commit ace452bce3e6caa62ad6d5c4e3348b17c051836f
Author: Farhan Khan <farhan@farhan.codes>
Date:   Sat Mar 28 16:01:07 2026 -0400

    Working through authentication

diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
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+++ b/auth.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+/*
+func authMain(args []string) {
+	authCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("auth", flag.ExitOnError)
+	token := authCmd.String("t", "", "Auth token")
+	verbose := authCmd.Bool("v", false, "Verbose output")
+
+	authCmd.Parse(args)
+
+	fmt.Println("Auth command")
+	fmt.Println("Token:", *token)
+	fmt.Println("Verbose:", *verbose)
+}
+*/
+
+var authCmd *flag.FlagSet
+
+type AuthenticateRequest struct {
+	Accountid string `json:"accountid"`
+	Username  string `json:"username"`
+	Password  string `json:"password"`
+}
+
+func authLocalGetToken() {
+
+}
+
+func authLocalAuthenticate(args []string) {
+
+	var authSource string
+	var authUsername string
+	var authPassword string
+	var authAccountid string
+	var outputFormat string
+
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authSource, "s", "", "Source (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authSource, "source", "", "Source (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authUsername, "u", "", "Username (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authUsername, "username", "", "Username (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authPassword, "p", "", "Password (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authPassword, "password", "", "Password (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authAccountid, "a", "", "Account ID (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&authAccountid, "account", "", "Account ID (required)")
+	authCmd.StringVar(&outputFormat, "o", "text", "Output format (text or json)")
+
+	//	verbose := authCmd.Bool("v", false, "Verbose output")
+
+	outputFormat = "text"
+
+	authCmd.Parse(args)
+
+	if authSource == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Error: either -s or --source is required")
+		//authCmd.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Enforce required flag
+	if authSource == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Error: either -s or --source is required")
+		//authCmd.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if authSource != "local" {
+		fmt.Println("Error: invalid source. Allowed values: local")
+		//authCmd.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if authAccountid == "" {
+		fmt.Print("Account ID: ")
+		fmt.Scanln(&authAccountid)
+	}
+
+	if authUsername == "" {
+		fmt.Print("Username: ")
+		fmt.Scanln(&authUsername)
+	}
+	if authPassword == "" {
+		fmt.Print("Password: ")
+		fmt.Scanln(&authPassword)
+	}
+
+	var authenticaterequest AuthenticateRequest
+
+	authenticaterequest.Accountid = authAccountid
+	authenticaterequest.Username = authUsername
+	authenticaterequest.Password = authPassword
+
+	authenticaterequestpostdata, err := json.Marshal(authenticaterequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error encoding JSON:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	url := endpoint + "/identity/authenticate"
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(authenticaterequestpostdata))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error creating request:", err)
+	}
+
+	// Set headers
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error making request:", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		log.Fatal("Authentication failed with status:", resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	var result map[string]interface{}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error decoding response:", err)
+	}
+
+	if outputFormat == "json" {
+		jsonOutput, err := json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("Error encoding JSON output:", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(jsonOutput))
+		return
+	} else {
+		for key, value := range result {
+			fmt.Printf("%s: %v\n", key, value)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func authenticateMain(args []string) {
+	authCmd = flag.NewFlagSet("auth", flag.ExitOnError)
+
+	authLocalAuthenticate(args)
+	//fmt.Println("Verbose:", *verbose)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..701260f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
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+module upc
+
+go 1.25.0
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3691c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var endpoint string = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+
+type Command struct {
+	Names       []string // aliases: short + long
+	Description string
+	Handler     func(args []string)
+}
+
+var commands = []Command{
+	{
+		Names:       []string{"login", "l"},
+		Description: "Log into the system",
+		Handler: func(args []string) {
+			fmt.Println("Executing login with args:", args)
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		Names:       []string{"auth", "authenticate"},
+		Description: "Authenticate with a token",
+		Handler:     authenticateMain,
+	},
+}
+
+func printMainUsage() {
+	fmt.Println("Usage:")
+	fmt.Println("  upc <command> [options]")
+	fmt.Println("\nAvailable commands:")
+
+	for _, cmd := range commands {
+		fmt.Printf("  %-20s %s\n", formatNames(cmd.Names), cmd.Description)
+	}
+}
+
+func formatNames(names []string) string {
+	return strings.Join(names, ", ")
+}
+
+func findCommand(name string) *Command {
+	for _, cmd := range commands {
+		for _, n := range cmd.Names {
+			if n == name {
+				return &cmd
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+
+	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
+		fmt.Println("Error: missing subcommand")
+		printMainUsage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	subcommand := os.Args[1]
+
+	cmd := findCommand(subcommand)
+	if cmd == nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error: unknown command:", subcommand)
+		printMainUsage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	cmd.Handler(os.Args[2:])
+}