How to check if user is admin?

PitaJ

Is there a quicker way to tell, on the server-side, in a plugin, if the current user is an admin?

Right now, I'm doing this:

groups.isMember(req.user, "administrators", function(err, bool){
  if(bool){ 
    // do stuff
  }
});

Is there a shortcut to that?

Thanks.

a_5mith

Could be worth checking what psychobunny did in this plugin. Looks pretty similar, except he checks against the user, not the group.

<baris>

groups.isMember takes in user id as the first param so your code should be

var uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0;
groups.isMember(uid, "administrators", function(err, bool) { });

Alternatively you can use

var uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0;
user.isAdministrator(uid, function(err, isAdmin) { });

PitaJ

Alright, thanks guys.

The user.isAdministrator function was what I was looking for.

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