try doing magic with generics

models/secret.go

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ type UserSecret struct {
 	Permission
 }
 
+// This method allows us to use an interface to avoid adding duplicate entries to a []Secret
+func (s Secret) GetId() int {
+	return s.SecretId
+}
+
 func (s *Secret) SaveSecret() (*Secret, error) {
 
 	var err error
@@ -141,7 +146,12 @@ func SecretsGetAllowed(s *Secret, userId int) ([]UserSecret, error) {
 			log.Println(debugPrint)
 
 			// Append the secrets to the query output, don't decrypt the secrets (we didn't SELECT them anyway)
-			secretResults = append(secretResults, r)
+			//secretResults = append(secretResults, r)
+
+			// Use generics and the GetID() method on the UserSecret struct
+			// to avoid adding this element to the results
+			// if there is already a secret with the same ID present
+			secretResults = utils.AppendIfNotExists(secretResults, r)
 		}
 		log.Printf("SecretsGetAllowed retrieved '%d' results\n", len(secretResults))
 	}