# Fetching User in Protected Routes

* First we need access to our database in order to get the ID

```python
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
from . import schemas, database
from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer

# Now we can make requests to the Database
def verify_access_token(token: str, credentials_exception):

    try:
        payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
        id: str = payload.get("user_id")

        if str(id) is None:
            raise credentials_exception
        
        token_data = schemas.TokenData(id=id)

    except JWTError:
        raise credentials_exception

    return token_data

def get_current_user(token: str = Depends(oath2_scheme), db: Session =  Depends(database.get_db)):
    credentials_exception = HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail=f"Could not validate cedentials", headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"})

    # Fetch current user
    token = verify_access_token(token, credentials_exception)
    user = db.query(UserModels.User).filter(UserModels.User.id == token.id).first()

    return user
```

* Next step is to update the <mark style="color:orange;">`user_id`</mark> in the <mark style="color:green;">`posts.py`</mark> file

```python
@router.delete("/delete/{id}", status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
def delete_post(id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db), current_user: int = Depends(oauth2.get_current_user)):
```

* We've updated <mark style="color:orange;">`user_id`</mark> to <mark style="color:orange;">`current_user`</mark>
* This is generarly good practice for readability&#x20;


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