Hooks

lib/src/models/user.dart

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import 'package:angel_framework/common.dart';
 
 class User extends Model {
   String email, username, password, salt;
-  final List<String> roles = [];
+  List<String> roles;
 
   User(
       {String id,
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class User extends Model {
       this.username,
       this.password,
       this.salt,
-      Iterable<String> roles: const []}) {
+      this.roles: const []}) {
     this.id = id;
-    this.roles.addAll(roles ?? []);
   }
 }

lib/src/routes/controllers/auth.dart

@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ import '../../services/user.dart';
 class AuthController extends Controller {
   AngelAuth auth;
 
-  deserializer(String id) async => app.service('api/users').read(id);
+  /// Clients will see the result of `deserializer`, so let's pretend to be a client.
+  ///
+  /// Our User service is already wired to remove sensitive data from serialized JSON.
+  deserializer(String id) async =>
+      app.service('api/users').read(id, {'provider': Providers.VIA_REST});
+
   serializer(User user) async => user.id;
 
   /// Attempt to log a user in
-  LocalAuthVerifier localVerifier(UserService userService) {
+  LocalAuthVerifier localVerifier(Service userService) {
     return (String username, String password) async {
       List<User> users = await userService.index({
         'query': {'username': username}
@@ -32,8 +37,8 @@ class AuthController extends Controller {
     auth = new AngelAuth(jwtKey: app.jwt_secret)
       ..serializer = serializer
       ..deserializer = deserializer
-      ..strategies.add(new LocalAuthStrategy(
-          localVerifier(app.container.make(UserService))));
+      ..strategies
+          .add(new LocalAuthStrategy(localVerifier(app.service('api/users'))));
 
     await super.call(app);
     await app.configure(auth);
@@ -41,9 +46,4 @@ class AuthController extends Controller {
 
   @Expose('/local', method: 'POST')
   login() => auth.authenticate('local');
-
-  @Expose('/register', method: 'POST')
-  register(RequestContext req, UserService userService) async {
-    // And your registration logic...
-  }
 }

lib/src/services/user.dart

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:angel_common/angel_common.dart';
+import 'package:angel_framework/hooks.dart' as hooks;
 import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart' show sha256;
 import 'package:mongo_dart/mongo_dart.dart';
 import 'package:random_string/random_string.dart' as rs;
@@ -8,11 +9,22 @@ export '../models/user.dart';
 
 configureServer(Db db) {
   return (Angel app) async {
-    app.use('/api/users', new UserService(db.collection('users')));
+    app.use('/api/users',
+        new TypedService<User>(new MongoService(db.collection('users'))));
 
     HookedService service = app.service('api/users');
-    app.container.singleton(service.inner);
 
+    // Prevent clients from doing anything to the `users` service,
+    // apart from reading a single user's data.
+    service.before([
+      HookedServiceEvent.INDEXED,
+      HookedServiceEvent.CREATED,
+      HookedServiceEvent.MODIFIED,
+      HookedServiceEvent.UPDATED,
+      HookedServiceEvent.REMOVED
+    ], hooks.disable());
+
+    // Validate new users, and also hash their passwords.
     service.beforeCreated
       ..listen(validateEvent(CREATE_USER))
       ..listen((e) {
@@ -22,37 +34,12 @@ configureServer(Db db) {
               hashPassword(e.data['password'], salt, app.jwt_secret)
           ..['salt'] = salt;
       });
+
+    // Remove sensitive data from serialized JSON.
+    service.afterAll(hooks.remove(['password', 'salt']));
   };
 }
 
 /// SHA-256 hash any string, particularly a password.
 String hashPassword(String password, String salt, String pepper) =>
     sha256.convert(('$salt:$password:$pepper').codeUnits).toString();
-
-/// Manages users.
-///
-/// Here, we extended the base service class. This allows to only expose
-/// specific methods, and also allows more freedom over things such as validation.
-class UserService extends TypedService<User> {
-  UserService(DbCollection collection) : super(new MongoService(collection));
-
-  @override
-  index([Map params]) {
-    if (params != null && params.containsKey('provider')) {
-      // Nobody needs to see the entire user list except for the server.
-      throw new AngelHttpException.forbidden();
-    }
-
-    return super.index(params);
-  }
-
-  @override
-  create(data, [Map params]) {
-    if (params != null && params.containsKey('provider')) {
-      // Deny creating users to the public - this should be done by the server only.
-      throw new AngelHttpException.forbidden();
-    }
-
-    return super.create(data, params);
-  }
-}