const md5 = require('md5'); module.exports = function(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; }; };