Revert the removed endpoint, user.roles

packages/rocketchat-api/server/v1/misc.js

@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('me', { authRequired: true }, {
 		]);
 
 		const verifiedEmail = me.emails.find((email) => email.verified);
-		const preferencesDontSetUpYet = !me.settings || !me.settings.preferences;
+		const userHasNotSetPreferencesYet = !me.settings || !me.settings.preferences;
 
 		me.email = verifiedEmail ? verifiedEmail.address : undefined;
-		if (preferencesDontSetUpYet) {
+		if (userHasNotSetPreferencesYet) {
 			me.settings = { preferences: {} };
 		}
 

packages/rocketchat-api/server/v1/users.js

@@ -367,3 +367,25 @@ RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('users.setPreferences', { authRequired: true }, {
 		return RocketChat.API.v1.success({ user: RocketChat.models.Users.findOneById(this.bodyParams.userId, { fields: preferences }) });
 	}
 });
+
+/**
+  DEPRECATED
+ // TODO: Remove this after three versions have been released. That means at 0.66 this should be gone.
+ This API returns the logged user roles.
+
+ Method: GET
+ Route: api/v1/user.roles
+ */
+RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('user.roles', { authRequired: true }, {
+	get() {
+		let currentUserRoles = {};
+
+		const result = Meteor.runAsUser(this.userId, () => Meteor.call('getUserRoles'));
+
+		if (Array.isArray(result) && result.length > 0) {
+			currentUserRoles = result[0];
+		}
+
+		return RocketChat.API.v1.success(currentUserRoles);
+	}
+});

tests/end-to-end/api/01-users.js

@@ -541,6 +541,25 @@ describe('[Users]', function() {
 		});
 	});
 
+	//DEPRECATED
+	// TODO: Remove this after three versions have been released. That means at 0.66 this should be gone.
+	describe('[/user.roles]', () => {
+
+		it('should return id and name of user, and an array of roles', (done) => {
+			request.get(api('user.roles'))
+				.set(credentials)
+				.expect(200)
+				.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+				.expect((res) => {
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('username');
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('roles').and.to.be.a('array');
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('_id');
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', true);
+				})
+				.end(done);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('[/users.setPreferences]', () => {
 		it('should set some preferences by user when execute successfully', (done) => {
 			preferences.userId = credentials['X-User-Id'];