UPDATE: moved admin database usage to admin_utils

web_server/utils/admin_utils.py

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+from database.database import Database
+
+def check_if_admin(username):
+    # Create a connection to the database
+    db = Database()
+    db.create_connection()
+
+    is_admin = db.fetchone("""
+                SELECT is_admin
+                FROM users
+                WHERE username = ?;
+                """, (username,))
+    
+    return is_admin
+
+def check_if_user_exists(banned_user):
+    # Create a connection to the database
+    db = Database()
+    db.create_connection()
+
+    user_exists = db.fetchone("""
+                SELECT user_id 
+                FROM users
+                WHERE username = ?;""",
+            (banned_user,))
+    
+    return user_exists
+
+def ban_user(banned_user):
+    """Ban a user."""
+    # Create a connection to the database
+    db = Database()
+    db.create_connection()
+
+    db.execute("""
+                DELETE FROM users
+                WHERE username = ?;""", 
+                (banned_user)
+            )