Stormpath Express: Save customData

Question

I'm running an express server with express-stormpath for auth and to store same custom data about the user.

How can I post data to the server and save them to stormpath? Currently my post looks like this:

app.post('/post', stormpath.loginRequired, function(req, res) {
   var stundenplan_data = req.body;
   console.log(stundenplan_data);
   req.user.customData.stundenplan = stundenplan_data;
   req.user.customData.save();
});

I'm getting the right data I want to post in the console.log but if I call the data in another get request the custom data is empty.

Answer 1

I'm the author of the express-stormpath library, what I'd do is this:

When you initialize Stormpath as middleware, add the following setting to automatically make customData available:

app.use(stormpath.init(app, {
  ...,
  expandCustomData: true,  // this will help you out
}));

Modify your route code to look like this:

app.post('/post', stormpath.loginRequired, function(req, res, next) {
  var studentPlan = req.body;
  console.log(studentPlan);
  req.user.customData.studentPlan = studentPlan;
  req.user.customData.save(function(err) {
    if (err) {
      next(err);  // this will throw an error if something breaks when you try to save your changes
    } else {
      res.send('success!');
    }
  });
});

The reason your changes weren't working above is that you didn't expand the customData first. Stormpath requires a separate request to 'grab' your customData, so if you don't do that first, things will fail to save.

The above change ensures this happens for you automatically =)