middleware.admin.isAdmin is not needed

[baris]

In your plugins you don't have to call middleware.admin.isAdmin this is already handled in core at https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/src/routes/index.js#L122-L123

Same with middleware.applyCSRF this is called on admin routes as well.

[PitaJ]

user.isAdministrator also exists. Do they perform the same function?

[julian]

@pitaj Yes, isAdmin() is the middleware, whereas isAdministrator is the library method. They are functionally similar, except the middleware handles redirecting the user to 403