public async Task <ShortUser> Authenticate(string nickname, string password)
{
var user = await Task.Run(() => _wargameContext.User.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Nickname == nickname && x.Password == GenericService.EncryptText(password, "SHA1")));
// return null if user not found
if (user == null)
{
return(null);
}
ShortUser returnedUser = new ShortUser()
{
Id = user.Id,
Nickname = user.Nickname,
Email = user.Email,
};
returnedUser.Token = GenerateJSONWebToken(user);
// authentication successful so return user details without password
return(returnedUser.WithoutPassword());
}