I requested stormpath user custom data by using
res.render('home', {
title: 'home',
user: req.user.customData,
});
i expected to receive a json object of custom data but instead a url ('https://api.stormpath.com/v1/accounts/WvtGbIH3kJ4rEttVF5r9U/customData') was returned. This page does have the custom data i want on it but i cannot request it using an ajax request as it is a https page. What should I do? Thanks in advance
You'll need to use the "auto expansion" feature of the library, like this:
app.use(stormpath.init(app, {
expandCustomData: true,
});
That will expand the custom data resource for you. By default it's just a link to the resource, as you've seen.
Found the best way to request custom data is to use the getCustomData() method in the route, set the data to a variable and use a get request from the client to request this data as in the sample below:
Server Js
customData = new Array;
router.get("/string", function(req, res) {
req.user.getCustomData(function(err, data) {
customData = data.someKey;
})
res.send(customData) /*Returns Empty Arrray*/
})
router.get("/cdata", function(req, res) {
res.send(customData) /*Sends Actual Custom Data*/
})
Client Js
var customData = new array
$(document).ready(function() {
$.get("/string", function(string) {
/*Tells server to get customData*/
})
$(document).click(function(){
if(pleaseCount===0){
$.get("/cdata", function(data) {
for(i=0;i<data.length;i++){
customData.unshift(data[i])
pleaseCount=pleaseCount+1
/*Custom data is now stored in client side array*/
}
})
}
})
That's what worked for me anyway. I don't know why someone down-voted the question as this is an acceptable way to retrieve other user information such as name and email by using userName:req.user.userName in the render function and rendering this information to a p. tag in a jade page by using p #{userName}