How can I override builtin login method in Loopback? - authentication

Question

I've created a new User model, based on builtin one. I'm trying this:
module.exports = function(TiUser) {
TiUser.on('dataSourceAttached', function(obj) {
var login = TiUser.login;
TiUser.login = function(credentials, include, cb) {
var result = login.apply(this, credentials);
// Do my stuff
cb(null, my_data);
};
});
};
But I can't get it working... What is wrong? or how could this be done right?
Thanks

Answer 1

You may want to consider adding an afterRemote() hook to login(). Now you can achieve to add role( using Role model ) to user. For example:
TiUser.afterRemote('login', function(ctx, next) {
//add role to the user.
next();
});

Answer 2

At the end I've created a new method instead of overriding a current one:
module.exports = function(TiUser) {
TiUser.auth = function(credentials, include, fn) {
var self = this;
self.login(credentials, include, function(err, token) {
authInfo = {
token: token
};
fn(err, authInfo);
});
};
TiUser.remoteMethod(
'auth',
{
description: 'Login method with Role data information embedded in return',
accepts: [
{arg: 'credentials', type: 'object', required: true, http: {source: 'body'}},
{arg: 'include', type: ['string'], http: {source: 'query' },
description: 'Related objects to include in the response. ' +
'See the description of return value for more details.'}
],
returns: {
arg: 'accessToken', type: 'object', root: true,
description: 'User Model'
},
http: {verb: 'post'}
}
);
};