Use UidNumber and GidNumber fields in the user objects

[ishank011]

Recently the CS3APIs user object was enhanced with the fields UidNumber and GidNumber. Previously, we used to store these in the opaque map. We need to update all the instances where this happens to use these first-class citizens instead.

[sudo-sturbia]

Hi @ishank011! I'd like to do this if it's possible. Just to clarify, should we update where user objects are created or where they are used? Also, should the opaque map be left empty?

[ishank011]

Hi @sudo-sturbia! You'll need to update both such instances. The user objects are populated in pkg/auth, where the logged-in user is set in the context, and pkg/user, which providers user resolution methods. So these would need to be updated. And the opaque object might contain other fields which you can just leave be, but these two can be removed.

These methods and objects are utilized by other microservices, especially the ones in the storage layer, so in those pieces of code, you need to read from these fields rather than extract them from the opaque map.