From b513ec38dc6e78544d801975720b68dc0cbe2874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mormaer <mormaer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 22:01:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix - do not pass 'localhost' when present in get user
 request (#643)

---
 Mlem/API/Requests/Person/GetPersonDetails.swift | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Mlem/API/Requests/Person/GetPersonDetails.swift b/Mlem/API/Requests/Person/GetPersonDetails.swift
index a16f5654d..64072843f 100644
--- a/Mlem/API/Requests/Person/GetPersonDetails.swift
+++ b/Mlem/API/Requests/Person/GetPersonDetails.swift
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ struct GetPersonDetailsRequest: APIGetRequest {
                 guard let host = instanceURL.host() else {
                     throw GetPersonDetailsRequestError.unableToDetermineInstanceHost
                 }
-                username = "\(username)@\(host)"
+                
+                // when logging into a locally running instance, we don't want to pass `user@localhost`
+                username = host == "localhost" ? username : "\(username)@\(host)"
             }
 
             queryItems.append(.init(name: "username", value: username))