improvement!: remove "color" attribute for users and instead let the clients decide

api/v1/users.js

@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ app.post("/account/create", [
             username,
             email,
             password: hashedPassword,
-            role: startingRole,
-            color: User.generateColorFromUsername(username)
+            role: startingRole
         });
 
         const userObject = await user.getPublicObject();

models/User.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
     password: String,
     email: String,
     role: String,
-    color: String
 });
 
 userSchema.method("getPublicObject", function() {
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ userSchema.method("getPublicObject", function() {
         username: this.username,
         permissionLevel: config.roleMap[this.role],
         role: this.role,
-        color: this.color,
         _id: this._id
     };
 });
@@ -27,51 +25,20 @@ userSchema.method("getFullObject", function() {
         email: this.email,
         permissionLevel: config.roleMap[this.role],
         role: this.role,
-        color: this.color,
         _id: this._id
     };
 });
 
 const User = mongoose.model("User", userSchema);
 
-// NOTE(hippoz): These are all actually material design colors, taken from https://material-ui.com/customization/color/#playground
-const colors = [
-    "#f44336",
-    "#e91e63",
-    "#9c27b0",
-    "#673ab7",
-    "#3f51b5",
-    "#2196f3",
-    "#03a9f4",
-    "#00bcd4",
-    "#009688",
-    "#4caf50",
-    "#8bc34a",
-    "#cddc39",
-    "#ffeb3b",
-    "#ffc107",
-    "#ff9800",
-    "#ff5722"
-];
-
-User.generateColorFromUsername = function(username) {
-    let sum = 0;
-    for (let i in username) {
-        sum += username.charCodeAt(i);
-    }
-    const colorIndex = sum % colors.length;
-    return colors[colorIndex];
-};
-
 User.findByUsername = async function(username) {
     return await User.findOne({ username }).exec(); 
 };
 
 User.getPulicFields = function(isPartial=false) {
-    if (isPartial) {
-        return "username _id color";
-    }
-    return "username role _id color";
+    if (isPartial)
+        return "username _id";
+    return "username role _id";
 };
 
 module.exports = User;

resources/Docs/DOCS.md

@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ Used mostly for messages.
 | - | - |
 | _id | The id of the user |
 | name | The name of the user |
-| color | A hex color that represents that user |
 
 ## Message author object