more progress towards /user/:username

app/controllers/user.js

@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ class UserController extends SiteController {
       return next();
     }
 
-    router.param('userId', this.populateUser.bind(this));
-    router.param('coreUserId', this.populateCoreUser.bind(this));
+    router.param('username', this.populateUsername.bind(this));
+    router.param('userId', this.populateUserId.bind(this));
+    router.param('coreUserId', this.populateCoreUserId.bind(this));
 
     router.post(
       '/core/:coreUserId/settings',
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ class UserController extends SiteController {
       this.getUserSettingsView.bind(this),
     );
     router.get(
-      '/:userId',
+      '/:username',
       limiterService.createMiddleware(limiterService.config.user.getUserProfile),
       authRequired,      
       otpMiddleware,
@@ -147,7 +148,21 @@ class UserController extends SiteController {
     );
   }
 
-  async populateUser (req, res, next, userId) {
+  async populateUsername (req, res, next, username) {
+    const { user: userService } = this.dtp.services;
+    try {
+      res.locals.userProfile = await userService.getPublicProfile('User', username);
+      if (!res.locals.userProfile) {
+        throw new SiteError(404, 'Member not found');
+      }
+      return next();
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.log.error('failed to populate username with public profile', { username, error });
+      return next(error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async populateUserId (req, res, next, userId) {
     const { user: userService } = this.dtp.services;
     try {
       userId = mongoose.Types.ObjectId(userId);
@@ -163,7 +178,7 @@ class UserController extends SiteController {
     }
   }
 
-  async populateCoreUser (req, res, next, coreUserId) {
+  async populateCoreUserId (req, res, next, coreUserId) {
     const { coreNode: coreNodeService } = this.dtp.services;
     try {
       coreUserId = mongoose.Types.ObjectId(coreUserId);

app/services/user.js

@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class UserService extends SiteService {
     return user;
   }
 
-  async getPublicProfile (username) {
+  async getPublicProfile (type, username) {
     if (!username || (typeof username !== 'string')) {
       throw new SiteError(406, 'Invalid username');
     }
@@ -469,28 +469,32 @@ class UserService extends SiteService {
       throw new SiteError(406, 'Invalid username');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Try to resolve the user as a CoreUser
-     */
-    let user = await CoreUser
-      .findOne({ username_lc: username })
-      .select('_id created username username_lc displayName bio picture header core')
-      .populate(this.populateUser)
-      .lean();
-    if (user) {
-      user.type = 'CoreUser';
-    } else {
-      /*
-       * Try to resolve the user as a local User
-       */
-      user = await User
-        .findOne({ username_lc: username })
-        .select('_id created username username_lc displayName bio picture header')
-        .populate(this.populateUser)
-        .lean();
-      if (user) {
-        user.type = 'User';
-      }
+    let user;
+    switch (type) {
+      case 'CoreUser':
+        user = await CoreUser
+          .findOne({ username_lc: username })
+          .select('_id created username username_lc displayName bio picture header core')
+          .populate(this.populateUser)
+          .lean();
+        if (user) {
+          user.type = 'CoreUser';
+        }
+        break;
+
+      case 'User':
+        user = await User
+          .findOne({ username_lc: username })
+          .select('_id created username username_lc displayName bio picture header')
+          .populate(this.populateUser)
+          .lean();
+        if (user) {
+          user.type = 'User';
+        }
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        throw new SiteError(400, 'Invalid user account type');
     }
 
     return user;