Peertube 3.2.0 will provide user.Account.name.

server/@types/peertube.d.ts

@@ -85,13 +85,14 @@ enum UserRole {
 }
 
 interface MUserDefault { // FIXME: this interface is not complete
-  id?: string
+  id?: string | number // FIXME: type is not clear... Documentation says string, but it seems to be number
   username: string
   email: string
   blocked: boolean
   role: UserRole
-  Account: {
-    name: string
+  Account?: {
+    // Account.name comes in Peertube 3.2.0
+    name?: string
   }
 }
 

server/lib/helpers.ts

@@ -49,20 +49,44 @@ async function getAuthUser (options: RegisterServerOptions, res: Response): Prom
   return res.locals.oauth?.token?.User
 }
 
-// FIXME: Peertube <= 3.1.0 has no way to obtain user nickname
-async function getUserNickname ({ peertubeHelpers }: RegisterServerOptions, id: number): Promise<string | undefined> {
+// FIXME: Peertube <= 3.1.0 has no way to obtain user nickname/
+// Peertube >= 3.2.0: getAuthUser has user.Account.name.
+async function getUserNickname (options: RegisterServerOptions, user: MUserDefault): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  const peertubeHelpers = options.peertubeHelpers
   const logger = peertubeHelpers.logger
-  if (!Number.isInteger(id)) {
+
+  if (user.Account?.name) {
+    return user.Account.name
+  }
+
+  peertubeHelpers.logger.debug('Peertube does not provide user.Account.name, fallback on hack')
+
+  if (!user.id) {
+    logger.error('getUserNickname: missing user id')
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  const userId = Number.isInteger(user.id) ? user.id : parseInt(user.id as string)
+  if (Number.isNaN(userId)) {
+    logger.error('getUserNickname: Invalid User Id, Not a number')
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (!Number.isInteger(userId)) {
     logger.error('getUserNickname: Invalid User Id, should be an integer')
     return undefined
   }
-  const [results] = await peertubeHelpers.database.query(`SELECT name FROM "account" WHERE "userId" = ${id}`)
+
+  const [results] = await peertubeHelpers.database.query(
+    `SELECT name FROM "account" WHERE "userId" = ${userId.toString()}`
+  )
+
   if (!Array.isArray(results)) {
     logger.error('getUserNickname: query result is not an array.')
     return undefined
   }
   if (!results[0]) {
-    logger.error(`getUserNickname: no result for id ${id}`)
+    logger.error(`getUserNickname: no result for id ${userId}`)
     return undefined
   }
   if (typeof results[0] !== 'object') {

server/lib/routers/api.ts

@@ -98,13 +98,8 @@ async function initApiRouter (options: RegisterServerOptions): Promise<Router> {
         res.sendStatus(403)
         return
       }
-      let userId: number | undefined
-      if (user.id) {
-        userId = parseInt(user.id)
-        if (Number.isNaN(userId)) { userId = undefined }
-      }
       const password: string = await prosodyRegisterUser(user.username)
-      const nickname: string | undefined = userId ? (await getUserNickname(options, userId)) : undefined
+      const nickname: string | undefined = await getUserNickname(options, user)
       res.status(200).json({
         jid: user.username + '@localhost',
         password: password,