Mimic

A meteor package to mimic other users

Installation

Add package:

meteor add mvinc:mimic

Usage

Server side

You need to create a new Meteor methods, this method will be call each time someone is trying to mimic a user, so you can check who can mimic or not.

Here is a security method example

'Mimic.security' (originalId, currentId, targetId) {
  if (Authority.userCan(originalId, ['mimic'])) {
    return true
  } return false
}

originalId is the id of the user who initiates the first mimic.

currentId is the current id of the user, if you mimic a user this argument will be equal to the id of this user.

targetId is the id of the user you want to mimic

Here, I use chap:authority to check if the user have the permission to 'mimic'

Client side

You need to set the security method name.

import Mimic from 'mvinc:mimic'

Mimic.securityMethod = 'Mimic.security'

Now you can use all the methods of the client API.

Client API

The callback expose always the same arguments.

err which is a standard Meteor.Error and res which is the id of the user setted.

Mimic.setMasks(callback)

Restore the current mimic state, useful in the Accounts.onLogin callback if you want to persist the mimic after a refresh.

Mimic.setMasks((err, res) => console.log(res))

Mimic.mask(userId, callback)

Mimic the user with the _id userId

Mimic.mask('SXwdJERzhs5gfuegH', (err, res) => console.log(res))

Mimic.unmask(callback)

Restore the previous user mimiced

Mimic.unmask((err, res) => console.log(res))

Mimic.resetMasks(callback)

Be yourself !

Mimic.resetMasks((err, res) => console.log(res))