1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/ui/views/api.go b/pkg/ui/views/api.go
index 3788f91..ba202c8 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/views/api.go
+++ b/pkg/ui/views/api.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/boozec/rahanna/internal/api/auth"
 )
 
 // getAuthorizationToken reads the authentication token from the .rahannarc file
@@ -29,6 +31,22 @@ func getAuthorizationToken() (string, error) {
 	return authorization, nil
 }
 
+// From a JWT token it returns the associated user ID
+func getUserID() (int, error) {
+	token, err := getAuthorizationToken()
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+
+	claims, err := auth.ValidateJWT("Bearer " + token)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+
+	return claims.UserID, nil
+
+}
+
 // sendAPIRequest sends an HTTP request to the API with the given parameters
 func sendAPIRequest(method, url string, payload []byte, authorization string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, bytes.NewReader(payload))