Overhauled the way in which user details are passed to the frontend

controllers/web/endpoints.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-from flask import redirect
-from flask import Blueprint
+from models.users.user import User
+from controllers.database.user import UserController
+
+from flask import redirect, Blueprint, session
 
 from . import user
 from . import product
@@ -9,6 +11,24 @@ blueprint = Blueprint('main', __name__)
 blueprint.register_blueprint(user.blueprint)
 blueprint.register_blueprint(product.blueprint)
 
+
+### CONTEXTS ###
+
+# Function that returns a given user class based on the ID in the session
+@blueprint.context_processor
+def get_user() -> dict[User|None]:
+    # Get the user based on the user ID
+    user_id = session.get('user_id')
+    user = None
+    
+    if user_id != None:
+        db = UserController()
+        user = db.read_id(user_id)
+        print(user)
+        
+    return dict(user=user)
+
+
 # Function responsible for displaying the main landing page of the site
 @blueprint.route('/')
 def index():