Switching user activity state to an options field rather than boolean (more extensible).

packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditUser.svelte

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     let customSchema = { ...schema }
     delete customSchema["email"]
     delete customSchema["roleId"]
-    delete customSchema["active"]
+    delete customSchema["status"]
     return Object.entries(customSchema)
   }
 
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
     {/each}
   </Select>
   <RowFieldControl
-    meta={{ name: 'active', type: 'boolean' }}
-    bind:value={row.active}
-    defaultValue={true} />
+    meta={{ name: 'status', type: 'options', constraints: {inclusion: ['active', 'inactive']} }}
+    bind:value={row.status}
+    defaultValue={'active'} />
   {#each customSchemaKeys as [key, meta]}
     {#if !meta.autocolumn}
       <RowFieldControl {meta} bind:value={row[key]} {creating} />

packages/server/src/api/controllers/auth.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const { generateUserID } = require("../../db/utils")
 const { setCookie } = require("../../utilities")
 const { outputProcessing } = require("../../utilities/rowProcessor")
 const { ViewNames } = require("../../db/utils")
+const { UserStatus } = require("../../constants")
 
 const INVALID_ERR = "Invalid Credentials"
 
@@ -32,9 +33,8 @@ exports.authenticate = async ctx => {
     ctx.throw(401, INVALID_ERR)
   }
 
-  // check that the user is currently active, make sure its a boolean false
-  // so that older users which don't have this set are handled
-  if (typeof dbUser.active === "boolean" && !dbUser.active) {
+  // check that the user is currently inactive, if this is the case throw invalid
+  if (dbUser.status === UserStatus.INACTIVE) {
     ctx.throw(401, INVALID_ERR)
   }
 

packages/server/src/api/controllers/user.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const CouchDB = require("../../db")
 const bcrypt = require("../../utilities/bcrypt")
 const { generateUserID, getUserParams, ViewNames } = require("../../db/utils")
 const { getRole } = require("../../utilities/security/roles")
+const { UserStatus } = require("../../constants")
 
 exports.fetch = async function(ctx) {
   const database = new CouchDB(ctx.user.appId)
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ exports.create = async function(ctx) {
     tableId: ViewNames.USERS,
   }
   // add the active status to a user if its not provided
-  if (typeof user.active !== "boolean") {
-    user.active = true
+  if (user.status == null) {
+    user.status = UserStatus.ACTIVE
   }
 
   try {

packages/server/src/constants/index.js

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ exports.AuthTypes = {
   EXTERNAL: "external",
 }
 
+exports.UserStatus = {
+  ACTIVE: "active",
+  INACTIVE: "inactive",
+}
+
 exports.USERS_TABLE_SCHEMA = {
   _id: "ta_users",
   type: "table",
@@ -47,13 +52,14 @@ exports.USERS_TABLE_SCHEMA = {
         inclusion: Object.values(BUILTIN_ROLE_IDS),
       },
     },
-    active: {
-      fieldName: "active",
-      name: "active",
-      type: exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN,
+    status: {
+      fieldName: "status",
+      name: "status",
+      type: exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS,
       constraints: {
-        type: exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN,
+        type: exports.FieldTypes.STRING,
         presence: false,
+        inclusion: Object.values(exports.UserStatus),
       },
     },
   },