accounts-guest

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Automatically add visitor as anonymous guest with userId

Features

each non-logged in visitor gets a userId, accessible via Accounts and Meteor:userId()
includes configurable cleanup function
supports truly anonymous guests which do not require accounts-password

Installation

meteor add artwells:accounts-guest

Followed by

meteor add accounts-ui

meteor add ian:accounts-ui-bootstrap-3

or any other accounts-ui derivative.

optionally (to clean out old guest accounts) in server-only code

Accounts.removeOldGuests([time before]);

Now Meteor.userId() will be populated for each new visitor, including across reloads

Examples

/* clean out all guest accounts more than 24 hours old (default behavior) */
Accounts.removeOldGuests();

/* clean out all guest accounts more than 2 hours old */
var before = new Date();
before.setHours(before.getHours() - 2);
Accounts.removeOldGuests(before);

Options (Set in server code at start up)

AccountsGuest.enabled, default true. Automatically logs in all visitors.
AccountsGuest.forced, default true. Will force recently logged out accounts into guest mode.
AccountsGuest.name, default false. If true, assign the guest a friendly nickname.
AccountsGuest.anonymous, default false. If true, do not require acccounts-password and make guests anonymous (i.e. no auto-generated username and email).

Option Examples

In code available to server, to temporarily or conditionally disable guest login

AccountsGuest.enabled = false

In code available to client, to temporarily or conditionally disable guest login after user logout

AccountsGuest.enabled = true

In code available to server, to assign the guest a friendly nickname

AccountsGuest.name = true

In code available to server, to not require acccounts-password and make guests anonymous (i.e. no auto-generated username and email).:

AccountsGuest.anonymous = true

TODO

tests for forced, and enabled options
Allow guest session merged into new session if a visitor logs in
Allow merged session/other variables to be specified in config