Check if user is in group

[reid]

Hey there! So, I've been customizing a theme lately, and I was wondering if there was a way to check if a user is in a group, for example:
<!-- IF user.groups.admin -->, or perhaps even with JavaScript. I'd like to be able to add extra content to a user's profile if they are in a certain group, (for example, perhaps admins could have a special image on their profile).

Please let me know if there's any way of doing this, thank you!

EDIT: Or even being able to do this per-user would be absolutely fine for me! Thanks again.

[julian]

@itsCrafted I believe you'd want to have a plugin (or your theme, rather, since themes are plugins too) listen to the filter:users.get hook, and add that information as necessary.

Save the value as a boolean, and then you'll be able to use it in the <!-- IF -->

[reid]

@julian Thanks! Any pointers on where to get started with this? I'm very new.

[julian]

• Notice the hook listener registered here: https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-quickstart/blob/master/plugin.json#L7
• Corresponding to a method in the plugin library itself: https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-quickstart/blob/master/library.js#L7

You'll want to listen to the hook I mentioned above, and make a call to groups.isMember() to check group membership status, and then save it to the corresponding users' information.