old_contents: """
  Copyright (c) 2017 Genome Research Ltd.
  
  Authors:
  * Simon Beal <sb48@sanger.ac.uk>
  * Christopher Harrison <ch12@sanger.ac.uk>
  
  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
  your option) any later version.
  
  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero
  General Public License for more details.
  
  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  """
  
  from aiohttp.web import Request, Response
  
  
  async def login(request:Request) -> Response:
      """
      Log a user into the system and set their permissions
  
      FIXME I believe this is just a testing/debugging handler; it can
      probably be removed...
  
      :param request:
      :return:
      """
      post_req = await request.post()
      user_type = post_req["type"]
  
      # FIXME The user is already fetched in the authentication middleware
      # or fails upon an authentication error (e.g., no such user)
      db = request.app["db"]
      user = db.get_user_by_id(1)
      user.user_type = user_type
      db.commit()
  
      return Response(text=user_type)
  
new_contents: """
  Copyright (c) 2017 Genome Research Ltd.
  
  Authors:
  * Simon Beal <sb48@sanger.ac.uk>
  * Christopher Harrison <ch12@sanger.ac.uk>
  
  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
  your option) any later version.
  
  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero
  General Public License for more details.
  
  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  """
  
  from aiohttp.web import Request, Response
  
  
  async def login(request:Request) -> Response:
      """
      Log a user into the system and set their permissions
  
      FIXME I believe this is just a testing/debugging handler; it can
      probably be removed...
  
      :param request:
      :return:
      """
      post_req = await request.post()
      user_type = post_req["type"]
  
      user = request["user"]
      user.user_type = user_type
      request.app["db"].commit()  # FIXME? Is this necessary?
  
      return Response(text=user_type)
  
subject: Use the user that has been threaded through the request by the authentication middleware