From 5106e9ce1eb0a332250b82936112d2c925a196e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Slug-Boi <github.unshipped609@slmail.me>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:35:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(json): create author now works on new json
 authorfile

---
 src/cmd/tui/tui_author.go | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/tui/tui_author.go b/src/cmd/tui/tui_author.go
index 6213ff1..d87079f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/tui/tui_author.go
+++ b/src/cmd/tui/tui_author.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package tui
 // from the Bubbles component library.
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -250,28 +251,35 @@ func (m *model_ca) AddAuthor() {
 
 		defer f.Close()
 
-		sb := strings.Builder{}
-		sb.WriteRune('\n')
-
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s|%s|%s",
-			m.inputs[0].Value(),
-			m.inputs[1].Value(),
-			m.inputs[2].Value(),
-			m.inputs[3].Value()))
-
-		if m.exclude {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("|%s", "ex"))
+		// create and add the user to the users map
+		usr := utils.User{
+			Shortname: m.inputs[0].Value(),
+			Longname:  m.inputs[1].Value(),
+			Username:  m.inputs[2].Value(),
+			Email:     m.inputs[3].Value(),
+			Ex:        m.exclude,
+			Groups:   strings.Split(m.inputs[4].Value(), "|"),
 		}
 
-		if m.inputs[4].Value() != "" {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(";;%s", m.inputs[4].Value()))
+		utils.Users[m.inputs[0].Value()] = usr
+		utils.Users[m.inputs[1].Value()] = usr
+		
+		
+		utils.Authors.Authors[m.inputs[1].Value()] = usr
+
+		data, err := json.MarshalIndent(utils.Authors, "", "    ")
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error marshalling json: %v", err))
+			
 		}
 
-		//sb.WriteRune('\n')
+		// write the data to the file
+		f.Truncate(0)
+		f.Seek(0, 0)
+		f.Write(data)
+		f.Close()
 
-		if _, err = f.WriteString(sb.String()); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
+		// redefine the users map for the tui to use
 		utils.Define_users(utils.Find_authorfile())
 
 		author := m.inputs[0].Value()