chore: Add static current user temporarily

packages/backend/src/app.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import logger from './helpers/logger';
 import morgan from './helpers/morgan';
 import errorHandler from './helpers/error-handler';
 import './config/database';
+import authentication from './helpers/authentication';
 
 const app = express();
 const port = appConfig.port;
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ const port = appConfig.port;
 app.use(morgan);
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
-app.use(cors(corsOptions))
+app.use(cors(corsOptions));
+app.use(authentication);
 app.use('/graphql', graphQLInstance);
 
 // catch 404 and forward to error handler

packages/backend/src/helpers/authentication.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+import User from '../models/user';
+import UserType from '../types/user';
+
+interface RequestWithCurrentUser extends Request {
+  currentUser: UserType
+}
+
+const authentication = async (req: RequestWithCurrentUser, _res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+  // We set authentication to use the sample user we created temporarily.
+  req.currentUser = await User.query().findOne({
+    email: 'user@automatisch.com'
+  })
+
+  next()
+}
+
+export default authentication;

packages/backend/src/types/user.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+type User = {
+  id: number,
+  email: string,
+  password: string,
+  createdAt: string,
+  updatedAt: string
+}
+
+export default User;