Add case-sensitive email option for User model

common/models/user.js

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ var debug = require('debug')('loopback:user');
  * @property {String} settings.realmDelimiter When set a realm is required.
  * @property {Number} settings.resetPasswordTokenTTL Time to live for password reset `AccessToken`. Default is `900` (15 minutes).
  * @property {Number} settings.saltWorkFactor The `bcrypt` salt work factor. Default is `10`.
+ * @property {Boolean} settings.caseSensitiveEmail Enable case sensitive email.
  *
  * @class User
  * @inherits {PersistedModel}
@@ -573,6 +574,14 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     this.settings.maxTTL = this.settings.maxTTL || DEFAULT_MAX_TTL;
     this.settings.ttl = this.settings.ttl || DEFAULT_TTL;
 
+    UserModel.setter.email = function(value) {
+      if (!UserModel.settings.caseSensitiveEmail) {
+        this.$email = value.toLowerCase();
+      } else {
+        this.$email = value;
+      }
+    };
+
     UserModel.setter.password = function(plain) {
       if (typeof plain !== 'string') {
         return;
@@ -586,6 +595,14 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
       }
     };
 
+    // Access token to normalize email credentials
+    UserModel.observe('access', function normalizeEmailCase(ctx, next) {
+      if (!ctx.Model.settings.caseSensitiveEmail && ctx.query.where && ctx.query.where.email) {
+        ctx.query.where.email = ctx.query.where.email.toLowerCase();
+      }
+      next();
+    });
+
     // Make sure emailVerified is not set by creation
     UserModel.beforeRemote('create', function(ctx, user, next) {
       var body = ctx.req.body;

common/models/user.json

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     "created": "date",
     "lastUpdated": "date"
   },
+  "options": {
+    "caseSensitiveEmail": true
+  },
   "hidden": ["password"],
   "acls": [
     {

test/user.test.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe('User', function() {
   var validCredentialsEmailVerifiedOverREST = {email: 'foo2@bar.com', password: 'bar2', emailVerified: true};
   var validCredentialsWithTTL = {email: 'foo@bar.com', password: 'bar', ttl: 3600};
   var validCredentialsWithTTLAndScope = {email: 'foo@bar.com', password: 'bar', ttl: 3600, scope: 'all'};
+  var validMixedCaseEmailCredentials = {email: 'Foo@bar.com', password: 'bar'};
   var invalidCredentials = {email: 'foo1@bar.com', password: 'invalid'};
   var incompleteCredentials = {password: 'bar1'};
 
@@ -67,6 +68,26 @@ describe('User', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('Create a new user (email case-sensitivity off)', function(done) {
+      User.settings.caseSensitiveEmail = false;
+      User.create({email: 'F@b.com', password: 'bar'}, function(err, user) {
+        if (err) return done(err);
+        assert(user.id);
+        assert.equal(user.email, user.email.toLowerCase());
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('Create a new user (email case-sensitive)', function(done) {
+      User.create({email: 'F@b.com', password: 'bar'}, function(err, user) {
+        if (err) return done(err);
+        assert(user.id);
+        assert(user.email);
+        assert.notEqual(user.email, user.email.toLowerCase());
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
     it('credentials/challenges are object types', function(done) {
       User.create({email: 'f1@b.com', password: 'bar1',
         credentials: {cert: 'xxxxx', key: '111'},
@@ -124,6 +145,27 @@ describe('User', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('Requires a unique email (email case-sensitivity off)', function(done) {
+      User.settings.caseSensitiveEmail = false;
+      User.create({email: 'A@b.com', password: 'foobar'}, function(err) {
+        if (err) return done(err);
+        User.create({email: 'a@b.com', password: 'batbaz'}, function(err) {
+          assert(err, 'should error because the email is not unique!');
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('Requires a unique email (email case-sensitive)', function(done) {
+      User.create({email: 'A@b.com', password: 'foobar'}, function(err, user1) {
+        User.create({email: 'a@b.com', password: 'batbaz'}, function(err, user2) {
+          if (err) return done(err);
+          assert.notEqual(user1.email, user2.email);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     it('Requires a unique username', function(done) {
       User.create({email: 'a@b.com', username: 'abc', password: 'foobar'}, function() {
         User.create({email: 'b@b.com', username: 'abc',  password: 'batbaz'}, function(err) {
@@ -212,6 +254,25 @@ describe('User', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('Access-hook for queries with email NOT case-sensitive', function() {
+    it('Should not throw an error if the query does not contain {where: }', function(done) {
+      User.find({}, function(err) {
+        if (err) done(err);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('Should be able to find lowercase email with mixed-case email query', function(done) {
+      User.settings.caseSensitiveEmail = false;
+      User.find({where:{email: validMixedCaseEmailCredentials.email}}, function(err, result) {
+        if (err) done(err);
+        assert(result[0], 'The query did not find the user');
+        assert.equal(result[0].email, validCredentialsEmail);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('User.login', function() {
     it('Login a user by providing credentials', function(done) {
       User.login(validCredentials, function(err, accessToken) {
@@ -223,6 +284,23 @@ describe('User', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('Login a user by providing email credentials (email case-sensitivity off)', function(done) {
+      User.settings.caseSensitiveEmail = false;
+      User.login(validMixedCaseEmailCredentials, function(err, accessToken) {
+        assert(accessToken.userId);
+        assert(accessToken.id);
+        assert.equal(accessToken.id.length, 64);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('Try to login with invalid email case', function(done) {
+      User.login(validMixedCaseEmailCredentials, function(err, accessToken) {
+        assert(err);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
     it('Login a user by providing credentials with TTL', function(done) {
       User.login(validCredentialsWithTTL, function(err, accessToken) {
         assert(accessToken.userId);
@@ -477,7 +555,6 @@ describe('User', function() {
           done();
         });
     });
-
   });
 
   function assertGoodToken(accessToken) {