Sails.js + Passport.js gets the current user login

Question

I have a sailing application that I work with, and I use pass.js for the auth user. I have a login, along with the policies that protect my pages, all systems go. On one of my pages, the user enters information, so I need to get the current registered user ID. I struggled with this, but eventually came up with a route

In the controller

$scope.$on('sailsSocket:connect', function(ev, data) { sailsSocket.get( '/get_user', {}, function(response) { $scope.team_id = response.user; sailsSocket.get( '/status_update?sort=createdAt%20ASC&team_id='+$scope.team_id, {}, function(response) { $scope.updates = response; $log.debug('sailsSocket::/status_update', response); }); }); }); 

and route callback

 get_user: function(req, res) { res.json({user:req.session.passport.user}); }, 

It seems to work correctly, but I have a few questions.

a) is this the right way to do this? Passing this information to the controller along the route?

b) cause nested socket calls like this good practice?

I am new to this stack and still feel my way through it, so any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Try:

 get_user: function(req, res) { if ( !req.isAuthenticated() ) return res.forbidden(); return res.json({user: req.user}); }