How to get current_user profile info using Pow?

Phoenix Forum Questions / Help
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Hi All,
I am using Pow for authentication. Does Pow provide a mechanism to retrieve current_user profile info?

I have users profile info maintained in a separate tables(based on user’s role) and would like to create/view/update user profile info based on current logged in user.

2

Yes. You should have a Pow plug in your Endpoint. Sp you should be able to do @current_user if current user is logged in.

defmodule MyAppWeb.Endpoint do
  use Phoenix.Endpoint, otp_app: :my_app

  # ...

  plug Plug.Session, @session_options
  plug Pow.Plug.Session, otp_app: :my_app
  plug MyAppWeb.Router
end
3

Thanks, andreaseriksson. However, I am using backend only for API. Whats changes it requires to get current_user info from API?

4

You would still need some sort of Plug for that. Then check conn.assigns in the controller.

5

Thanks, andreaseriksson. I got it to work with Pow.Plug.current_user(conn)