[play-scala 2.4, Silhouette 3.0] Accessing current user in form mapping

Edgars Kursitis

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Oct 10, 2015, 8:38:50 AM10/10/15

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Hi,

is it possible to access users session in form definition. This is not available in session, maybe by additionally DI Silhouette, something like this?

def docForm(implicit request: UserAwareRequestHandler, silhouette: ...) = Form(

mapping(

"id" -> optional(number()),

"heading" -> nonEmptyText,

"path" -> nonEmptyText,

"user_id" -> ignored(request.identity.firstName.getOrElse("NoUser"))

)(Document.apply)(Document.unapply)

)

Christian Kaps

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Oct 10, 2015, 4:52:55 PM10/10/15

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Hi,

why do you not pass the user directly to your form?

Best regards,

Christian

Edgars Kursitis

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Oct 10, 2015, 11:51:42 PM10/10/15

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HI,

I'm new to play+scala, and can't find any other good examples...

Christian Kaps

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Oct 11, 2015, 2:19:21 AM10/11/15

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Hi,

you should do something like this:

def docForm(user: User) = Form(

    mapping(
      "id" -> optional(number()),
      "heading" -> nonEmptyText,
      "path" -> nonEmptyText,

      "user_id" -> ignored(user.firstName.getOrElse("NoUser"))
    )(Document.apply)(Document.unapply)
  )

And your action should look like this:

def action = SecuredAction { implicit request =>
  docForm(request.identity).bindFromRequest.fold(
    error => ...,
    data => ...
  )
}

Best regards,

Christian

Edgars Kursitis

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Oct 11, 2015, 3:53:21 AM10/11/15

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Dang, so simple, thank you, got it working

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