salix/services/loopback/common/models/account.js

const md5 = require('md5');

module.exports = Self => {
    // Validations

    Self.validatesUniquenessOf('name', {
        message: 'A user with that name already exists'
    });

    Self.observe('before save', (ctx, next) => {
        if (ctx.currentInstance && ctx.currentInstance.id && ctx.data && ctx.data.password) {
            ctx.data.password = md5(ctx.data.password);
        }
        next();
    });

    Self.remoteMethod('getCurrentUserName', {
        description: 'Gets the current user name',
        accepts: [
            {
                arg: 'context',
                type: 'object',
                http: function(ctx) {
                    return ctx;
                }
            }
        ],
        returns: {
            type: 'string',
            root: true
        },
        http: {
            verb: 'GET',
            path: '/getCurrentUserName'
        }
    });

    Self.getCurrentUserName = async function(ctx) {
        let filter = {fields: ['name']};
        let userId = ctx.req.accessToken.userId;
        let account = await Self.findById(userId, filter);

        return account.name;
    };
};