From a4435a22478b2f1c57d17a17f8a30c7435084e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arya Kiran <aryak@vern.cc>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:39:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] base64 isn't needed for ssh key

---
 README.md       | 2 +-
 pages/signup.go | 8 +-------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 815d1c8..b098fe1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ Currently, PublAPI has only two routes, /online and /signup.
 | ROUTE   | TYPE | EXTRA ARGS      | DESCRIPTION                        |
 |---------|------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
 | /online | GET  | N/A             | Returns the number of online users |
-| /signup | POST | username, email, ssh | Creates a register script and notifies admins that a new registration request was sent. Note: SSH Key must be sent in base64 form |
+| /signup | POST | username, email, ssh | Creates a register script and notifies admins that a new registration request was sent.|
diff --git a/pages/signup.go b/pages/signup.go
index 65473ae..e88cfcf 100644
--- a/pages/signup.go
+++ b/pages/signup.go
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ func SignupPage(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		log.Error("username, email and ssh must be filled", username, email, ssh)
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusBadRequest)
 	}
-	sshke, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(ssh)
-	sshkey := string(sshke)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("unable to decode base64 ssh key")
-		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusBadRequest)
-	}
 
 	// create user file
 	f, err := os.Create("/var/publapi/users/" + username + ".sh")
@@ -42,7 +36,7 @@ func SignupPage(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		"useradd -Um -s /bin/bash " + username + "\n" +
 		"printf \"%s\\n%s\" \"${pass}\" \"${pass}\" | passwd " + username + "\n" +
 		"mkdir /home/" + username + "/.ssh\n" +
-		"echo '" + sshkey + "' > /home/" + username + "/.ssh/authorized_keys\n" +
+		"echo '" + ssh + "' > /home/" + username + "/.ssh/authorized_keys\n" +
 		"chmod 700 /home/" + username + "/.ssh\n" +
 		"chmod 600 /home/" + username + "/.ssh/authorized_keys\n" +
 		"chown -R " + username + ":" + username + " /home/" + username + "/.ssh\n" +