In sails.js, how to access session variables in method beforeCreate of model?

Question

This is my user model now before create user entity I want to auto give value session variable to createdBy and updatedBY.

       module.exports = {
            autoPK: false,
         attributes: {
                id:{columnName:'ID', type: 'integer', autoIncrement: true,  primaryKey: true},
                employeeId:{columnName:'EMPLOYEE_ID', type: 'string',unique : true},
                firstName:{columnName:'FIRST_NAME', type: 'string'},
                lastName:{columnName:'LAST_NAME', type: 'string'},
                createdBy:{columnName:'CREATED_BY', model: 'user'},
                updatedBy:{columnName:'CREATED_BY', model: 'user'},
        },
        beforeCreate: function(values, cb) {

        values.createdBy=req.session.userId;
        values.updatedBy=req.session.userId;
        return values;
          },
       beforeUpdate: function(values, cb) {

        values.updatedBy=req.session.userId;
        return values;
          },
        }

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

I was looking for the same thing. Found some relevant resources that may help point you in the right direction. Unfortunately, there isn't great support to have sails automatically set UpdatedBy and CreatedBy properties on models.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/22855255/3085 - Use session param in model
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20998496/3085 - Access session data in Model hook
https://stackoverflow.com/a/22274325/3085 - Overriding blueprints
https://stackoverflow.com/a/21703180/3085 - Using model.js for model inheritance

In sails.js, how to access session variables in method beforeCreate of model?

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