How to get user information in middleware plugin?

[sivanzheng]

I want to implement a middleware plugin that can log package changes, but I don't know how to get user information in it.

[sivanzheng]

I try to get user information from req.remote_user but i got undefined

    public register_middlewares(
        app: Application,
        auth: IBasicAuth<CustomConfig>,
        _storage: IStorageManager<CustomConfig>
    ): void {
        const router = Router();

        // Log request details to console and file
        const logRequest = (req: any) => { console.log(req.remote_user) }
            
        router.put('/:package', (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
            logRequest(req);
            next();
        });

        app.use('/', router);
    }

[juanpicado]

I try to get user information from req.remote_user but i got undefined

After checking the code register the middleware happens before the token is actually set to req.remote_user, so probably you need to do to it by your own.

You may use route.use(auth.apiJWTmiddleware()); , that would set req.remote_user at the request level, I am not 100% sure if may work but give it a try.

[sivanzheng]

Thank you very much. After I checked the source code of Verdaccio, I also tried to use the apiJWTmiddleware method. After your reminder, I succeeded. This is a useful method.

router.put('/:package', (req, res, next) => {
    if (auth.apiJWTmiddleware) {
        auth.apiJWTmiddleware()(req, res, () => {
            const remote_user = (req as any).remote_user as RemoteUser;
            console.log('remote', remote_user)
            logRequest(req);
            next();
        });
    } else {
        logRequest(req);
        next();
    }
});