Hi guys,

I have a question, so I’m wondering what is the best way to do this?

I’m using Phoenix gen command, for generating liveview components, context, etc. Scaffold is pretty solid, but I have one question.

I’m tweaking original Phoenix Auth, to support multiple profiles. And I’m currently using logged in user information, in order to submit “has many” relationship between user and profile.

In Index liveview module, I have this piece of code:

 def mount(_params, %{"user_token" => user_token}, socket) do
    profiles = Profiles.list_profiles_by_user_token(user_token)
    
    socket = socket
      |> stream(:profiles, profiles)
      |> assign(:current_user, Accounts.get_user_by_session_token(user_token))

    {:ok, socket}
  end

Here I’m assigning currently logged in user profiles, and current_user. In my index.html.heex, I’m passing current_user value into <.live_component> like so:

<.modal :if={@live_action in [:new, :edit]} id="profile-modal" show on_cancel={JS.patch(~p"/profiles")}>
  <.live_component
    module={TrialmarkWeb.ProfileLive.FormComponent}
    -----------------------------------------------------
    current_user={@current_user}
    -----------------------------------------------------
    id={@profile.id || :new}
    title={@page_title}
    action={@live_action}
    profile={@profile}
    patch={~p"/profiles"}
  />
</.modal>

And on form_component.ex I’m using current_user value to create new profile associted to currently logged in user, like so:

 defp save_profile(socket, :new, profile_params) do
    case Profiles.create_profile(profile_params, socket.assigns.current_user) do
      {:ok, profile} ->
        notify_parent({:saved, profile})

        {:noreply,
         socket
         |> put_flash(:info, "Profile created successfully")
         |> push_patch(to: socket.assigns.patch)}

      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{} = changeset} ->
        {:noreply, assign_form(socket, changeset)}
    end
  end

Long story short, my question is there a better way to do this, because providing value from heex file, can be mutated, and security would be an issue. For example someone can enter some other user profile, and submit it to his account.

What is best way to handle this stuff correctly?