Loopback Component Current User

This loopback component enables you to add the logined(current) user to the request of thhe loopback application.

Installation

1. Install in you loopback project:

npm install --save loopback-component-current-user

2. Create a component-config.json file in your server folder (if you don't already have one)

3. Configure options inside component-config.json:

{
  "loopback-component-current-user": {
    "user": "User"
  }
}

• user
  • [String] : The name of the user model. (default: 'User')

4. Create a middleware.json file in your server folder (if you don't already have one).

5. Ensure that you enable the loopback#token middleware early in your middleware chain.

{
  "initial:before": {
    "loopback#token": {}
  },
}

Usage

Model.beforeRemote('*', function(ctx, next){
  console.log(ctx.req.currentUser)
})