define user interface and publicUser for requests

src/auth.ts

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function signToken(userId: number) {
     });
 }
 
-export function decodeToken(encoded: string): Promise<JwtPayload> {
+export function decodeToken(encoded: string): Promise<User> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         verify(
             encoded,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function decodeToken(encoded: string): Promise<JwtPayload> {
     });
 }
 
-export async function decodeTokenOrNull(encoded: string): Promise<JwtPayload | undefined> {
+export async function decodeTokenOrNull(encoded: string): Promise<User | undefined> {
     try {
         const decoded = await decodeToken(encoded);
         return decoded;
@@ -90,14 +90,19 @@ export async function decodeTokenOrNull(encoded: string): Promise<JwtPayload | u
 
 export function authenticateRoute() {
     return async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
-        const pass = (user: object | null = null) => {
+        const pass = (user: User | null = null) => {
-            if (user === null) {
+            if (!user) {
                 res.status(403).send({
                     ...errors.BAD_AUTH
                 });
                 return;
             }
+
             req.user = user;
+            req.publicUser = {...user};
+            if (req.publicUser.password) {
+                delete req.publicUser.password;
+            }
             next();
         };
 

src/routes/api/v1/users.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ route.get(
     "/self",
     authenticateRoute(),
     (req, res) => {
-        return res.status(200).send(req.user);
+        return res.status(200).send(req.publicUser);
     }
 );
 

src/types/express.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 declare namespace Express {
     export interface Request {
-        user: object | null
+        user: User | null,
+        publicUser: User | null
     }
 }

src/types/user.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+interface User {
+    password?: string,
+    username: string,
+    id: number
+}