Auth Function [signToken] - Parameter missing

[jackrobertscott]

In file 'server/auth/auth.service.js' approx line 59, signToken function is missing user 'role' parameter.

function signToken(id) {
  return jwt.sign({ _id: id }, config.secrets.session, { expiresInMinutes: 60*5 });
}

should be:

function signToken(id, role) {
  return jwt.sign({ _id: id, role: role }, config.secrets.session, { expiresInMinutes: 60*5 });
}

Reason: the role variable is passed to it in nearly all calls of function. e.g.

function setTokenCookie(req, res) {
  if (!req.user) return res.json(404, { message: 'Something went wrong, please try again.'});
  var token = signToken(req.user._id, req.user.role);
  res.cookie('token', JSON.stringify(token));
  res.redirect('/');
}

[chinnichaitanya]

I think it is not required as the role is user by default. You can check it in user.schema.js

[jackrobertscott]

That may be so, however, in larger apps, more than simply 'guest' and 'user' roles are required.