less database requests

src/lib/js/get_username.ts

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+import type { RequestEvent } from "@sveltejs/kit";
+import { COOKIE_SECRET } from "$env/static/private";
+import pkg from 'jsonwebtoken';
+const { verify } = pkg;
+import { error } from "@sveltejs/kit";
+import { dbConnect, dbDisconnect } from "../../utils/db";
+import { User } from "../../models/User";;
+
+export async function get_username(cookies){
+	// Set your master secret key (replace with your own secret)
+	const masterSecret = COOKIE_SECRET;
+	const secretKey = masterSecret
+	let decoded
+	try{
+		const cookie : string = cookies.get("UserSession")
+		if(cookie){
+			decoded = await verify(cookie, secretKey);
+		}
+
+	}
+	catch(e){
+		return null
+	}
+
+	if(decoded){
+		return {
+			username: decoded.username,
+		}
+	}
+	else{
+		return null
+	}
+}