Save creating user in ContentRepository

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Hi,
I want to save the user who creates a node in some form in the content repository.
My class looks something like this:

'A.B:Document.D'
  superTypes:
    'Neos.Neos:Document': true
  properties:
    creator:
      type: string
      defaultValue: 'here should the user be saved'

However I can’t find any way to access the user in the ContentRepository. I tried playing around with ClientEval:node. …’, but couldn’t find the appropriate property or it only showed as simple string when I called the property with Neos.Fusion:Debug in my Fusion-file.
I also tried writing an Eel Helper accessing the UserService, but this only seems to work with Fusion and not in the Content Repository.
Another way I thought about, but couldn’t implement was using the contextpath/workspaceName and abbreviating it.

Is there any way this is possible, so that I can save the creator of a node?

The final goal of this approach is, that users can only edit nodes they created themselves, so if there is a shortcut to that or best practices to achieve that, that would also be great.

2

you could look into node type preprocessor and into node security privileges

3

the mentioned NodeTypePostprocessorInterface is only to mutate the configuration of the node types …

but you could connect to this Flow Signal:

i would start something like this and var_dump the node to see if this works ^^
you probably need to change the nodeType declaration:

properties:
  creator:
    type: Neos\Neos\Domain\Model\User
    ui:
      inspector:
        hidden: true
        # a dummy editor, so the ui doenst complain its not there
        editor: 'Neos.Neos/Inspector/Editors/BooleanEditor'

in your Package.php (see this for reference: Package Management — Flow Framework dev-master documentation)

add this connector:

$dispatcher = $bootstrap->getSignalSlotDispatcher();
$dispatcher->connect(Node::class, 'beforeNodeCreate', function (NodeInterface $node) use ($bootstrap) {
    if ($node->getNodeType()->isOfType('A.B:Document.D') === false) {
        return;
    }
    $userService = $bootstrap->getObjectManager()->get(UserService::class);
    $node->setProperty('creator', $userService->getCurrentUser());
});
4

concerning the Node Privileges there exists a ready to use Editnodeprivilege

but the used NodePrivilegeContext for the eel expression doesnt support currently a propertyMatches function like: ${propertyMatches('creator', 'context.userService.currentUser')}

so you would need to extend this:

and insert it into your extended neos-development-collection/EditNodePrivilege.php at f8e64887233eda2e4afd1a1a7327429b7694dd22 · neos/neos-development-collection · GitHub
as the property: protected $nodeContextClassName = YourExtendedNodePrivilegeContext::class;

5

Thank you for your fast and extensive input!

I will need to check how I can implement your suggestions and will reply in more detail later :slight_smile: