Detect if user is admin

[pwsincd]

Would you happen to know how to simply detect if a user is admin in code within custom JS CP…

var uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0;
user.isAdministrator(uid, function(err, isAdmin) { });

is what i have tried but things are not declared…

[phenomlab]

@pwsincd I think you can use userData.isAdmin = isAdmin; if I’m not mistaken - see

Nov 16, 2020  /  NodeBB Plugins

how to hide whitelist user field only to owner or admin?

I was able to add user field on user creation by using hook filter:user.create. Now I noticed that the field is not generally available on the profile and to make it available we need to use the filter:user.whitelistFields . Please correct me if I am wron...

for an example