From 80c513265e369a87edbbdb51c2d92588d038994d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephanie Gredell <s.raide@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 19:31:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add a util file to host random methods that don't fit
 anywhere else

---
 utils/util.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 utils/util.go

diff --git a/utils/util.go b/utils/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c61c22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package utils
+
+import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+func CheckIfLoggedIn(c *gin.Context) bool {
+	userID, err := c.Cookie("user_id")
+	if err != nil || userID == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}