models: use Marshmallow for serializing/deserializing

requirements.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ iniconfig==2.0.0
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.2
+marshmallow==3.19.0
+marshmallow-sqlalchemy==0.29.0
 packaging==23.0
 pluggy==1.0.0
 PyJWT==2.6.0

sachet/server/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_cors import CORS
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask_marshmallow import Marshmallow
 from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt
 from .config import DevelopmentConfig, ProductionConfig, TestingConfig, overlay_config
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ else:
 
 bcrypt = Bcrypt(app)
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+ma = Marshmallow()
 
 import sachet.server.commands
 

sachet/server/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from sachet.server import app, db, bcrypt
+from sachet.server import app, db, ma, bcrypt
 from flask import request, jsonify
 from functools import wraps
 import datetime
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ class User(db.Model):
         )
 
 
+class UserSchema(ma.SQLAlchemySchema):
+    class Meta:
+        model = User
+
+    username = ma.auto_field()
+    register_date = ma.auto_field()
+    admin = ma.auto_field()
+
+
 class BlacklistToken(db.Model):
     """Token that has been revoked (but has not expired yet.)
 

sachet/server/users/views.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import jwt
 from flask import Blueprint, request, jsonify
 from flask.views import MethodView
-from sachet.server.models import auth_required, read_token, User, BlacklistToken
+from sachet.server.models import auth_required, read_token, User, UserSchema, BlacklistToken
 from sachet.server import bcrypt, db
 
+user_schema = UserSchema()
+
 users_blueprint = Blueprint("users_blueprint", __name__)
 
 class LoginAPI(MethodView):
@@ -114,10 +116,7 @@ class UserAPI(MethodView):
             }
             return jsonify(resp), 403
 
-        return jsonify({
-            "username": info_user.username,
-            "admin": info_user.admin,
-        })
+        return jsonify(user_schema.dump(info_user))
 
 users_blueprint.add_url_rule(
     "/users/<username>",

tests/conftest.py

@@ -57,9 +57,15 @@ def users(client):
 @pytest.fixture
 def validate_info(users):
     """Given a dictionary, validate the information against a given user's info."""
+
+    verify_fields = [
+        "username",
+        "admin",
+    ]
+
     def _validate(user, info):
-        for k, v in info.items():
-            assert users[user][k] == v
+        for k in verify_fields:
+            assert users[user][k] == info[k]
 
     return _validate