peertubeHelpers.getUser() should return full user object from /me response

[kontrollanten]

Describe the current behavior

Since version 8.0.0 peertubeHelpers.getUser() only returns partial user data (from local storage) when called upon page load.

Steps to reproduce

1. Call peertubeHelpers.getUser() in a plugins register function.
2. Read the data.
3. Call peertubeHelpers.getUser() again when all HTTP requests are done.
4. Read the data and see the difference.

Describe the expected behavior

peertubeHelpers.getUser() should always return the same data to avoid unexpected behavior due to race conditions.

Additional information

• PeerTube instance:

  • URL:
  • Version: 8.0.1
  • NodeJS version:
  • Ffmpeg version:

• Browser name, version and platforms on which you could reproduce the bug:

• Link to browser console log if relevant:

• Link to server log if relevant (journalctl or /var/www/peertube/storage/logs/):

[Chocobozzz]

Hello,

We didn't change this helper behaviour since you introduced it. We can get the full information from the server but we would need to return a promise instead, and so we must create another API (getFullUser or something like that).