Hotfixes all the way down

server/utilities/token-auth.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
 	const accessToken = authHeader?.split(' ')[1]; //'Bearer token'
 
 	if (!accessToken) {
-		return res.status(401).send('No access token found');
+		return res.status(401).send('No access token provided');
 	}
 
 	return jwt.verify(accessToken, process.env.SECRET_ACCESS, (err, user) => {

server/utilities/token-decode.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
+
+//middleware to decode the JWT token
+module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
+	const authHeader = req.headers['authorization'];
+	const accessToken = authHeader?.split(' ')[1]; //'Bearer token'
+
+	if (!accessToken) {
+		return res.status(401).send('No access token provided');
+	}
+
+	return jwt.decode(accessToken, process.env.SECRET_ACCESS, (err, user) => {
+		if (err) {
+			return res.status(403).send(err);
+		}
+
+		req.user = user;
+
+		return next();
+	});
+};