/**
* Logs in a user an returns the auth_token
*
* @param Users $user
* @return string auth_token
*/
public static function login(Users $user)
{
UserController::$sendEmailOnVerify = false;
// Deactivate cookie setting
$oldCookieSetting = SessionController::$setCookieOnRegisterSession;
SessionController::$setCookieOnRegisterSession = false;
// Inflate request with user data
$r = new Request(array("usernameOrEmail" => $user->getUsername(), "password" => $user->getPassword()));
// Call the API
$response = UserController::apiLogin($r);
// Sanity check
self::assertEquals("ok", $response["status"]);
// Clean up leftovers of Login API
unset($_REQUEST);
// Set cookie setting as it was before the login
SessionController::$setCookieOnRegisterSession = $oldCookieSetting;
return $response["auth_token"];
}
