From 87c67466768ea37cb858c4e82cf1a0a2389fd145 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryan Ashby <bryan@l33t.codes>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 01:01:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] validateUserNameExists()

---
 core/system_view_validate.js | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/system_view_validate.js b/core/system_view_validate.js
index 90fdab15..4508f18a 100644
--- a/core/system_view_validate.js
+++ b/core/system_view_validate.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var Config				= require('./config.js').config;
 exports.validateNonEmpty		= validateNonEmpty;
 exports.validateMessageSubject	= validateMessageSubject;
 exports.validateUserNameAvail 	= validateUserNameAvail;
+exports.validateUserNameExists	= validateUserNameExists;
 exports.validateEmailAvail		= validateEmailAvail;
 exports.validateBirthdate		= validateBirthdate;
 exports.validatePasswordSpec	= validatePasswordSpec;
@@ -42,6 +43,18 @@ function validateUserNameAvail(data, cb) {
 	}
 }
 
+function validateUserNameExists(data, cb) {
+	const invalidUserNameError = new Error('Invalid username');
+
+	if(0 === data.length) {
+		return cb(invalidUserNameError);
+	}
+
+	user.getUserIdAndName(data, (err) => {
+		return cb(err ? invalidUserNameError : null);
+	});
+}
+
 function validateEmailAvail(data, cb) {
 	//
 	//	This particular method allows empty data - e.g. no email entered