Code clean up and standardize

app/methods/user_methods.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from app.models.user_models import User_Base, User_New_Base, User_Out_Base
 # Reviewed and updated 2021-08-21
 # Reviewed and updated 2021-08-10
 def create_user_obj(
+        account_id: int|str,
         user_obj_new: User_New_Base,
         allow_update: bool = False, # Allow updating the user account if one is found
         avoid_dup_username: bool = False, # Avoid creating a duplicate by modifying the supplied username
@@ -38,7 +39,11 @@ def create_user_obj(
     user_obj_data['password'] = user_obj_new.password # There has to be a better way to do this??? It thinks "password" is unset and so is excluded?
     log.debug(user_obj_data)
 
-    account_id = user_obj_data.get('account_id', None)
+    if account_id := redis_lookup_id_random(record_id_random=account_id, table_name='account'): pass
+    elif account_id := user_obj_data.get('account_id', None): pass
+    else: return False
+
+    # account_id = user_obj_data.get('account_id', None)
     username = user_obj_data.get('username', None)
 
     log.info(f'Checking if the username is already in use for the account... Account: {account_id} Username: {username}')