salix/back/methods/vn-user/renew-token.js

const {models} = require('vn-loopback/server/server');

module.exports = Self => {
    Self.remoteMethodCtx('renewToken', {
        description: 'Checks if the token has more than renewPeriod seconds to live and if so, renews it',
        accessType: 'WRITE',
        accepts: [],
        returns: {
            type: 'Object',
            root: true
        },
        http: {
            path: `/renewToken`,
            verb: 'POST'
        },
        accessScopes: ['DEFAULT', 'read:multimedia']});

    Self.renewToken = async function(ctx) {
        const {accessToken: token} = ctx.req;

        const isNotExceeded = await Self.validateToken(ctx);
        if (isNotExceeded)
            return token;

        // Schedule to remove current token
        setTimeout(async() => {
            try {
                const exists = await models.AccessToken.findById(token.id);
                exists && await Self.logout(token.id);
            } catch (err) {
                // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
                console.error(err);
            }
        }, courtesyTime * 1000);

        // Get scopes

        let createTokenOptions = {};
        const {scopes} = token;
        if (scopes)
            createTokenOptions = {scopes: [scopes[0]]};
        // Create new accessToken
        const user = await Self.findById(token.userId);
        const accessToken = await user.accessTokens.create(createTokenOptions);

        return {id: accessToken.id, ttl: accessToken.ttl};
    };
};