add headers when calling /api/me (#172)

* add headers when calling /api/me

Same data is now returned as headers, these can be used when using clowder as an authentication call in nginx/traefik etc.

* update CHANGELOG

Co-authored-by: Luigi Marini <[email protected]>

Author: robkooper

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+- `/api/me` will now return some of the same information as response headers.
+
 ## 1.14.1 - 2021-02-02
 
 - Google will no longer work as login provider, we are working on this issue [#157](https://github.com/clowder-framework/clowder/issues/157).

app/api/Users.scala

@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ class Users @Inject()(users: UserService, events: EventService) extends ApiContr
    */
   def getUser() = AuthenticatedAction { implicit request =>
       request.user match {
-          case Some(identity) => Ok(userToJSON(identity))
+          case Some(identity) => {
+            Ok(userToJSON(identity)).withHeaders(
+              "X-User-ID" -> identity.id.stringify,
+              "X-User-FirstName" -> identity.firstName,
+              "X-User-LastName" -> identity.lastName,
+              "X-User-FullName" -> identity.fullName,
+              "X-User-Email" -> identity.email.getOrElse("")
+            )
+          }
           case None => Unauthorized("Not authenticated")
       }
   }