Code simplification.

Mostly just returning quickly instead of setting a variable and returning
that later in the code.

pillar/application/utils/authentication.py

@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ def validate(token):
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
         raise e
 
-    if r.status_code == 200:
+    if r.status_code != 200:
-        response = r.json()
+        print('HTTP error %i validating token:\n%s' % (r.status_code, r.content))
-    else:
+        return None
-        response = None
+
-    return response
+    return r.json()
 
 
 def validate_token():
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ def validate_token():
         # to verify the validity of the token. We will get basic user info if
         # the user is authorized and we will make a new token.
         validation = validate(token)
-        if validation['status'] == 'success':
+        if validation is None or validation['status'] != 'success':
+            return None
+
         users = app.data.driver.db['users']
         email = validation['data']['user']['email']
         db_user = users.find_one({'email': email})
@@ -125,8 +127,6 @@ def validate_token():
             groups=groups,
             token_expire_time=datetime.now() + timedelta(hours=1))
         #return token_data
-        else:
-            return None
     else:
         users = app.data.driver.db['users']
         db_user = users.find_one(db_token['user'])
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@ def validate_token():
             groups=db_user['groups'],
             token_expire_time=db_token['expire_time'])
 
-    setattr(g, 'current_user', current_user)
+    g.current_user = current_user