paradigm shift

lib/auth/auth_api.dart

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class AuthAPI extends ChangeNotifier {
   late final appwrite.Account account;
 
   late models.User _currentUser;
+  late models.Session _currentSession;
 
   AuthStatus _status = AuthStatus.UNINITIALIZED;
 
@@ -32,11 +33,16 @@ class AuthAPI extends ChangeNotifier {
   AuthStatus get status => _status;
   String? get username => _currentUser.name;
   String? get email => _currentUser.email;
-  String? get userID => _currentUser.$id;
+  String? get userID {
+    try {
+      return _currentUser.$id;
+    } catch (e) {
+      return _currentSession.$id;
+    }
+  }
 
-  AuthAPI() {
+  AuthAPI({bool autoLoad = true}) {
     init();
-    loadUser();
   }
 
   init() {
@@ -45,6 +51,29 @@ class AuthAPI extends ChangeNotifier {
       .setProject(ApiConstants.APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID)
       .setSelfSigned();
     account = appwrite.Account(client);
+    try {
+      account.get().then((value) {
+        _currentUser = value;
+        _status = AuthStatus.AUTHENTICATED;
+        print("Auto loaded user: ${_currentUser.name}");
+        print("Auth status: $_status");
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  loadAnonymousUser() async {
+    try {
+      final user = await account.createAnonymousSession();
+      _currentSession = user;
+      _status = AuthStatus.AUTHENTICATED;
+
+    } catch (e) {
+      _status = AuthStatus.UNAUTHENTICATED;
+    } finally {
+      notifyListeners();
+    }
   }
 
   loadUser() async {