change if author really exist, before we set the author timestamp

node/db/AuthorManager.js

@@ -32,17 +32,57 @@ exports.getAuthor4Token = function (token, callback)
 {  
   var author;
   
-  async.waterfall([
+  async.series([
     //try to get the author for this token
     function(callback)
     {
-      db.get("token2author:" + token, callback);
+      db.get("token2author:" + token, function (err, _author)
+      {
+        author = _author;
+        callback(err);
+      });
     },
-    function(value, callback)
+    function(callback)
     {
       //there is no author with this token, so create one
-      if(value == null)
+      if(author == null)
       {
+        author = createAuthor(token);
+        
+        callback();
+      }
+      //there is a author with this token
+      else
+      {
+        //check if there is also an author object for this token, if not, create one
+        db.get("globalAuthor:" + author, function(err, authorObject)
+        {
+          if(authorObject == null)
+          {
+            createAuthor(token);
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            //update the author time
+            db.setSub("globalAuthor:" + author, ["timestamp"], new Date().getTime());
+          }
+          
+          callback();
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  ], function(err)
+  {
+    callback(err, author);
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Internal function that creates the database entry for an author 
+ * @param {String} token The token 
+ */
+function createAuthor (token)
+{
   //create the new author name
   author = "g." + _randomString(16);
         
@@ -53,23 +93,7 @@ exports.getAuthor4Token = function (token, callback)
   var authorObj = {colorId : Math.floor(Math.random()*32), name: null, timestamp: new Date().getTime()};
   db.set("globalAuthor:" + author, authorObj); 
   
-        callback(null);
-      }
-      //there is a author with this token
-      else
-      {
-        author = value;
-        
-        //update the author time
-        db.setSub("globalAuthor:" + author, ["timestamp"], new Date().getTime());
-
-        callback(null);
-      }
-    }
-  ], function(err)
-  {
-    callback(err, author);
-  });
+  return author;
 }
 
 /**