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Gezim
Gezim

Reputation: 7318

Creating user with no password in Meteor

I have a unique user creation flow which is as follows:

  1. User comes to my site for the first time and they click a button.
  2. I create a User in the DB for them and set a localStorage key with the UID.
  3. Use goes about creating data and I save the data in the DB and associate it with the UID.
  4. User comes back, and if they have UID set in localStorage, I show them the data they previously created.
  5. User can click Register to create a "real" account from which point they will have to login with username and password or another service (e.g. Facebook).

So, how would I accomplish this with Meteor Accounts and the User model?

In a nutshell:

Upvotes: 7

Views: 2841

Answers (2)

DoctorPangloss
DoctorPangloss

Reputation: 3073

  1. Register onCreateUser to add an "anonymous" field ({anonymous:1}) when a random password is used, maybe generated with Meteor.uuid().
  2. Add a timestamp field ({created:new Date()}) to clean out old, anonymous accounts.
  3. Perform old anonymous user maintenance, like deleting anonymous users more than one hour old: Meteor.autorun(function() {Meteor.users.find({anonymous:1,$where:"new Date() - this.created > 360000"}).forEach(function (user) {
    Meteor.users.remove({_id:user._id})}});
  4. On the client:
    1. Always prompt for a "nickname." This will become the official username, or will sit in the system forever used.
    2. Check if client is logged in. If not, create a user with nickname and a "magic number" password, which logs you in. When they click register, write "Register" at the top, but actually just change their password and $set:{anonymous:0}

Don't use localStorage, and don't use UIDs. The session cookie IS your UID.

Upvotes: 8

zorlak
zorlak

Reputation: 1404

I don't know how to help with the authentication, but as for creating a blank User object, I've successfully done the following on the server-side (with a different name...):

Meteor.users.insert({profile: {name: 'Oompa Loompa'}, foo: 'bar'});

Upvotes: 1

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