various code cleanup and commenting

src/routes/access/users.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
 export const router = Router({ mergeParams: true });
 
-const checkAuth = global.utils.checkAuth;
-
 /**
  * GET - get specific user
  * request:
@@ -16,15 +14,21 @@ router.get("/:username", async (req, res) => {
 		username: req.params.username
 	};
 	// check auth
-	const auth = await checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
+	const auth = await global.utils.checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
 	if (!auth) {
 		return;
 	}
-	
+
+	// attempt to parse user from username
 	const userObj = global.utils.getUserObjFromUsername(params.username);
+	if (userObj == null) {
+		res.status(400).send({ auth:true, error:`username ${params.username} does not match format uid@realm.` });
+	}
+
+	// get user
 	const u = await global.access.getUser(userObj, req.cookies);
 	if (u.ok !== true) {
-		res.status(u.status).send(u);
+		res.status(u.status).send({ auth: true, error: u });
 		return;
 	}
 	const user = u.user;