return nil upon invalid UIDHEADmaster

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/auth.lua b/auth.lua
index 978fbc4..2a97ab4 100644
--- a/auth.lua
+++ b/auth.lua
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ function M.user(uid)
 end
 
 function M:get_data()
-	assert(
-		type(self.uid) == 'string' and self.uid:match '^%w+$', "invalid uid")
+	if type(self.uid) ~= 'string' or not self.uid:match '^%w+$' then
+		return nil
+	end
 	local cached, data = cache_get('users', self.uid)
 	if cached then return data end
 	data = api_get('/api/user/'..self.uid)