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NextAuth Credentials, adding more to the user scheme

Nextauth with mysql persisting users.
I'm trying out this NextAuth thing to see if this is something I like. So far so good. There is one thing tho which is buggin me and that would be the user scheme. By default it returns a name, image and the last one I forgot.
I'd like to add more to this scheme and found some ways to do it by looking at google, however those I tried did not work.
One example I found is by extending the model which clearly makes sense...
The issue here is then me, I do not know what to change in the code below to make it work with my NextAuth credentials provider. As shown below, this doesnt work.
projectfolder -> models -> index.js
import User, { UserSchema } from "./User"
export default {
User: {
model: User,
schema: UserSchema
}
}
projectfolder -> models -> user.js
import Adapters from "next-auth/adapters"
// Extend the built-in models using class inheritance
export default class User extends Adapters.TypeORM.Models.User.model {
constructor(name, email, image, emailVerified, roles) {
super(name, email, image, emailVerified)
if (roles) { this.roles = roles}
}
}
export const UserSchema = {
name: "User",
target: User,
columns: {
...Adapters.TypeORM.Models.User.schema.columns,
roles: {
type: "varchar",
nullable: true
},
},
}
In my [...nextauth].js file I have my provider, in this provider i've added an profile() field with the extra fields. This did not solve the issue.
profile(profile) {
return {
name: profile.name,
email: profile.email,
role: profile.role
};
},
Please correct me if I am wrong but if I am using credentials, then I need to replace the "TypeORM" with something else, correct? How about the path for the files, are they correct?
This should clearly be quite easy but am I missing something or am I doing something wrong? I feel like there is a lack of documentation on extending the user model for mysql.
I've doubled checked that the role is being retrieved from the database and then added to the user variable shown here:
async authorize ....
const user = {
name: result.display_name,
role: result.role_name,
email: result.email
}
Although I can see the role being set in the variable with my console.log(), I still cannot access the role and that I suspect is because of the model. How would I resolve this? Thanks a lot in advance.
Any ideas?
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Btw, here is my callback
callbacks: {
async signIn({ user, account, profile, email }) {
console.log("user", user);
return true;
},
},
and this is what it returns (shortened)
token: {
token: { name: 'Firstname Lastname', email: 'test#mail.com' },
user: {
name: 'Firstname Lastname',
role: 'administrator',
email: 'test#mail.com'
},
account: { type: 'credentials', provider: 'credentials' },
isNewUser: false,
iat: 1634193197,
exp: 1636785197
}

I'm new to TypeORM and I am facing the same problems as people here.
What I've done was create a separate Entity which I called users_info to store the other information and retrieve it after signing in.
It looks like this:
import { UserEntity } from './NextAuthEntities';
#Entity({ name: 'users_info' })
export class MemberEntity {
#PrimaryGeneratedColumn('increment')
id!: number;
#OneToOne(() => UserEntity)
#JoinColumn({
name: 'auth_id',
referencedColumnName: 'id',
})
auth_id!: UserEntity;
#Column({ type: 'varchar', nullable: true })
full_name!: string | null;
// etc
}
Then, I created a handshake API route to retrieve users_info if the user is signed-in.
When I added a new #Column on my custom UsersEntity, it threw me an error when I tried to login. It seems like TypeORMLegacyAdapter can't be extended or be different from the default UserEntity.
Hope it helps

What is the best way to keep track of changes of a document's property in MongoDB?

I would like to know how to keep track of the values of a document in MongoDB.
It's a MongoDB Database with a Node and Express backend.
Say I have a document, which is part of the Patients collection.
{
"_id": "4k2lK49938d82kL",
"firstName": "John",
"objective": "Burn fat"
}
Then I edit the "objective" property, so the document results like this:
{
"_id": "4k2lK49938d82kL",
"firstName": "John",
"objective": "Gain muscle"
}
What's the best/most efficient way to keep track of that change? In other words, I would like to know that the "objective" property had the value "Burn fat" in the past, and access it in the future.
Thanks a lot!

Maintaining/tracking history in the same document is not all recommended. As the document size will keep on increasing leading to
probably if there are too many updates, 16mb document size limit
Performance degrades
Instead, you should maintain a separate collection for history. You might have use hibernates' Javers or envers for auditing for your relational databases. if not you can check how they work. A separate table (xyz_AUD) is maintained for each table (xyz). For each row (with primary key abc) in xyz table, there exist multiple rows in xyz_AUD table, where each row is version of that row.
Moreover, Javers also support MongoDB auditing. If you are using java you can directly use it. No need to write your own logic.
Refer - https://nullbeans.com/auditing-using-spring-boot-mongodb-and-javers/
One more thing, Javers Envers Hibernate are java libraries. But I'm sure for other programming languages also, similar libraries will be present.
There is a mongoose plugin as well -
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose-audit (quite oudated 4 years)
https://github.com/nassor/mongoose-history#readme (better)

Maybe you can change the type of "objective" to array and track the changes in it. the last one of the array is the latest value.

Maintain it as a sub-document like below
{
"_id": "4k2lK49938d82kL",
"firstName": "John",
"objective": {
obj1: "Gain muscle",
obj2: "Burn fat"
}
}
You can also maintain it as an array field but remember, mongodb doesn't allow you to maintain uniqueness in an array field and if you plan to index the "objective" field, you'll have to create a multi key index

I think the simplest solution would be to use and update an array:
const patientSchema = new Schema({
firstName: { type: String, required: true },
lastName: { type: String, required: true },
objective: { type: String, required: true }
notes: [{
date: { type: Date, default: Date.now() },
note: { type: String, required: true }
}],
});
Then when you want to update the objective...
const updatePatientObjective = async (req, res) => {
try {
// check if _id and new objective exist in req.body
const { _id, objective, date } = req.body;
if (!_id || !objective) throw "Unable to update patient's objective.";
// make sure provided _id is valid
const existingPatient = await Patient.findOne({ _id });
if (!existingPatient) throw "Unable to locate that patient.";
// pull out objective as previousObjective
const { objective: previousObjective } = existingPatient;
// update patient's objective while pushing
// the previous objective into the notes sub document
await existingPatient.updateOne({
// update current objective
$set { objective },
// push an object with a date and note (previouseObjective)
// into a notes array
$push: {
notes: {
date,
note: previousObjective
},
},
}),
);
// send back response
res
.status(201)
.json({ message: "Successfully updated your objective!" });
} catch (err) {
return res.status(400).json({ err: err.toString() });
}
};
Document will look like:
firstName: "John",
lastName: "Smith",
objective: "Lose body fat.",
notes: [
{
date: 2019-07-19T17:45:43-07:00,
note: "Gain muscle".
},
{
date: 2019-08-09T12:00:38-07:00,
note: "Work on cardio."
}
{
date: 2019-08-29T19:00:38-07:00,
note: "Become a fullstack web developer."
}
...etc
]
Alternatively, if you're worried about document size, then create a separate schema for patient history and reference the user's id (or just store the patient's _id as a string instead of referencing an ObjectId, whichever you prefer):
const patientHistorySchema = new Schema({
_id: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "Patient", required: true },
objective: { type: String, required: true }
});
Then create a new patient history document when the objective is updated...
PatientHistory.create({ _id, objective: previousObjective });
And if you need to access to the patient history documents...
PatientHistory.find({ _id });

Embedded Schema Inserting Blank in Meteor using Collection2

I am fairly new to meteor and attempting to insert to a collection using a model that uses embedded schemas. The content in the embedded schema is not being inserted into the db and is instead an empty entry.
The main model is being attached to the collection.
Guests = new Mongo.Collection('guests');
Schema = {}
Guests.attachSchema(new SimpleSchema({
BasicInformation : {
type: Schema.basicInfo,
optional: false,
},
})
The basicInfo schema is defined as follows.
Schema.basicInfo = new SimpleSchema({
firstName: {
type: String,
},
middleName: {
type: String,
},
lastName: {
type: String,
}
})
I am using this to insert in the collection on a common js file.
Guests.insert({
BasicInformation: {
firstName: 'First Name',
middleName: 'Middle Name',
lastName: 'Last Name'
},
})
If I remove the schema and add the fields in the main model instead of using an embedded schema, then it does get inserted. Not sure what’s up…help!

Welcome to Stack Overflow. And, as #Jankapunkt says, please put your code as formatted blocks in your question. Links to pictures hosted elsewhere may not work if the images get deleted. It's also easier for us to fix your code and show you what it should look like.
I think at the time you set up your schema, the Schema Object is empty. You add info to it later, but it's too late at that point. If you put the code in your question I can show you how, but I'm not willing to retype it for you.
UPDATE:
Good work. You need to populate the Schema object before you attach it to the table:
Guests = new Mongo.Collection('guests');
Schema = {} // Right now the object is empty
Schema.basicInfo = new SimpleSchema({ // So we add the sub-schema
firstName: {
type: String,
},
middleName: {
type: String,
},
lastName: {
type: String,
}
})
Guests.attachSchema(new SimpleSchema({
BasicInformation : {
type: Schema.basicInfo, // previously this was undef, now it is correct
optional: false,
},
})
That should work for you.

Finding a document, editing it, and putting it back in MongoDB

I am using mongodb and I want to be able to edit a document and reinsert it WITHOUT duplicates. So far i have tried collection.findAndModify() but I couldn't get that to work. I have a collection like this:
UserProfiles = [
{
userProfileID: 1,
firstName: 'Austin',
lastName: 'Hunter',
email: 'ahun.....com',
token: '',
platform: '',
password: 'incorrect',
companyProfileID: 1,
authentication: '',
UserTopics: [
I want to be able to do this:
1 - grab the profile out of the object via searching for email match.
2 - when the email matches, edit the token and platform item.
3 - then put the document back in with no duplicates. So I can't just insert it again because that duplicates it.
Can anyone help me out on figuring this out?
Code:
function registerUser(email, token, platform) {
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
console.log("We are connected");
}
var collection = db.collection('UserProfile');
collection.findAndModify({
query: { email: email },
update: { token: token, platform: platform }
});
db.close();

modelname.findOneAndUpdate({ email: var_email}, { $set: { token: var_token, platform: var_platform}}, { new: true }, function(err, doc)
{
//doc here has updated document, in case you need it.
});
var_email etc. is your variable name and email is field name in
database.
{ new: true } - This part is used to fetch updated document, you can chose to not have this in your code but then you wont get updated document in response.

How to update user.services for Jasmine testing in Meteor

I am trying to mock out a user for testing out my application, and I have gotten to the point where I can create a test user and log them into the mirror instance of my app.
I need to compare the gmail addresses for peoples accounts, and to test this functionality, I want to add a test email address under user.services.google.email within the Meteor users account database (which is where the accounts-google package stores it, I don't need to mock out an entire user account yet).
What I can't figure out is how to append this information, instead of just overwriting what is already there, this is what my code looks like:
if (Meteor.users.find().count() === 0) {
var testUserDetails = {
email: 'testEmail#gmail.com',
password: 'testPassword'
};
console.log("Creating the Test User");
var newUserId = Accounts.createUser(testUserDetails);
Meteor.users.update({
_id: newUserId
}, {
$set: {
services: {
google: {
email: "testEmail#gmail.com"
}
}
}
});
} else {
console.log("There are already users in the Test database");
}
console.log('***** Finished loading default fixtures *****');
},
And this is what a user looks like:
{
"_id" : "Dw2xQPDwKp58RozC4",
"createdAt" : ISODate("2015-07-30T04:02:03.261Z"),
"services" : {
"password" : {
"bcrypt" : "asdfasdfasdfdsafsadfasdsdsawf"
},
"resume" : {
"loginTokens" : [ ]
}
},
"emails" : [
{
"address" : "testEmail#gmail.com",
"verified" : false
}
]
}
Now $set just rewrites everything within services, and there is no $push operation for mongo or for js, so how should I go about doing this? Should I consume the object and parse it manually?
*Note I have also tried using Meteor's Accounts.onCreateUser(function(options, user) but facing the same issue.

[...] there is no $push operation for mongo [...]
Sure, there is a $push operator, which appends a specified value to an array.
However, I think what you are trying to do is to update a document and keep all values which are already set.
Here is how you can do that:
Query the document first to get the object you want to set.
Update the respective object.
Run the MongoDB update operation to set the new object.
For instance:
var user = Meteor.users.findOne({
_id: newUserId
});
var servicesUserData = user.services;
servicesUserData.google.email = "your_new_email#gmail.com";
Meteor.users.update({
_id: newUserId
}, {
$set: {
"services": {
servicesUserData
}
}
});