService.delete(username)
 
-        return Response(status = 200)
+        return Response(status = 204)
     except ValueError as e:
         # return 400 if the user already exists
         return Response(status = 400, response=str(e))
@@ -62,18 +62,17 @@ def add():
     '''
     data = request.json
 
-    # overwrite possibly existing role with "regular user"
-    data["role"] = "u"
+    # default role is "regular user"
+    if not 'role' in data:
+        data["role"] = "u"
     
-    username = data["username"]
-
-    try :
-        UserService.add(username, data["password"], data["role"])
+    try:
+        UserService.add(data["username"], data["password"], data["role"])
     except ValueError as e:
         # return 400 if the user already exists
         return Response(status = 400, response=str(e))
 
-    return Response(status=200)
+    return Response(status=201)
 
 def all():
     '''