get-current-user.js

'use strict'

const debug = require('debug')('loopback:component:access:utils')
const LoopBackContext = require('loopback-context')

module.exports = function getCurrentUserMixin(Model) {
  debug('initializing GetCurrentUser Mixin for model %s', Model.modelName)

  Model.getCurrentUser = function getCurrentUser() {
    const ctx = LoopBackContext.getCurrentContext({ bind: true })
    const currentUser = (ctx && ctx.get('currentUser')) || null

    if (ctx) {
      debug(`${Model.definition.name}.getCurrentUser() - currentUser: %o`, currentUser)
    }
    else {
      // this means its a server-side logic call w/o any HTTP req/resp aspect to it.
      debug(`${Model.definition.name}.getCurrentUser() - no loopback context`)
    }

    return currentUser
  }
}