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+import { IsInt, IsOptional, IsPhoneNumber, IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import { User } from '../models/User';
+import { getConnectionManager } from 'typeorm';
+import { UserGroupNotFoundError, UsernameOrEmailNeededError } from '../errors/CreateUserErrors';
+import { UserGroup } from './UserGroup';
+
+export class CreateUser {
+    @IsString()
+    firstname: string;
+    @IsString()
+    middlename?: string;
+    @IsOptional()
+    @IsString()
+    username?: string;
+    @IsPhoneNumber("ZZ")
+    @IsOptional()
+    phone?: string;
+    @IsString()
+    password: string;
+    @IsString()
+    lastname: string;
+    @IsString()
+    email?: string;
+    @IsInt()
+    @IsOptional()
+    groupId?: number[] | number
+
+    public async toUser(): Promise<User> {
+        let newUser: User = new User();
+
+        if (this.email === undefined && this.username === undefined) {
+            throw new UsernameOrEmailNeededError();
+        }
+
+        if (this.groupId) {
+            // TODO: link user groups
+            // newUser.groups = await getConnectionManager().get().getRepository(UserGroup).findOne({ id: this.teamId });
+        } else {
+            throw new UserGroupNotFoundError();
+        }
+
+        newUser.email = this.email
+        newUser.username = this.username
+        newUser.firstname = this.firstname
+        newUser.middlename = this.middlename
+        newUser.lastname = this.lastname
+        // TODO: hash password here or in controller/ in User model via setter?
+        newUser.password = this.password
+
+        console.log(newUser)
+        return newUser;
+    }
+}
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