I am trying to obtain the currently authenticated user in the controller for websockets. The problem is, I cannot access the user using SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication().getPrincipal()).getId(). I have tried to give Principal as a parameter to the method but it returns principal null. Security configuration:
@Configuration
@EnableWebSocketMessageBroker
public class WebSocketConfig implements WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurer {
@Override
public void registerStompEndpoints(StompEndpointRegistry registry) {
registry.addEndpoint("/connect").setAllowedOrigins("*");
}
@Override
public void configureMessageBroker(MessageBrokerRegistry registry) {
registry.enableSimpleBroker("/topic/messages");
registry.setApplicationDestinationPrefixes("/ws");
}
}
Controller for websocket:
@Controller
public class MessageController {
@Autowired
private Consumer consumer;
@Autowired
private Utils utils;
@Autowired
private PersonService personService;
@Autowired
SimpMessagingTemplate simpMessagingTemplate;
String destination = "/topic/messages";
ExecutorService executorService =
Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
Future<?> submittedTask;
@MessageMapping("/start")
public void startTask(Principal principal){
// Here, I would like to get the logged in user
// If I use principal like this: principal.getName() => NullPointerException
if ( submittedTask != null ){
simpMessagingTemplate.convertAndSend(destination,
"Task already started");
return;
}
simpMessagingTemplate.convertAndSendToUser(sha.getUser().getName(), destination,
"Started task");
submittedTask = executorService.submit(() -> {
while(true){
simpMessagingTemplate.convertAndSend(destination,
// "The calculated value " + val + " is equal to : " + max);
}
});
}
How can I get the authenticated user? I needed it to check when to start the task for the web socket