Access request headers from beforeSave Model Hook

Question

How can i access the details of the user who raise the request from a Model Hook

Comment.beforeSave =  function(next,com) {
//Want to add 2 more properties          


        

Answer 1

Faced with the same problem, I used node expiremantal domain feature (that intended for error handling).

Saving incoming request object:

// -- Your pre-processing middleware here --
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  // create per request domain instance
  var domain = require('domain').create();

  // save request to domain, to make it accessible everywhere
  domain.req = req;
  domain.run(next);
});

Next inside model hook you have access to req object, which is created per each connection:

process.domain.req 

Also StrongLoop team added context propagation (based on continuation-local-storage), but it is not documented yet.