Let some apis in PlayersAPI return TaloPlayer directly, and let `up…

…date()` try to update current player instead of creating a new instance.

addons/talo/apis/players_api.gd

@@ -9,30 +9,38 @@ class_name PlayersAPI extends TaloAPI
 signal identified(player: TaloPlayer)
 
 ## Identify a player using a service (e.g. "username") and identifier (e.g. "bob").
-func identify(service: String, identifier: String) -> void:
+func identify(service: String, identifier: String) -> TaloPlayer:
 	var res = await client.make_request(HTTPClient.METHOD_GET, "/identify?service=%s&identifier=%s" % [service, identifier])
 	match (res.status):
 		200:
 			Talo.current_alias = TaloPlayerAlias.new(res.body.alias)
 			Talo.socket.set_socket_token(res.body.socketToken)
 			identified.emit(Talo.current_player)
+			return Talo.current_player
 		_:
 			if not await Talo.is_offline():
 				Talo.player_auth.session_manager.clear_session()
+			return null
 
 ## Identify a player using a Steam ticket.
-func identify_steam(ticket: String, identity: String = "") -> void:
+func identify_steam(ticket: String, identity: String = "") -> TaloPlayer:
 	if identity.is_empty():
-		identify("steam", ticket)
+		return await identify("steam", ticket)
 	else:
-		identify("steam", "%s:%s" % [identity, ticket])
+		return await identify("steam", "%s:%s" % [identity, ticket])
 
 ## Flush and sync the player's current data with Talo.
-func update() -> void:
+func update() -> TaloPlayer:
 	var res = await client.make_request(HTTPClient.METHOD_PATCH, "/%s" % Talo.current_player.id, { props = Talo.current_player.get_serialized_props() })
 	match (res.status):
 		200:
-			Talo.current_alias.player = TaloPlayer.new(res.body.player)
+			if is_instance_valid(Talo.current_alias.player):
+				Talo.current_alias.player.update_from_raw_data(res.body.player)
+			else:
+				Talo.current_alias.player = TaloPlayer.new(res.body.player)
+			return Talo.current_player
+		_:
+			return null
 
 ## Merge all of the data from player_id2 into player_id1 and delete player_id2.
 func merge(player_id1: String, player_id2: String) -> TaloPlayer:

addons/talo/entities/player.gd

@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ var id: String
 var groups: Array[TaloPlayerGroupStub] = []
 
 func _init(data: Dictionary):
-	super._init(data.props.map(func (prop): return TaloProp.new(prop.key, prop.value)))
+	super._init([]) # Will be initialized correctly in update_from_raw_data().
+	update_from_raw_data(data)
+
+## Update the player from raw data.
+func update_from_raw_data(data: Dictionary) -> void:
+	props.assign(data.props.map(func (prop): return TaloProp.new(prop.key, prop.value)))
 
 	id = data.id
 	groups.assign(data.groups.map(func (group): return TaloPlayerGroupStub.new(group.id, group.name)))