Added user object in post answer

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/hooks/populate-user.js b/src/hooks/populate-user.js
index dfa58cf..177bd9f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/populate-user.js
+++ b/src/hooks/populate-user.js
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 // Use this hook to manipulate incoming or outgoing data.
 // For more information on hooks see: http://docs.feathersjs.com/api/hooks.html
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-module.exports = function (options = {}) {
+module.exports = function (options = {}) { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
   return async context => {
+    // Get `app`, `method`, `params` and `result` from the hook context
+    const {app, method, result, params} = context;
+
+    // Make sure that we always have a list of posts either by wrapping
+    // a single post into an array or by getting the `data` from the `find` method's result
+    const posts = method === 'find' ? result.data : [result];
+
+    // Asynchronously get user object from each post's `userId`
+    // and add it to the post
+    await Promise.all(posts.map(async post => {
+      // Also pass the original `params` to the service call
+      // so that it has the same information available (e.g. who is requesting it)
+      post.user = await app.service('users').get(post.userId, params);
+    }));
+
+    // Best practice: hooks should always return the context
     return context;
   };
 };