Adding extra information in user object in passport.js or somewhere in session

Question

I want to add custom keys in the user object that is coming from mongodb and that is going to be used by passport.js but i wonder why i can't add more keys to that object, here is my code.

passport.use(new LocalStrategy(
    function(username, password, done) {
        Users.model(false).findOne( {email:username,password:encodePassword(password) }, function(err, user) {
            if( err ){ // validation failed
                console.log('Error Occurred');
                return done(err);
            }
            else if(user != null){

                user['customKey'] = "customValue"; // it is not setting

                console.log(user);

                return done(null, user);
            }
            else {

                return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect username.' });
            }
        });
    }
));
///Session handling
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
    done(null, user.id);
});

passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done) {
    Users.model(false).findById(id, function(err, user) {
        done(err, user);
    });
});

Answer 1

See answer from another question :

Either in the deserialization function, before returning the user

 passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done) { getUser(id).then(function(user) { user.whatever = 'you like'; return done(null, user); }); }); 

or in an express middleware (before the router).

 app.use(function(req, res, next) { if(req.user) req.user.whatever = 'you like'; next(); }); 

Answer 2

If you have multi provider login and want dynamic value add to user object.

var customKey = null;

//Store user id in session
passport.deserializeUser(function (Id, done) {

    User.findById(Id, function (err, user) {

        var newUser = user.toObject();
        newUser['customKey'] = customKey;

        done(err, newUser);
    });
});

//Local login
passport.use('local.login', new LocalStrategy({
....
customKey = "isLocal";
....

// Facebook login
passport.use('facebook.login', new LocalStrategy({
....
customKey = "isFacebook";
....

Access in Router:

req.user.customKey;

Use in template:

// in app.js
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    res.locals.user = req.user;
    next();
});

//In hbs template:
{{user.customKey}}

Hope to help you.